| 单词 | dry rot |
| 例句 | They were Muggles who hated and despised magic in any form, which meant that Harry was about as welcome in their house as dry rot. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The air smelled of age and dry rot and damp, but of nothing worse than that. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z After they discovered the house was riddled with dry rot, they tore it down to the studs and started over. This global garden, with many accents, suits its site 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The painting was kept out of harm's way in my parents' bedroom, and there it remained until we discovered the house had dry rot and moved. Experience: I inherited a da Vinci 2012-09-28T21:59:16Z There was a bit of Tom Ripley, a hint of dry rot, in his charm. Books of The Times: In His Own Words, a Singular Man?s Double Life 2011-02-17T22:58:45Z See a nail going into a wall and consider dry rot. 'Sick and asphyxiating' – why we live in an age of anxiety 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z “Most aging is just the dry rot we program into our cells by sedentary living, junk food and stress,” Dr. Lodge wrote in Parade magazine in 2006. Henry S. Lodge, Author of ‘Younger Next Year’ Books, Dies at 58 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z The novel, narrated beautifully by actor and singer Elizabeth Knowelden, is a potent concoction of treachery and obsession; village life and romance; dry rot and load-bearing walls. Review | 3 great new audiobooks for your holiday weekend — and beyond 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Their all-wood house has too much dry rot for them to install insulation, and they haven’t been able to afford replacing the bathroom sink that fell out of their wall. In Montgomery, a City Embedded With Pain, Finding Progress 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z It’s in the beams and joists, like dry rot. ‘Sisters’ Builds a Gothic Plot to an Artful and Shocking Climax 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z "It had been student accommodation for 30 years, so it didn't look like it does now. "We had dry rot and wet rot and we re-roofed it and then the roof was stolen. Doors open to Cranford author's home 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Those dressing rooms were uncooled, and fabric could be damaged by dry rot, or mildew. Bringing Broadway Spectacle Back to Life 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Periodically, it has called out for reroofing, repair of dry rot, replacement of aging siding and a new coat of paint. Celebrate your home for National Historic Preservation Month in May 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Building inspectors later found that the wooden supports holding up the balcony had been eaten away by dry rot, even though the structure was less than 10 years old. Victim of Berkeley Balcony Collapse Dies in Ireland 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z A later investigation found that joists supporting the deck were suffering from dry rot and had been constructed by a company with a history of complaints. Aoife Beary: Berkeley balcony collapse survivor dies, aged 27 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z A clever entrepreneur could establish a weight-loss program entirely on the basis of alerting people to the larvae and dry rot and beetle eggs that adulterate their favorite foods. How Disgust Explains Everything 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z I’ve just had to fork out for a new boiler, crashed the car and found evidence of dry rot in the attic. Premier League team news and more: weekend football countdown – live! 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z "The condition is poor and deteriorating with leaking roofs, failing rainwater goods, signs of dry rot and in places structural cracking," the society said. Circus theatre and sitcom pub 'endangered' 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Christi Thornton, the city/county emergency management director, said the shipment of 5,880 procedure masks received were unusable because of dry rot. County received 5,000 rotted masks from national stockpile 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Conference of Mayors report released on Friday reported that 28 cases of masks shipped to Montgomery, Ala., had dry rot. Governors plead for medical equipment from federal stockpile plagued by shortages and confusion 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z A huge dry rot mushroom, big enough to serve as a chair, grew in the room where the paper was pasted up. Here's to many more… the London Review of Books at 40 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Some people hear “Henrik Ibsen” and think he’s just another old musty white guy from the canon whose plays deserve to dissolve in dry rot on the bookshelves of your local university’s theater department. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for March 2019 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z An investigation determined that collapse was caused by dry rot in the balcony’s wooden beams. 