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Definition of Splaying
1. splay [v] - See also: splay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Splaying
Literary usage of Splaying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Switches and Crossings: Formulae for Ascertaining the Angles of Crossings by William Donaldson (1871)
"This distance is readily determined when the switches are of the correct length,
since the splaying-off must commence at a point, whose distance from the ..."
2. Lectures on the Rise and Development of Medieval Architecture by George Gilbert Scott (1879)
"This had the advantage of splaying the head or arch as well as the jamb, which
allowed more high light to enter ; an advantage often increased by splaying ..."
3. Scotland in Early Christian Times by Joseph Anderson (1881)
"It is lighted by a single small window placed in the east end, square-headed and
with vertical jambs, but splaying both internally and externally. ..."
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