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Definition of Carboys
1. carboy [n] - See also: carboy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carboys
Literary usage of Carboys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Special Bulletin by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1920)
"While the employees handling these carboys use a great deal of care, carrying them
... During the investigation, many of these carboys were found uncorked, ..."
2. Seeding and Planting: A Manual for the Guidance of Forestry Students by James William Toumey (1916)
"STORAGE ix SEALED CANS, carboys, AND BOXES In recent years many investigators have
... The carboys are placed in a dark cellar having an even temperature of ..."
3. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1894)
"The insurance was declared by the policy to be " on 40 carboys of vitriol."
These carboys were placed on the deck, and carefully lashed to the ship's side. ..."
4. The Manufacture of Alum and the Sulphates and Other Salts of Alumina and Iron by Lucien Geschwind (1901)
"able proportion condenses in the first carboys of the battery, ... Recuperation
carboys. minimum, there must be no back pressure in the battery. ..."
5. In the Land of the Lion and Sun, Or, Modern Persia: Being Experiences of by Charles James Wills (1891)
"... and their production—Stirring the liquor—Clearing the wine—My share, and its
cost—Improvement by bottling—Wasps—carboys— Covering them—Native manner of ..."
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