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Definition of Slewing
1. slew [v] - See also: slew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slewing
Literary usage of Slewing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General Foundry Practice by Andrew McWilliam, Percy Longmuir (1907)
"Turning or slewing is also effected by means of hydraulic power. ... One end of
the slewing chain is fixed to the cylinder, then passes over the pulley on ..."
2. General Foundry Practice by Andrew McWilliam, Percy Longmuir (1907)
"Turning or slewing is also effected by means of hydraulic power. ... One end of
the slewing chain is fixed to the cylinder, then passes over the pulley on ..."
3. Practical Basketry by Anna A. Gill (1916)
"slewing.—Two or more weavers used as one in single weaving. DIAGRAM No. 10.—slewing
THE SIXTEEN-SPOKE CENTER means sixteen spokes arranged in groups of ..."
4. Notes on the Construction of Cranes and Lifting Machinery by Edward Charles Robert Marks (1899)
"In small cranes this swinging or slewing is accomplished by pulling round the
jib ; but all machines of three tons and upwards should be provided with ..."
5. The Construction of Cranes and Other Lifting Machinery by Edward Charles Robert Marks (1904)
"In small cranes this swinging or slewing is accomplished by pulling round the
jib ; but all machines of three tons and upwards should be provided with ..."
6. Lockwood's Dictionary of Terms Used in the Practice of Mechanical by Joseph Gregory Horner (1892)
"... with precisely similar resulta in each сане, by slewing round the capstan and
bringing the desired tools into alignment with the axis of the work ..."
7. Electric Crane Construction by Claude William Hill (1911)
"The power required to drive a slewing motion will depend on whether the weight
of the revolving structure is taken on a central pivot or on a ring ..."
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