| 单词 | wedge-shaped |
| 例句 | Ten wedge-shaped, high-definition video screens—as brilliant as those in Times Square—lined the underbelly of the dome like so many orange slices. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Inside the cabin, the boy’s mother was cutting wedge-shaped pieces of corn mush from an iron pot that stood on the back of the stove. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Robin sealed up the wedge-shaped section to be sent back to the lab along with tissue samples, fish bone fragments, and a suspected tapeworm. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z So that's what makes you so cocky, I thought, seeing now how the light struck him at an angle and made a wedge-shaped shadow beneath his nose. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat by Samuel and from his box took a wedge-shaped Chinese razor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z All the animated action was displayed on ten wedge-shaped high-definition video screens—as luminous as any sports arena’s scoreboard. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Kepler found something different for elliptical orbits: As the planet moves along its orbit, it sweeps out a little wedge-shaped area within the ellipse. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wedge-shaped spit of land which poked out into the river. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They raised their sharp, wedge-shaped little heads and chattered together like a nestful of young weasels. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They were wedge-shaped strips and he cut them from next to the backbone down to the edge of the belly. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Combined with wedge-shaped cuneiform writing, scene after scene of these wall carvings scrupulously detail military exploits. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Available in a first edition of 66 pieces in zirconium, each priced at $63,000, it features a wedge-shaped sapphire crystal prism that reflects the time onto a stand-up “dashboard” face. A Late Kick Cheers Watchmakers 2013-01-21T12:05:57Z His face, built for comedy, with its wedge-shaped mouth and wide-eyed haplessness, always reminds me of a big, wet, happy dog. Richard Kind: 'I’m a team player, but I also want to win' 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z “Double Column Gray,” a monumental diptych of dark gray, wedge-shaped volumes, each almost 12 feet tall, recalls the monoliths in “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Museum & Gallery Listings for Aug. 7-13 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The set by Jim Findlay consisted of a wedge-shaped grassy slope that looked like a miniature version of the Irish Hunger Memorial in Lower Manhattan, except instead of wildflowers it sprouted flat-screen monitors. Review: An Unsatisfying Opera (or Is It a Lecture?) 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z An old salt with alarmed hair and a wedge-shaped beard worthy of Melville, Wake is the veteran keeper of the lighthouse flame, the guardian of its traditions, language and superstitions. ‘The Lighthouse’ Review: Dark Nights, Troubled Souls, Hairy Men 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Nearby is the Countach, with its low-to-the-ground, wedge-shaped front, massive hood and large vents that make it look futuristic even today. Among the Masters at the Ferrari and Lamborghini Museums 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z And that’s good news for fans of the drink, as the tiny wedge-shaped bar at The Matchbox fits only 19 stools. The 14 Best Margaritas in America 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z When I visited, middle schoolers squirmed in the narrow, wedge-shaped teen room, high schoolers practiced karate kicks in the dance studio and tutors instructed students doing homework in the library. In Harlem, a Playful New Youth Center Is an Instant Landmark 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z “He had the correct wedge-shaped head,” she says, because Crufts judges are impervious to cuteness. Crufts uncovered: ‘Dog people look like hairdressers with very small clients’ 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z To complicate matters, the table was expandable, with wedge-shaped leaves. These Custom Designs Are Anything but Customary 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z In a show about surveillance and control, the forum’s awkward gallery space, spread over five levels of its narrow, wedge-shaped headquarters, becomes an advantage. Art Review: ?NineteenEightyFour,? All Eyes, at Austrian Forum 2010-08-19T21:48:00Z On a muggyJuly night, noteworthy musicians packed the Village Vanguard, the wedge-shaped Greenwich Village basement that is New York’s oldest and best jazz club. ‘Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. I (The Embedded Sets)’ by Steve Coleman Review: The Complex Made Accessible 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z A wedge-shaped building on Leary Way in Ballard once was home to music producer Jack Endino’s Reciprocal Recording studio, where he recorded Nirvana’s first demos and “Bleach,” the band’s debut album on Sub Pop. In search of grunge amid booming Seattle 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Opened last year, the second Grimm’s Hotel in the German capital is bigger, bolder and more tranquil than its little brother, thanks to an eye-catching wedge-shaped building and nearby green spaces. A Berlin Hotel Inspiring Grimm’s Fairy Tale Dreams 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z For years I’ve been composting garden debris by strewing it over a wedge-shaped grove near the garden. Why compost is the lifeblood of the garden 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z This is very much inspired by where I am – Rome, or more precisely Testaccio, a wedge-shaped quarter in the south of the city, home to my trusted, workaday market. A peperonata recipe straight from Rome | Kitchen sink tales 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Arriving suddenly in a lift on Mayim Stiller’s shoulder at the head of the wedge-shaped ensemble, she swept one leg forcefully around at exhilarating speed until it stretched behind her. Dance Review: School of American Ballet Workshop Performances 2013-06-03T21:09:56Z This tiny, wedge-shaped joint, which anchors the northwest corner of Ogden, Milwaukee and Chicago Aves. in the River West neighborhood, aptly self-describes on its facade as Chicago's most intimate bar. The only sugar-rimmed margarita worth drinking 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z We climb a spiral staircase of wood and ropes wrapped around a tree, then grasp a brass half-moon-shaped handle to open a giant wedge-shaped cedar door. In Vancouver Island’s rain forest, a treehouse hotel fit for a hobbit 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z It is topped by a wedge-shaped green-painted penthouse that Houben referred to as a wizard’s hat, an angular form that gracefully disguises mechanical equipment. A Glowing Shrine to the Printed Word 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z The big rectangular and wedge-shaped galleries, windows alternating between panoramas of the city and narrow views over the campus, accommodate best the large-scale works in the inaugural show, “Atlas.” Shape-Shifting Art Tower Completes Prada’s City Within a City 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z We learned there were 3,600 Green Lanterns in all, each patrolling a wedge-shaped sector of space radiating from Oa, which was in the center of the universe. Comics: Let's shed a little light on Green Lantern's backstory 2011-06-16T19:19:04Z Jacobs's drawings show that the simple orthogonal plan, implied by how the spaces looked through a camera lens, would actually have been overlaid by wedge-shaped projections to achieve the shots that Hitchcock wanted. Building an audience for architecture 2011-01-20T21:45:01Z A wedge-shaped building on Leary Way in Ballard once was home to music producer Jack Endino's Reciprocal Recording studio, where he recorded Nirvana's first demos and "Bleach," the band's debut album on Sub Pop. Visiting today's Seattle, you have to dig deeper to get to the grunge 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Brooklyn Heights Library, as it’s called, occupies the base of a new wedge-shaped high-rise by Marvel Architects, constructed on the site of an earlier Brooklyn Heights branch. Three Sunny New Libraries Are Neighborhood Lifelines 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z A poem that reads “One note from/One bird/Is better than/a million words” is squeezed into a wedge-shaped scrap — half of a flap? — that suggests a wing. Books of The Times: ‘The Gorgeous Nothings’ Shows Dickinson’s ‘Envelope Poems’ 2013-12-05T21:53:47Z From the cafe, we walked a few blocks to the site of the future Sankofa Park, a wedge-shaped block with gardens and a pedestrian ramp to a second story. L.A. by Subway 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z A wedge-shaped wooden tool about as old as the logs was found at Kalambo Falls. Zambia find shows humans have built with wood for 476,000 years 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Many of the earliest documented examples of writing come from languages that used cuneiform script, which featured wedge-shaped characters impressed into clay tablets. What’s the World’s Oldest Language? 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Lieutenant Jenkins flew a massive A400-M Atlas cargo plane at the center of the wedge-shaped formation, trailed by American and German fighter jets and a U.S. bomber. A Message for Russia as NATO Members Stage Major Air Exercise 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Overlapping, wedge-shaped roofs extend to provide shade over outdoor living areas, and a sunny living room overlooks the 4-foot-deep pool and ADU. They added an ADU that's 'not too big' and 'not too small' to their L.A. fixer-upper 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Currently, his office is completing Isla Intersections, an affordable housing complex on a wedge-shaped median between two roads in South Los Angeles. Why You Should Forget What You Think You Know About Housing in L.A. 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Suppose we pick a country with a wedge-shaped distribution. High School Statistics 2020-03-27T00:00:00Z Unlike prior Air laptops, it shifts away from a wedge-shaped design to a more conventional slab and comes in a new darker color. The new M2-powered MacBook Air is coming July 15th 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Then, as the wedge-shaped beast rumbled by the schoolyard, they broke into cheers, pumping their fists and leaping into the air. Icons of Italian Automotive Style Struggle to Go Electric 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The new version sheds a decade-old wedge-shaped case in favor of a slender, rectangular laptop. Apple unveils new software to make the iPhone and other products feel new. 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Trinidad and Ivy City are in a wedge-shaped area along and near New York Avenue and Gallaudet University. Police say 10 people died in fatal fentanyl overdoses in Northeast D.C. 