Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprags
Literary usage of Sprags
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1887)
"Some, however, advise the removal of all such sprags, as the fruit on them is
small at best. It is important in pruning to select buds on the upper side of ..."
2. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Arbitration, Ohio, State Board of Arbitration (1913)
"(36) In case of sprags being left by a machine man, he shall be notified by the
loader and if he refuses to remove the same, the loader shall remove the ..."
3. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"or " sprags," though neither "Tools, or Implements," are "Materials" within these
words (Cutts v. ..."
4. Coal Mining in Arkansas by Alvin Arthur Steel (1910)
"Use of sprags in blasting at Coaldale. At Coaldale, the same method would seem
advisable. Here only the upper 5 ft. of coal seam is mined. ..."
5. A Manual of Mining: Based on the Course of Lectures on Mining Delivered at by Magnus Colbj/orn Ihlseng (1892)
"... preservation of timbers ; for jointy rock, horses, and disintegrating rock ;
consumption of timbers in mines ; selection of timbers. 66. Props, sprags ..."
6. The Horseless Age (1904)
"sprags. BY JULIAN C. CHASE. The necessity for providing some positive means of
preventing a car from run- nig down hill if the brakes fail for any reason, ..."
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