Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtighten
Literary usage of Overtighten
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ballads of Ireland by Edward Hayes, William Kenealy (1856)
"... And slowly, sob by sob, volition came, Along her brow twice pass'd her lifted
hand, As if to free some overtighten'd band; Then all at once, ..."
2. Mountain Craft by Geoffrey Winthrop Young (1920)
"If they disregard its presence or attempt to overtighten their wires to resist
it, they run serious risks. The good climber must find compensation in the ..."
3. Report on Medical and Surgical Developments of the War by William Seaman Bainbridge (1919)
"There is always a tendency to overtighten the spring; great care must be exercised,
for the fragments would separate and consolidation would not be obtained ..."
4. Ajax Loquitur, Or, The Autobiography of an Old Locomotive Engine by Robert Weatherburn (1899)
"The forgetfulness, or slipping out of the trouble, to go underneath and give the
timely screw up, or when this was done so carelessly as to overtighten, ..."
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