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Definition of Troughs
1. trough [n] - See also: trough
Lexicographical Neighbors of Troughs
Literary usage of Troughs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Farm Buildings by Sanders Publishing Co. (Chicago) (1909)
"In providing troughs sufficient to accommodate western lambs simultaneously one
should have 24 troughs, each 16' long. The troughs should be placed 8' apart ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Microscope: Including the Different by John Quekett (1855)
"troughs.—As most delicate dissections are conducted under water, ... Various
descriptions of earthenware troughs are kept on sale in shops, that will answer ..."
3. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1873)
"FEEDING troughs. One of the best feeding troughs for sheep, ... The space between
the upper and lower troughs should be just sufficient for the sheep to ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Open catting watertight, bat lined. troughs (fig. 14) are 8 feet broad and 4 feet
deep, ш | inch thick, and were capable of passing at this ..."
5. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"There are many different eave-troughs and hangers on the market. ... Copper is
not affected by the atmosphere and conductor- pipes and eave-troughs made of ..."
6. Hydrometallurgy of Silver: With Special Reference to Chloridizing Roasting by Ottokar Hofmann (1907)
"The solutions will corrode metals, including lead, and the troughs therefore have
to be made of wood, but it is a very difficult task to make and keep ..."
7. Domesticated Trout: How to Breed and Grow Them by Livingston Stone (1877)
"PLACING THE HATCHING troughs. Having decided on the material for the hatching boxes,
... If you use charcoal or carbonized troughs, you should first send ..."
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