Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of pushing or crowding with the shoulder or shoulders.
- noun A shoulder; a sloping projection or bank.
- noun In slating, a bed of haired lime placed beneath the upper edge of the smaller and thicker sorts of slates, to raise them and aid in making the joints water-tight.
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- verb Present participle of
shoulder .
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Examples
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Reprobates and riff raff who are delinquent in shouldering their obligations to the state will find themselves here, and soon.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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We have been willing to do our share in shouldering the post-war responsibilities which membership in a "one-world" system entails, as we believe.
A New Look At Canada 1948
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The next morning Durgin put the tool back in its place, not knowing what other disposition to make of it, and it was then that the idea of shouldering the crime upon you entered his wicked heart.
The Stillwater Tragedy Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1871
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Featured in the exhibition is a painting of Hotei asking "What is the sound of one hand?" along with 17 other depictions of the bumbling monk as everyman: sleeping, meditating, riding in a boat, shouldering a large mallet, and -- most unusual of all -- floating as a kite in mid-air.
The Sound Of One Hand: Paintings Of Zen Master Hakuin Showcased In New Exhbition (PHOTOS) Clay Chiles 2010
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Drafted, he served in Vietnam from 1967 to 1970, shouldering a 60mm mortar whose pet name was Gertrude.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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For example, costs get externalized if a toy factory's manufacturing process puts toxic chemicals in the groundwater, and the neighbors get stuck paying for part of the toy making process -- by shouldering lowered property value, experiencing illness, or getting stuck with the bill for cleaning up the mess.
Ron Davis: The Republican Nanny State Ron Davis 2012
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Thanks to their vision for the High Line and other projects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the firm Ms. Diller founded with her fellow architect and husband Ricardo Scofidio, is shouldering a new spate of high-profile jobs.
Picturing Failure, Sketching Dreams Ellen Gamerman 2010
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Featured in the exhibition is a painting of Hotei asking "What is the sound of one hand?" along with 17 other depictions of the bumbling monk as everyman: sleeping, meditating, riding in a boat, shouldering a large mallet, and -- most unusual of all -- floating as a kite in mid-air.
The Sound Of One Hand: Paintings Of Zen Master Hakuin Showcased In New Exhbition (PHOTOS) Clay Chiles 2010
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Cnooc also will spend an additional up to $1.08 billion shouldering drilling and other costs for developing the 600,000-acre Eagle Ford share assets.
Cnooc to Invest $2.16 Billion in Chesapeake Angel Gonzalez 2010
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They accuse her of being ungrateful when she complains about shouldering all the family burdens while I 'm traveling abroad.
The Better Half by Far: In Defense of Amy Jeff D. Opdyke 2010
dnfrd commented on the word shouldering
This is what one might be doing to earth crumbs. Shouldering them.
December 12, 2006
Gammerstang commented on the word shouldering
(noun) - The custom of "shouldering," which was for the coachman to take the fare of a way-passenger--one who did not register or start at the booking-office--and pocket it without making any return to the coach agent or proprietor, was universal in England. Some coach companies suffered much by it, and it was a tidy bit of profit to the unscrupulous coachman. Shouldering was common also in the New World. --Alice Morse Earle's Stagecoach and Tavern Days, 1900
April 23, 2018