| 单词 | cotton wool |
| 例句 | And I had seen so many begin to pack their lives in cotton wool, smother their impulses, hood their passions, and gradually retire from their manhood into a kind of spiritual and physical semi-invalidism. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z All the gravel was picked out of the cuts and grazes, bit by tiny bit, with cotton wool and a bowl of water, warm and clouded like an opal with Dettol. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The pages rubbed against my finger-pads like cotton wool as I turned them. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw some bottles, some white cotton wool, and a carton of milk, but before she could see any more Dustfinger closed the bag. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Briony prepared the tannic acid in a bowl and took the roll of cotton wool. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Above, clouds like dyed cotton wool hang low, so low I feel I can reach out and squeeze the moisture from them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z On the table there, polished now and plain, an ugly case would stand containing butterflies and moths, and another one with birds’ eggs, wrapped in cotton wool. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The silence of the night fell on Meggie's ears, muffled as if by cotton wool. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The flames had bitten his nose and his lips, yet Dustfinger kept finding him making torches of cotton wool and thin twigs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I feel safe, small, wrapped in my illness as if in cotton wool. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The skin was firm, so she pressed the cotton wool until he flinched. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As she straightened at last, and gathered her bowl and all the soiled cotton wool, a doctor came and she was dismissed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I walk down to where Cordelia stands by the railing, the snow not crunching but giving way under my feet like cotton wool packing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Shall I give you a performance this evening—show you what the bottles, the cotton wool, and all the other mysterious things in my bag are for?” he asked without looking at her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It’s like I’m wrapped up in cotton wool. Why I smoked my son’s drugs 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Their chrysalises are packed in cotton wool and flown to Britain, whereupon Brown and his colleagues painstakingly glue each one to a branch in the hatchery. The real butterfly effect ? not chaos, but wonder 2011-04-06T17:05:52Z Mel is my age and was almost as great a Cassidy lover as me, and therefore well equipped to spot a legend through a wad of cotton wool. Emma Freud: David Cassidy, my No 1 dreamboat Santa 2012-12-22T00:05:56Z I cannot superglue them in to their beds and surround them in fluffy cotton wool, but I can give them considered advice. Is hitchhiking a thing of the past? 2011-08-13T23:06:26Z Slowly, spring arrived: the bone grew, x-ray by x-ray the “cotton wool” spread and solidified across the void of the break. How Comrade Ilizarov saved my leg 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z In front of us in Trafalgar Square sat a 91-year-old woman with cotton wool hair and a discreet hearing aid, and behind us stood 100,000 people squinting into the sun. Five things I learned on the Women’s March 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z More challenging still is Edinburgh's notorious haar, the easterly fog that races in from the Firth and blankets the city like soggy cotton wool. Edinburgh sees the light in show that will run and run 2012-08-10T13:00:34Z “But there are differences, too: I was wrapped up in cotton wool by my grandparents, while he’s more of an alpha male after 26 years in the military.” ‘I gulp back feelings of regret’: how I found my long-lost sibling 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Despite this, Loki is beaten by a samoyed called Dorian Spring Charleen Lumiere de la Vie, who looks like an overly delighted blob of cotton wool. Crufts uncovered: ‘Dog people look like hairdressers with very small clients’ 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z To make the Don “look like a bulldog”, he stuffed his cheeks with cotton wool for his screen test. The 10 best actor transformations 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z They also featured the slight play on masculine styles that Lemaire likes to toy with periodically: A cotton wool cravate appeared on most of the looks as a man's tie, tucked into a hoop. Givenchy, Hermes and Celine get elegant 2012-10-01T02:46:03Z This, she thought, would make her beautiful; it took two doctors to remove the seeds and plugs of damp cotton wool. Nonparelli 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Heroin was like being wrapped in pink cotton wool. Marianne Faithfull: 'I don't think I had any choice but to be decadent' 2013-01-10T19:00:00Z The trips to Royal Free were weekly now, also weekly to UCH to watch for signs of what looked like cotton wool forming in the void. How Comrade Ilizarov saved my leg 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z "I had to put cotton wool in my ears tonight." Saxon: 'Metal fans are the most loyal in the world' – a classic feature from the vaults 2013-01-16T12:54:39Z And each week, back to UCH to look at x-rays, for bone growth, the cotton wool in the void which, said Youngman, was ominously inadequate. How Comrade Ilizarov saved my leg 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z A meadow scene complete with Easter bunnies, for instance, or a Halloween table covered in cotton wool in place of dry ice, perhaps. ‘Napkins are the new fashion’: the improbable rise of tablescaping 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Watch if the pupil dilates with light, see if the eye blinks as a wisp of cotton wool touches the cornea. Why doctors get it wrong about when you will die 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z No. I was in my sleeping bag, ears crammed with cotton wool, not long after each headline act departed the stage. Festivals are no place for children 2010-08-27T10:33:00Z We should literally be wrapping them in cotton wool and giving them a cuddle. Keira Knightley: 'I can’t act the flirt or mother to get my voice heard. It makes me feel sick' 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z The fly-half finished the night on 1,090 from 115 internationals before he was replaced at half-time to be, presumably, wrapped in cotton wool. Seven standout moments from the World Cup weekend 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Ireland and their fans will want Sexton to be wrapped in cotton wool between matches as they pursue a first world title. Seven key themes from World Cup's opening weekend 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z A trial heard Paris Mayo, then 15, suffocated the boy, Stanley, by stuffing cotton wool into his mouth and throat. Paris Mayo jailed for murder of newborn son 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z She claimed in court that she had used cotton wool, later found in the infant's mouth and throat, to clean up blood. Paris Mayo: The aspiring midwife who killed her newborn son 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z A trial at Worcester Crown Court heard Mayo suffocated him by stuffing cotton wool into his mouth and throat. Paris Mayo guilty of murdering son hours after birth 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Ms Mayo, who denies murder, is accused of fracturing his skull and stuffing cotton wool into his mouth and throat. Paris Mayo: Murder accused mum had balanced mind, court hears 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The defendant said she had used the cotton wool to clean up blood which, she said had been coming from his mouth. Paris Mayo: Teenager denies killing son to hide pregnancy 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z She is accused of fracturing his skull, possibly with her foot, and stuffing pieces of cotton wool into his mouth. Paris Mayo: Murder-accused mother cuddled and kissed him goodbye, court hears 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Paris Mayo allegedly killed her son Stanley in 2019, hours after birth by forcing cotton wool down his throat. Paris Mayo: Murder accused mother 'in denial' about pregnancy 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Paris Mayo, 19, allegedly killed her son Stanley hours after she gave birth by forcing cotton wool down his throat. Paris Mayo: Court hears 999 call after baby found in bin bag 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z The trial of Ms Mayo - now of Ruardean, Gloucestershire - has heard she had used the cotton wool to try to clean up blood from Stanley's mouth. Paris Mayo: Murder accused mum had balanced mind, court hears 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z She had admitted putting two pieces of cotton wool into his mouth, but said she could not remember putting three more pieces into his throat and windpipe. Paris Mayo: Teenager denies killing son to hide pregnancy 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z She said she thought the cotton wool would "absorb" the blood in his mouth. Paris Mayo: Murder-accused mother cuddled and kissed him goodbye, court hears 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z "Didn't know what to do. I was reeling. Oozing from mouth, cotton wool in mouth to stop." Paris Mayo: Murder accused mother 'in denial' about pregnancy 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Prosecutors allege the teenager did not want the baby and murdered him, possibly by stepping on his head, and stuffing cotton wool in his mouth. Paris Mayo: Court hears 999 call after baby found in bin bag 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z A teenage girl murdered her newborn baby by assaulting him and stuffing his throat with cotton wool, a court heard. Teenage mother 'murdered baby by stuffing cotton wool in mouth' 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z I was forced to unwrap memories carefully swaddled in the cotton wool of forgetfulness. Why I write about war — and why I can't escape it 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Items like suture material, cotton socks for surgery, supplies for blood transfusions, even cotton wool and gauze are running short. ‘Don’t fall ill’: Sri Lanka doctors warn of drug shortage 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Cash-strapped countries were short of cotton wool, fridges, face