2 women hospitalized after San Francisco balcony collapses 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Rossi said he decided to fix up Hartford after discovering dry rot caused by problematic vinyl siding. Dino Rossi has done well in real estate, but his work is also fodder for campaign opponents 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Being proactive takes just a few dollars, whereas waiting until something like dry rot to set in will likely cost hundreds or more. Shower thoughts: Is my tub or stall waterproof? | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z This will allow you to cancel or renegotiate a sale if the inspection finds major issues, such as a cracked foundation, dry rot or mold. Shopping for a new home with remodeling in mind | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z In inspecting the rooftop unit, I found a soft spot in the shingles – dry rot or termites? Man versus house: I repair something, then fix something else. The payoff? These ribs 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z It’s called “pecky” because of a dry rot that gets into the wood. The old Vinoy: the battle to save it, the power of legacy 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Hatfield strongly disputed those conclusions, citing a structural analysis that showed the grandstand to be in sound condition, requiring only minor repairs to address dry rot. Knight on Hayward debate: ‘It’s so personal to everybody’ 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z City Engineer Robert Pristash suspects a combination of age and dry rot crippled the temple. Alaska Masonic Temple demolished after roof caves in 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z As he speaks passionately of a “dry rot, beginning in Washington…seeping into every corner of America”, faint calls for draining a swamp are distinctly audible. Those seeking escapism in “The Crown” will find it all too real 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Investigators found that water had seeped into the wood structure and caused dry rot, decay created by fungus that causes wood to lose its strength. Association boards should not wait for legislation before inspecting and repairing deteriorating balconies 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Chalk marks with the letters “DR” for “dry rot” appeared on all woodwork shortly thereafter. Is an $11-million termite job legit or a scam targeting the elderly? 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Home insurance costs are the dry rot in the state’s economy and quality of life. Florida editorial roundup 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Mifflinburg Fire Chief Steve Walter says it appears part of the barn suffered from dry rot and when it collapsed, the rest of the structure did, too. Steer, horse, 2 sheep killed in Pennsylvania barn collapse 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z It said: "The Darlwyne was not seaworthy in several respects", it was only supposed to take 12 people onboard, it had dry rot in the hull and was not fitted with any radio. Lost Cornish shipwreck Darlwyne 'found' after 50 years - BBC News 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z More than half the buildings have dry rot and balcony problems yet owners can’t get anything resolved. Association boards should not wait for legislation before inspecting and repairing deteriorating balconies 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z He explained that much of the wood these vendors chopped up was not termite damaged, nor did there appear to be much dry rot if any. Is an $11-million termite job legit or a scam targeting the elderly? 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z An investigation showed dry rot caused the balcony to give way during a birthday party in June, and the building's maintenance and construction crews "likely" bore some responsibility, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said. No criminal charges in California balcony collapse that killed Irish students 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Allice went to the storage unit and found no track, just lots of dry rot. Houston McTear, once the world's fastest, went from pinnacle to poverty 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z It was heavily overloaded beyond its capacity of 12 passengers, the hull was riddled with dry rot and there were only two life jackets onboard. Lost Cornish shipwreck Darlwyne 'found' after 50 years - BBC News 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z The revised, current text of SB 721 does not specifically call for a dry rot inspection. Association boards should not wait for legislation before inspecting and repairing deteriorating balconies 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Its roof was disintegrating, ceilings had fallen on heirloom paintings and furniture, and dry rot was spreading. How a New York DJ Turned Earl Revived an English Manor 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The city’s chief building official, Steve Burger, identified dry rot as the likely cause of Friday’s collapse. Dry rot suspected in Folsom apartment stairway collapse 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z It also appeared to have suffered water intrusion and resulting dry rot. Contractor in Berkeley balcony collapse seeks restraining order 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The company recently settled two lawsuits involving balconies with dry rot at two apartment buildings in California for a combined $6.5 million. Prosecutor: Balcony deaths could bring manslaughter charges 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The inquiry into the balcony collapse is focusing on rain damage and dry rot as possible causes. Berkeley balcony collapse: families vow to fight to prevent similar accidents 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z In the Berkeley disaster, a number of construction experts have also pointed to water damage and possibly dry rot to be leading theories as to why the balcony fell. Berkeley