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Definition of Levigates
1. levigate [v] - See also: levigate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Levigates
Literary usage of Levigates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1892)
"... variegata and levigates are unknown to me except from the descriptions ; of
the remaining species I have seen only males of ..."
2. The History of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural by Thomas Sprat (1722)
"... conceive that this flower entring into *f the pores of the Stuff, levigates
their Superficies, and " fo makes the Colour laid on it, the more beautiful, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"To separate the selenium, Böttger levigates the flue-deposit; washes out the h
parts with water containing hydrochloric acid, and with puro water ..."
4. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"... as Mr. Wickham did in 1824, at successive time?, levigates it into a cream,
adds one part of oil of turpentine to 2000 gallons of the cold mash, ..."
5. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1904)
"polishing is done on glass or pitch and sometimes on soft beds (of India-rubber,
leather or cloth). He carefully levigates all of his grinding and polishing ..."
6. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1904)
"polishing is done on glass or pitch and sometimes on soft beds (of India-rubber,
leather or cloth). He carefully levigates all of his grinding and polishing ..."
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