Lexicographical Neighbors of Spragged
Literary usage of Spragged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Mining Institute of Scotland (1886)
"of ;i hutch was J- with the front wheels spragged and only | with the back ones.
This was not exactly right. On a level road the friction would he the same, ..."
2. Elements of Mining by George Joseph Young (1916)
"Drift sets in top slicing are spragged at three or four points. Wedges are used
in all timbering operations. They are used principally to hold the prop, ..."
3. Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction and Administration by Frederick Smeeton Williams (1888)
"The wheels being "spragged," and not turning, of course the particular part that
pressed on the rail became hotter and hotter, so hot as to throw off fibres ..."
4. Coal Mining in Arkansas by Alvin Arthur Steel (1910)
"As a result, the cars are either excessively spragged and wear out the mule, or
they are in places insufficiently spragged, causing danger, or the driver is ..."
5. Railway Construction by William Hemingway Mills (1898)
"Solid or close wheels cannot be spragged, only wheels which have spokes or
openings, and for this reason alone it would be very desirable that in every ..."
6. Railway Construction by William Hemingway Mills (1898)
"Solid or close wheels cannot be spragged, only wheels which have spokes or
openings, and for this reason alone it would be very desirable that in every ..."
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