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Definition of Plying
1. ply [v] - See also: ply
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plying
Literary usage of Plying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"STAXI-OBD. this carriage were rightly convicted, as the carriage was plying for
hire. In Cast v. Storey (Law Вер. 4 Ex. 319), the question turned upon a ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... as when a child Strews sand upon the sea-shore ; mimic mounds He heaps in
boyish sport, and then again Confounds them, freely plying foot and hand ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"... or either of them, as ocean and coastwise vessels, and doing local business
for hire, plying in Alaskan waters, that such license be so granted and said ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"In the latter case the road, its bed, its rolling stock, and much other property
probably was not conveyed, and no expression is found im- 117 US plying ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"... its donkeys and camels, its school with children crying the Koran aloud, and
its juggler plying his mystic trade, attracts great crowds. ..."
6. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"STAXI-OBD. this carriage were rightly convicted, as the carriage was plying for
hire. In Cast v. Storey (Law Вер. 4 Ex. 319), the question turned upon a ..."
7. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... as when a child Strews sand upon the sea-shore ; mimic mounds He heaps in
boyish sport, and then again Confounds them, freely plying foot and hand ..."
8. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"... or either of them, as ocean and coastwise vessels, and doing local business
for hire, plying in Alaskan waters, that such license be so granted and said ..."
9. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"In the latter case the road, its bed, its rolling stock, and much other property
probably was not conveyed, and no expression is found im- 117 US plying ..."
10. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"... its donkeys and camels, its school with children crying the Koran aloud, and
its juggler plying his mystic trade, attracts great crowds. ..."
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