masks and trucks. COVID shots are finally arriving, but Africa can't get them all into arms 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Girl 'killed baby by putting cotton wool in mouth' Paris Mayo: Court hears 999 call after baby found in bin bag 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z About two hours later, "realising the baby was still alive, the defendant stuffed pieces of cotton wool into his mouth, throat and neck", the Crown's KC said. Teenage mother 'murdered baby by stuffing cotton wool in mouth' 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z "I distinctly remember there was cotton wool sticking out of her nose," Ms Pizzey says. Erin Pizzey: The woman who looked beyond the bruises 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z "Let's go back to using a face cloth or cotton wool that gets disposed of in a dustbin and not flushed down the toilet," she suggested. River Thames: Mounds of wet wipes reshaping waterway 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z There it sat, settled for a moment, cotton wool around my brain, filling in the scars. Terri White: 'On good nights, I lost my phone. On bad nights, I lost my sanity' 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Transitioning from maternity leave back to clinical work felt like having “cotton wool stuck in your brain,” Dr. Kwakye said. When the Surgeon Is a Mom 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z She said the baby "had stuff coming out of its mouth and she used cotton wool to try to clean it up", Mr Hankin stated. Teenage mother 'murdered baby by stuffing cotton wool in mouth' 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z With no hospital nearby, the nurse decided to douse the baby's skin in cod liver oil with cotton wool in a bid to save its life with nutrients. Call the Midwife: Real nurses inspire island trip 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Not corn snacks that, when sandwiched between two slices of bread, produce what feels like a mouthful of cotton wool. How to Eat: a crisp sandwich 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The breakfast show DJ says his worst nightmare would be a Bushtucker Trial involving his biggest phobia - cotton wool. I'm A Celebrity 2019: Line-up announced 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z “You almost become wrapped in cotton wool, too fragile to do anything,” he said. Golden aura around marginal gains is beginning to look a little tarnished | Tim Lewis 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Next to her, a Kurdish woman wrapped large pieces of cotton wool in bandages and laid them on the ground. Bloodied clothes and body bags: Kurds mourn dead in Syria 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z I want to wrap my country up in cotton wool. Host of actors lend voices to Troubles 'requiem' 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Some cotton wools are also blended with synthetic materials, such as polyester, so would be unlikely to decompose. The 10 surprising things you can't recycle 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z He remembers his father’s body wrapped in white gauze, balls of cotton wool in his nostrils and ears, and strangers crowding around him, carrying him away. “Philosophy of the Foot” 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z This includes effects on the back of the eye such as "cotton wool spots" - fluffy white spots on the retina - and swelling of the optic nerve. What do astronauts and one in five women have in common? 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z He provided guidance and direction, but did not wrap me in cotton wool. The best supervisor 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The noise was terrific, even with cotton wool in our ears, and all of us at some point ended up with a needle through the finger. Life as a factory girl 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z An assistant makeup artist describes the tantrums his very famous boss threw if his favourite green cotton wool buds were not laid out in a perfect square. Chanel shoes, but no salary: how one woman exposed the scandal of the French fashion industry 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z And how do you guard your child’s innocence, without wrapping them in cotton wool, turning them into a “snowflake”, leaving them vulnerable and defenceless? Is my Jewish three-year-old too young to learn about antisemitism? | Hilary Freeman 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z I plucked the cotton wool from my ears and found myself doing something quite extraordinary. “McQueen” Explores the Savage Talent of a Death-Haunted Designer 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z This was met with perplexed expressions, and an interrogation of what was probably a 20-year-old in a cotton wool beard, and not a cannibal Santa. Sunflowers and Santa Claus: Guardian writers and readers on how their first memory changed them 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The deal includes the abolition of all tariffs on seafood, wine, sheep meat, cotton wool and manufactured goods across the region. Trans-Pacific Partnership revived after 11 nations agree to trade deal – without US 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z We don't want to be wrapped in cotton wool, or asked to work less, or do easy things. 'My on-air diabetes nightmare' 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Whatever might be happening outside, here it felt as though one was perfectly muffled and cocooned; wrapped in several layers of metaphorical cotton wool and removed from it all. Inside the Élysée: the reflected glory of Macron's gilded cage 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Researchers in rural Kenya found that girls rely mostly on old rags, and in some cases, cotton wool, grass, socks, plastic and paper. Tampons that care: helping girls across the world to end 'shame of periods' 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z To achieve their goals, Liverpool need more top-tier performers or an industrial shipment of cotton wool for their elite quartet. Premier League: 10 talking points from this weekend’s action 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z And that means throwing away the last of the cotton wool Pulisic has been wrapped in and building around him for 2018. Five things Bruce Arena’s US team needs to do in the World Cup qualifiers 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z I was hanging out with a model ages ago, and she used to dip cotton wool balls in diet Pepsi and that would be her meal for the day. Ed Sheeran interview: 12 random questions about ÷ (Divide) - BBC News 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Rhode Islanders were the leading producers of “negro cloth,” a coarse cotton wool material made specially to minimize the cost of clothing enslaved African Americans in the South. The Uncomfortable Truth About Slavery in the North 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z A man cleans U.S dollars with cotton wool at his currency exchange shop, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, in Yangon, Myanmar. Obama's vow to lift economic sanctions welcomed in Myanmar 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Known as a Terk - a Trace Explosives Recovery Kit - it contains a swabbing kit with enough cotton wool and solvent to send up to six samples back to Fort Halstead for analysis. Inside the secret world of explosives forensics - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z He says his parents were cautious not to "wrap him in cotton wool" after the ordeal, and helped him to live a normal life. Lisa Potts: Injured nurse 'forgives' Wolverhampton machete attacker - BBC News 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Three days before a season-defining Europa League final, most of Liverpool’s core players will be safely wrapped up in cotton wool and placed in cryogenic sleep. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z "Children need to get used to performing under pressure for exams, interviews, etc in the future - they should not be wrapped up in cotton wool." Sats: 'I've told my son not to worry' - BBC News 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Sergio Aguero netted his 28th goal of the season and was immediately taken off and wrapped in cotton wool the moment the game had been put to bed. Garth Crooks' team of the week: Fabregas, De Gea, Hazard, Martial 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z After using cotton wool and water to clean it, he recognized a 17th century painting from the Caravaggio school. A 400-year-old painting that might have been executed by Italian master Caravaggio and could be worth more than 100 million euros has been found in an attic in Southern France 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Do you want to wrap them in cotton wool too? School rugby: Is tackling 'intolerable' or essential? - BBC News 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z "Universities are not wrapped in cotton wool any more by student number caps - we need to be much more proactive. "Every application is judged equally and individually on merit. University of Reading makes flexible grade offer - BBC News 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Mrs Morgan said this is "absolutely not about shutting down debate in schools" or "wrapping young people in cotton wool". 'Educate against hate', urges government - BBC News 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z There are two fewer taboos to turn public discourse into cotton wool. “Does anyone have a plan?” Here’s how we fix decades of overseas neo-conservative adventurism 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Rugby is not a game that wraps reputations in cotton wool and no one reaches the last four of a World Cup without a scare or two along the way. Australia and Bernard Foley break Scotland hearts in World Cup thriller 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Why do we have to put religious belief in cotton wool? Salman Rushdie: ‘It might be the funniest of my novels’ 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z I try to use them on speaker because I don’t like having an electromagnetic pulse in my ear, but then your voice sounds like you’re wrapped in cotton wool. William Hurt: ‘My competition these days isn’t another actor. It’s a computer-generated image at Pixar’ 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z "My parents did not want to wrap me up in cotton wool and made sure I did not become dependent," says Nic. 