Sentence example with the word 'cogged'

cogged

Definition adj. having cogs

Last update: June 9, 2015


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Richard Trevithick, indeed, had in 1804 tried a high-pressure steam locomotive, with smooth wheels, on a plate-way near Merthyr Tydvil, but it was found more expensive than horses; John Blenkinsop in 1811 patented an engine with cogged wheel and rack-rail which was used, with commercial success, to convey coal from his Middleton colliery to Leeds; William Hedley in 1813 built two locomotives - Puffing Billy and Wylam Dilly - for hauling coal from Wylam Colliery, near Newcastle; and in the following year George Stephenson's first engine, the Blucher, drew a train of eight loaded wagons, weighing 30 tons, at a speed of 4 m.   [Please select]

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Victory unassuaged was theirs, and for them Fortune had cogged her dice.   [Please select]

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"Cogged dice," he said thickly, "or I had not lost that throw."   [Please select]

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In the inside of the box under the dog is a little cogged wheel, which, when the handle is turned, rubs against pieces of metal and produces the musical sounds.   [Please select]

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