scavenging [
'skævɪndʒ]
Scavenging \Scav"eng*ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Scavenge}. Hence,
n. (Internal-combustion Engines)
Act or process of expelling the exhaust gases from the
cylinder by some special means, as, in many four-cycle
engines, by utilizing the momentum of the exhaust gases in a
long exhaust pipe.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Oiled sea birds have become a fatal attraction for scavenging eagles, killing 57 of the birds of prey. Biologists have collected lifeless eggs from 30 abandoned eagle nests in the spill area.
- How would you assess your first 100 days so far? Rangers are dragging and trucking away roadside carcasses of bison and elk to prevent clashes between tourists and scavenging grizzly bears.
- Filipinos who arrived from Iraq and Kuwait on Sunday said Iraqi soldiers are looting grocery stores and homes, and even scavenging for scraps from departing foreigners.
- Ominously, this will mean that these plants are now scavenging abroad for military orders - from anywhere, for anything. The other republics fare no better: most will do worse, even if their food situation is presently easier.
- Accurate counts of dead wildlife have been difficult, Manville said, because of scavenging by eagles and gulls _ which may die after eating oil-soaked carcasses.