|
|
Definition of Plugging
1. n. The act of stopping with a plug.
Definition of Plugging
1. Verb. (present participle of plug) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plugging
1. plug [v] - See also: plug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plugging
Literary usage of Plugging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1850)
"Any one who is aware of the pain and uncertainty attending the ordinary mode of
plugging the vagina, must agree with M. Diday that this is a most useful ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"It occasionally repeats this plugging, pursuing its way until winter overtakes
it, and pupating within its burrow from the middle to the latter part of the ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1868)
"plugging the anterior nares had been adopted prior to my arrival ... The effect
of this plugging was satisfactory; and it became necessary in three or four ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1877)
"... and nothing seemed possible but to stop the bleeding by plugging up the sac.
The disproportion between the apparent loss of blood externally, ..."
5. Armature Winding and Motor Repair: Practical Information and Data Covering by Daniel Harvey Braymer (1920)
"plugging a Commutator.—When commutator bars show a tendency to blister and bead
at the outer ends, "plugging" the commutator often gives relief. ..."
6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1886)
"An Easy Method of plugging the Posterior Nares.— Dr. Haynes, of Philadelphia,
describes a very easy method of plugging the posterior nares in. cases of ..."
7. A Hand-book of uterine therapeutics, and of diseases of women by Edward John Tilt (1869)
"plugging OF TIIE VAGINA.—This ^invaluable remedy has saved the life of many.
It may be done in the usual way, by introducing a silk handkerchief into the ..."
Other Resources:
Basque