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The scribe’s tool, called a stylus, was a sharpened reed with a wedge-shaped point. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Several wedge-shaped columns in gray, deep blue, lavender, fluorescent yellow and other lollipop hues stand as much as 12 feet tall. De Wain Valentine, a sculptor of the Light & Space movement, dies at 85 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Available in five fun cotton prints, this wedge-shaped pillow hooks to the headrest and is designed to fit comfortably between your neck and the window. 2021 holiday gift guide: Home category I called the exterminator, who extracted the wedge-shaped lump of pulp with a crowbar and asked me if I wanted to keep it. Why We Need ‘Goosebumps’ More Than Ever 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The only thing that hasn’t really changed since its Intel-based predecessor is the laptop’s iconic, wedge-shaped design, which, given the excellent build quality, isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Apple’s MagSafe charger and the latest GoPro highlight this weekend’s best deals 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Mr Coulls says designer Sir Kenneth Grange's sleek blueprint, with an aerodynamic wedge-shaped nose cone, made the train "an absolute icon of engineering and design". Intercity 125: Workers say farewell to British Rail icon 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z The shooting occurred in the Marshall Heights neighborhood, a wedge-shaped community roughly bounded by Southern Avenue, E. Capitol Street and Benning Road. 1-year-old Carmelo Duncan is the latest victim of gun violence in D.C. as homicides hit a 15-year high 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Available in five fun cotton prints, this wedge-shaped pillow hooks to the headrest and is designed to fit comfortably between your neck and the window. 2021 holiday gift guide: Home category Their wedge-shaped apparatus—which they sometimes call “supernova pizza”—is about four feet wide at the top and roughly the thickness of a double door, enclosing two separated, inert gases. ‘Supernova Slice’ Simulates Blasts of Dying Stars 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z High in the sky over northwestern China, a wedge-shaped unmanned vehicle separated from a rocket. ‘National pride is at stake.’ Russia, China, United States race to build hypersonic weapons 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z In my classroom, students read a version of the poem and, using Popsicle sticks as styluses, pressed wedge-shaped cuneiform into clay tablets. The Mail 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The wedge-shaped heavy drone developed by the Sukhoi company is a major leap compared to other unmanned aerial vehicles previously developed in Russia. Russia’s military drone makes successful maiden flight 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The body of the camera is wedge-shaped with the rotating lens hanging off the left side. Set it and forget it: 70mai Dash Cam Pro is always watching the road ahead 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z A Catalonian-born professor with a purported photographic memory, he spent decades studying ancient cuneiform tablets, examining the last wedge-shaped traces of what is probably the world’s oldest written language. Miguel Civil, preeminent scholar of world’s oldest written language, dies at 92 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Up the street from Krispy Kreme in the hip Person Street neighborhood, Edge of Urge carries apparel, artsy accessories and playful gifts — like the wedge-shaped notepad with a cover that reads, “Gouda ideas.” You’re going where? Raleigh, N.C. 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z For sale: The “Star Trek” House, a wedge-shaped, futuristic architectural gated estate built in 1981 on two acres near Malibu, California. Inside the Beltway: Obamas to produce Trump-themed Netflix series 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The floor in front of the doors to the bedroom and bathroom lit up with a projection of two small wedge-shaped ships. Read an excerpt from R.E. Stearns’ science fiction book Mutiny at Vesta 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Cuneiform is the wedge-shaped writing used thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia, the “Cradle of Civilization” between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is now Iraq. Ancient artifacts seized from Hobby Lobby returned to Iraq 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z This study reviews the organizational effects of gonadal hormones on brain and behaviour, and presents a ‘wedge-shaped’ model of decreasing sensitivity to gonadal hormonal effects with age. Importance of investing in adolescence from a developmental science perspective 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z “Having such a big wedge-shaped sea would lead to an enhanced tidal response,” Balbus says. Strong tides may have pushed ancient fish to evolve limbs 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z The burial ground covered a wedge-shaped chunk of the block, closer to First Avenue and the 126th Street side of the lot. Rezoning a Block in Harlem, Respecting an African Burial Ground 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The 7-inch touchscreen sits atop a flat speaker grille on a flat angle, all set inside a wedge-shaped casing. Amazon Echo Show review: Alexa is even better on a screen 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z Cuneiform, which is pronounced “cune-AY-uh-form” and means wedge-shaped writing, was devised by the Sumerians more than 5,000 years ago and survived until about 79 or 80 A.D. Ah, Finally, Ancient Clay Tablets for Dessert 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z The car is the Chevy Bolt EV, a squat, wedge-shaped compact hatchback. How Did G.M. Create Tesla’s Dream Car First? 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z He identified the predator starfish and the otters as keystone species, taking the name from the wedge-shaped apex of an arch that keeps it from collapsing. Robert Paine, Ecologist Who Found ‘Keystone Species,’ Dies at 83 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z If 10 Sullivan celebrates its wedge-shaped site, 100 Franklin masks it and embraces it in equal measure. Flatiron Building, Admired but Rarely Copied, Inspires Developers 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The proof, Abbott contends, lies in sandy wedge-shaped features called chevrons in Madagascar, as well as what might be a deep ocean crater between Madagascar and Australia. Scientists Debate Evidence of Ancient Megatsunami 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z In addition to historical oddities - such as a gasoline-powered passenger railroad car with a wedge-shaped, aerodynamic front, and long-abandoned celebrations like the Fireman’s Parade - the photos include many historic buildings. Photo album leads to book with rare old Baton Rouge pictures 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z For years, he commuted two hours each way from Yardley, Pa., to arrive at the New York Fed’s wedge-shaped, limestone and sandstone fortress in downtown Manhattan by 7.30 a.m., a former colleague said. The Oxford Economist Running the Fed’s Interest-Rate Machine 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z This one teleports me from the ground, putting me in the pilot seat of a snowspeeder, one of the iconic wedge-shaped ships from The Empire Strikes Back's opening battle. Reliving my favorite movie battle in Star Wars: Battlefront 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Cut oranges into actual wedges or share wedge-shaped pieces from the others. 7 Healthy and Affordable Snack Ideas for Summer 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z The beeping yellow circle with a chomping, wedge-shaped mouth that was once popular in places like bars and laundromats was born 35 years ago. Your Friday Briefing 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Executive Order 121212 was apparently necessary due to the “Cheeseheads” — Packers fans who “are frequently seen wearing obnoxious wedge-shaped foam hats painted yellow,” the order states. Washington city bans cheese ahead of Seahawks-Packers game 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Today, South of Market, a wedge-shaped neighborhood in northwest San Francisco, is home to tech giants such as Twitter and Airbnb, but for most of its existence it was a very different kind of place. See San Francisco Before the Tech Boom 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Fans of the Green Bay Packers are frequently seen wearing obnoxious wedge-shaped foam hats painted yellow. Seattle Suburb Banishes Cheese from City Hall Ahead of Packers Game 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z That’s a good thing for Conner, who after completing a degree in music composition got deeply interested in Babylonian literature and poetry—which was originally recorded in cuneiform, wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets. What Did Ancient Babylonian Songs Sound Like? Something Like This Its wedge-shaped design was radical in its day. Here's What The Aston Martin Lagonda Super Sedan Looks Like 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The second-largest bird in the world after the ostrich, cassowaries can grow to 160 pounds and have large, wedge-shaped crests, or casques, on top of their heads. Staten Island Zoo Capitalizes on the Small and Obscure 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The Zintanis hold the airport and a wedge-shaped area in the south and west, all of it now the scene of ferocious violence. Libya: western countries urge citizens to leave as civil war intensifies 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z So Dr. Lotze ended up making a custom-built writing desk, clipping a piece of paper to a wedge-shaped block as his subjects reclined. This Is Your Brain on Writing 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Yet this month that looks like a wedge-shaped version of Sonos. New $200 Speakers May Take Sonos Mainstream 2013-10-11T21:06:21Z Chen and his coworker Bin Zheng first unveiled the principle last year with a six wedge-shaped prisms arranged to form a hexagon that could hide small objects. 'Invisibility Cloak' Hides Cats and Fish 2013-06-11T20:15:00.180Z With pointed ears, a wedge-shaped head and a tail that curls over its back, the pariah is similar in appearance to other prehistoric dogs like the Australian dingo. New Delhi Journal: India Stray Dogs Are a Menace 2012-08-07T00:55:38Z Several other smaller, temporary venues, including the prominent wedge-shaped water-polo arena by David Morley Architects, will vanish for good, though their individual components can be reused. These Knock-Down, Shrinkable Games 2012-07-24T21:16:34Z The wedge-shaped skyscraper, which is to be at 53 West 53rd Street, is back on track, according to a spokeswoman for Hines, the developer. Back in Business 2012-07-13T02:57:16Z Mr Moore said the glass wedge-shaped building, which cost £8m to refurbish, was the best place to take the collection "to the widest possible audience". Why football museum moved to Manchester 2012-07-06T03:34:05Z Shell longitudinal, wedge-shaped, equivalve, the valves gaping; the umbones straight, pointed. