Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A material for fine shot-gun barrels, as those of fowling-pieces, wrought from stubs, and brought into form by twisting or coiling round a mandrel or by welding; also, a gun-barrel made of this material.
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Examples
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"stub-twist," Hollis's double, was as good a fowling-piece as any sportsman needs.
Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall
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Those old stub-twist constitutions never want patching. "
The Guardian Angel Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Those old stub-twist constitutions never want patching. "
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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