student deaths: city attempts to piece together why balcony collapsed 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z In the US, the focus of the inquiry into the tragedy is now on rain damage and dry rot that allegedly weakened the supports on the balcony where the Irish students were standing. Berkeley student deaths: shock and heartbreak as tragedy touches Ireland 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The frequency of accidents comes in part due to the structures' special vulnerability to dry rot. Balcony collapses hurt thousands since 2003, but deaths rare 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z But they have sued and settled lawsuits that allege balconies have incurred dry rot. More than 6,500 Injured in Balcony and Porch Collapses Since 2003 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Engineers who visited the scene said dry rot could be a factor in the collapse. Families prepare to bury 6 students killed in Berkeley balcony collapse 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Signs of apparent dry rot have been found on a second balcony of the same building where one collapsed here earlier this week, killing six people. Dry rot found on 2nd balcony at Berkeley apartment building 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Both can make a balcony more vulnerable to dry rot and weathering in general, she said. Five Irish students killed in Berkeley balcony collapse mourned in Ireland 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Thomas Miller said that landlords and property managers "have to expect that people will use balconies" and that they are required to ensure the structures are safe, including being free of dry rot. Balcony collapses hurt thousands since 2003, but deaths rare 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Left unrepaired, dry rot can weaken balconies and create collapse hazards, say structural engineers. More than 6,500 Injured in Balcony and Porch Collapses Since 2003 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Signs of dry rot were found Wednesday on a second balcony. Families prepare to bury 6 students killed in Berkeley balcony collapse 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Workers removed it Wednesday evening, revealing darkened wood that had the appearance of dry rot. Dry rot found on 2nd balcony at Berkeley apartment building 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z St. Onge said photos that he reviewed Tuesday morning, showing the broken wooden beams protruding from the building that once held up the balcony, show what looks like signs of dry rot. Dry rot could be factor in Berkeley balcony collapse, engineer says 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z The Millers haven't handled any collapse cases, but they have argued lawsuits alleging dry rot in balconies. Balcony collapses hurt thousands since 2003, but deaths rare 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z One reason, experts say, is the structures are particularly vulnerable to dry rot. More than 6,500 Injured in Balcony and Porch Collapses Since 2003 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Replacing shingles helps to get rid of the dry rot, which is common in old buildings on the island. Preserving Kauai’s ‘green’ church 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Sam can locate the smell of dry rot among any other fungi, Mr Monaghan says. Dry rot sniffer dog saves heritage 2013-09-28T08:14:20Z It is alleged Mrs Moran claimed £22,500 to treat dry rot at her Southampton home, but spent it on "home improvements". Jury out in Moran expenses trial 2012-11-12T17:29:34Z Left unrepaired, dry rot can weaken balconies and create collapse hazards, structural engineers say. Balcony collapses hurt thousands since 2003, but deaths rare 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Thomas Miller said landlords and property managers “have to expect that people will use balconies” and that they are required to ensure the balconies are safe, including being free of dry rot. More than 6,500 Injured in Balcony and Porch Collapses Since 2003 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The mischief spreads like dry rot in a building; ere long the whole fabric of society is infected with the poison. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Sam the Labrador travels the country sniffing out dry rot and the occasional doughnut Dogs are known for using their noses to sniff out drugs, firearms and even cancer. Dry rot sniffer dog saves heritage 2013-09-28T08:14:20Z All but the oak and ash being easily susceptible to dry rot, were unfit for posts or anything except for shade and firewood. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z With pathetic self-pity she found in these things--and in the faint taste of dry rot that told of the generations that had walked the old floor--the echo of her thoughts. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Ay, lassie," said the old admiral, "we be all sound at the heart, we three; but when the dry rot gets into the timber, sooner or later the heart is bound to go. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Every time a carpenter saws a piece of fresh timber with the saw which has been used previously for cutting wood attacked with dry rot, he risks infecting it with the fungus. Disease in Plants 2012-03-01T03:00:22Z But can they also use that sensitivity to save the nation's stately homes from the scourge of dry rot? Dry rot sniffer dog saves heritage 2013-09-28T08:14:20Z We'll feel the wind fresher when she draws out from the land, and there's a streak of dry rot in her mainmast round the partners. