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tripping

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tripping [′trip·iŋ]
(mining engineering)
The process of pulling or lowering drill-string equipment in a borehole.
To open a latch or locking device, thereby allowing a door or gate to open to empty the contents of a skip or bailer.
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The youngster was in his long white nightgown, that kept tripping him up as Madame Ratignolle led him along by the hand.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
The carriage could not have gone above a mile or two, when a pretty young girl came along, with a tripping pace, which showed precisely how her little heart was dancing in her bosom.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
He reflected, with much probability on his side, that Lydgate would by-and-by be caught tripping too, and that his ungentlemanly attempts to discredit the sale of drugs by his professional brethren, would by-and-by recoil on himself.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
 
 
 
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