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Definition of Swiveling
1. swivel [v] - See also: swivel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swiveling
Literary usage of Swiveling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practical Tool-maker and Designer: A Treatise Upon the Designing of by Herbert S. Wilson (1898)
"37 also shows another illustration of the class of work ground by swiveling the
head stock, in which may be included grinding the sides of collars, washers, ..."
2. Milling Machine Kinks by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1908)
"the swiveling part of machine. On the top end of g the adjustable block e is held
by a dovetail milled in g and a slot and small binding bolt i. ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"Common casters, in swiveling, pivot upon the floor. The point of pivot motion is
the point of contact between wheel and floor. Such pucker and wear carpets, ..."
4. Decisions on the Law of Patents for Inventions Rendered by [English Courts by United States Supreme Court, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Woodbury Lowery (1890)
"Any swiveling force applied to the dog •causes the stump to bear on the peripheries
of the wheels, and the picking of the lock is facilitated. ..."
5. The Practical Tool-maker and Designer: A Treatise Upon the Designing of by Herbert S. Wilson (1898)
"37 also shows another illustration of the class of work ground by swiveling the
head stock, in which may be included grinding the sides of collars, washers, ..."
6. Milling Machine Kinks by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1908)
"the swiveling part of machine. On the top end of g the adjustable block e is held
by a dovetail milled in g and a slot and small binding bolt i. ..."
7. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"Common casters, in swiveling, pivot upon the floor. The point of pivot motion is
the point of contact between wheel and floor. Such pucker and wear carpets, ..."
8. Decisions on the Law of Patents for Inventions Rendered by [English Courts by United States Supreme Court, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Woodbury Lowery (1890)
"Any swiveling force applied to the dog •causes the stump to bear on the peripheries
of the wheels, and the picking of the lock is facilitated. ..."
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