Lexicographical Neighbors of Squirring
Literary usage of Squirring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science Record: A Compendium of Scientific Progress and Discovery edited by Alfred Ely Beach (1873)
"Moreover, like lead and thallium, it is exceedingly soft, and readily capable of
furnishing wire, by the process of "squirring," or forcing. ..."
2. Argentine Plains and Andine Glaciers: Life on an Estancia, and an Expedition by Walter Larden (1911)
"If you come too near, ie, within about six yards, it gives a sort of " squirring"
note—(an onomatopoeic word)—like a partridge, and then a vigorous ..."
3. The Science Record edited by Alfred Ely Beach (1873)
"Moreover, like lead and thallium, it is exceedingly soft, and readily capable of
furnishing wire, by the process of "squirring," or forcing. ..."
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