Definition of Stowing

1. Noun. The act of packing or storing away.

Exact synonyms: Stowage
Generic synonyms: Storage
Derivative terms: Stow, Stow

Definition of Stowing

1. n. A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.

Definition of Stowing

1. Verb. (present participle of stow) ¹

2. Noun. (mining) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stowing

1. stow [v] - See also: stow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stowing

stow away
stowable
stowage
stowages
stowaway
stowaways
stowboard
stowboards
stowce
stowces
stowdown
stowdowns
stowed
stower
stowers
stowing (current term)
stowings
stowlins
stown
stownd
stownded
stownding
stownds
stowp
stowps
stowre
stowres
stows
strabism
strabismic

Literary usage of Stowing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Stores and Materials Control by Madison Cartmell (1922)
"Since, however, the method of stowing largely determines the facility with ... Yet system and method in stowing is the foundation of orderliness and care in ..."

2. Negligence of Imposed Duties, Carriers of Freight by Charles Andrew Ray (1895)
"This obligation to use due diligence and skill in stowing and staying the ... In stowing goods, the possibility of heavy weather must be considered and duly ..."

3. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Charles Petersdorff, Elisha Hammond (1831)
"The counsel observed, that in this case there was a directly different modo Where an of stowing. Bayley, J. There was no evidence that it was the usage of ..."

4. The Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings at Law, in Ohio, and by Joseph Rockwell Swan (1845)
"... to superintend and direct the loading and stowing of a cargo of a certain other ship or vessel of the said plaintiff, bound <ma certain voyage, ..."

5. Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by Roy Samuel MacElwee, Thomas Rothwell Taylor (1921)
"the vessel, stowing may commence. The hiring of the men and the layout of ... METHODS OF stowing Preparation of the Hold.—The methods used in stowing the ..."

6. Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by Roy Samuel MacElwee, Thomas Rothwell Taylor (1921)
"the vessel, stowing may commence. The hiring of the men and the layout of the transfer equipment have already been described. ..."

7. Lectures on Mining Delivered at the School of Mines, Paris by J. P. Callon (1876)
"LECTURES ON MINING. be applicable to scams of moderate thickness were it considered advantageous to work them with stowing instead of allowing the roof to ..."

8. Zimmermann on Ocean Shipping by Erich Walter Zimmermann (1921)
"The problem of stowing.—In the case of bulk commodities the question of stowage, ie, ... But stowing a cargo of general freight is nothing short of an art. ..."

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