Definition of Slabbing

1. a. Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces.

Definition of Slabbing

1. Verb. (present participle of slab) ¹

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Definition of Slabbing

1. slab [v] - See also: slab

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slabbing

slab
slab-off
slab-off lens
slab on grade
slabbed
slabber
slabbered
slabberer
slabberers
slabbering
slabbers
slabbery
slabbier
slabbiest
slabbiness
slabbing (current term)
slabby
slablike
slabs
slack
slack-jawed
slack off
slack suit
slack tide
slack tub
slack up
slack water
slackard
slackards
slackcom

Literary usage of Slabbing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"In slabbing practice the steel is cast in large ingots which are rolled out ... In slabbing, a very large ingot, say 6 ft. long and 21 in. by 30 in. in ..."

2. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"The slabbing mills are not true universal mills, however, but double or duplex ... The Thirty-two Inch Mill at Homestead as an Example of a slabbing Mill: ..."

3. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"In slabbing practice the steel is cast in large ingots which are rolled out ... In slabbing, a very large ingot, say 6 ft. long and 21 in. by 30 in. in ..."

4. Forest Mensuration by Herman Haupt Chapman (1921)
"TABLE IX DEDUCTIONS FOR slabbing AND FOR SAW KERF, ... The table is instructive as an indication of the proper allowances to make for slabbing. ..."

5. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"The slabbing mills are not true universal mills, however, but double or duplex ... The Thirty-two Inch Mill at Homestead as an Example of a slabbing Mill: ..."

6. The Theory and Practice of Cotton Spinning, Or, The Carding and Spinning by James Montgomery (1836)
"THE slabbing FRAME. THE principal use of those machines that intervene between the drawing frame and the jenny, is to reduce the grist of the end ..."

7. Modern Milling Machines, Their Design, Construction, and Working: A Handbook by Joseph Gregory Horner (1906)
"Piano-Millers or slabbing Machines—Their Characteristics—Details of Spindles— Horizontal—Vertical—Rotary Planers or Ending Machines. ..."

8. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1853)
"The slabbing machine, or bitty, reduces the separate rolls oí carding s into a continuous slightly twisted spongy cord, which is sometimes called a roving. ..."

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