havings's Usage Examples:

When I was building, one of these had its nest underneath the house, and before I had laid the second floor, and swept out the shavings, would come out regularly at lunch time and pick up the crumbs at my feet.

Ideally, dogs will gradually wear the bones down as they chew, but in many of these cases, the problem seemed to stem from dogs swallowing large chucks, rather than gnawing off small shavings.

The water in a soap is rarely directly determined; when it is, the soap, in the form of shavings, is heated to 105° C.

Top each portion with whipped cream, shortbread and chocolate shavings.

In this the feathers of the top of the head are very singular, looking like glossy curled shavings of black horn or whalebone, the effect being due to the dilatation of the shaft and its coalescence with the consolidated barbs.

disinfected then covered with wood shavings, peat or other ' litter ' .

Mahi mahi wrapped in plantain leaf and served with a salad of palm heart shavings and green papaya was a delicate mix of flavors.

Grate your soap with a kitchen grater and place the shavings into a blender.

It has been suggested that the above-mentioned callosities or " chestnuts " on the limbs of horses are vestigial scent-glands; and it is noteworthy that scrapings or shavings from their surface have a powerful attraction for other horses, and are also used by poachers and burglars to keep dogs silent.

A large variety of materials have been used in their manufacture by different peoples at different times - painted linen and shavings of stained horn by the Egyptians, gold and silver by the Romans, rice-paper by the Chinese, silkworm cocoons in Italy, the plumage of highly coloured birds in South America, wax, small tinted shells, 'c.

In Canada air spaces are largely used either alone or in combination with silicate cotton or planer shavings.

horns, climbing plants, shavings of wood or metal) that too much stress must not be laid on the mutual parentage of spiraliform ornament in different civilizations.

The large table covered with books and plans, the tall glass-fronted bookcases with keys in the locks, the high desk for writing while standing up, on which lay an open exercise book, and the lathe with tools laid ready to hand and shavings scattered around--all indicated continuous, varied, and orderly activity.

Synonyms:

bear, sustain, stockpile, carry, exert, maintain, hold on, monopolize, wield, keep, monopolise, stock, have got, feature, hold,

Antonyms:

lose, inhale, absorb, substantiality, tasteful,