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Definition of Tusking
1. tusk [v] - See also: tusk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tusking
Literary usage of Tusking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller's Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the by Frederick Law Olmsted (1862)
"... over-tusking or exposure, want of wholesome food, good clothing, warm,
comfortable lodging, with the distressing ides (sometimes) that he is an object ..."
2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, William M. Lacy (1889)
"When the husband or his assignee is tusking the aid of a court of equity to reduce
her property into possession. (2.) At the suit of the wife or of her ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Oh, they were rooting and tusking among the young sal last night, and I drove
them off. Therefore I did not come to the verandah this morning. ..."
4. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1875)
"... said, " We must obey the sovereign slowly, when he commands in anger"; and he
concluded by tusking u letters patent before executing orders so cruel. ..."
5. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1895)
"Known as shik-ling, 75 fr; and used by the savages for tusking tobacco-pipes.
141. Clausena Wampi, Oliver. ..."
6. Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives by Australia Parliament (1902)
"Miss Susan Anthony, said very truly^ We are tusking for nothing new, but simply
for the practical application of the ..."
7. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"... and each owner of property whose name was upon it had the right to file a
petition with the city council tusking a correction of any errors committed in ..."
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