Lexicographical Neighbors of Skivings
Literary usage of Skivings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"They are either sold to the shoe manufacturer in sheets or dinked into heels.
skivings ALSO USED. The part taken off by the splitting machine in the ..."
2. Workers of the Nation: An Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American by Gilson Willets (1903)
"The objections to the use of skivings is the annoying tendency to squeak; hence,
the cork filler is generally preferred for high grade shoes. ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"Somer». SKIVE, ». (1) To pare the thick parts of hides before tanning. skivings,
the parings of hides. (2) To turn up the eyes. Line. SKIVER,». A skewer. ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"Somers. SKIVE, v. (1) To pare the thick parts of bides before tanning. skivings,
the parings of hides. (2) To turn up the eyes. Line. SKIVER, ». A skewer. ..."
5. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"Hide glue is made from glue stock, ie waste bits of hide trimmings, skivings,
fleshings, and other untanned refuse from the beam house; slaughter-house ..."
6. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"Hide glue is made from glue stock, ie waste bits of hide trimmings, skivings,
fleshings, and other untanned refuse from the beam house; slaughter-house ..."
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