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Definition of Stillages
1. stillage [n] - See also: stillage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stillages
Literary usage of Stillages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1861)
"... boarde xj8 In ye buttery vj sackes xs— a rounde olde table and ij stillages
for bier ij8 —jx glasses ij8 In ye wyne ..."
2. The Textile Colourist (1876)
"Iron-rust stains from nails in stillages, or from lying against the kier, mostly
in the soda boil. Iron stains also from drying tins in bad condition, ..."
3. The Mechanics' Magazine (1855)
"These improvements consist in the application of a moveable bed or cradle to
frames of wood or metal, such as common "stillages" employed for the support of ..."
4. Industrial Law by Frank Tillyard (1916)
"All stillages shall be so arranged as to allow the floor to be thoroughly cleaned
underneath them. (/) In all workrooms not specially mentioned in the ..."
5. Reports of Cases in Prize, Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District by Samuel Blatchford (1866)
"... stillages, rails, Sec.," for ,.£75, being a total, less 1J per cent, discount,
of s£241 6s. 6d. The bill of the cotton press above referred to, headed, ..."
6. Mechanical World and Engineering Record (1881)
"... and by pallets and stillages for small components, transported by battery-driven
platform and fork-lift trucks. Extensive use is made of pneumatic tools ..."
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