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Definition of Ranginess
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ranginess
Literary usage of Ranginess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Character and Vocational Analysis: How to Find the Niche in Life in which by Joseph Ralph (1921)
"These deciding votes are physical characteristics other than shapes of skull,
the most distinguishing of which are color of eyes and hair, and the ranginess ..."
2. Types and Breeds of Farm Animals by Charles Sumner Plumb (1920)
"This shortness of rib, with a tendency to ranginess of body, has counted against
the breed in the past. A short coupling and broad, deep body must be a part ..."
3. Trenching at Gallipoli: The Personal Narrative of a Newfoundlander with the by John Gallishaw (1916)
"A tall, loose-jointed, sandy-haired youth who approached the two was unmistakably
a colonial; there was a certain ranginess that no amount of drilling could ..."
4. Productive Sheep Husbandry by Walter Castella Coffey (1918)
"... they tend to ranginess, but when well-finished they are plump and well-developed
in the parts most valuable for meat. The wool is short and similar to ..."
5. California Garden-flowers, Shrubs, Trees and Vines: Being Mainly Suggestions by Edward James Wickson (1914)
"Train the new growth of all vines to prevent too great freedom and ranginess of
growth—and then sit in the shade for long, quiet hours of gladness that the ..."
6. Judging Live Stock by John Alexander Craig (1901)
"An inclination to ranginess in type is required, with a racy appearance, usually
resulting in a horse standing 16 hands. ..."
7. Judging Live Stock by John Alexander Craig (1901)
"An inclination to ranginess in type is required, with a racy appearance, usually
resulting in a horse standing 16 hands. Extreme breeding for the leading ..."
8. The Essentials of Agriculture by Henry Jackson Waters (1915)
"... ranginess, or coarseness of bone subtracts from the proportion of salable meat
and is severely condemned by the butcher. 501. Must be well finished. ..."
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