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z All those species of the Linn�an Toucans having a long wedge-shaped tail, and the nostrils passing through the upper part of the bill, are comprehended by Illiger and other continental writers under this genus. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z P. peltàtum, L. Stamens 12–18; leaves 5–9-parted, the lobes oblong, rather wedge-shaped, somewhat lobed and toothed at the apex.—Rich woods, common. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z At least until you get to Dacar Auto Radiator, a wedge-shaped repair shop located where — this is so Queens! Character Study: Pasiana Rodriguez Redefines ?Mechanic? in Willets Point 2012-04-07T04:04:25Z Head.—The head should be somewhat foxy in outline or wedge-shaped, the skull being flat, large in proportion to the muzzle, which should finish rather fine, and be free from lippiness. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z In the end of the tailblock where the spindle emerges, is provided a cone, and into this cone fits a wedge-shaped ring, as shown. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z In the minute ramifications of this vessel are found wedge-shaped clots of various sizes in different conditions, some softened and others still firm. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Tall perennial; leaves long-petioled, the lower rounded, palmately lobed, the floral wedge-shaped at base, 3-cleft, the lobes lanceolate; upper lip of the pale purple corolla bearded.—Waste places, around dwellings. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Through a wedge-shaped green-baize door—down a crooked pair of stairs—under an overhanging arch—and we stood in the parquette. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z Head.—Long, flat, and narrow, level and wedge-shaped, without showing cheek muscles, well filled up under the eyes, with tapering, tightly-lipped jaws and level teeth. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z He tells us how deftly two of the natives carved from the snow-drifts on the river wedge-shaped slabs. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z The wedge-shaped nodule of hemorrhagic infarction becomes decolorized through the absorption, in part, of the blood-pigment. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Fruit wedge-shaped or club-shaped, more or less corky toward the summit, the hard endocarp perforated at the apex.— The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z It has narrow, wedge-shaped leaves, which are three-toothed at the apex; and the whole plant has a strong odor of turpentine. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Head.—The head should be wedge-shaped and rather foxy in outline, but the skull may be rounder than the Pomeranian. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z Among the ruins of the foreign office of Khu-n-Aten, which adjoined the royal palace, the fellahin found a collection of clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform or wedge-shaped characters. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z A solid, wedge-shaped mass of a reddish-brown color is present, whose shape is due to the arborescent branching of the terminal arteries. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Heads globular, many-flowered, radiate, the long and narrowly wedge-shaped rays neutral. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Leaflets.—Sessile; wedge-shaped; six lines to an inch long; pubescent, becoming smooth. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Some of these wedge-shaped signs are of such character that we are still able to recognize or re-construct the original picture from which they came. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Widgeon, Wigeon, wij′on, n. a genus of Ducks having the bill shorter than the head, the legs short, the feet rather small, the wings long and pointed, and the tail wedge-shaped: a fool. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Gib, jib, n. the projecting arm of a crane: a wedge-shaped piece of metal holding another in place, &c.—v.t. to fasten with such. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Corolla of 4 or 5 separate erect spatulate or wedge-shaped scale-like petals, which are gibbous or saccate at the base, and tardily deciduous. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The middle zone of constant temperature is wedge-shaped in “alpine” glaciers, the apex pointing downwards to the zone of waste. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z It is a wedge-shaped piece, as the German commentators say of their g�re. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Wedged, cuneiform or wedge-shaped; Wedge′-shaped, having the shape of a wedge; Wedge′-tailed, having the tail wedge-shaped or cuneate.—adv. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The radial beam forms, shown on Plate VII, were arranged with internal wedge-shaped blocks to mould accurately the recess for the secondary beams. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z Nearly smooth, simple; leaves broadly wedge-shaped, rigid; the lobes broadly linear, entire, or the middle one 3-lobed.—Prairies, The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The head of the large-river subspecies is acutely wedge-shaped in profile. Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis 2011-12-29T03:00:21.553Z These are often wedge-shaped and angular; in some cases they consist of a short, thick Flower. stalk, terminating in a peltate expansion, or prolonged upwards in the form of a triangular lamina. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Cows, when lying down, are decidedly wedge-shaped, requiring much less space in front than behind. Economy of the Round Dairy Barn 2011-12-18T03:00:20.633Z This greatly facilitated the removal of the lagging, as it was merely necessary to strike the wedge-shaped fillets beneath, and turn them clockwise, after tearing out the end lagging. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z Each rib, at its vertebral extremity, presents, from within outwards, a wedge-shaped head for articulation with two dorsal vertebræ, a neck, and a tuberosity. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Carroll saw a small grey spot—the top of the otter’s head—moving across the slacker part of the pool, with a very slight, wedge-shaped ripple trailing away from it. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z Framed in the narrow notches from which they sprang appeared transient visions of sun-dazzled peaks and glaciers towering above wedge-shaped valleys swimming full of lilac mist. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z This is very long, and continues broadening out for half its length, thence narrowing down acutely to the sharp wedge-shaped tip. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z All along the route one meets with curious wedge-shaped constructions of wood. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z This time he struck horizontally and a neat wedge-shaped chip flew out. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z Each sits upon small boards fixed securely from the footwall to the hangingwall, or if the vein is a soft one, sometimes on a wedge-shaped plank fixed on to the vein itself. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Eye-ring whitish, not deep buff; back olive-brown; breast tinged with buff and heavily spotted with large, wedge-shaped marks. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The hind wings are orange-red, with two large irregular yellow patches before, and a row of wedge-shaped olive colored spots between the veins behind. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z The myth has rightly described the wedge-shaped arrangement of the troops as an ancient custom among the Teutons. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z Centre of the throat white, with cream-buff on sides of throat and upper part of breast, which is lightly spotted with wedge-shaped, brown points. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z D—Cakes of copper made by separating them with the wedge-shaped bar. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Above grayish brown; below white with numerous wedge-shaped spots; outer tail-feathers tipped with white. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The leaves are wedge-shaped, 4 to 10 inches long and about the same in width. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Here the flat shore consisted of a wedge-shaped piece of ground, so narrow that the enemy was unable to take due advantage of its superiority in numbers. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Under parts white, heavily streaked with blackish and rufous, the marks on breast feathers being wedge-shaped. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z A vague light from the landing window showed her the second flight of wedge-shaped wooden steps. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Tail and back the same color, olive without brownish tinge; eye-ring and lores whitish, cheeks and breast only slightly tinged with buff, breast with wedge-shaped spots. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The leaves are obovate, coarsely toothed and wedge-shaped below. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Hence this old writing of the Chaldeans is called cuneiform or wedge-shaped. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Posterior to the splenial and also forming a part of the ventral surface of the mandible is the wedge-shaped angular, which lies directly beneath the fused surangular-prearticular. A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) 2011-09-25T02:00:14.967Z The launch was riding a mile or more off the shore of a wedge-shaped island perhaps three miles in length. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z Sometimes there seemed to be almost as much mortar as there was stone, but the wedge-shaped pieces were so fitted that the greater the pressure on the arch the firmer it would be. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z These leaves are alternate, wedge-shaped, notched on the edges, and from 2 to 3 inches long. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Some of these wedge-shaped impressions stood for whole words, others for syllables. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The head of the badger is wedge-shaped in general conformation, the back of the head large, the cheek-bones well sprung, and the muzzle fine and long. The Badger A Monograph 2011-07-25T02:00:12.053Z Mitchell, who teaches psychology at the University of Denver, was dressed in the colorful traditional Nepalese attire of the groom, a long double-breasted shirt worn with loose trousers and a wedge-shaped, embroidered cap. Can Nepal Sell Itself as a Gay-Wedding Destination? 2011-07-19T05:25:00Z One of the men would be holding a rough-squared length of timber on a "frow" horse, while another would be pounding, with a wooden mallet, a wedge-shaped knife into the wood. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The dotted hawthorn, Crataegus punctata Jacq., also has wedge-shaped leaves but they are leathery, dull gray-green in color with conspicuous veins. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Soon the mountain narrowed to a wedge-shaped slope of an easier gradient, which culminated in a naked peak on each side of which a black gulf yawned. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z This distinctive wedge-shaped vehicle will be put at an altitude above 400km from where it will begin its flight back to Earth. High-speed 'space wedge' on track 2011-06-23T13:02:46Z “Do the sheep and the wolves live together in your country?” she asked, watching Pincho’s wedge-shaped, savage head as he gnawed his bone. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z Kuthen, his family, and the chiefs were already mounted, while those of the guard who were on foot formed themselves into a close, wedge-shaped mass, and were all ready to set out. 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God 2011-05-26T02:00:15.987Z All I can see is a faint wedge-shaped gleam of white, crowned with strange stars. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z For the physics experiments, the researchers dragged wedge-shaped blocks through a granular medium. Tiltable Robot Head Could Improve Disaster Cleanup 2011-05-11T15:32:00Z Some of the special features illustrated by them from which the degree of mental development of their builders can be judged is the presence of the wedge-shaped but not of the true arch. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z A transverse section of their crowns shows their proximal walls not to be parallel, but wedge-shaped, their diameter being greater on the buccal than on the palatal side. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z The boys were forcing wedge-shaped wooden blocks or pegs, to which insulators were fastened, into cracks between stones of the turret floor. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z The Chinooks made the little head wedge-shaped in a side view. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z The rain was now falling heavily, and the street lay white with water where the light from the open door cut its wedge-shaped path across it. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z His forehead was very broad indeed, but his face tapered so rapidly to a pointed chin as to make his head wedge-shaped. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z A huge, flat slab of rock formed the roof of a wedge-shaped cavity capable of holding at least six persons, if disposed in a horizontal position. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z In the cross-section of a young shoot, we might see around the central pith or medulla, a ring of wedge-shaped patches. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z Hamerton has said that "its massive arches and piers, wedge-shaped to meet the wind, are pleasant to contemplate after numerous festoons of wire carrying a roadway of planks." The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z Note.—Shepherd’s purse, or wedge-shaped treacle-mustard, one of our commonest road-side weeds, varying greatly in the size and form of its leaves. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z It was shaped something like a lengthened egg, but flattened more; and, at the ends, pointed more; and yet not pointed, but irregularly wedge-shaped. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z As the boat glided slowly along the edge of the reeds a blue cove suddenly opened up, making a wedge-shaped cut into the land on the park side. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The scales of these cones are somewhat wedge-shaped, with a stout rhomboid boss, which has a depression round the central protuberance. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z But both languages were written in cuneiform, meaning wedge-shaped, after the shape of the marks made by punching a reed into clay. An Exhibition That Gets to the (Square) Root of Sumerian Math 2010-11-22T22:35:00Z The idea for the wedge-shaped box, and for other fruits, followed. With Kleenex, the Package Is Part of the Product 2010-07-08T22:06:00Z They are usually wedge-shaped in plan, and traces of a porch or vestibule can often be noticed. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race In stretching this skin the trapper had made a wedge-shaped board. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. The leaves, which have short stalks, and are from two to four inches long, are roundish with a wedge-shaped base. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Arch.—A construction of wedge-shaped blocks of stone, or of bricks, of a curved outline, and spanning an open space. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance This consists of a good number of stalked shields, bearing on their inner or under face several wedge-shaped spore-cases. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools It is, indeed, probable that the name Γόμφοι expresses the wedge-shaped form of these rocks. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 Flowers white; pod covered by an inflated calyx, seeds dull grayish brown, flattened, wedge-shaped, oval or 3-sided, 1–1.7 mm. across, 5–7 curved rows or tubercles on each side. Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 The seeds are angular, with a wedge-shaped wing. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z The wedge-shaped characters they bore were made by impressing the wet, soft clay with a triangular-pointed instrument of wood, bone, or metal. The Story of Books A memorable excursion was to Point Lobos beyond Carmel village, a rocky promontory running out like a wedge-shaped plateau into the sea. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway In battle, they adopted the wedge-shaped formation of the column. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" He carries them home, and the village wisdom determines that the wedge-shaped piece of metal is a ‘thunder-bolt,’ or that the bits of flint are ‘elf-shots,’ the heads of fairy arrows. Custom and Myth New Edition The cows, large-bellied and narrow in front, are truly wedge-shaped, the greatly developed udder adding to the expanse of the hinder part of the body. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The decipherment of the cuneiform or wedge-shaped inscriptions of Assyria has been one of the most marvellous achievements of the present century. Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments A single wedge-shaped plane was diving on silent wings through the air. The Lost Warship As I fought for footing on the slippery grass I saw the deadly, wedge-shaped head strike full against the girl's bare ankle and heard her gasp with pain. Pledged to the Dead A wedge-shaped piece of wood which is hinged to the trough at one end is used as the beater. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products An odd-shaped stump served as chair or table; and on the logs of the inner walls hung wedge-shaped slabs of cedar to stretch the skins. The Story of the Trapper The cork is thereafter removed in the sections into which it has been cut, by inserting under it the wedge-shaped handle of the implement used in making the incisions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" It was a wedge-shaped room, piled with incomprehensible alien goods. One Man's Poison In the gullies cut by centuries of rain he gathered numerous little clay tablets, covered on every side with the same wedge-shaped characters as those seen on the fragments found by earlier travelers. The Christian View of the Old Testament The other piece is about the same length, but rather thicker, and at its larger end somewhat wedge-shaped. The Hills and the Vale Turning the skin fur side in, the trapper pushes into the pelt a wedge-shaped slab of spliced cedar. The Story of the Trapper These tangents, small wedge-shaped blades of brass, beaten out at the top, were inserted in the end of the arm of the keys. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" It was a wedge-shaped room, piled with incomprehensible alien goods. One Man's Poison The tutelar 184 deity of each isle is likewise helpful, and by a particular form of wedge-shaped cloud on the horizon announces the coming of a ship. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) But the wheel or the diamond is not quite the same as the wheel of the wheelbarrow, for it has a wedge-shaped edge. Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass A pause, as he watched the bark turned over the ribs, and wedge-shaped pieces cut out to prevent awkward foldings near the gunwale—all carried on in solemn silence. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement If only the strange wedge-shaped letters that covered every vacant space on the stone slabs could be read, what a message from the past they would reveal. The Bible in its Making The most Wonderful Book in the World The wedge-shaped rooms, each a segment of a circle, seemed to stretch before him forever, a jumbled montage of locked doors, alien goods, more doors, more goods. One Man's Poison Into this wedge-shaped crevice he had thrust the package. A Castle in Spain A Novel One of them dashed forward, under the cannon's smoking muzzle, and jammed a wedge-shaped stone between the left side track and the massive forward track roller. The Barbarians Once Jack pointed to a wedge-shaped line of geese standing out against the clear sky far above, and heading still further south for some favorite feeding bar. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida One stronghold was the Cerro de las Campanas, a wedge-shaped hill on the northwestern edge of the town, which held nothing but trenches. The Missourian The tremendous wedge-shaped room was evidently a warehouse of sorts. One Man's Poison At the hinge end of the slab there was a wedge-shaped stone, by inserting which here the door could be secured against opening from without. A Castle in Spain A Novel The SACRUM, so called because the ancients offered it in sacrifices, is a wedge-shaped bone, that is placed between the innominata, and to which it is bound by ligaments. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Papillomas of the eyelids sometimes change to cancers and should be removed by taking out a wedge-shaped section of the eyelid. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Then, before Dex's staring eyes appeared a huge, wedge-shaped head, at sight of which he bit his lips to keep from crying aloud. The Red Hell of Jupiter In the genus Melampsora, the wedge-shaped winter-pseudospores are not perfected until after the dead leaves have for a long time remained and almost rotted on the ground. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses Voussoirs, the wedge-shaped stones of which arches are made. Architecture Classic and Early Christian Leaves palmately veined and strongly 3-lobed, broadly wedge-shaped or truncate at base, the spreading lobes mostly toothed on the sides and entire in the notches; petiole with 2 glands at the apex. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination The uninclosed spring mattress, and the wedge-shaped horsehair cushion, both of which I introduced in Ormond Street, are also very valuable. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases This Court House stands in a wedge-shaped block. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London Between its craggy shoulder and the main body of the mountain, lay an unsuspected, wedge-shaped valley, down which a little brook went gurgling. A Mountain Boyhood It stood, unpainted and unkempt, in a wedge-shaped acre of neglected garden which, between high weeds and uncut shrubbery, had long before gone to straggling ruin. Once to Every Man Leaves obovate, wedge-shaped, crenately notched at end, light grayish in color, with whitish powder; branches angled; flowers white with a tint of purple, blooming in the autumn. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination He noted mechanically that the rock had vanished; its location was marked by a wedge-shaped streak of foam. Partners of the Out-Trail By setting wedge-shaped stones in the top of the cleft rock and prying with the crowbar, Gowan had gradually canted the top of the loose outer bowlder towards the edge of the precipice. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation The door of the tap-room was still wide open, a narrow wedge-shaped light filtrated through on to the beams and floor of the verandah, making the surrounding blackness seem yet more impenetrable. A Bride of the Plains And that wedge-shaped acre which cut a deep fissure in the edge of the immaculate pastures of Boltonwood’s wealthiest citizen was like a barbed thorn in Judge Maynard’s side. Once to Every Man Smooth throughout; leaflets 5 to 9, bright green on both sides, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, often wedge-shaped at base and serrate above. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination The failure of the voussoirs to radiate to the centre therefore seems to be simply the result of using untapered voussoirs in which the arch form must be obtained by wedge-shaped joints. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture And this was odd, for nothing could be saner than the globular interior of the aircraft, divided into four wedge-shaped apartments. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 A lantern from the centre pole sent wedge-shaped shadows darting back and forth; the camp stove was set up, and a fire from wood which McCrae had brought along was soon crackling in it. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West These erasers are round or flat or six-sided or wedge-shaped. Makers of Many Things Leaves roundish, wedge-shaped, wavy-serrated, usually abrupt at tip, glutinous; sharply and deeply incised in some varieties. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination The head was wedge-shaped and made of steel, with sword-sharp edges. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel It is true, however, that tall people do find the old-fashioned German bedsteads short; and it is true that the big square downy pillows are supported by a wedge-shaped bolster called a Keilkissen. Home Life in Germany In a few cases a rudimentary wedge-shaped vertebra has been revealed by the X-rays. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Or you may use the Pike notch which has a wedge-shaped cut on the lower log, as shown by Fig. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Cones 6 to 9 in. long, and 2 in. in diameter, drooping and clustered, with broad, thick, wedge-shaped scales. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Most of the bricks are regular in shape, with parallel and rectangular faces, but a few wedge-shaped ones have been found, both in Chaldæa and Assyria. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 It was slanting off at a bias to the southeast, leaving a long, lean, wedge-shaped gap between it and the last strip. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Towards the posterior aspect of the medial condyle there is a wedge-shaped sequestrum, of which the surface exposed to the joint is polished like porcelain. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. The uprights may have forks at the top or have the top ends cut wedge-shaped to fit in notches made for that purpose in the side-plates as shown by Fig. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Cones 2 to 3 in. long, 1 in. in diameter, reddish fawn-color, with very persistent scales; scales wedge-shaped at base, rounded at tip. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Its ellipse is composed of eight voussoirs, four on each side, and a key with a small wedge-shaped stone voussoir on each side of it. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 As you see, they are moored in wedge-shaped formation, the point of the wedge to seaward; and that point is occupied by the Tsarevich, a battleship. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War Bones divided in the course of an operation, for example in osteotomy for knock-knee, or wedge-shaped resection for bow-leg, are repaired by the same process as fractures. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. The top of the posts should be cut wedge-shaped, as shown by Fig. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Scales wedge-shaped, corrugated, overlapping, coriaceous, persistent; bracts adherent, broad, and smooth. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination It was over his shoulder, and indistinctly, that he first thought he saw a face, a little, evil, wedge-shaped face, looking out at him from a hole. The Wind in the Willows Cut each cylinder obliquely from end to end, forming two wedge-shaped portions. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. The treatment consists in removing a wedge-shaped portion of the swelling on the same lines as for “strumous lip,” or in employing electrolysis. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. To erect a flagpole or a wireless pole, cut the bottom of the pole wedge-shaped, fit in the space between the cross poles, as in Fig. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Cones of 8 or 10 hard, light brown, wedge-shaped scales. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination On the earth it is just the opposite, the largest area of land being in the northern hemisphere, and the wedge-shaped masses trend southward. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Above the arch are the Dacre coat-of-arms and two shields, while two smaller pillars, wedge-shaped like Cleopatra’s Needles, rise at each corner. Chelsea The Fascination of London The treatment consists in removing the tumour together with a wedge-shaped or quadrilateral portion of the alveolar process from which it grows. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. There was a rustle in the adjoining bunk, the thud of bare feet on the floor, and Jessup’s face loomed, wedge-shaped and oddly white, through the shadows. Shoe-Bar Stratton The furrow produced is at first the wedge-shaped or cuneiform ravine, already so much dwelt upon in my lectures on Greek sculpture. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Map V. The dark wedge-shaped area near the centre is "Syrtis Major." To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story He looked 248 inward, wondering at Braman’s carelessness—and stared fixedly straight into a beam of light that shone through a wedge-shaped crevice between two boards in the partition that separated the buildings. 'Firebrand' Trevison The treatment consists in removing a wedge-shaped portion of the tongue. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Still another suggested method: Roll a piece of foil into a loose ball, place it in the cavity, and pass a wedge-shaped plugger into its center. Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth Cutting boards, wedge-shaped boards somewhat like backing boards, but with the top edge square; used in cutting the edge of a book and in edge-gilding. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians The extrados of a voussoir——" "Oh, kill it, and let it die happy——" "—is the outer curve of a wedge-shaped stone used for building an arch. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Corolla 4 persistent petals, wedge-shaped, short, with rounded points. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines It should be freely removed by excising a wedge-shaped portion of the tongue. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. For the same operation more recent pluggers are wedge-shaped, with sharp, deep serrations. Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth There was a wedge-shaped garden in front, and it was encompassed by chestnut-trees. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time The black shadow to the right had become a wedge-shaped, compact, seething mass, sweeping rapidly toward them. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch Two pairs of wedge-shaped leaflets, entire and glabrous. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines They may be a wedge-shaped stroke sloping in any direction, a horizontal dash, a tiny circle or semicircle, a small v, or a perfect dot. The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents Most English people know the wedge-shaped pilot in front of the American engine well enough by repute to recognise it. A Tramp's Notebook The brick is larger than those usually made, and one side is wedge-shaped. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. The inner form has one wedge-shaped loose stave which is withdrawn after the concrete has set for about 20 hours, thus collapsing the inner form and allowing it to be removed. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The single were from twenty to thirty feet long, and twenty-two inches broad in the middle, with wedge-shaped heads and sterns, and decked over at both ends, leaving only a third part open. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries Gefty's imagination pictured the thing waiting, its great, wedge-shaped head raised as its senses probed the dark about it for a sign of the two human beings. The Winds of Time As I remained motionless, he thrust out his wedge-shaped head, and turned it back above the stone as if half in mind to seize my foot; then he drew back, and presently went his way. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers Far above him the gleaming, wedge-shaped bulk of the Perseus loomed colossally, blocking out a fifth of the sky. The Sky Trap These tie rods have eyes at each end in which rods with wedge-shaped ends are inserted. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Happy day! when the wedge-shaped battalions of wild geese were almost as frequently seen as the spattering sparrows now! Confessions of a Book-Lover Then there is the woman with the sharp chin, the woman of the wedge-shaped face. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture The catamaran consisted of a coffer of about 21 feet long and 3 and a half broad, somewhat in shape like a log of mahogany, wedge-shaped at each end. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 After advancing in these two lines Alexander manoeuvred his troops into a phalanx, or wedge-shaped figure, and this wedge he drove into the masses of the enemy to force the wings asunder. Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 The inner mold is also made in three sections with strap hinges at two of the joints and at the third joint a wedge-shaped stave. