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Definition of Out of true
1. Adjective. Not accurately fitted; not level. "Off-level floors and untrue doors and windows"
Definition of Out of true
1. Prepositional phrase. Not properly aligned; out of alignment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Out Of True
Literary usage of Out of true
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"If a "crank-pin is found out of true (not circular), by testing with calibers
... Where crank-pin is only slightly out of true and a grinding machine is not ..."
2. Ideal Commonwealths: Plutarch's Lycurgus, More's Utopia, Bacon's New by Plutarch, Thomas More, Francis Bacon, Tommaso Campanella, Joseph Hall (1896)
"... they esteem those to be most valuable that lie in the mind; the chief of which
arises out of true virtue, and the witness of a good conscience. ..."
3. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1903)
"The things which do not tend to wear out of true do not wear much, and the things
which do wear out of true and have to be refitted are never just right but ..."
4. The Complete Practical Machinist: Embracing Lathe Work, Vise Work, Drills by Joshua Rose (1876)
"Furthermore, upon the truth of the last chucking only will the truth of the whole
job depend; and if the face plate of the lathe is a trifle out of true, ..."
5. More Tramps Abroad by Mark Twain (1897)
"If you leave it out, then you can make out of the four stars a sort of cross—out
of true; or a sort of kite—out of true ; or a sort of coffin—out of true. ..."
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