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Definition of Sleeking
1. sleek [v] - See also: sleek
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleeking
Literary usage of Sleeking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lockwood's Dictionary of Terms Used in the Practice of Mechanical by Joseph Gregory Horner (1892)
"sleeking (qv). Sledge.—Sco Sledge Hammer. Sleaker.—A sleeker (qv). ... sleeking,
or Slaking, or Slicking.—Smoothing over the surface of a foundry mould ..."
2. A New Hand-dictionary of the English Language for the Germans and of the by Johann Ebers (1802)
"... a Calender, an Engine to calender Cloth ; alfo a sleeking Stone ufed by
Paper-Makers. bcr ... the sleeking Steel; a polishing or burnishing Steel. ber ..."
3. West's Moulders' Text-book: Being Pt. II of American Foundry Practice by Thomas Dyson West (1901)
"After a mould has been blackened after the plan of a dry- sand mould, some make
a practice of sleeking them. This is not the safest plan to adopt in every ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"By sleeking the wet blackening, a smoother casting may be produced; but unless
it is carefully and skilfully done, there is more or less danger of the ..."
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