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Definition of Soakings
1. soaking [n] - See also: soaking
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soakings
Literary usage of Soakings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indian Forester (1905)
"... hope of giving them some protection against the shot-borer pest they were
subjected to a series of soakings in water, copper sulphate and Rangoon oil. ..."
2. Trees & Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook (1902)
"A few liberal soakings of water in dry weather are beneficial to shrubs or anything
else under trees, but the soakings must be thorough, as mere sprinkles ..."
3. Trees & Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook (1908)
"A few liberal soakings of water in dry weather are beneficial to shrubs or anything
else under trees, but the soakings must be thorough, as mere sprinkles ..."
4. A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and Its People: Its Mining by Alvah Littlefield Sawyer (1911)
"... the spinal cord) laying the foundation for disease to follow such winter soakings.
Such soakings and bare ground are almost unknown here in winter. ..."
5. Trees & Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook (1908)
"A few liberal soakings of water in dry weather are beneficial to shrubs or anything
else under trees, but the soakings must be thorough, as mere sprinkles ..."
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