'I always beat Lewis racing online' 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z After dressing up in a makeshift Father Christmas costume fashioned from luxuriant quantities of cotton wool, Otto Krellwitz took himself off to the swankiest do in town. Victorian Strangeness: Four Christmas incidents 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z “We tend to wrap our kids up in cotton wool, but is that really preparing them for the world?” Cricket's Subtle Dangers 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z The government of Chhattisgarh, one of India's poorest states, banned five batches of drugs and a batch of surgical cotton wool on Wednesday pending further investigations. India doctor blames tainted drugs for deaths after sterilization surgery 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Admittedly most of those alternatives are at the preamble stage, where 23 men are being wheeled around compounds wrapped in cotton wool trying to avoid last minute cruel wounds. MLS Week 13 previews 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Beyond this, it is all wrapped in the cotton wool legalese Washington typically employs when not much is going on but the effect of commotion is desired. Noam Chomsky’s nightmare: Once again, you can’t trust the New York Times 2014-03-26T23:00:00Z Only a few weeks before, AC Taylor, the dispenser at Peterborough Infirmary, had dressed as Santa Claus, with a "flowing hirsute appendage of cotton wool", to hand out gifts to patients from the tree. Victorian Strangeness: Four Christmas incidents 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Alexander’s officer Nearchus reported that when they got there, they found its locals clad in a “vegetable wool”, later identified as cotton wool. Animal or Vegetable? Legend of the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary 2013-09-07T03:15:00.630Z Don't wrap them in cotton wool as they grow up. 30 tips for first-time parents 2013-07-09T09:54:41Z Portrush was at its most boastful: pastel blue skies interrupted only by the loneliest of cotton wool clouds, hot sun making a calm sea glitter. Wet and wild at the North West 200 2013-05-20T10:51:13Z Furthermore, they block the rhino’s ears with cotton wool in order to reduce its stress level during the drilling. Dye and Poison Stop Rhino Poachers 2013-05-09T17:45:00.363Z And it's tough to be realistic when you're wrapped in the soothing cotton wool of wishful thinking. The 1 Percent Fallacy 2013-03-12T17:20:00Z "It is not just the physical aspect but the mental pressure every time he plays," said Wenger, wrapping Wilshere in cotton wool and bubble wrap. The Fiver: Contractually Obliged To Open And Close His Mouth 2013-02-08T16:13:57Z Among those he would particularly like to wrap in cotton wool is Owen Farrell, whose remarkable goal-kicking form must be starting to concern England's rivals. Alex Corbisiero to miss England's Six Nations opener against Scotland 2013-01-14T22:00:01Z She tried to make him live the life of an invalid, wrapping him in cotton wool. The real story of Queen Victoria's 'domestic bliss' 2013-01-01T01:18:48Z She then used cotton wool and a brown liquid, which Ms Attiko took to be iodine, to clean the wound before a white bandage was applied to the cut. Baby death mum 'unaware of risk' 2012-11-27T19:11:07Z They proudly showed off their renderings of shiny black pints topped with cotton wool. Drinking Guinness on Arthur's Day helps Diageo define a drunken Ireland 2012-10-02T11:34:08Z Dry kindling was fetched from knapsacks, cotton wool stuffed between twigs and a scattering of wood shavings placed on top. Paralympic national flames lit despite very British elements 2012-08-22T17:15:52Z I tried to wrap myself up in cotton wool, to rest, the last four days before my final. Yamilé Aldama: That was not the real me but it's no reason to quit 2012-08-11T17:00:01Z We shouldn't wrap children in cotton wool, but instead, understand that there are 'acceptable' and 'unacceptable' risks. Child safety 'needs more action' 2012-06-12T06:39:49Z It doesn't hurt at all and the clicks are quiet through my precautionary cotton wool earplugs. Electrical stimulation of the brain: the benefits of the short, sharp shock 2012-06-02T23:05:13Z Wrapping Anderson in cotton wool is something of a back-handed compliment, but it denies him the chance to massage his career statistics against opponents he tormented in tandem with Broad at Lord's and Trent Bridge. Anderson ordered to miss final Test 2012-06-01T21:29:01Z MP Jacob Rees-Mogg says society cannot prosper if it is "wrapped in cotton wool" The state should be rolled back and more power given to individuals and businesses, a group of Conservative MPs has said. Tory MPs urge state 'roll back' 2012-05-23T01:46:03Z Gary Neville is Sky's prize asset and as such was wrapped in cotton wool until as late as possible. Sky Sports make early impact but ITV hit back with Roy Keane's steel 2012-05-19T21:31:15Z She pushed open the door and beheld him fast asleep, a red-and-white beard of cotton wool upon his chin. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z To preserve the colour of flowers pledgets of cotton wool, which prevent bruising, should be introduced between them, as also, if the stamens are thick and succulent, as in Digitalis, between these and the corolla. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Thomson generally produced a small box of cotton wool, and inserted a little in each of his ears to prevent injury to the tympanum from the report, and advised the spectators to do the same. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z If society is wrapped in cotton wool it will never prosper. Tory MPs urge state 'roll back' 2012-05-23T01:46:03Z The most that can be done for its relief is to protect the parts with cotton wool or some dusting powder, while the pain may be allayed by opiates or bromide of potassium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Pure gold-leaf is always laid on the sized cover after the surface to be blocked has been lightly gone over with a ball of oiled cotton wool, or a slightly greased rag. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z In the middle ground is a crystal fountain of glass, near which sheep, preternaturally white, and made of real wool and cotton wool, are feeding, tended by figures of shepherds carved in wood. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z When an artery becomes obliterated, whether from embolism or thrombosis, the part which it supplies should be surrounded with cotton wool and every effort made to favor the establishment of the collateral circulation. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Each had carried from the aeroplane a cylindrical parcel wrapped in cotton wool. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z Slight ties of soft cotton wool or worsted, or moist raffia, are then applied. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The gold is lifted from the cushion with a gilder's tip or a pad of cotton wool and transferred to the cover. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z I could see her struggle with the habitual effort to put the unwelcome fact down, anywhere out of sight and knowledge, under the cotton wool of a moral sentiment. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z Above the poultice should be placed more flannel, or a piece of cotton wool, to prevent it from getting cold. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z Friends remember Louisa Turner going about her ministrations in clogs, and during one particularly sharp winter she writes: “I am in a castle now of double cotton wool petticoat and thick baize drawers and waistcoat.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z The cotton wool is combed by circular cards of every degree of fineness; and the card-making machine, receiving only a supply of leather and wire, does its own work without the aid of hands. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Between the leather and the board there is placed a pad of cotton wool, and over the wool a pad of blotting-paper. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z With this object, the leaf must be laid perfectly flat on a sheet of glass and the grease marks damped out with a pad of cotton wool moistened with benzine. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z I kept to myself my long-formed opinion that eating pollock was like eating boiled cotton wool with pins in it, and the bargain proceeded. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z She had lived, so to say, wrapped up in cotton wool, and one felt this whenever one approached her. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z Choose a good big one, like a lot of cotton wool, and go on looking at it while it moves. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z For eleven years you have lain on your back, allowing yourself to be waited on, coddled, wrapped in cotton wool. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z The knock at the door was gentle and full of respect, as though the fingers that rapped were swathed in cotton wool. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z This was made by dissolving cotton wool in a certain solution, and then squirting this solution through a small hole into a small tank containing alcohol. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z Next select a tray large enough to hold all you have of this kind; place a piece of cotton wool at the bottom, and lay your shells upon it. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z But he resisted the temptation to wrap his least replaceable player, Sam Tomkins, in cotton wool, and the full-back was the key figure in extending the lead early in the second half. Wigan Warriors 60-12 Bradford Bulls 2011-08-19T21:07:20Z In preparation, she and her husband bought the supplies they knew the hospital lacked: latex gloves, cotton wool, a razor blade to cut the umbilical cord. Maternal Deaths Focus Harsh Light on Uganda 2011-07-30T01:15:35Z Then he took the opal from its bed of cotton wool. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z “Wrap the limbs in cotton wool, and cover that with oiled silk.” Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Mustard and rocket sprouts, still growing on cotton wool, were used to decorate the dishes, the authors said. Crudites in Bordeaux Bring E. Coli Sleuths Closer to Bug Source 2011-07-01T04:17:59Z He then fills it with cotton wool, taking care to put in the wool in little pieces and not pressing it down. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z "This stuff is like cotton wool," says Paul Barker, who himself used to work as an industrial baker and sold the emulsifiers, enzymes and other chemicals used in modern baking. The loaf that changed Britain 2011-06-07T07:24:13Z Silver paper, sheet upon sheet, cotton wool, layer upon layer; and then more silver paper came forth. