单词 | sprag |
例句 | Sprag, sprag, n. a piece of wood used to lock a wheel: a punch-prop in mining.—v.t. to prop, or to stop, by a sprag. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Every few feet, short props or sprags are put in from the edge of the undermined portion to the floor, to prevent a premature fall, which might bury the miner. The Boy With the U.S. Miners But the epitaphs were trim, and sprag, and potent, and pleased the survivors of Thames-Ditton above the old Mumpsimus of 'Afflictions Sore'.... Highways and Byways in Surrey Just run back to the stack and bring us one of them small sprags. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines For all that, it's a sheer impossibility that you should guess who put a sprag in the wheel of Hilton's chariot. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley It was like a large, low hall, the roof supported by stout pieces of timber, called “sprags,” in some places, and in others by “cogs,” or lumps of coal, or by pillars of coal. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading But the epitaphs were trim and sprag, and patent, and pleased the survivors of Thames Ditton above the old mumpsimus of "Afflictions sore." The Best Letters of Charles Lamb |
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