trying-out

In the big graveyard, at head and feet of the graves, were relics of past sanguinary history -- blubber-spades, rusty old bayonets and cutlasses, copper bolts, rudder-irons, harpoons, bomb guns, bricks that could have come from nowhere but a whaler's trying-out furnace, and old brass pieces of the sixteenth century that verified the traditions of the early Spanish navigators.

YAH! YAH! YAH! 2010

And JJ trying-out LeMans, Rally Racing, F1 or even NHRA drag racing wouldn't hurt his chances for more future recognition.

Steve Parker: Jimmie Johnson Should Quit NASCAR Steve Parker 2010

And JJ trying-out LeMans, Rally Racing, F1 or even NHRA drag racing wouldn't hurt his chances for more future recognition.

Steve Parker: Jimmie Johnson Should Quit NASCAR Steve Parker 2010

And JJ trying-out LeMans, Rally Racing, F1 or even NHRA drag racing wouldn't hurt his chances for more future recognition.

Steve Parker: Jimmie Johnson Should Quit NASCAR Steve Parker 2010

And JJ trying-out LeMans, Rally Racing, F1 or even NHRA drag racing wouldn't hurt his chances for more future recognition.

Steve Parker: Jimmie Johnson Should Quit NASCAR Steve Parker 2010

For example, the past century has actually witnessed a steep decline in extramarital affairs as a result, it would seem, of thevery changes that drive the pro-lifers wild: the more lengthy and thoughtful trying-out of marriage partners in combination with greater candor about sexual desires within marriage.

Cristina Page: Family Planning is Family Values 2009

Ridolph is part Cugel and part Kirth Gersen, and the stories read like early trying-out of plots for both of them.

Readings & Watchings « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2009

Apprenticeship in dressmaking comprehends a trying-out period of from six months to a year.

Wage Earning and Education Rufus Rolla Lutz

After a week or two of such "trying-out," to develop wind and harden muscle, he may even scale the great Mountain itself under the safe lead of experienced guides.

The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' John H. Williams

He turned and gazed at the brig's main deck, where tubs of water and soapsuds were being poured into the trying-out kettles built in the brig's waist.

Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"