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Definition of Scarfing
1. scarf [v] - See also: scarf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarfing
Literary usage of Scarfing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Marine Engineer and Naval Architect (1897)
"W RICHARDS' "scarfing" MACHINE. , * E have pleasure in presenting our readers
with the ... The machine is capable of "scarfing" six shell plates in an hour, ..."
2. Text-book of Modern Carpentry: Comprising a Treatise on Building-timber by Thomas William Silloway (1858)
"Methods of scarfing are various; and, of many, we may truly say, that their design
savors more of the imagination of the artist than the sober experience of ..."
3. Inspection of the Materials and Workmanship Employed in Construction: A by Austin Thomas Byrne (1898)
"scarfing consists in cutting away equally from the ends, but on the opposite
sides, of two pieces of timber for the purpose of connecting them lengthwise. ..."
4. Forging: Manual of Practical Instruction in Hand Forging of Wrought Iron by John Jernberg (1919)
"Processes scarfing. For most welding the ends of the pieces to be joined must be so
... This shaping of the ends is known as scarfing, and the shaped end is ..."
5. Forging: Manual of Practical Instruction in Hand Forging of Wrought Iron by John Jernberg (1917)
"Processes scarfing. For most welding the ends of the pieces to be joined must be so
... This shaping of the ends is known as scarfing, and the shaped end is ..."
6. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1841)
"PLAN FOR scarfing TIMBER. Sir,—The above is a plan I have adopted for scarfing
timber, which I believe has never been used by any one else; ..."
7. Notes on Building Construction: Arranged to Meet the Requirements of the by Percy Guillemard Llewellin] [Smith (1891)
"scarfing, p. 60. Joints for lengthening beams under cross strain ....... Joints for
beams bearing on beams . Joints for beams on posts Joints for posts on ..."
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