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z On a more minute investigation it was found that it had become greatly weakened by dry rot, so much so that it could no longer be used. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z In this manner one is more sure of sound timber, and in the process of seasoning there is less liability of dry rot in the interior, or of injurious checking, warping, or twisting. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z I don't want the place to fall to pieces with dry rot for want of some one to live in it.' A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z The golden Labrador, once abandoned by his owners for being "too boisterous", has carved out a career detecting dry rot hidden from the human eye. Dry rot sniffer dog saves heritage 2013-09-28T08:14:20Z All sorts of old mouldy monuments, in musty places, just choking with dry rot. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z This type of bin was formerly in great favour, but it has certain drawbacks, such as the possibility of dry rot, while weevils are apt to harbour in the interstices unless lime washing is practised. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z “The condition of the park was worse than we thought — mold, dry rot, termites — but we completely Lego-ized it,” said Bill Vollbrecht, the park’s creative director. Merlin Entertainment Brings Its Amusement Parks to America 2011-10-16T22:05:45Z This library is free from the scientific dry rot on the one hand and from the florid and misleading romanticism of much recent nature writing on the other. 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 It is the location of Sam's most recent assignment - scouring its 300-year-old basement to see just how far its dry rot had spread. Dry rot sniffer dog saves heritage 2013-09-28T08:14:20Z It has the dry rot, as I said, and the only skin that holds the thing together is the custom of worship. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z For some time before Keimer went off to Barbadoes, he had been in the condition of an unsound tree, which still stands but with a dry rot at its heart momentarily presaging its fall. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z They saw the idle on the one hand and the overworked on the other, wallowing in a sickly wash of sentiment; they saw the dry rot in Government. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z Next to dry rot and vermin, a tenant with “a tongue” is the greatest enemy of the landlord of mean streets. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z But Sam is a well-travelled Labrador, as he is thought to be one of only two dry rot sniffer dogs - known as "rothounds" - working commercially in the UK. Dry rot sniffer dog saves heritage 2013-09-28T08:14:20Z As he conjectured, the wood was half decayed with damp, or dry rot, and gave way before the knife, which by good luck was a sharp one. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z I like the idea of that sort of life immensely, and I am dying of dry rot. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Bitter water had weakened the spars, the strong rigging had loosened, waves without number had shattered the gunwales, dry rot was at work in the mainmast, the sails had grown weak through exposure. Life and Death And Other Legends and Stories 2011-04-02T02:00:10.393Z An asphaltic wearing surface three and one-half inches thick effectively waterproofs the wood, and the small interstices between the pieces will allow sufficient circulation of air to preclude any possibility of attack of dry rot. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z Sam is trained to detect active dry rot fungus and "the odd doughnut or two", Mr Monaghan says. Dry rot sniffer dog saves heritage 2013-09-28T08:14:20Z They now saw that, inside the tree itself, amid the rubbish and the dry rot, a sort of trench had been dug, which extended through the mass of sand and stones packed about the roots. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z A sort of dry rot, a moral paralysis, seems to strike the administrators of law in a town like Springfield. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z “Now that, in an old house, spells dry rot to the wary observer.” Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z Betting is professional sport's dry rot and the temptation is to say: don't buy this house. The machinery of corruption in sport will go on untouched 2010-09-05T08:00:00Z In the summer Sam was called in to help stem Wimpole's dry rot problems. Dry rot sniffer dog saves heritage 2013-09-28T08:14:20Z Faced with an irritating problem of dry rot, the homeowner is resolving just to patch up the visible bits and pretend the rafters are not crumbling and the ceiling is not going to fall in. Finance is responsible for this savage new era. But it's off the electoral agenda agenda 2010-05-02T18:00:00Z Not only that, to give it daily attention would mean stagnation and dry rot. A Yankee from the West A Novel The dead, heavy odor of the 78sawdust slowly being consumed by damp rot below and by dry rot higher up, was strong to their nostrils. The Auto Boys' Vacation It will also preserve wood against dry rot. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. The flagship of this fleet was a rotten old log of a ship, which had sailed in the East India merchant service till its timbers were in a state of dry rot. