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Definition of Consumes
1. consume [v] - See also: consume
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consumes
Literary usage of Consumes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Debow's Review, Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial Progress and Resources by R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Q. Bell, William MacCreary Burwell, James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow (1850)
"Star mills, 4000 spindles, produces sheetings; consumes 1200 bales of cotton per
... Penn mills 6300 spindles, produces sheetings ; consumes 1500 bales of ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1850)
"Perm Hills ; 6300 spindles ; produces sheetings, and consumes 2500 bales of cotton
... Pitt Mills; 4500 spindles; produces sheetings; consumes 1200 bales of ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1850)
"Gould, Pearce, <t Co., 2500 spindles and 32 looms ; produces 300000 yarda of
sheeting per annum, and 150000 pounds cotton yarn ; consumes 600 to 700 'bales ..."
4. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"consumes 3000 tons of anthracite coal, 500 cords of wood, and 6500 gallons of oil.
... consumes 300 tons of anthracite coal, and 3440 gallons of oil. ..."
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