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lubrication

[loo-bri-key-shuhn] / ˌlu brɪˈkeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
lubricating
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK


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Lasting Lubrication: Teach children to lube their quad's chain periodically.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lubrication was by means of two pumps, one scavenging and one suction, oil being fed under pressure from the crankshaft.

From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles

Bearings and Lubrication 8vo, *1 50 —— Aerial or Wire Ropeways 8vo, *3 00 —— Sugar Machinery 12mo, *2 00 Walsh, J. J.

From Seasoning of Wood by Wagner, J. B. (Joseph Bernard)

Lubrication is faulty when the quantity of lubricant supplied is either insufficient or too abundant, or when the oils employed are of bad quality.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by Mathot, R. E.

Lubrication is of vital importance, and the oil used makes all the difference in the world.

From Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" by Eddy, Arthur Jerome



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