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Definition of Adobes
1. adobe [n] - See also: adobe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adobes
Literary usage of Adobes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Bricks, Tiles, Terra-cotta, Etc. by Charles Thomas Davis (1884)
"being 13 inches square and 3 inches thick; the adobes or sun-dried bricks measuring
... The adobes were laid in clay, the work being striped horizontally, ..."
2. With the French in Mexico by Elton, James Frederick (1867)
"LA GUERRE AUX adobes. THE Fates appeared resolved that we should not carry away
with us any favourable impressions of Matehuala, for no sooner did we enter ..."
3. The Metallurgy of Silver, Gold, and Mercury in the United States by Thomas Egleston (1890)
"It was formerly considered that these adobes were essential to the working of
... Neither the large pieces of ore or the adobes change their form during the ..."
4. The Resources of California: Comprising Agriculture, Mining, Geography by John Shertzer Hittell (1863)
"When an adobe house is to be built, the adobes are made very near the place, ...
The earth to make adobes should be a sandy or gravelly clay, which will not ..."
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