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Suppose the piece to be wedge-shaped in any direction; then another view will be necessary, as is shown in Figs. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught The camp, in a small clearing, consisted of two tents, both of the wedge-shaped kind. The Cursed Patois From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 Her face, wedge-shaped, dead white, with its look of being made from some material more rigid than flesh, was as startling as the countenance of an Oriental image, in its frame of glossy black fur. Sacrifice The land is low, with a single hill, showing round from the westward, flat or wedge-shaped from the eastward. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy The wedge-shaped edge of one of the forms of bit shown in the sketch is filed to shape and the bit heated in a fire or on a gas heater. On Laboratory Arts Fortress Monroe lies at the apex of a wedge-shaped peninsula formed by the York and James Rivers, which converge as they flow toward the coast. History of the United States, Volume 4 He was called a "cut-tail," for he cut a wedge-shaped bit from the tail of every fish he caught, and when the fish were sorted out the cut-tails showed the boy's share of the profit. Home Life in Colonial Days Waking with a cry, she discerned, in the act of fading away against the curtains, the dead-white, wedge-shaped face of Anna Zanidov. Sacrifice But the axes, or wedge-shaped objects that have been found in trees, are more difficult for orthodoxy. The Book of the Damned The nectary is about the length of a bumblebee's tongue, and is, moreover, so amply expanded at the throat below the stigma as to comfortably admit its wedge-shaped head. My Studio Neighbors In the end, a wedge-shaped segment of jungle was cleared. A Son Of The Sun Into the wedge-shaped, elastic clot which now fills the wound from bottom to top like jelly in a mould, the leucocytes or white blood-cells promptly migrate and convert it into a mesh of living cells. Preventable Diseases The flocks of this bird, easily distinguished by their wedge-shaped line of flight, now crossed the water obliquely, and disappeared over the land to the north-east. The Ocean and its Wonders For instance, Arago accepts that such finds have occurred, but he argues that, if wedge-shaped stones have been found in tree trunks, so have toads been found in tree trunks—did the toads fall there? The Book of the Damned The sides of this wedge-shaped projection were quite perpendicular; indeed, in some places the top overhung the base, and they were at least three hundred feet high. The Dog Crusoe and his Master Celery, or Smallage, is a hardy, umbelliferous, biennial plant, growing naturally "by the sides of ditches and near the sea, where it rises with wedge-shaped leaves and a furrowed stalk, producing greenish flowers in August." The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Unless they were as high, there would not be room for the people down at this crowded end of the wedge-shaped town. Impressions of a War Correspondent The name "gore" generally means a wedge-shaped insertion, and, if we take it as being between the Kensington Gardens and Brompton and Cromwell Roads, might be applicable here, but the explanation is far-fetched. The Kensington District The Fascination of London Another stone ax—or wedge-shaped object of worked stone—said to have been found in a tree that had been struck by something that looked like lightning. The Book of the Damned I gave the signal; and flying wedge-shaped, we hurled ourselves forward. Tarrano the Conqueror Struck by the movement of their wedge-shaped tails, it occurred to him to joint his timber by the interlocking method; hence we have dovetails. Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. These leaves are dark green, long stalked and divided two or three times into ovate, wedge-shaped segments, and each division either entire, as in parsnip, or more or less finely cut or "curled." Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses Murray had fired and brought down a gaily-feathered bird, green, scarlet, and orange, and with a sharp wedge-shaped beak fringed with sharp bristles. The Rajah of Dah The description is of a wedge-shaped object; not of an ax: "It shows no mark of having been attached to a handle." The Book of the Damned Of the whole series comminuted fractures were by far the most frequently met with, while the various wedge-shaped forms were the most strongly characteristic of the special form of injury in which we are interested. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre In the wedge-shaped doorway between the windows stood two men, one middle-aged and one old, one bareheaded and the other with a beaver hat, engaged in conversation. Clayhanger The ripple came onwards quickly, and the lookers-on could notice that it was wedge-shaped, in the same fashion as wild geese wing their way through the air. Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes If the brute was cunning enough to cut his lines, he would be too wise to attempt an attack while Mart stood in the wedge-shaped opening of the wreck. The Pirate Shark Just now, my own acceptance is that wedge-shaped stone objects, formed by means similar to human workmanship, have often fallen from the sky. The Book of the Damned A small wedge-shaped plug of lymph indicates the position of the actual track at its termination. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre In the third dimension, the nail is wedge-shaped, thin at the point and thick at the head. Handwork in Wood Skew-Back.—The course of masonry, such as a stone, A, with an inclined face, which forms the abutment for the voussoirs, B, or wedge-shaped stones comprising the arch. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations The first node of the petiole somewhat wedge-shaped, the second globose, the abdomen very smooth and shining; club of the antennæ 3-jointed. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology The phenomenon is not questioned, but the orthodox preference is to call it, not ax-like, nor wedge-shaped, but "pyramidal." The Book of the Damned Two long doubly wedge-shaped lateral fragments, and pointed extremities to both main fragments, are shown. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre There is also a wedge-shaped ax for splitting wood. Handwork in Wood While it is true it is wedge-shaped, you will see by examining the drawing that it is not like a wedge. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations Abdomen ovate, the node of the petiole incrassate, and viewed sideways is triangular or wedge-shaped. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology It must have been very peculiar, if in all aerolites not wedge-shaped, no such phenomenon had ever been observed. The Book of the Damned Between his ranch and the settlements in Eastern Dakota there was the wedge-shaped reservation known as the Sisseton Indian Reserve, on which were stationed the customary agency and company of soldiers. Prairie Folks The Pension Pace was on the corner where a small street ran into the broad boulevard at a sharp angle, making the building wedge-shaped. Molly Brown's Orchard Home Arch.—A curved member made up, usually, of separate wedge-shaped solids, A. K, Keystone; S, Springers; C, Chord, or span. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations The node of the petiole incrassate, very slightly elevated; viewed sideways, broadly wedge-shaped; the abdomen ovate. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology The wraiths under Tiffany’s were placing little wedge-shaped ghostly bricks very carefully at different points. The White Invaders Where can you find one who does not know when the wild ducks in the wedge-shaped flocks fly southward? Stories of Birds As the stem increases in diameter the bundles become broader and broader toward the outside, and taper to a point toward the centre, appearing wedge-shaped, the inner ends projecting into the pith. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses We worked off in that direction, getting occasional glimpses of the water down in the deep holes, and stopping once to pull Corliss out of a wedge-shaped crevice into which he had slipped. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' The tone was produced by forcing wedge-shaped pieces of metal against the strings, thus setting them in vibration. Music Notation and Terminology The men had little wedge-shaped objects of a gray material. The White Invaders Then how her wedge-shaped bill rapped and rapped against the wood. Stories of Birds Their implements consist of a stick about two inches in diameter and three feet long, wedge-shaped and sharpened at one end, and a broad hatchet-like knife. The North American Indian His face, small and wedge-shaped, was full of ruddy color, the cheeks above the ragged hair smooth and red as apples. The Emigrant Trail Then it stood still, wedge-shaped head up, black horns displayed, while the nose flaps expanded, testing the air, until it bounded toward the lake, disappearing in the woods. Star Hunter To show the Action of Levers.—With a light but stiff wooden bar, a spring balance, and a wedge-shaped fulcrum, show: 1. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Hard, fine-grained sandstone axe wedge-shaped, without a groove. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 Let's go into Boston and take that suite of wedge-shaped rooms we looked at last fall in Hotel Huntington, at the intersection of the Avenue and the railroad tracks. The Hills of Hingham Nearly all are shaped like the iron axe or adze of Urúa, in Central Africa, a long narrow blade with rounded top and wedge-shaped edge. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative All case skins are stretched over wedge-shaped boards of various sizes—all save muskrat skins which are more often stretched over a hooped frame or a looped stick. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure The Pancreas is a tapering and somewhat wedge-shaped gland, and is so situated that its larger extremity, or head, is encircled by the duodenum. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Possibly Moses understood the Egyptian picture-writing, or the wedge-shaped letters of the Babylonian clay tablets. Hebrew Life and Times Much darker skins, and different face-structure; faces wedge-shaped instead of oval, and differently shaped noses, and brown eyes instead of black. Time Crime More wonderful peaks or wedge-shaped spines of snow-capped rock. South with Scott Securing two stouter poles, the hunters now chopped the butts into wedge-shaped chisels, with which they proposed to break open the beavers' lodge. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Below the last lumbar vertebra is a wedge-shaped bone which has the appearance of five vertebræ fused together. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Intermingled with these scenes of ancient civilization are inscriptions of great interest, in the cuneiform or wedge-shaped character. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands There would be the wedge-shaped line of the wild geese against a flaming sky—a far honk—then stillness. The Canadian Commonwealth The well-known wedge-shaped protuberance on the S. wall is due to a large irregular depression. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features The allotments of land generally take the form of wedge-shaped tracts radiating from common centres. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure If so, and it still binds, enlarge the hole by pressing the wood back slightly with some wedge-shaped instrument, if you have not a pair of the key pliers which are used for this purpose. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The buoys generally consist of a tapering piece of cedar or spruce, wedge-shaped, or nearly spindle shaped, and about 18 inches long. The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 A prism is wedge-shaped and bends rays of light towards its base. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The bottom, both of the "amphitheatre" and of the long wedge-shaped valley, appears to be perfectly level, and, as regards the central portion of the latter, without visible detail. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features Cut into wedge-shaped portions and serve with cream, custard or fruit sauce. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions Farley was lying face down and motionless, with the twisted foot still held fast in a wedge-shaped crack in the cooled slag. The Quickening The wedge-shaped head poised on the strong neck and thick rampart of muscular shoulder was bent low, and the whole attitude of the body betokened full alertness and angry resoluteness. The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' He clambered through on to the ladder, drew the loose scrub ferns into their places, and fitted into the crevice the wedge-shaped stone, kept as a last concealment of the retreat. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy The Caucasus consist of a massive wedge-shaped mountain land, projecting southwards, and partially dividing the Mare Imbrium from the Mare Serenitatis, both of which they flank. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features To serve cut in wedge-shaped pieces—like pie—and then split and butter and cover with a napkin. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions Further still, rising above the yellow Libyan horizon, gloomed the vast triangles of a dozen Pyramids, cutting their wedge-shaped clefts out of a sky fast crimsoning through a sea of gold. Four Weird Tales The angular alphabetical characters, bristling with thorn-like projections, were impressed with a wedge-shaped stylus on tablets of soft clay which were afterwards carefully baked in an oven. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria This was wedge-shaped, about five inches wide at the top, but running down to an inch or two at the bottom, and had a hinged cover. The Voyage of the Rattletrap The vehicle was heavy, short-poled, set low on two broad wheels of six spokes, and built of hard wood, painted in wedge-shaped stripes of green and red. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Cover with fruit, whip and cut into wedge-shaped pieces and serve with custard sauce. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions He sat himself in a chair vis-à-vis, laying his funny, wedge-shaped cap on the table. Burned Bridges He opened his bag and, taking out the wedge-shaped cap of the birdmen, set it on his head and went out. Poor Man's Rock In due time she was raised by the Confederates, covered with a sloping roof of railroad iron, provided with a huge wedge-shaped prow of cast iron, and armed with a formidable battery of ten guns. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History Two of the doorways were arched, the arch extending through the whole thickness of the walls; it was semicircular, and was constructed with bricks made wedge-shaped for the purpose. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Make two cuts forming a cross, dividing the dough into four wedge-shaped pieces. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions The features of that face were of the ordinary rustic type: a wrinkled forehead, small grey eyes, a large nose, a wedge-shaped beard, a swarthy, sunburned skin…. A Reckless Character And Other Stories To produce the raised stem and stern, four wedge-shaped pieces were nailed to the tops of the gunwales, as indicated in Fig. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island It is wedge-shaped, inclined to the south, and the smallest star can easily be seen through it. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work The spark gap is not uniform over the entire surface of the block but is made wedge-shaped by grinding away the line carbon as shown. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. Work to a smooth mass, then spread on the fish and serve with a lemon cut in wedge-shaped pieces. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions Branching from it were two wedge-shaped openings, just wide enough to allow one person at a time to walk through. A Woman Named Smith This wedge-shaped piece measured 2 feet at the outer end of the annex, and 52 tapered down to a point at the inner end. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island To complete the sharpening the rough edge is worked smooth on a slip stone, the cross section of which is wedge-shaped and the edges of which are rounded. A Course In Wood Turning It seems obvious that the wedge-shaped space offers greater freedom for carbon dust to fall out than in the case of the parallel arrangement of the block faces. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. This is best done with a piece of hard wood planed down to a cutting edge, i.e., wedge-shaped. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise Sam bound the thin end of the wedge-shaped blanket to the knee. The Silent Places A diagonal brace at each corner made the wedge-shaped tower very substantial. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island Who had not rather buy a good square piece of cheese, than a wedge-shaped chunk, all rind at one end, and as thin as a Congressman’s excuse for voting back pay at the other? Peck's Compendium of Fun It was all white, and cut wedge-shaped in front, very deep; but an undervest of crimson crossed the V in the midst and saved her modesty, and his. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Rising wedge-shaped beyond the town, dividing all progress, is a mountain,—not a hill. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees When all the notches have been marked cut down the AC line of each with a tenon saw, and chisel along BC till the wedge-shaped chip is removed. Things To Make They advanced in five columns, each having a wedge-shaped head designed to pierce the British square. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) As I write this, one corner of her territory remains to her, a wedge-shaped piece, ten miles or so in width at the coast, narrowing to nothing at a point less than thirty miles inland. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front Put up in five-ounce wedge-shaped boxes for export and sold for a high price, well over two dollars a pound, in fancy big city groceries. The Complete Book of Cheese He carries them home, and the village wisdom determines that the wedge-shaped piece of metal is a ‘thunderbolt,’ or that the bits of flint are ‘elf-shots,’ the heads of fairy arrows. Custom and Myth Experiment proves the wedge-shaped film to show these bands. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 "Though it may be healthy, it would be better without it at all," said the mayor, wiping his wedge-shaped beard with a red handkerchief. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories I saw that the windows were deeper than a man's arms could reach, and wedge-shaped—made for fighting. Hills and the Sea It was all splendid and simple; if you please, nothing but a stream filling the intersecting slopes of a wedge-shaped valley and turning off because it had to. The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon The capacity of the vise, of course, depends on the size and shape of the wedge-shaped block. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Some were fusiform, others wedge-shaped, and others irregularly oblong. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 Heading for the French coast, a skein of wild geese passed in wedge-shaped formation with honking cries and the beat of strong-winged flight. Deadham Hard The specimen was then placed between the plane wedge-shaped steel grips of the cage and the movable head of the static machine and pulled in two. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing About midway across the larger log a cuneiform notch or cut about six inches deep was made, and in the wedge-shaped notch punk was placed. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul A wedge-shaped piece, CC, is nailed to each end of the cope, and the lower pieces, DD, are then nailed on the drag so that they just touch C when the flask is closed. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do The spot is not far from the park wall, where the wood runs up into a wedge-shaped point, and ends in a low mound and hedge. Hodge and His Masters Being wedge-shaped, it had to be silvered on the front surface. Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis The razor-edged teeth are wedge-shaped like a shark's, and the jaw muscles possess great power. Through the Brazilian Wilderness "The leaflets that make up the horse-chestnut leaf are 'wedge-shaped' at the base," Helen reminded them. Ethel Morton's Enterprise The rammer, F, is made of wood, and is wedge-shaped at one end and flat at the other, as shown. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do This eccentric left eyebrow—now quite wedge-shaped—had gone up almost to the edge of his tousled gray hair. Round Anvil Rock A Romance The dotted lines show the outline of the wedge-shaped portion of structures to be removed, including skin, coronary cushion, horn, and sensitive laminæ. a, The opening of the fistula. Diseases of the Horse's Foot They are brought up to the pin by means of a wedge-shaped key. Rough and Tumble Engineering Before them went successive wedge-shaped lines, impinging upon dull blue. Essays in Rebellion The same rule that applies to the women of the wedge-shaped type of face applies to the man of the wedge-shaped type, as may be seen in sketches Nos. What Dress Makes of Us Take a good-sized vegetable marrow, pare thinly and remove a small wedge-shaped piece from the side. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. This done, a triangular or wedge-shaped portion of skin, coronary cushion, and thinned horn is removed with a strong sage-knife or scalpel. Diseases of the Horse's Foot On many of the walls were found those wedge-shaped characters, or letters, which constitute what are called cuneiform inscriptions, and are found only on Persian and Babylonian monuments. A Woman's Journey Round the World It showed the tank in outline, much as appear the pictures of tanks already in service—the former simile of two wedge-shaped pieces of metal put together broad end to broad end, still holding good. Tom Swift and His War Tank, or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam The rules for the wedge-shaped face, as may readily be discerned, apply here. What Dress Makes of Us They flew in a wedge-shaped formation, the Vaterland highest and leading, the tail receding into the corners of the sky. The War in the Air They borrowed a few pictures from the Egyptians and they simplified a number of the wedge-shaped figures of the Sumerians. The Story of Mankind The Damaras knock out a wedge-shaped gap between two of their front teeth; and the natives of Sierra Leone file or chip their teeth after the same fashion. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The wedge-shaped passages radiate from the centre, and, widening outwards, would facilitate the egress of an immense crowd. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography It was over his shoulder, and indistinctly, that he first thought he saw a face; a little evil wedge-shaped face, looking out at him from a hole. The Wind in the Willows Its leaves are wedge-shaped and its flowers are large, whitish and fleshy. Little Journey to Puerto Rico For Intermediate and Upper Grades I have described the wedge-shaped signs which served the people of Mesopotamia as a handy means of transacting business at home and abroad. Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations When partly solid, decorate the top with wedge-shaped pieces of pineapple and place a cherry in the center, as illustrated. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies The result was my contrivance of a double-faced wedge-shaped sluice-valve, which combined the desirable property of perfect water-tightness with ease of opening and closing the valve. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography Carroll saw a small gray spot—the top of the otter's head—moving across the slacker part of the pool, with a very slight, wedge-shaped ripple trailing away from it. Vane of the Timberlands Send it to table whole on a large plate, and cut it when there into wedge-shaped pieces as you would a pie. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches He invented a new alphabet which could be written much faster than the old wedge-shaped figures of Babylon. Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations Dice the apples and cut the pineapple in narrow wedge-shaped pieces. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies The cuneiform characters were originally pictures; but these were resolved into wedge-shaped characters of uniform appearance, the significance of which was determined by their position and local relation to one another. Outline of Universal History Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, much enlarged in fruit, sticky; 5 petals with claws enclosed in calyx, wedge-shaped above, slightly notched. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Nazar, a wrinkled old man with a little hawk nose and a wedge-shaped beard, showed himself at the stable door. A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I Another century was to pass before the study of the wedge-shaped inscriptions could be taken up seriously. Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations The plantar cushion is a wedge-shaped piece of tissue formed by interlacing connective-tissue fibres and fat. Common Diseases of Farm Animals A wedge-shaped cut had been made upon the side where the great elm was to fall, and, upon the other side, two men were sawing through the trunk. Lying Prophets She had evidently sunk down on the floor sobbing, after making that practical suggestion; and, casting about for burglarious implements to aid me, I found the spit and a wedge-shaped piece of hard wood. The Purple Land He spoke a little through his nose, with a laughing twinkle in his light blue eyes, and he had a habit of plucking at his scanty, wedge-shaped beard with his hand. A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I They borrowed a few pictures from the Egyptian hieroglyphics and simplified a number of wedge-shaped figures from the Babylonians. Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations Yet the whole face was shrunk up like a little fist with a little wedge-shaped beard and sunken lips. Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories It is only about three feet across at the bottom," he said; "the wall by the passage goes straight up, on the other side it is the bare rock, so it is almost wedge-shaped. The Treasure of the Incas The head should be of great depth from the occiput to the base of the lower jaw, and should not in any way be wedge-shaped, dome-shaped, or peaked. Dogs and All about Them Then somebody shouted, the huntsman blew his horn, and a small, wedge-shaped ripple trailed, very slowly across the next pool. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" This tree attains to a height of 20 feet, has deeply lobed leaves that are wedge-shaped at the base, and slightly pubescent on the under sides. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs A tiny wedge-shaped head, with dashes of white across the brows, reared itself out of a crevice in the bank. The Worshipper of the Image It is formed of five shelly, wedge-shaped pieces, each ending in a hard, triangular tooth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 HEAD—The head should be long, flat, and narrow, level and wedge-shaped, without showing cheek muscles; well filled up under the eyes, with tapering, tightly-lipped jaws and level teeth. Dogs and All about Them He still preserves his bold and elegant gait, his sparkling eye, while his wedge-shaped beak and cruel spurs are ever ready to support his defiant crow. The Book of Household Management The leaves are wedge-shaped at the base, and when young have the lateral incisions split into a pair of unequal and very sharp teeth. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs The characters were impressed upon the soft tablet by means of a triangular writing-instrument, which gave them their peculiar wedge-shaped form. General History for Colleges and High Schools In early winter the wild ducks fly overhead in a wedge-shaped phalanx, and by and by they pair, and if disturbed start up with a sudden quack, quack from the copse-wood pond. John Keble's Parishes HEAD—Long, and appearing conical from above, and from a side view, tapering to the point of the muzzle, wedge-shaped. Dogs and All about Them These, in their normal form, are curious wedge-shaped beetles, which are common on flowers, and leap like fleas. The Naturalist in Nicaragua The gas we made was contained in wedge-shaped rubber bags, in a frame with weights on top that gave the necessary pressure. The Making of an American This holm or island is about a mile and a half in length, wedge-shaped, well wooded, with glades of the liveliest green, and rendered more interesting by the remarkably neat farm-house on it. Biographia Literaria Its naked, wedge-shaped blade was as keen as that of a razor. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story Small wedge-shaped strips are trimmed off the edges of all the other cards, leaving the aces, say, projecting just the most minute fraction of an inch beyond the others. Constance Dunlap The ship was blocked at one point by a wedge-shaped piece of floe, but we put the ice-anchor through it, towed it astern, and proceeded through the gap. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Her face in the darkness gleamed wedge-shaped and unfamiliar between the falling waves of her hair. The Window-Gazer Note the enormous wedge-shaped skull, with its sharp beak, and the hood behind resembling a fireman's helmet. The Elements of Geology It only remains to lash the cross-benches to their supports, to raise the sides by lashing on a gunwale, and to fit in wedge-shaped blocks at bow and stern. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo The point of which Perez had spoken was a wedge-shaped sand ridge that, thrown up by the waves and tide, thrust itself out from the beach some few hundred yards below the station. Cap'n Eri As I remained motionless, he thrust his wedge-shaped head, and turned it back above the stone as if half in mind to seize my foot; then he drew back, and presently went his way. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers Leaves: Ovate to lanceolate, tapering at both ends or wedge-shaped, often yellowish green, entire or sparingly wavy-toothed. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Gravels and coarse sands lie in thick, wedge-shaped masses which thin out seaward rapidly and give place to sheets of finer sand. The Elements of Geology Then he issued some orders, of which the result was that the caravan adopted a wedge-shaped formation like to that of a great flock of wildfowl on the wing. The Ivory Child A spring freshet of unusual volume had flooded the adjacent river until, bursting its bounds, it escaped through the narrow, wedge-shaped valley that held Redwood Camp. A Drift from Redwood Park He glanced at the speakers: one of them was a gray little old man, with a kind face; the other was younger, with big, weary eyes and with a little black wedge-shaped beard. The Man Who Was Afraid The wedge-shaped letters of Sumerian cuneiform, the sacred engraved notations of Egyptian hieroglyphics, the Chinese ideograms, the Hebrew, Greek, and Roman alphabets-all have in common the need to overcome concreteness. The Civilization of Illiteracy Closing together they avoided the latter, and holding each other well up, became one irresistible wedge-shaped mass. In a Hollow of the Hills This cabin, I might add, was built wedge-shaped, with the small part pointing ahead, to cut down the air resistance as much as possible. Dick Hamilton's Airship, or, a Young Millionaire in the Clouds The break was wedge-shaped, with the sharp end off toward the rim, and it descended so rapidly as to appear almost perpendicular. The Last of the Plainsmen He made for the beach at the other end, and walked up the regular and gentle slope of the wedge-shaped island. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard These were plants with rather slender, ribbed stems, bearing whorls of wedge-shaped or deeply forked leaves, six being the typical number in each whorl. Darwin and Modern Science Male and Female — Gray above; wings and wedge-shaped; tail brownish; upper wing feathers tipped with white; outer tail quills white, conspicuous in flight; chin white; underneath light gray, shading to whitish. Bird Neighbors It has been explained that the basis of the Assyrian written character is a simple wedge-shaped or arrow-head mark. A History of Science — Volume 1 Another form is the magnetic railway, on which the cars are wedge-shaped at both ends, and moved by huge magnets weighing four thousand tons each, placed fifty miles apart. A journey in other worlds A romance of the future The point of the harpoon had at one side a wedge-shaped edge, ground to razor keenness, the other side was flat. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales The wedge-shaped valley, green with alfalfa and cottonwood, and nestling down amid the bare walls of yellow rock, was a delight and a relief to his tired eyes. The Lone Star Ranger, a romance of the border Under parts white, heavily streaked with blackish and rufous, the marks on breast feathers being wedge-shaped. Bird Neighbors What had originally been pictures of objects—fish, houses, and the like—had come to be represented by mere aggregations of wedge-shaped marks. A History of Science — Volume 1 |
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