Definition of Snailing

1. snail [v] - See also: snail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snailing

snail-flower
snail bean
snail darter
snail fever
snail flower
snail mail
snailase
snailed
snaileries
snailery
snailfish
snailflower
snailier
snailiest
snailing (current term)
snailish
snaillike
snails
snailshell
snailshells
snailspace
snaily
snake's-head
snake's-tongue
snake's head fritillary
snake-fish
snake-head
snake-necked turtle

Literary usage of Snailing

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

1. The Watch & Clock Makers' Handbook, Dictionary and Guide by Frederick James Britten (1896)
"There is projecting from the snailing mill a foot which fits the holder of ... The snailing mill is fixed in nearly the right position in relation to the ..."

2. The Watch & Clockmakers' Handbook by Frederick James Britten (1881)
"There is projecting from the snailing mill a foot which fits the holder of ... The snailing mill is fixed in nearly the right position in rela- tion to the ..."

3. The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Andy Adams (1903)
"We had taken on new supplies at Ogalalla, and a week afterwards the herd was snailing along the North Platte on its way to the land of the Blackfeet. ..."

4. The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Andy Adams (1903)
"We had taken on new supplies ; at Ogalalla, and a week afterwards the herd was snailing along the North Platte on its way to the land of the Blackfeet. ..."

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