2. Verb. (third-person singular of sneck) ¹
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Definition of Snecks
1. sneck [n] - See also: sneck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snecks
Literary usage of Snecks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs & Travels of Sir John Reresby, Bart by John Reresby (1904)
"iron-work belonging to the doors and windows, as hinges, snecks, and locks, &c.
carved and double gilded, and most of the rooms painted above the cornice on ..."
2. The Principles of Mechanics ...: To which is Now Added, an Appendix by William Emerson (1825)
"... in iron sockets at the bottom of the frame, and are kept in their places by
the snecks 3, 3, fixed to the upper side of the bottom part of the frame; ..."
3. Woollen and Worsted Cloth Manufacture: Being a Practical Treatise for the by Roberts Beaumont (1890)
"... which allows them to move backward in the slot in which they are placed in
the top of the framework of the boxes, as the iron snecks on the back of the ..."
4. The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries by T. Campbell Futers (1905)
"An eye-bolt is fixed to the end of each door, into which the attendant inserts
a hook, and pulls up the door, which snecks automatically. ..."
5. The Principles and Practice and Explanation of the Machinery of Locomotive by Thomas Tredgold (1850)
"... and radiating towards the door-frame, which is composed of f-inch angle-iron,
into which three holes are made to receive the ends of the snecks ; and by ..."
6. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of the by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1873)
"It is proved (and is well-known) that the bandies stand horizontally when the
snecks are properly home, so that any one looking along the train can see if ..."
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