Casings
[keɪsɪŋz]
Definition
(n. pl.) Dried dung of cattle used as fuel.
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Examples
- For siding, sheathing, sub-flooring, shingles, window casings and frames, redwood is much used, because of its resistance to decay, both from contact with moisture or dry rot. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A diagrammatic sketch of this remarkable machine is shown in Fig. 5, which shows a front elevation with the casings, hopper, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The intestines are stripped and cleaned for sausage casings. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It had two casings, an inner and outer one, including the door, and the interspace was filled in with charcoal, or wood, and treated with a solution of alkaline salt. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This originally consisted of an internal tube of wrought iron or gun metal, with cylindrical casings of wrought iron shrunk on. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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