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z The cotton wool, you will attend to that. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z He said members of the emergency services were "not paid to be wrapped in cotton wool". Top officer queries safety rules 2011-05-07T01:47:32Z The exterior is just the same and the audience see the little pile of cotton wool at the top. Water Wizardry A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent 2011-06-26T02:00:07.577Z When I marry, my ambition will soar beyond being bottled in alcohol or boxed in sawdust or cotton wool, like a centipede or a cracked egg of the great auk. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Yes, I was kept wrapped in cotton wool in those days, and I did not always like it. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z And the Parisian maid whips off the cotton wool and silver-paper that have enveloped the flowers. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z I put my hand into the cage, full of tow and cotton wool; she came instantly and took it out of my hand, and covered up her young. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z We all sort of wrapped him up in cotton wool and made sure that he was fit because if he did play we won. Sam Warburton 2011-03-04T00:06:03Z The men cheer and fling themselves face down on the floor, and push home the cotton wool with which they have previously plugged their ears, to prevent the risk of deafness. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z "We can't wrap them all in cotton wool for eight weeks because they won't be effective and it's not fair on them." Six Nations 2011: Martin Johnson's options increase for France summit 2011-02-17T17:43:36Z Karoubi, 73, told the government to "remove the cotton wool from their ears and hear the voices of the people before it is too late." Pro-, anti-govt supporters clash at Tehran funeral 2011-02-16T15:41:56Z He swept away all the duties on British exports; he repealed the duties on glass, on cotton wool, and still further reduced the duties on foreign and colonial sugar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z The old master lived to be seventy-two, he did; but then he lived like a wax image packed in cotton wool. Vestigia Vol. II. 2011-02-04T03:00:22.950Z Imagine a man wrapped from infancy in the cotton wool of civilisation suddenly jerked out of the same into barbaric nakedness. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z You might have said that large puffs of cotton wool hung in the air upon invisible threads, above which emerged the tops of pollarded willows. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Books occupied me so much that but little carpentering was done, yet I made a yoke for the oxen, a pair of cotton wool carders, and a spinning wheel for my wife. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z As the blood gushed down Berry's face, the 28-year-old bent briefly to regain her composure, stuffed some cotton wool up her nostrils, and got on with play. Fierce Ferns pull in crowds as women's World Cup begins 2010-08-20T18:11:00Z The thing is he's had a horrendous time with injuries and we've wrapped him up in cotton wool for a wee while. Lennon targets Bellamy after solid start 2010-08-15T21:00:00Z He added, “American intelligence is pulling cotton wool over your eyes.” Pakistan Aids Insurgency in Afghanistan, Reports Assert 2010-07-26T01:21:00Z Lord's pretty as a picture now, cotton wool clouds and plenty of blue sky in between. Live - England v Bangladesh 2010-05-30T09:34:00Z I wanted to get cotton wool and wrap it all the way around them. Jonah Lomu: Wing commander has seen the light | Anna Kessel 2010-03-21T00:10:00Z It is found that the best filter by which to separate this floating dust from the air is cotton wool, although a handkerchief will imperfectly answer the same purpose. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers It is a good thing to place some clean white cotton wool under the pan with a few drops of the scent. Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers Respirators are made of wire gauze with cotton wool or a sponge; the substance is poured on and inhaled by the patient. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide When finished, fill it with cotton wool and put strings to it. The Ladies' Knitting and Netting Book In each case, immediately after the tube is completed, it must be closely wrapped in cotton wool and left to cool. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students If this be so, then disease can certainly be warded off by filters of cotton wool. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers Cut a piece of stout card-board, two or three inches in diameter; on this lay a bunch of horse-hair, freed from all dust, and over this again some cotton wool. A Treatise on Etching In case the cotton is not intended to be spun, but is to serve for cotton wool or for the manufacture of gun cotton, more drastic treatment can be employed, and is, in fact, desirable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" "But I can't keep her wrapped up in cotton wool," she thought. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story Finally it is to be wrapped whilst hot in cotton wool for the annealing process. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students Moxa were cones of cotton wool or other substances which were placed upon the skin and burned. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology In our territories the feeling is equally strong of wealth "just round the corner," as the loafer said, of a people wrapped up in cotton wool and ungetatable. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The burst had marrow-drawn him, his lungs labored pitifully as if he were breathing cotton wool. Where the Pavement Ends She has had—how many years is it—ten or twelve?—of this wrapping in cotton wool, and she has progressed—how far should you call it—one inch, or two? What a Man Wills By wrapping the hot apparatus that is to be annealed closely in cotton wool, and leaving it there till quite cold. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students Sir Hampton bowed, and uttered a cough that seemed wrapped up in cotton wool, it was so soft. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One He selected nothing more formidable than an ordinary medicine measure, a ball of cotton wool, and a strand of magnesium wire. In the Whirl of the Rising When the countess thought she would try to sleep, Emerenzia felt the like desire; she wrapped her whole head up in warm cotton wool, and snored without mercy. Black Diamonds Wrap some cotton wool, containing as much powdered resin as it will hold, about one of the knobs of a discharging-rod. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments They may have been vampires, but they have not gone to sleep in the cotton wool of their celibacy. The Intelligence of Woman After dinner the Madman is busy with the preparations for their expedition, fitting new straps on to his climbing irons, filling large pill-boxes with cotton wool, and sharpening East's small axe. Tom Brown's School Day's The treatment is much the same, but spirits of camphor should be painted on each night, and a layer of cotton wool placed between the toes during the daytime. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" When the glaire is nearly dry, a fragment of gold-leaf is picked up on a pad of cotton wool slightly touched with cocoanut oil and pressed down on the blind impression of the tool. Book Repair and Restoration A piece of phosphorus or camphor wrapped in cotton wool, and used in the same way, will be much more easily inflamed. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments For this purpose the cavity must be exposed to cotton wool saturated with the oil for about ten days. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" You must come out of your cotton wool sometimes. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons The head is made of black velvet stuffed with cotton wool, and beads serve for eyes. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes A little cotton wool or moss in a tumbler containing a little water, and placed in a warm room, will afford a good means of testing seeds. Soil Culture In the box lay an object carefully wrapped in cloth and cotton wool. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 It contained a spray of mimosa packed in cotton wool, and lying like an elf among the petals was a little sleeping bat. Memoirs of Life and Literature Schönbein, however, made his explosive from purified cotton, steeped in a mixture of equal parts of p. 300nitric and sulphuric acids, which when carefully washed, and dried, kept its appearance of cotton wool. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign Mottoes and good wishes can be lettered in cotton wool on a background of scarlet or other colored linen or lining paper. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Frank had steadily refused cotton wool doughnuts and sanded pie and every doubtful delicacy, but he was extremely fond of cup custard. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John No wonder my legs feel as though someone exchanged the muscles for cotton wool, just wait till I get hold of Kirsty. The Lost Kafoozalum Now the King sat on his throne with cotton wool stuffed in his ears, in case there should by accident be the least sound in the palace. All the Way to Fairyland Fairy Stories Its tobacco is said to be uncommonly good, and the reddish cotton wool is said to be very thriving. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha The attendant bleeding may be ignored, or if profuse it may be checked by packing the wound firmly with cotton wool for several hours. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle These were at first of a snowy whiteness, cottony and dense, just like large tufts of cotton wool, of considerable expansion, but of miniature elevation. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses In some instances the spinners make thread from the cotton wool by using the left hand as a distaff, and the right one as a spindle. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference If the Princess had not put cotton wool in her ears we should have caught her directly; and what splendid conversation she would have made! All the Way to Fairyland Fairy Stories That mumbling term of endearment, coming, as it were, through a mouthful of cotton wool, reassured him. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals The edges may be still further held together by the application of Venice turpentine, melted so as to become firmly adherent, and covered with a layer of sterilized cotton wool. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle When very feeble, it must, even without any previous washing or dressing, be at once wrapped in cotton wool, and then in a hot blanket, and surrounded with hot-water bottles. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases Next, ladies and gentlemen, I offer three pair socks, hose, stockings, or half-hose, just as you're a mind to call them, knit by a machine made on purpose, out of cotton wool. The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems Holes are made first and filled with cotton wool, graduated leaden weights are added till the lobes are long enough. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India All stuffed their ears with cotton wool, and crowded against one end of the chamber. When the Sleepers Woke Lifting the staff, he touched the bare brown branches of the willow on which the snow clung like shreds of cotton wool, and he pronounced a blessing. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts He made a flame with flint, steel and cotton wool, lit his next to last candle and set it in a pool of its own wax. Shaman This latter is better than not being exposed—keeping one's self in cotton wool, for that brings out no knowledge of self, such as is brought out by being with others. General Gordon A Christian Hero Almost all the vessels that we met in the course of the day were laden with sacks of cotton wool. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton So Whinnie and I made splints out of an old cigar-box cover, and padded the fracture with cotton wool and bound it up with tape. The Prairie Child "I feel as if my brain were made of cotton wool," said Harry. The Limit If he had tried to describe what had been before him last night, he would have said there was a lot of cotton wool about. The Combined Maze If amputation is performed, a pad of cotton wool or rubber prop should be worn to fill up the vacant space. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. In any case, work over stitchery is more durable than over loose padding such as cotton wool. larger image 67. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery The Russian army has been compared to cotton wool. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers It has been found that this odor can be wholly eliminated by passing the air through a can containing cotton wool and dry sodium bicarbonate. Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man It had been all like wool, cotton wool, nothing that the mind could bite on, nothing that it could grasp. The Combined Maze Under the plaster, stockinette drawers are worn, and the bony prominences are padded with cotton wool. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Oil of wintergreen is another remedy which has proven of value when applied to the joints on cloths saturated in the oil and covered with cotton wool. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) The farther you went into Russia, the more cotton wool there was. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers Following severe bruises, the damaged parts should be kept warm by the use of hot-water bags, or by covering a limb with cotton wool and bandage, until such time as surgical advice may be obtained. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) The clouds of cotton wool had been dispersed in his movements to and fro. The Combined Maze Treatment.—In recent and severe cases the patient must be confined to bed, and firm pressure applied over the joint by means of cotton wool and a bandage. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. TOOTHACHE.—When there is a cavity in an aching tooth it should be cleaned of food, and a little pledget of cotton wool wrapped on a toothpick may be used to wipe the cavity dry. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Remove the cotton wool plugs and connect the projecting tubes by a piece of loosely fitting stout rubber pressure tubing about 5 cm. long, previously sterilised by boiling. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. They are covered smoothly with cotton wadding, cotton wool, or other soft material, and then with a bandage. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) A bit of cotton wool applied to the fundament to receive the matter, and renewed twice a day for a week or two, should always be used before examination with the probe. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Treatment.—If seen immediately after the accident, firm pressure should be applied by means of an elastic bandage over a thick layer of cotton wool, to prevent bleeding and effusion of synovia. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Then pledgets of cotton wool are packed into the bag formed by the cotton cloth after the stick is withdrawn. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Withdraw the needle, and at the same moment close the puncture with a wad of cotton wool, to prevent the escape of any of the inoculum. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. Poor dear old man! he loved to weigh things in them—a feather, a minute crumb of cork, an infinitesimal wisp of cotton wool!... The Martian Between the layers of cotton wool she found a single pearl as large as a hazelnut, pink as the Oriental dawn. The Pagan Madonna Sometimes my skull seemed wrapped in cotton wool. The Stretton Street Affair Other things dealt in hereabout are these: Chronometers, ‘nautical instruments,’ wax guns, cordage and twine, marine paints, cotton wool and waste, turpentine, oils, greases, and rosin. When Winter Comes to Main Street Plug the mouth of each tube with cotton wool, and place entire set in the incubator at 37°C. for one hour. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. He took a step nearer and saw a wooden rack, fitted in the interior, containing six glass tubes whose mouths were stopped with plugs of cotton wool. The Blue Germ Leo put some cotton wool into the sleeping apartments, and then transferred three pairs of mice from the most densely populated house to the new one. Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter Inside, beneath the snowy wrappings of cotton wool, great perfect blooms of pink carnations lay. A Sheaf of Corn The eggs are placed in a big basket covered with straw or cotton wool, about a thousand eggs in one basket. Life and sport in China Second Edition Plug the open ends of the tubes with cotton wool. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. They can’t keep me done up in cotton wool just because I used to cough a little.” Dorothy on a Ranch Eggs, when being sent any distance, should be separately wrapped in cotton wool, and packed in a strong box, any interstices being lightly filled with wool also. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. I’m not a doll to be kept in cotton wool!” The Search Patty and Nan were unpacking wedding presents, and the room was strewn with boxes, tissue paper, cotton wool, and shredded-paper packing. Patty's Summer Days The planter's wife sat over against him, on the other side of the passage, carding home-grown cotton wool with hand cards. Duffels I threw the candle down, and it fell on a roll of cotton wool. Fernley House As to putting cotton wool between the flesh and the skin, practice will enable one to do without this. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. For the present the United States sent us an increased quantity of cotton wool, but mere driblets of corn except in seasons of scarcity. William Pitt and the Great War He observed the care with which the fragile tubes were placed in their beds of cotton wool, and had a glimpse of the lined interior of one of the boxes. The Green Rust We will pack her in cotton wool if necessary; but it will not be necessary. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Mrs. Fleming was fitting panels of cotton wool on to the pulpit, and sprinkling them with artificial frost. A harum-scarum schoolgirl Faces of parrots must be whitened with dry "flake white" applied with a piece of cotton wool. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Any one owning a Guinea-pig or Tadpole is to supply the rest of the school with cotton wool and scent. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story She had brought down her romance to adorn her new home just as she had brought down Ole Scorpio, in cotton wool. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy It was made of cotton wool pasted on cardboard. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 He took out the ring from its bed of pink cotton wool, and offered it to Miss Parkinson. The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance Nell glanced at Falconer with a sisterly regard, and Drake said: "We'll bring him, if we have to pack him in cotton wool!" Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden When the tube is nearly dry a loose plug of cotton wool may be inserted at the bottom. On Laboratory Arts Her folks was well-off and she was brought up in cotton wool, as you might say. Fair Harbor Opening it, he showed her the tiny tube reposing in pink cotton wool. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia In addition to the above the authors have also employed jute fibre and raw cotton wool in their investigations. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 The box being opened was found to contain two sovereigns and two shillings, wrapped in cotton wool, and I went away to break a fast which was then entering on its fifth day. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Use nothing but what is known as "medicated" cotton wool with a good long fibre. On Laboratory Arts Then comes the cumulus, the big round cloud, that looks like masses of fluffy cotton wool piled on top of each other. The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men So wrapped in cotton wool is a now-a-days Commander-in-Chief that this was the first musketry fire I could claim to have come under since the beginning of the war. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Clo heard the words dimly, as though she had cotton wool in her ears. The Lion's Mouse All secretion can be removed by a piece of cotton wool dipped in warm olive oil. Papers on Health Ordinary cotton wool is useless, from being dusty and the fibres short, and the same remark applies to wadding. On Laboratory Arts Shall I not at once send up some sheets and cotton wool? and is there anything else you can think of?” Mountain Moggy The Stoning of the Witch “Most likely be very dangerous,” said Oliver, as he busily tucked some cotton wool into the cavities of the eyes, and then into the empty skull. Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track These I carefully packed in cotton wool and kept safe from the frost. By Canoe and Dog-Train In the dark depression of her spirits she had thought it possible that she might even wear knitted mittens, and have cotton wool in her ears. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story For flasks and so on, it is convenient to employ a blowing apparatus, dust being avoided by inserting a permanent plug of cotton wool in one of the leading tubes. On Laboratory Arts I should have swathings of cotton wool a foot wide, for it made my ankles ache just to see the sticks swinging about! Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story Mrs. Owen packed the egg carefully with cotton wool in a small box. Peggy in Her Blue Frock We thought we could get over this difficulty by wrapping the grapnel in cotton wool. A Jolly Fellowship I shall have to stuff my ears with cotton wool. Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends Apply on cotton wool, to the tooth, previously dried. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference The last pink curtain of mist rolled slowly away light and fleecy as cotton wool, and the sun, behind this lazy apparel of his rising, spreads a crimson glow over the sky and lake. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs Sirocco had him fast, sirocco that leaves many Sicilians unchanged, unaffected, but that binds the stranger with cords of cotton wool which keep him like a net of steel. The Call of the Blood Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool. A Jolly Fellowship They had slept as the dead sleep for nine hours and Raft had awoken with the girl’s head still on his chest and feeling as though he were packed in damp cotton wool. The Beach of Dreams Lucy Hewett had been shrouded in white cotton wool, to represent the Empress Matilda escaping from Oxford, "through the lines of King Stephen's soldiers," under shelter of a snowstorm. A Houseful of Girls The trees, wigwam, and vines should be covered with small pieces of cotton wool, to represent snow. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants But the comparatively small supply of cotton wool carried in the ship's stores, and in the doctor's private medicine chest had long since given out. The Captain of the Kansas The common native method is to attach a fluff of cotton wool. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon It's no earthly use the artist trying to keep himself and his talent in cotton wool in these days. The Way of Ambition Chilblains may be mitigated by taking the tincture of this Agaric, and by applying some of the stronger tincture on cotton wool over the swollen and itching parts alt night. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure I was prepared for intelligent criticisms but I thought they would be so wrapped up in the cotton wool of politeness that no one would be very much impressed. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I "No good pretending we've got cotton wool over our eyes," she exclaimed. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley Mrs. Parlin really did not know what to do,—Flyaway's conscience was so little and folded away in so many thicknesses, like a tiny pearl in a whole box of cotton wool. Dotty Dimple's Flyaway Yes, there amid wrappings of tissue paper, on a bed of blue cotton wool, rested the buckle of silver, its burnished surface sparkling in the light. Flood Tide If the plant be macerated in alcohol for a week, then cotton wool dipped in the liquid is as efficacious for staying bleeding, when applied to the spot, as the strongly astringent muriate of iron. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure This man Buchanan, that is over us at present, he is no better than a bit of cotton wool. Daisy To Get Rid of Spiders—A good way to rid the house of spiders is to take pieces of cotton wool, saturate them with oil of pennyroyal and place them in their haunts. Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use Mrs. Parlin washed the little pilferer's face and hands, took her in her lap, and tried to feel her way through the cotton wool to the tiny conscience. Dotty Dimple's Flyaway Dry the vase very slowly, and in sending it to be fired, wrap plenty of cotton wool around it so that no pressure can be exerted upon any portion of the modelling. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886. The oil put on cotton wool into the hollow of a decayed tooth is a useful means for giving ease to toothache. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Well, well, I'm too stupid to argue, my dear child, my brain is like cotton wool; but I have my hopes, my sure hopes. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma Before the cotton wool can be spun into thread and woven into cloth, those seeds must be pulled off. The Beginner's American History The ring of choristers in khaki and blue flannel faced with cotton wool looked at their conductor, a sergeant in the Glosters, with intense and painful concentration. Leaves from a Field Note-Book Wood-wool dressings are more highly and more uniformly absorbent than cotton wools. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. Put on cotton wool into the hollow of a carious tooth, a drop or two of the essential oil will often ease the pain speedily. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure No amount of cotton wool in one's ears, however, could camouflage a telephone bell. The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches He tried it, and found that the cotton wool came through without any seeds on it. The Beginner's American History Under the wrappings of tissue paper and cotton wool, a shape struck clear and firm and familiar to her touch. The Helpmate His bed should be placed near a large fire, and the patient himself surrounded by cotton wool and blankets and hot-bottles. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. There is a box just like a coffin, and cotton wool—we steal the cotton wool most times. A Little Mother to the Others It wraps a man's thoughts round like cotton wool. On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 For what is called raw cotton or cotton wool, as it grows in the field, has a great number of little green seeds clinging to it. The Beginner's American History Rub the affected parts with oil of wintergreen and then wrap the parts in cotton wool and soak with the solution. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada If he has lost much blood, the limbs should be wrapped in cotton wool and firmly bandaged from below upwards, to conserve as much of the circulating blood as possible in the trunk and head. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. "Yes; some cotton wool," said Diana; "it's most 'portant; it's for a public funeral." A Little Mother to the Others She made us keep bread-crumbs on the window-sill, together with bits of cotton wool and hair, so that the birds might come and fetch supplies of food, and materials for their nests. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books Within, recumbent on cotton wool, the almost frenzied spectators perceived two monstrous eggs, like those of the Roc of Arabian fable. The Disentanglers Treatment.—In an acute attack raise the affected limb and wrap the "sick" joint in cotton wool; warm fomentations may be used. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada A contused muscle should be placed at rest and supported by cotton wool and a bandage; after an interval, massage and appropriate exercises are employed. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. "Shall Orion go to steal the cotton wool?" repeated Diana, who looked as if it was impossible for anyone in this world to terrify her in the very least. A Little Mother to the Others "But they could give you some cotton wool or something to put in it?" Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 Dr. Fogarty next adjusted a silken bandage, over a wad of cotton wool, which he placed on the eyes of the prisoner. The Disentanglers Then a layer of clean linen and then a thin layer of cotton wool. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Elevation of the part, wrapping it in cotton wool, and removal to a warmer room, are then permissible, and stimulants and warm drinks may be given with caution. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. "Poor Rub-a-Dub must be buried, and I must have a box for his coffin and cotton wool to lay him in." A Little Mother to the Others New oil is allowed to rest a while in order to get rid of sediment; it is then clarified by passing through clean cotton wool, when it is fit for use. Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 An American doctor who was delicately swathing his nervous patient in cotton wool, explained that, as part of the process, she must be secluded from everything unpleasant. Americans and Others British shells were bursting like little bits of cotton wool over the German batteries. Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters It was whilst in this area that the new gas respirators, consisting of a pad of cotton wool and a strip of muslin, were issued on a scale of one to every twelve men. The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry France, April 1915-November 1918 "See here, Orion," said the father; "where do you get the cotton wool?" A Little Mother to the Others I shall make them a beautiful nest of cotton wool, and feed them. Melchior's Dream and Other Tales In them were a number of small glass tubes, neatly packed in cardboard boxes with compartments lined with cotton wool. The Summons If requisite, strain through cotton wool, but it must not be filtered, as it should have the appearance of a milk-white emulsion. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants "I was so frightened last night," Charlotte explained hoarsely in Madam Chase's ear, "I feel like doing you up in cotton wool, lest such another icy wind blow on you." Mrs. Red Pepper The upper part of the cylinder, F, is filled with cotton wool to prevent loss of mercury by spattering. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 I filled a basket with cotton wool, and put the birds inside, and took them into a little room downstairs, where they would be warm. Melchior's Dream and Other Tales When that is done they wrap it in cotton wool. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 When the bronze green cards are moistened with a piece of damp cotton wool, and applied to the lips or cheeks, the color assumes a beautiful rosy hue. