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Definition: SCARFING |
SCARFINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Scarf |
Date "SCARFING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references) |
"SCARFING" is a common misspelling or typo for: scaring, scarping, scarring. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Metallurgy | Cutting off surface projections such as gates and risers from castings by means of a gas torch. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Splicing timbers, so cut that when joined the resulting piece is not thicker at the joint than elsewhere b. Tapering the ends of two pieces to be joined to avoid an enlarged joint c. Cutting surface areas of metal objects, ordinarily by using a gas torch. The operation permits surface defects to be cut from ingots, billets, or the edges of plate that is to be beveled for butt weldin. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SCARFING |
| English words defined with "SCARFING": lap joint ♦ To lap timbers. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SCARFING": SCARFING MACHINE OPERATOR, SUPERVISOR, CONDITIONING YARD. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Fig. 1. Boat spade to stop running whale. Fig. 2 Narrow cutting spade or thin boat spade. Fig. 3. Flat or round shank spade Fig. 4. Cutting spade for scarfing blubber. Fig. 5 Cutting spade for leaning up. Fig. 6. Half-round spade.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scarfing | 3 |
plywood scarfing | 2 |
jig scarfing | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SCARFING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skærebrænding, maskinel flammehoevling. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | machinaal schoonbranden, machinaal autogeen schaven, afschuinen, afbramen met de brander. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | viisteliitos, viiste (bevel, chamfering, facet, lead, mitre, starting taper, the ends of the cylindrical bodies are machined to conform to the bevelling of the circular welding seams), koneellinen kaasuhöyläys, kaasuhöyläys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | embavurage, décriquage la machine, ébarbage au chalumeau. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | maschinelles Flaemmen, Brennschneiden (flame cut, gas cutting), Abschrägen (bevel, chamfering, pinching, pinchout, skew, slant, slope, to bevel, to slant, to slope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μηχανική αφαίρεση υλικού με φλόγα, Σύνδεση με δόντια, αφαίρεση μετάλλου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | smussatura (bezel, wane), scriccatura a macchina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arfingscay limpeza de defeitos máquina, entalhamento, ensamblagem, encaixe por sambladura, chanfradura (chamfer, Dent, indentation, Nick, notch). (various references) escarpado mecánico, ensamblaje (assembling, assembly, docking, lasting, mounting), ensambladura (joinery, joint, scarph box, splice), desbarbado con soplete. (various references) skärbränning, maskinell gashyvling, avfasning (bevel, border, chamfer, chamfering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-g-i-n-r-s" | |
-1 letter: facings, farcing, racings, sacring, scaring. | |
-2 letters: arcing, cairns, caring, casing, cigars, facing, fagins, faring, francs, grains, racing, rasing. | |
-3 letters: acing, airns, cains, cairn, carns, cigar, crags, fagin, fairs, fangs, farci, fiars, firns, frags, franc, frigs, gains, garni, girns, gnars, grain, grans, grins, infra, naifs, narcs, naric, naris, ragis, rains, ranis, rings, sarin, scarf, scrag. | |
-4 letters: agin, ains, airn, airs, anis, arcs, arfs, asci, cain, cans, carn, cars, cigs, crag, cris, fags, fain, fair, fang, fans, fiar, figs, fins, firn, firs, fisc, frag, frig, gain, gars, gins, girn, gnar, gran, grin, nags, naif, narc, ragi, rags, rain, rang, rani, rias, rifs, rigs, ring, rins, sain, sang, sari, scag, scan, scar, sign, sing, snag. | |
-5 letters: ain, air, ais, ani, arc, arf, ars, can, car, cig, cis, fag, fan, far, fas, fig, fin, fir, gan, gar, gas, gin, ifs, ins, nag, rag, ran, ras, ria, rif, rig, rin, sac, sag, sic, sin, sir, sri. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-g-i-n-r-s" | |
+1 letter: surfacing. | |
+2 letters: kingcrafts, scarifying, surfacings. | |
+3 letters: crawfishing, flagrancies, forecasting, fragrancies, franchising, resurfacing, sacrificing. | |
+4 letters: centrifugals, cliffhangers, fricasseeing, interfacings, safecracking, scarifyingly, transfecting. | |
+5 letters: enfranchising, flowchartings, reclassifying, saccharifying, safecrackings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 43 41 52 46 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .- .-. ..-. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000011 01000001 01010010 01000110 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S C A R F I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0043 0041 0052 0046 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5337355240434841 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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