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Definition of Lubricates
1. lubricate [v] - See also: lubricate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lubricates
Literary usage of Lubricates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... to the extent that it lubricates itself, and frequently does not receive or
require direct attention for years of operation. ..."
2. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1858)
"The cavity,/, is filled with oil, with which the pieces of wood, g, become tho-
roughly impregnated, and which lubricates the shaft or axle. ..."
3. Journal of Science and the Arts by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1817)
"On the Effects produced in Astronomical and Trigonometrical Observations, fyc.
by the Descent of the Fluid which lubricates the Cornea. ..."
4. A Manual of practical therapeutics, considered with reference to articles of by Edward John Waring (1886)
"It lubricates the parts, and sometimes the urethra is distended with the oil, so
that if you can cleverly retain it with the finger and thumb, ..."
5. Lectures on the science of human life by Sylvester Graham (1854)
"... and that which exhales from the serous membrane of the closed cavities (178),
and moistens and lubricates the heart (368) andall other organs and ..."
6. Textbook of Aero Engines by E H Sherbondy, G. Douglas Wardrop (1920)
"Oil from this groove in the rear bearing lubricates the thrust surface of the
camshaft bevel gear while the small stream from the front bearing thoroughly ..."
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