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants If you cannot get an outfit, carry a tiny bottle of pot. permang. lotion and a scrap of cotton wool. Safe Marriage A Return to Sanity They look like slabs of cotton wool against the brazen blue sky. With Botha in the Field The only remedy I can suggest for the existing state of affairs is that all wives of over a year's standing should pack cotton wool in their ears. Married Life The True Romance And when that was done they wrapped it in cotton wool. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 You stop your ears with cotton wool, but I am in the world, hearing everything. Red Money Fine paper or cotton wool yield very nearly pure cellulose by similar treatment. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise If not required at once, a plug of cotton wool should be placed in the neck of the bottle, and it should be kept in a cold place until required. The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition Materials: Drab cloth; small pieces of cloth of different colours; embroidery silk of different colours; scarlet satin; red silk braid; red cord; cardboard; cotton wool; and a strap of light-coloured leather. Beeton's Book of Needlework He felt as though he were packed loosely all round with cotton wool on which a strong light was shining. A Maid of the Silver Sea He was sitting at his table, with his ears stopped with cotton wool, and he did not hear his wife come in. Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country The oil box on top of the casing has a pad of cotton wool at the bottom to regulate the flow of oil to the bearings. Things To Make She was making odd looking rolls of cotton cloth; stuffing them with cotton wool. Elsie's Motherhood He might have been knocking on cotton wool, and the thought dashed through his brain that it was all just like the terror of a nightmare. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories The circumstances of her life had stuffed cotton wool into the ears of her soul and rendered it deaf to the voices that govern good women. Flames Saturate a small bit of clean cotton wool with a strong solution of ammonia, and apply it immediately to the affected tooth. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 The bed was uncomfortable with that extraordinary discomfort of the old-fashioned French bed, that feels as though it were padded with cotton wool of indescribable heaviness. Max The principal imports of Great Britain are cotton wool, raw sugar, tea, flax, coffee, raw silk, train oil and blubber, madder, indigo, wines, &c. &c. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson Papyrus rolls should be wrapped at once in a damp handkerchief, to be carried, and then wrapped in paper, packed in a tin box, and filled round with cotton wool. How to Observe in Archaeology First he stuffed the Owls' throats and wounds with cotton wool. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned When children are burned, it is difficult to make them endure the application of cotton wool. The American Frugal Housewife Their heads and faces were covered with a white mask of cotton wool like a diver's helmet, three small holes in each white mask for mouth and eyes. The Romantic The exports were woollen goods, calf-skins, &c.; and the imports were silks, camblets, rhubarb, malmsey, muscadel, and other wines: oils, cotton wool, Turkey carpets, galls, and Indian spices. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson A patient whose eyes had been covered with layers of cotton wool had been able to read the newspaper. Evelyn Innes They wear huge padded trousers, similar to those of the men, their socks also being padded with cotton wool. Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm A few drops of the oil of Cajput on cotton wool is said to be a great relief to the tooth-ache. The American Frugal Housewife Am I then so far removed from life, so wrapped in cotton wool, so deep-sunk in the soft lap of civilization, that I cannot feel the cold splash of truth? Profiles from China Inside the box were a few layers of cotton wool, which were also rather dirty, and in between these layers was half a cake of chocolate. The Teeth of the Tiger By this means, no cotton wool was allowed to come down till our ships were fully laden. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time She procured some cotton wool and some oil, and soaking the one in the other, tied it on to the cat's tail and then set it on fire. The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies Any apothecary will furnish it ready dropped on cotton wool, for a few cents. The American Frugal Housewife She had kept Araminta wrapped in cotton wool, mentally; shut her out from the world, and persistently shaped her toward a monastic ideal. A Spinner in the Sun Her body was all covered over with paint mixed with cotton wool; and she advanced fearlessly amid our allies, who were regularly formed by companies, by whom she was cut to pieces. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time To guard against this, the Khan has now sent over many coats and jackets of leather, as not so liable to catch fire as their calico coats, quilted or stuffed with cotton wool. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Early in the morning the oil that floats upon the surface is skimmed off, or sucked up with fine dry cotton wool, put into bottles, and carefully sealed. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden The sacred new fire was obtained direct from the sun by concentrating his beams on a highly polished concave plate and reflecting them on a little cotton wool. 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 By a whimsical twist of his thought, he perceived that he was endeavouring to wrap Araminta in cotton wool of a different sort, to prevent Aunt Hitty from wrapping her in her own particular brand. A Spinner in the Sun The lions are to be carved from potatoes with the aid of little kitchen vegetable knives, and the lambs are to be fashioned from cotton wool, matches, and mucilage. Entertaining Made Easy "Like—like black cotton wool," explained Rosemary, stirred to unwonted resentment. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 She made a desperate effort and wrenched her mouth open to call, only to get it full of fuzzy cotton wool that nearly choked her. The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers He produced great handfuls of cotton wool and stuffed them in his ears—Bensington wondered why. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Jennie is beginning to learn to sew, and she could make you a nice pillow, and stuff it with cotton wool. Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young Or, the Principles on Which a Firm Parental Authority May Be Established and Maintained, Without Violence or Anger, and the Right Development of the Moral and Mental Capacities Be Promoted by Methods in Harmony with the Structure and the Characteristics of the Juvenile Mind When I stepped into that little stationery shop to get a newspaper I noticed in the rear a queer tin thing with what looked like cotton wool sticking against its back wall. Ethel Morton's Enterprise The box, when the lid was raised, was seen to contain a single cigar—a large cheroot—packed in cotton wool. The Red Thumb Mark "Do anything—but do not sit here waiting to die in cotton wool with your feet to the fire and your head in the clouds." Taquisara She was lying on a bed made up on two chairs, and was covered with cotton wool. The Gray Brethren and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse During the seventeenth century, the people of Georgia and the Carolinas had begun to grow a new shrub which gave a strange sort of woolly substance, the so-called "cotton wool." The Story of Mankind He wrapped it carefully in cotton wool for the return journey to Odessa. The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view Susan got up and took the cotton wool out of her ears. Anne's House of Dreams The white resembled tiny dabs of cotton wool stuck on the tape. The Mountains I walked home, my dear Bertie, with a bounding heart, and the pavement like cotton wool under my feet. The Stark Munro Letters After a while he rose, closed and bolted the door, shifted the money into a drawer, took out some cigarette papers, rolled one up, stuffed it with cotton wool, and began to smoke. The Forged Coupon So they wrapped him in cotton wool, and warmed him over a little fire, and he opened his eyes and sneezed. The Jungle Book Scatter from a sixteenth to the eighth of an ounce of dry iodine over the bottom of your coating box, and slightly cover it with cotton wool. History and Practice of the Art of Photography Dr. Redstone carried in his hand a little pad of cotton wool. The Yellow Streak In the box, under two layers of cotton wool, yellow with age, was a little garnet cross. The Torrents of Spring The removal of a quantity of cotton wool revealed a glass sphere of the size of an average orange, filled with a clear, colourless fluid. Till the Clock Stops Inside the case, between layers of cotton wool, lay a great number of gold coins, obviously sovereigns. The Mystery of the Four Fingers Bruce wanted to be wrapped up in cotton wool, petted, humoured, looked up to and generally spoilt. Love at Second Sight Osborne was sitting up in a chair, partly undressed—he still wore his evening clothes—cotton wool bound round his ankles and one wrist. The Four Faces A Mystery Supposing now, when the meat is first put into water, the water is made to boil, and while boiling a piece of cotton wool is put into the mouth of the tube. Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 She took the wreath of cotton wool from my passive hand and showed me, wrapped up in it, a humming-bird, luckily unhurt, unsquelched. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 Beside it was a glass of water in which seeds were sprouting on a floating island of cotton wool. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Eagerly the girls opened the boxes, and inside, on a bit of cotton wool, lay two lovely rings exactly alike. Marjorie's New Friend I pass the emulsion through a funnel containing a pellet of cotton wool in order to filter it, and it is ready for coating the plates. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Don't keep her in cotton wool too much. The Heavenly Twins On the work-table lay a mass of wire, reels, cotton wool, green and brown paper, leaves and petals cut out of silk, satin or velvet. L'Assommoir You will find arsenical soap, cotton wool, wires, and everything else you require there. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War I ought to be wrapped in cotton wool, and laid in a locked drawer at present. Why Worry? However, it helps one to know one's self, and that is better than lying wrapped in cotton wool. The Christian A Story A second portion was placed in a flask plugged with cotton wool, and exposed to sunlight for a week; it then required 0.200. Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 We are surrounded by men who raise cotton wool, and we have in our own State land unoccupied that could furnish more sheep's wool than would be required for clothing half our nation. The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished I have always been swaddled in cotton wool. The Great God Success His double chin was shaved, but a very white bristle of stubbly whisker surrounded it and ascended to where all that remained of his hair stuck, like two patches of cotton wool, above his ears. Lying Prophets If I have chosen to be a clergyman, it's not because I've lived all my life in cotton wool. The Christian A Story Remnants of clouds cling to the horizon like fluffs of cotton wool. Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore A wise minister should take off the duty on cotton wool. Endymion She removed the tissue paper disclosing a bunch of cotton wool. Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks At the bottom were these notes—there are more of them—and some cotton wool on the top of them. Three Comedies For five or six steps all round it was a little transparent--but further away it stood up like a wall, thick and white like cotton wool. Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories If the supply of cotton wool were limited to the hands of the Browns and the Barings, what would be the condition of the Lancashire manufactories? Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 Amarendra stoutly denied having received any cash; and the tin box was proved to contain only fragments of brick neatly wrapped in paper, and covered with pink cotton wool. Tales of Bengal If it is done, the result is too horrible for words: you get an elongated, smooth, full coat as soft as cotton wool, and sometimes as silkily wavy as a lady's hair. Dogs and All about Them "An' if it is I'll swab the floor of hell with a wad of cotton wool on a toothpick, s'help me the good Gawd!" he added, with a violent fling of horror and disgust. The Wendigo When it is sought to take earwigs by this means, the bottom of each pot should be filled with a wisp of hay or dried grass, or a little cotton wool. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby But there was now more of anger, more of horror in his voice, than surprise; and as he spoke he took up the pad of cotton wool. The Broken Road I cared for you like a little bird—in cotton wool! Plays Let the person close his eyes, while another person gently touches the uncovered piece of skin with cotton wool, or brings near it a hot body. A Practical Physiology The cotton-gin, invented by Eli Whitney, was the first; an implement that could do the work of a thousand persons in cleaning cotton wool of the seeds. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established The fog clung about the vessel, Lanyard thought, like dull grey cotton wool. Alias the Lone Wolf Beyond that the mystery has been wrapped in cotton wool. The Glands Regulating Personality They are few, they are precious, they should be wrapped in cotton wool. Mobilizing Woman-Power I have brought in another parcel —this parcel contains cotton wool. The Children's Pilgrimage These two remedies, flour and cotton-wool, may be used in conjunction; that is to say, the flour may be thickly applied to the scald or to the burn, and the cotton wool over all. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children He shook different from the others; sort of as though he had bones and things inside his fingers instead of cotton wool. The New Boy at Hilltop Within the paper was a piece of cotton wool. Warlock o' Glenwarlock They both stared silently out of the window at the fog that was packed tightly against it like cotton wool, only softer, and a greenish-gold color. Three Soldiers I am going to unpick those tucks, and line them softly with cotton wool, and lay the francs in the cotton wool. The Children's Pilgrimage The toes should be kept asunder for a few minutes, in order that the acid may soak in, then apply between the toes a small piece of cotton wool. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children Smith produced a cigar-box; in it was the hand wrapped in cotton wool. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales There, however, the piece of cotton wool would again be necessary, for without it the ring would rattle. Warlock o' Glenwarlock "Because it was the right one, and the other had cotton wool in it." The Extra Day The man who spoke was a short, broad-shouldered creature, with crimson face surrounded by a shock of white hair, like a ripe tomato wrapped in cotton wool. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Put into the ear, but not very far, a small piece of cotton wool, moistened with warm olive oil. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children Apply with a rubber of cotton wool covered with a piece of clean old white cotton cloth. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets The dagger itself is encased in this cotton wool to avoid any rattling. The Evil Shepherd —As you described her, was too good to me; kept me in cotton wool and all the rest. Smoke Bellew In the mouth of the figure was a cigarette, and each guest was presented with a few snowballs, made of cotton wool. Patty's Suitors There were large dishes of rare fruits upon the table—fruits which had been packed in cotton wool and shipped in cold storage from every corner of the earth. The Metropolis This bandage was four inches wide and completely covered the man's eyes, but as an additional precaution pads of cotton wool were first placed over his closed eyelids and the bandage then tied over them. Raspberry Jam You wear a gorgeous robe, all dark green muslin, in billowy waves, and cotton wool on it for sea foam. Patty's Butterfly Days The centre one, I venture, contained sulphuric acid and chlorate of potash separated by a close-packed wad of cotton wool. The Dream Doctor The doorway framed an ever changing picture,—budding birch trees along the river-bank; men ploughing in the valley; shepherds tending flocks that looked like dots of cotton wool on the green hillsides. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days Gautreau's head was swathed with cotton wool and he left the ward. The New Book of Martyrs He disguised his voice by putting cotton wool in his mouth, and I wonder myself how I came to know him. The Talkative Wig Inside was a quantity of cotton wool, and scattered about in the wool were little packages of soft paper, and inside of each was a little china cat. Who Spoke Next For this purpose I arranged a stove, which I maintained at a uniform temperature, and on it I placed the eggs carefully wrapped in cotton wool. Swiss Family Robinson Mr. Corbeck packed the lamps in cotton wool, and placed them in a tin box. The Jewel of Seven Stars Did a great artist draw the designs for them—a man of cultivation, highly paid, daintily fed, carefully housed, wrapped up in cotton wool, in short, when he was not at work? Hopes and Fears for Art At length the job was done and the half-sovereign appeared wrapped in a piece of cotton wool. Love Eternal His thin hair, white as cotton wool, was touched with brilliantine, and his handsome face, deeply lined and wrinkled, was as closely shaved as an actor's after three o'clock. Who Cares? a story of adolescence Wrapped in cotton wool all his life, spoilt, indulged, treated by the world as men treat women. The Captives Out on the lake the last thin threads of the mist are clearing away like flecks of cotton wool. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town I 'ad to put cotton wool behind my teeth to prevent myself from screaming. Jeremy The contents remained as Sir Godfrey's dead son had left them; a limp leather diary, an automatic pistol of some American make, a few glass tubes of quinine, packed in cotton wool. The Sleuth of St. James's Square His smart and carefully cherished moustache which once had laid upon his upper lip like cotton wool had been treated with the same ink-colored mixture. Who Cares? a story of adolescence Debby was very good to me, for she never stopped to scold, but laid me down on the old sofa, and bound up my poor little feet with oil and cotton wool. An Old-Fashioned Girl "I know it," laughed Polly; "don't that cotton wool look just like bits of fur, Ben?" Five Little Peppers and How They Grew Not until she had opened the padded lid and had seen the snuffbox reposing in a bed of cotton wool did she relapse into a long sigh of relief. The Clue of the Twisted Candle Well, then, I hate to be wrapped in cotton wool; I want to breathe. Villa Rubein, and other stories Such men, packed in cotton wool all their lives, are exceeding tender and soft. When God Laughs: and other stories His words came out slowly, and sounded as if each was a bullet wrapped round with cotton wool to make it fit the barrel. Sir Gibbie Or take some new cotton wool and pass it over the bone. Historic China, and other sketches Mrs. Gould was walking about through these shambles with a large bottle in one hand and a lot of cotton wool in the other. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Slowly, painfully, again feeling as if her legs were made of cotton wool, she dragged herself up to the first floor, knocked at the door, and then went in. The Lodger Beneath this was some cotton wool, and then—the two buttons and the lock of his own hair, that he had given Yram when he said good-bye to her. Erewhon Revisited He drew out a roll of cotton wool, which he unrolled across the towel. The Drums of Jeopardy He kept it in cotton wool till the fourteenth an' then I connected. The Valley of the Moon "Shall I put you up a little cotton wool with the laudanum?" he asked, after he had placed a label on the bottle, and had written a word on it in large letters. No Name As Mrs. Bunting went upstairs her legs felt as if they were made of cotton wool. The Lodger If he must have cotton wool, let it be as little cotton wool as possible. The Land of Footprints Then he rolled up the cotton wool, jammed it into the pouch, which he hung to his neck by a thong, and sprang to his feet. The Drums of Jeopardy Next he took a filament of cotton wool and laid it on the man's lips. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot In the privacy of her own room, she took the bottle from its wrapping, and threw the paper and the cotton wool into the fire-place. No Name Bickley took more cotton wool and having poured something from his medicine-chest on to it, placed it over the mouth beneath the man's nostrils—I believe it was sal volatile. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot |
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