flange
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A 24-by-6-inch piece broke from the flange of one structural girder, Pihlstrom said.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023
He had installed the toilet flange directly on top of the subfloor of the condo.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
It’s mission-critical for the flange to be installed on top of the finished floor.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
It is supposed to be screwed to the floor and it also has slots that accept brass bolts used to connect the toilet to the flange.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
The kestrel sailed into view and took up station, the black-edged flange of its tail bent down and its pointed wings beating rapidly as it searched the down below.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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In the far distance, the twin flanges of Husky Stadium rise up over the landscape like a pair of reversed gullwing doors on a DeLorean.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
The flanges would then have made contact with the end caps.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
One can join them using special flanges, much like ordinary pipes.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2022
Instead of the bell-shaped flanges of a traditional breast pump, a wearable pump has cups that can be tucked into the user’s bra.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2021
To the west, between two of the flanges of the tree that spread out to be roots, was a cavity.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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"This trend uses modern-made pieces but has traditional design elements and materials. Think skirted, flanged, wingbacked, or rolled seating. For materials, this means more linen, mohair, natural stone and wood," DelMonico adds.
From Fox News ● Mar. 3, 2022
The latest is the Series 18, a heel-shafted, flanged blade with a cavity sole and high density tungsten in the extreme heel and toe.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 21, 2020
People talked knowledgeably about foam versus flanged, domes versus cylinders, bone conduction, how to avoid ear infections, and the importance of bringing noise-absorbing furniture and carpets into your home.
From Slate ● May 13, 2019
Beneath the car, unseen, are four flanged wheels of smaller diameter than the car’s tires.
From The Verge ● Feb. 24, 2016
Between the sight lines of my raised knees his ear appeared, an amazing organ all its own, whorled and flanged, translucent in the bright lights.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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This is an important matter in using steel rivets and should not be overlooked; the same principle applies to the heating of steel plates for flanging.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various
A better flanging tool is made from a triangular piece of copper or brass, about 1⁄16 inch thick, and mounted in a suitable handle.
From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Francis C. (Francis Cowles) Frary
This flanging of the upper end or tail ensures the arrow spinning rapidly as it falls through the air, and at the same times preserves its vertical position during its descent.
From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
He removed the Cap that had rested on his flanging Ears and sat at the Table with the Advance Agent and the English Tourist.
From More Fables by George Ade
Shows all types of boilers used; gives details of construction; practical facts, such as life of riveting, punches and dies; work done per day, allowance for bending and flanging sheets and other data.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
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