Definition of Slaughtering

1. Verb. (present participle of slaughter) ¹

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Definition of Slaughtering

1. slaughter [v] - See also: slaughter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slaughtering

slatts
slaty
slaty-breasted tinamou
slaty-breasted tinamous
slaty anaemia
slaught
slaughter
slaughterdom
slaughtered
slaughterer
slaughterers
slaughterhall
slaughterhalls
slaughterhouse
slaughterhouses
slaughtering (current term)
slaughterman
slaughtermen
slaughterous
slaughterously
slaughterperson
slaughters
slaughtre
slaughts
slav
slava
slavas
slave(a)
slave-driver

Literary usage of Slaughtering

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

1. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1903)
"CHAPTER XIV RITUALISTIC slaughtering Before closing the treatment of Jewish ceremonial institutions, a word should be said about the ritualistic ..."

2. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1912)
"CHAPTER XIV RITUALISTIC slaughtering Before closing the treatment of Jewish ceremonial institutions, a word should be said about the ritualistic ..."

3. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"Army Cattle slaughtering in Egypt. VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH (Maid- stone) : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if his attention has been called to the ..."

4. The Parliamentary Debatesby Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1825)
"He had been to see this slaughtering-house in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel. He there beheld eight or ten horses, some with their eyes knocked out, ..."

5. European Agriculture and Rural Economy. From Personal Observation by Henry Colman (1848)
"ABATTOIRS OB slaughtering HOUSES. of horses, mules, and asses, where immense numbers of every description are brought, and change hands; and where the ..."

6. Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on the Beef Industry, March 3, 1905 by United States Bureau of Corporations (1905)
"CHAPTER I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE slaughtering AND PACKING INDUSTRY. In order properly to understand the following discussion of the alleged combination ..."

7. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1920)
"slaughtering—Inspection of Animals—Fees—Marking of Carcasses. (Ch. 224, Act May 11, 1917.) SECTION 1. Any person, firm or corporation in the State of ..."

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