2. Verb. (third-person singular of skewer) ¹
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Definition of Skewers
1. skewer [v] - See also: skewer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skewers
Literary usage of Skewers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cotton Spinner and Managers' and Carders' Guide: A Practical by Robert H. Baird (1851)
"SPEEDER-BOBBINS AND skewers. All these machines should stand firm, level, and
square, and each speeder should be provided with ..."
2. The Indian Forester (1883)
"A large consignment of American skewers just to hand," is an announcement ...
We suppose, however, that the introduction of these American skewers is due to ..."
3. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"Its hard wood is used like that of the other species, and its young branches for
skewers. C. suecica is a humble little plant not more than six inches high, ..."
4. Heroes of the Dark Continent: And how Stanley Found Emin Pasha. A Complete by James William Buel (1889)
"Among other arts practised by the natives for annoying strangers was that of
filling shallow pits with sharpened splinters, or skewers, deftly covered over ..."
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