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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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 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. 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. |
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