| 单词 | straight-grained |
| 例句 | Native tribes prized serviceberry for its hard, straight-grained wood, which they used to construct hand tools, like digging sticks and fish rakes. Enrich your garden connection with a deeper look at native PNW plants 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Lightweight, rot-resistant, straight-grained and easy to work with, chestnut wood was used to build houses, barns, telegraph poles, railroad ties, furniture and even musical instruments. A New Generation of American Chestnut Trees May Redefine America's Forests 2014-03-01T13:30:00Z When it is straight-grained, the marks left by the saw will show an even roughness throughout the whole length of the plank; and the rougher the appearance, the softer the plank. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The wood is light, soft, straight-grained and easily worked; it is very durable in contact with the soil, and is used for railway-ties, posts, fencing and for construction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The kind most used in the United States resembles a straight-grained morocco. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z These die for lack of sun and air, and the trunk covers their stubs with layers of straight-grained wood. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Cut from Beech a very straight-grained piece, 14 in. long, 2 in. wide, and 3⁄8 in. thick. Hand-Craft The Most Reliable Basis of Technical Education in Schools and Classes 2011-09-18T02:00:30.783Z These tiny dwellings were constructed of sweet-smelling cedar boards, split from splendid great logs, absolutely straight-grained and free from knots. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z It should be of sound, strong, straight-grained, springy wood, for sometimes a broken ax handle is as disastrous as a broken blade. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z Follow directions closely; never use old, dozy wood; good, sound, straight-grained material is the cheapest to use. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps A single tree often yields five thousand dollars' worth of marketable lumber, the finest, straight-grained soft pine in the world. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Select from Beech an exceptionally straight-grained piece 24 in. long, 11⁄4 in. wide, and 3⁄4 in. thick. Hand-Craft The Most Reliable Basis of Technical Education in Schools and Classes 2011-09-18T02:00:30.783Z Michael bought three straight-grained pipes so substantially silvered that they made his own old pipes take on an attenuated vulgarity. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Only clear, straight-grained wood is used in its construction. Kodaks and Kodak Supplies 1914 Take a piece of soft straight-grained pine, which any carpenter or builder will let you have, one foot long, four inches wide, and two inches deep. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes The wood is soft, not conspicuously resinous, straight-grained and valuable as lumber. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The wood is light, soft, straight-grained, and is said to be excellent for shingles and for other purposes. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination As it left my hand, I saw that it was a piece I had selected for the hull of a miniature boat, just suitable for that purpose, being straight-grained and exactly the right thickness. Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly For the deck use white pine one-eighth of an inch thick, straight-grained, and free from knots. Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The terms "fine-grained," "coarse-grained," "straight-grained," and "cross-grained" are frequently applied in the trade. Seasoning of Wood The hard, strong, brown wood of contorta contrasts strikingly with that of its variety, which is light yellow or nearly white—soft, weak, straight-grained and easily worked. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z To encase a pipe with wood, take two strips of straight-grained pine, and plane or "gouge" out a half-round groove the full length of each, glue them together, and wire firmly over the glass pipe. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Not straight-grained as in good wood; hence the perverse and vexatious disposition of the ne'er-do-wells. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The cambium of a straight-grained black walnut tree as seen in tangential section. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 The wood is soft, durable, straight-grained, easily worked, very resinous, and has a satiny luster which makes it appreciated for interior work. Seasoning of Wood No forest tree except sequoias equals the Douglas spruce in massiveness of trunk and yield of straight-grained lumber. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The Hudson Baymen make passable pipe-stems by taking a straight-grained piece of willow or spruce without knots, and cutting through the outer layers of bark and wood. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce A straight-grained timber beam, or iron bar, fitted into or round the head of the rudder, by means of which the latter is moved. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It is sometimes used of wood which is straight-grained. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion It is hard, dense, and strong, fairly free from knots, straight-grained, and one of the best timbers for heavy engineering work where great strength, long span, and durability are required. Seasoning of Wood The slabs were made in this way: they took a clean straight-grained pine-tree and cut it into logs eight feet long. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading Pieces of straight-grained wood are wrought to a square section, after which the corners are planed away to form an octagonal section. Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. Sound spruce, free from large knots and tolerably straight-grained, makes good poles; pine answers as well, but is more expensive. How to Camp Out What simplifies life is to have a single, specific direction in which to grow, a straight-grained, definite intention, the possibility of a straightforward life. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion Heartwood reddish; sapwood lighter color, straight-grained, compact structure. Seasoning of Wood Wood light and soft, straight-grained, easy to work. Studies of Trees For cabinet-making and similar work straight-grained beechwood dowels are mostly used; these may be bought by the gross, in lengths of about 36 ins., and of any desired diameter. Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. But Chaucer is always straight-grained, broad, and natural. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century The cedar is straight-grained, splits easy, and true, and to the rancher is very valuable, taking the place of sawed lumber for a great many farm purposes. A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 Wood heavy, hard, stiff, quite tough, not durable in contact with the soil, straight-grained, rough on the split surfaces and coarse in texture. Seasoning of Wood Wood light, soft, not strong, straight-grained, fairly easy to work. Studies of Trees The tree for this purpose must be straight-grained, and from three to four feet in diameter. Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer The bow is made from straight-grained oak, ash, or hickory, 5/8 in. thick, 1 in. wide and 3 ft. long. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Only straight-grained specimens, free from defects which will affect their strength, will be tested. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing Annual rings clearly marked by large open pores, not durable in contact with the soil, is straight-grained, and the best material for oars, etc. Seasoning of Wood Wood heavy, hard, and strong, straight-grained, readily worked. Studies of Trees It is also easier to find in long, straight-grained pieces free from knots, and it is this kind only that should be used in flying machine construction. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship Select a piece of straight-grained flint as near the desired shape as possible. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Since these rays are between the fibres it naturally follows that they will be vertical or inclined according as the tree is straight-grained or spiral-grained. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing For fine, light handles, that the palm will stick to, butt cuts of poplar or cottonwood cannot be excelled, yet straight-grained ash will bear more careless usage. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Obtain a strip of white straight-grained hickory six feet long, two inches wide, and a quarter inch thick. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow He came to a straight-grained, thick birch, eighteen inches in diameter, and he put up his tent fifty paces from it. Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail In building a glider the wood material used should be straight-grained spruce, free from knots. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do This is common in straight-grained beams, particularly when the wood is seasoned. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing Rough boards were made for the roof by splitting straight-grained logs about four feet long. David Crockett His Life and Adventures With a few strong and skillful blows she split the straight-grained block of wood into firewood, gathered up the sticks in her arms, and, with a giggle, turned toward the house. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail A 25-inch block of straight-grained ash was split and split until it yielded enough pieces. Rolf in the Woods This latter piece is for the bar and should be of well seasoned, straight-grained hickory. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Preparing the material: The specimens are usually in the form of small, clear, straight-grained blocks with a projecting tenon or lip to be sheared off. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing Shake of this character in straight-grained trees affects only one or two central boards when cut into lumber, but in spiral-grained timber the damage is much greater. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing Lumber and timber with diagonal grain is always weaker than straight-grained material, the extent of the defect varying with the degree of the angle the fibres make with the axis of the stick. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing The loss would not be so great if logs were perfectly straight-grained, but this is seldom the case, most trees growing more or less spirally or irregularly. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing |
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