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read A crust of conoidical shells covered the rock at certain points, the dry rot of the granite. Toilers of the Sea He never for a moment dreamed that his surroundings were insidiously dangerous, or that his associates were infected with a moral dry rot, more to be feared than a running sore. The Vision of Elijah Berl "Very true; but remember that the stout three-decker that never struck to an enemy has crumbled to ruin beneath the dry rot," said D'Esmonde, with a savage energy of manner. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Caste is the dry rot, which, when once established, will surely destroy all progress, all vitality, by slowly eating away the social, industrial and political life of the nation. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century These figures hardly bear out the statement that “commercial dry rot,” to use one of Mr. Williams’s favourite phrases, has already laid hold of us. Are we Ruined by the Germans? The immigration campaign was lifted out of the routine and dry rot into which it had fallen. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time This was the dry rot which was infecting Elijah. The Vision of Elijah Berl And besides, I don’t know that it’s dry rot; I kind of sometimes hope it isn’t.—Here; turn to and heave the log; that’ll cheer you up.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) Dormer windows, dark rooms, and the dry rot. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890 Altogether there is nothing in the general figures of our trade to justify the wild statements that “dry rot” has set in, and that “the industrial glory of England is departing.” Are we Ruined by the Germans? Besides, still again, he was here in Prague incognito, his job to trace the sources of this dry rot, not to run down individual Czechs. Freedom But fortunately for women, Infidels are more numerous than they ever were before, and the power of the Church is dying of dry rot, or as Col. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures “Why, I see what looks like a patch of dry rot up yonder, that I bet I could stick my fist into,” said he. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) The dry rot is a name which has been given to the ravages of more than one species of fungus which flourishes at the expense of the timber it destroys. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses And take this to bed with you, brother: the frazzling isn’t half so dangerous as dry rot, or moth eating holes in you. At the Crossroads In truth it looked as if New Constantinople was doomed to die of dry rot. A Waif of the Mountains Sooner or later, if the diseased shoot is not cut off, the fungus spreads to the arms or trunk of the vine, producing a slow, dry rot which eventually kills the affected part. Manual of American Grape-Growing On the ruins of Roman imperial glory, Teutonic conquerors founded an Empire that defied time and chance for upwards of 1,000 years; then there crept in a peculiar dry rot. Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck One of these forms of dry rot fungus is Merulius lacrymans, which is sometimes spoken of as if it were the only one, though perhaps the most destructive in houses. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses It was a place of rust and dust and dry rot, of crumbling masonry, of rotted casements, of rust-eaten bars, of creaking hinges and broken locks. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys The composition which is the best adapted to preserve wood from the decay occasioned both by the wet and the dry rot, is as follows. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families It is a choking fungus, a dry rot, a creeping palsy! The Dop Doctor The ideas our grandmothers held, the lives they led, would kill us of dry rot. Making People Happy It appears that the dry rot fungus acts indirectly on the wood, whose cells are saturated with its juice, and in consequence lose their lignine and cellulose, though their walls suffer no corrosion. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses Whenever wood is sealed up in any way by paint or varnish, unless absolutely seasoned, and in a condition not found in heavy merchantable timber, dry rot is almost sure to ensue. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 I hated being poor; and I hated worse the dry rot of that little faculty circle. The Desert Fiddler "His timbers are full o' dry rot and he seeks a safe mooring." Blackbeard: Buccaneer If it is all the same to you, and to the other parties concerned in this transaction, I don't care to hear all that dry rot, you have written. The Last Woman The dry rot of officialism permeated the bank through and through; even the bank solicitors, the Messrs. Freshfields, were merely "highly respectable," and sometimes when that term is applied in England it indicates mediocrity. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude There are difficulties connected with the floors on or near the ground, by reason of the dry rot incident to such places. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 But it had looked so like the great opportunity to escape from the fetters of dry rot and poverty. The Desert Fiddler Take care then of the timbers of your boat, and avoid all practices likely to introduce either wet or dry rot amongst them. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 "Prefer to undergo the process of dry rot, here in New York?" Princess Zara The dry rot of prudence hath eaten the ship of fools to dust: she is no more seaworthy. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 It is rot, what you call dry rot, to die. Lady Bountiful But the name was against it, and dry rot set in. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Even the hygrometer's dead of disuse—or dry rot. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Love of money is starting a dry rot in the land of the gods. The Dragon Painter Among the Requests in our ecclesiastical contemporary, The Guardian, recently appeared one asking for an effectual way of "exterminating dry rot, and preventing its re-appearance in a church." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 18, 1893 There are hundreds of wealthy business concerns today who are slowly dying from dry rot because they have not the nerve to break away from the precedent that built up their businesses. Dollars and Sense It would have been intolerable ten years ago, but it seems little short of paradise when a man has dry rot in him. The Californians Many a ruined life began its downfall in the dry rot of a perverted imagination. Pushing to the Front They go in for dry rot—science and history, and that sort of thing. Tom, Dick and Harry I can see a whole flood of exquisite inhibitions heaped up for burial and dry rot within the caverns and the interstices of his soul. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Choking for air, my throat filled with particles of dry rot, I tried to climb up again. Old Man Savarin and Other Stories The French army is being moth-eaten by the Socialists, the British navy has dry rot. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Men often fail because they do not realize that creeping paralysis, caused by dry rot, is gradually strangling their business. Pushing to the Front The German army is beginning to suffer from a sort of dry rot, as must all institutions which fulfil a different purpose than that for which they exist. A Maker of History His men were "tumbling down with scurvy"; his mainmast was so pulverised by dry rot that a walking-stick could be thrust into it. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes He tends to fortify us against the dry rot of business, the seductions of social pleasures, the pride of wealth and position. The Last Harvest It is official dry rot which is part of the price the people pay for having themselves governed. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life That mast had dry rot to the very core. The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real There was a dirge to-night of futility, monotonous age-old eons of useless effort, the useless fall of the forest giant to the dry rot of slug and insect. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Exuberant forest growth is always characterized by some fungus and dry rot. The Canadian Commonwealth If there is dry rot, the beam will often crumble under a slight pressure of the fingers. If You're Going to Live in the Country The special danger in England would appear rather to arise from the probability of gradual dry rot, due to prolonged offence against the infallible and relentless laws of economic science. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 I won't say anything about putting to sea in a ship that wasn't fit—with masts that were nothin' but dry rot, and with pumps that only half work at best. The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real But even less frequently, I think, than other peoples have the French exhibited in their painting that contentment with painting in itself that is the dry rot of art. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture The dry rot of political theory was flung to dust. The Canadian Commonwealth The son did not reflect that of the dry rot in old Tom's soul this deception was a typical symptom. Destiny We wrap ourselves into a false security, while a dry rot is permitted to stealthily corrode the pillars of intellectual conviction that must uphold all. The Young Priest's Keepsake Dad has an old ramshackle sleigh in the barn that is just falling to pieces with dry rot. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island Chairs and pulpits totter to-day with a scholastic dry rot, which is inability to recognize the equality of unsophisticated man to man. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 It was during this period of deflagration and dry rot that the Eastern owners of the railroad lost heart. The Taming of Red Butte Western It had failed owing to the continuation of the state of dry rot in the stock market, and utter ruin followed. Unleavened Bread This is the dry rot of sentimentality that feeds tramps and enacts poor laws such as excite the indignation of Herbert Spencer. Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages Nothing in all trade or commerce is so difficult to establish or more environed by competitions, and yet, once established, almost nothing save interior dry rot can pull it down. Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 These floors ought to be adopted more frequently by railway companies in connection with their station buildings, as "dry rot" and "dampness" are effectually prevented, and a durable and noiseless floor secured. Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 Not long ago I was struck by noticing a significant instance of this moral dry rot. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour The house is beautiful; do not touch it; it is riddled by white ants, by dry rot, and it would fall. The Jesus of History Do not pass this by as so much dry rot. The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga "Now that, in an old house, spells dry rot to the wary observer." Four Max Carrados Detective Stories Nations—let alone mere individuals—have simply gone to seed, died of dry rot because they no longer had any stimulus. The "Goldfish" Those refusing her leadership will, for lack of vital sap, die of dry rot. Quiet Talks about Jesus It has been the lot of Spain to perish by the dry rot, and to lose imperial positions through the operation of internal causes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 It may also die of dry rot by the old wharves. