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Definition of Lengthener
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lengthener
Literary usage of Lengthener
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home by Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1841)
"There is no such lengthener of human life as travelling. Brescia.—A BRIGHT,
attractive-looking town, with thirty thousand inhabitants, clean streets, ..."
2. Quiz Questions on the History of Medicine by Thomas Lindsley Bradford (1898)
"... the modest sum of 5 dollars, in which he advocated injections daily of large
quantities of water as a cure for many ills and a lengthener of human life. ..."
3. Catalogue of the National Fire Proofing Company of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.by National Fire Proofing Company, Henry L. Hinton by National Fire Proofing Company, Henry L. Hinton (1903)
"Side-construction arch-blocks set in the END-construction way would not have
square sides. The batter sides of a side-construction lengthener, when turned ..."
4. The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries by T. Campbell Futers (1905)
"546, where the 1$ in. chain is the " lengthener." A few spare chains with a more
or less number of links, or with links of different lengths to give ..."
5. Legends of Savage Life by James Greenwood, Ernest Henry Griset (1869)
"The name of the life-lengthener, my daughter, is " It was a hard name seemingly,
judging from the ugly face the old woman made in endeavouring to give ..."
6. Pike's Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical and by jr Benjamin Pike (1848)
"lengthener.—(Fig. 7, page 17.)—One or two additional pieces are often applied to
the best compasses ; these by lengthening the leg enable them to strike ..."
7. Hollow Tile Construction: A Practical Explanation of Modern Methods of by John Joseph Cosgrove (1921)
"A "lengthener," Used to Fill Out Spaces Between Skew Backs and Arch- keys arch
... Next comes the lengthener, Fig. 86. These are used to fill out the spaces ..."
8. Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and by Benjamin Pike (1848)
"lengthener.—(Fig. 7, page 17.)—One or two additional pieces are often applied to
the best compasses ; these by lengthening the leg enable them to strike ..."
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