2. Verb. (third-person singular of paddle) ¹
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Definition of Paddles
1. paddle [v] - See also: paddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paddles
Literary usage of Paddles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanics Magazine (1826)
"CCCC, the paddles affixed to the beam. Now it is plain, that as the cranks move
together, the beam will be carried round in a horizontal position ; and that ..."
2. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1909)
"Of the miscellaneous propelling devices that are important enough to be considered
there are three chief classes—reciprocating wings and oars, paddles, ..."
3. A Catechism of the Steam Engine in Its Various Applications to Mines, Mills by John Bourne (1868)
"SCREW AND paddles COMBINED. 613. Q.—Would not a screw combined with paddles act
in a similarly advantageous way as a screw or paddles when aided by the wind ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1819)
"Another proof which he gives of this fact is, that the extreme edges of the
paddles of steam-vessels frequently move with a velocity which scarcely exceeds ..."
5. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1853)
"In the floor of the guard are three longitudinal openings, or more, according to
the number of paddles and cranks. The main shaft is passed through the side ..."
6. The History of Mankind by Friedrich Ratzel (1898)
"oarsmen standing upright with paddles two yards long, half the length being made
up of the pointed blade. They ply with great boldness close above the ..."
7. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"Field's split paddles.—59. American paddle-wheel.—60. Practical objections to
feathering paddles.—61. Proportion of marine engines.—62. ..."
8. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1856)
"of paddles—21—on each wheel, and the number of revolutions taken with a counter.
Every other paddle on each wheel was then removed, reducing the number to ..."
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