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Definition of Stanchers
1. stancher [n] - See also: stancher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stanchers
Literary usage of Stanchers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fighting for the Good Cause: Reflections on Francis Galton's Legacy to by Gerald Sweeney (2001)
"... of that development could have encouraged these particular legatees to appreciate
both Galton and his product as surreptitious stanchers of democracy. ..."
2. A History of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet: With a List of by Thomson Gale (Firm) (1890)
"The committee on petitions for charity to meet in the afternoon. The treasurer
is ordered to " cause put stanchers, glass, ..."
3. Lough Derg and Its Pilgrimages: With Map and Illustrations by Daniel O'Connor (1879)
"At last, as he was searching among the rubbish of a dwelling-house in the largest
island" (Saints' Island), "he found a window with iron stanchers. ..."
4. Annals of Glasgow: Comprising an Account of the Public Buildings, Charities by James Cleland (1829)
"... great and horrible profanation committed by some godless and wicked persons,
within the Parish Kirk of Glasgow, who had taken out some iron stanchers, ..."
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