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Definition of Adzed
1. adz [v] - See also: adz
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adzed
Literary usage of Adzed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Architecture and the Gardens of the San Diego Exposition: A Pictorial by Carleton Monroe Winslow, Clarence S. Stein, Harold A. Taylor, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (1916)
"... character of the Chapel of St. Francis is enhanced by the heavy, adzed wood
beams of the ceiling which form the actual roof construction of the chapel. ..."
2. The Trackman's Helper: A Handbook for Track Foremen, Supervisors and Engineers by Joseph Kindelan (1917)
"Two surfaces are adzed at the rail seat, exactly in the same plane, ... The depth
required to get all ties adzed perfectly for the full length of tie plates ..."
3. A Treatise on Masonry Construction by Ira Osborn Baker (1914)
"572 " 17th " " " " 832 " 18th " " " " 825 " Head of the pile adzed off. 19th foot
of penetration required 213 " 20th " " " " 275 " 21st " " " " 371"
4. Maintenance of Way and Structures by William Clyde Willard (1915)
"This difficulty is not so pronounced on machine-adzed or on sawed ties, but on
hand-adzed ties it is often found that the rail actually inclines slightly ..."
5. The Trackman's Helper: A Book of Instruction for Track Foremen by Joseph Kindelan, Frederick Augustus Smith, F. R. Coates, Jerry Sullivan (1894)
"Where no plates are used the old ties must be adzed several years before they
are to be taken out of the track to maintain the rail level, and when so adzed ..."
6. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1908)
"The face of the tie must not be adzed more than is absolutely necessary to get
... When plates are put on old tics a flat seat must be adzed or the ties may ..."
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