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible Here is naught but dry rot and mould. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy Does any man, not blinded by personal interest or by the dust of political dry rot, suppose that the bulk of our people are anything else but progressive? The Fight for Conservation Such women are the dry rot in the social fabric; they dig in the dark beneath the foundation stones of the home. Sowing and Reaping That bitterness eats your heart out; it is poison, dry rot. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution His last patent, taken out in 1814, was for the application of Roman cement to timber for the purpose of preventing dry rot. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers Here, be it said in passing, lies perhaps the secret of the dry rot that too often settles on our American art schools. The Ways of Men It is only at its extremities that it is falling to pieces, as in dry rot. Twilight in Italy Where this is damp, it leads not alone to disease among the inmates, but to the disintegration of the house itself, through what is called "dry rot," but is paradoxically the result of dampness. Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife This, this, is the dry rot in the beams and timbers of the Temple! The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Christ's Church had been founded on a rock, it had withstood the rain and the flood, but was crumbling down with dry rot. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe The dry rot of hypocrisy is ruining you. The Pagans There is dry rot or something worse everywhere; and it is difficult to believe that anything is gained by it either for the convict or for the country. The Subterranean Brotherhood They'd rather die of dry rot than elect anybody; it shocks them to think that any man could have the presumption to be presented. The Fighting Chance Do not wage war on creatures made of air, for that will lame your arm and you will die of dry rot. Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts "If something is not soon done in this dry rot, the bottom will fall out of the whole affair!" The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form There may be occasions on which hypocrisy is a virtue; but the habit of hypocrisy for personal ends is like a dry rot in the heart of man. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne All page 3these things were done to protect the physical body against damp, dry rot and decay, and against the attacks of moth, beetles, worms and wild animals. The Book of the Dead Beyond this the count was stopped by dry rot and scars. The Yosemite The war will reveal to the British both their strength and weakness, and if the war does not destroy the dry rot in the land, then it is merely the precursor of Britain's final downfall. What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it How if an enemy should come, and fill up these ugly chasms with some poisonous fungus of a nature to spread the dry rot through the main timbers of the vessel? Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 I have noticed disease in the potatoes appearing on the dinner table, a kind of dry rot, only to be noticed after cutting the potato. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland It is the dry rot that weakens the life lines. Their Yesterdays Build 'em of unseasoned material and dry rot develops the first year; in five years they're punk inside, and then—some fine day they're posted as missing at Lloyd's. Cappy Ricks Retires I ordered you to travel, not to plant yourself in one place and die of dry rot. Kent Knowles: Quahaug But then we had to do something—or go into a dry rot. The Rover Boys at School When a building with dry rot catches fire, Rench, can you put limit to how much of it will burn? Dr. Jonathan It really is what our slangy friend calls 'rot,' and very dry rot. The Crown of Life Truly, lack of self-control in small things is the "dry rot" of the soul. Nature Cure The carpenter beetle is also found, an industrious insect, which riddles the timber of any building in which he effects a lodgment, and is as destructive as dry rot. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither It is infested by the dry rot, and ready to tumble about our ears without their immediate help. Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. How peaceful it all was with its droning old-world smell of ancestor, dry rot, and stale incense. Erewhon Revisited "No. You'll wake up some morning and find that this whole capitalistic organization has crumbled in the night, fallen to pieces from dry rot." The Vision Splendid Anyone, indeed, who has seen a hole in a filbert, or a piece of wood riddled by dry rot, will recognize a similarity of appearance in the channels made by these insect enemies. The Enemies of Books He said: “No, not this time; but I’ll tell you what, I distinctly smell dry rot.” Diary of a Nobody And besides, I don't know that it's dry rot; I kind of sometimes hope it isn't. The Wrecker I don’t often make jokes, but I replied: “You’re talking a lot of dry rot yourself.” Diary of a Nobody "Why, I see what looks like a patch of dry rot up yonder, that I bet I could stick my fist into," said he. The Wrecker |
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