| 单词 | excelsior |
| 例句 | The rest of us loaded our arms with old newspapers, excelsior and packing boxes. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the excelsior nest sat a squat, black metal machine with four blades on the front and a glass reservoir on the back into which my father poured kerosene. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And sometimes he crawled in the excelsior crate and slept. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He found a set of china packed away unused in a wooden crate filled with excelsior. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z That head: Bald for most of its surface, trimmed at bottom with a tangled white beard, it resembled an ivory Christmas ball resting on a bed of excelsior. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Then, mercurially, as though he’d read the letter, by God, for the last time in his life, he stuffed it like so much excelsior into its envelope. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He picked up a piece of excelsior and put it in a garbage can and then he looked at Doc where he worked labeling specimen bottles containing purple Velella. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But I’m also remembering what Mr. Van Deusen said about the word “excelsior” meaning “Ever upward!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Frankie was in the excelsior box burrowed down clear to the bottom, with the pile of excelsior on top of him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When Doc went upstairs Frankie crawled in the excelsior box and didn’t come out all afternoon. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when mentioning the state motto, she avoided the Latin word, “excelsior,” which Mr. Cuomo was fond of repeating. Hochul Is Sworn In: ‘I Want People to Believe in Their Government Again’ 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Referred to as the common or European ash, the tree - the UK's only native ash species - is scientifically known as Fraxinus excelsior. Certain landscapes show resistance to ash dieback 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Aspen Wood Products has rebuilt the mill destroyed by fire in Mancos, and the plant is again producing excelsior products from locally logged aspen. New owners revive timber mill in southwestern Colorado 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z The nonagenarian signed off with his signature phrase "excelsior!" - implying triumph. Stan Lee sues his old company for $1bn 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z We also re-sequence 37 F. excelsior trees from Europe, finding evidence for apparent long-term decline in effective population size. Genome sequence and genetic diversity of European ash trees : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z His staff, one study reported, wrapped him “in excelsior,” while “keeping the press at shouting distance or beyond.” Behind the Ronald Reagan myth: “No one had ever entered the White House so grossly ill informed” 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Each Pet Rock came in a cardboard carrying case, complete with air holes, tenderly nestled on a bed of excelsior. Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Dies at 78 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z At one side stood a big hogshead nearly full of loose excelsior, used for packing. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z There were papers, excelsior, burlap and other soft substances in the heap. The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift 2012-02-28T03:00:24.413Z F. excelsior sequences are shown in blue; A. thaliana sequences in red. Genome sequence and genetic diversity of European ash trees : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z There isn’t any straw, but there is a box of excelsior and we can spread that out and cover it with a blanket and make him a soft bed. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z Such obstructions are very likely to occur in new devices which have been packed in cotton waste or excelsior, with the result that the particles of the packing material often find their way into openings. Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines 2011-12-28T03:00:31.087Z Ike had carelessly thrown the match with which he had lighted his cigarette into the midst of the dry, tindery excelsior. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z There is now, however, a new order of insurgent thought of the excelsior caste which seeks to climb the heights. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z To add untranslated region features and alternative splice variants we ran PASA55 with Mikado transcript assemblies and available F. excelsior expressed sequence tags using the corrected EVM models as the reference annotation. Genome sequence and genetic diversity of European ash trees : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Then, with one accord, they rushed pell-mell for the blue-room bed, hurled themselves upon its excelsior pillows, and burst into tears. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z The onion peels were placed over a fire to simmer slowly and the girls then went to work on the excelsior filling for the cushions. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z The baby reposing in its beribboned crib is china and excelsior. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z It is used largely for interior and exterior finishing, general construction, veneers, paper pulp, excelsior, cooperage, mine props, and other purposes. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z F. excelsior sequences are shown in blue; A. thaliana sequences in red. Genome sequence and genetic diversity of European ash trees : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z She even upholstered this sadly misnamed piece of furniture with the burlaps and excelsior that had been packed about her father's new desk, but it still needed a cover. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z “We’ll take the burlap bag that came with Hepsy’s oats, die it with some vegetable or wood dye, and stuff it with excelsior that came packed about the pans.” Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z “Well, but there isn’t anything about excelsior,” said papa. A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z It is used in the manufacture of pulp, woodenware, furniture, trunks, excelsior and many other articles. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z It was this excelsior which had started to burn first. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z If she'd known that the pillows under those ruffled shams were just flour sacks stuffed with excelsior, she wouldn't have thought everything so lovely. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z He proved himself one of the "excelsior" during the term of enlistment in the United States service. History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York 2011-05-25T02:00:23.703Z But 'excelsior' is our motto, and we climb. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z He looked up technical tables as to the relative weight of sawdust, powdered cork, and excelsior, together with the statistics as to the relative amount of breakage with each sort of packing. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z "Oh, when I asked him if he'd seed any one 'round, he said, 'No, but he deserves to have his place set afire if he goes a'leavin' excelsior all over the back yard.'" Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z He meant getting there—he was full up to the brim with excelsior. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z There were empty mummy cases, boxes of excelsior, and various stuffed animals. The Wishing Well 2010-12-20T17:12:27.090Z Outside, by the woodshed, was a pile of packing-boxes and opened crates and excelsior. The Idyl of Twin Fires In the matter of curiosity, Miss Letitia was truly feminine; great handfuls of excelsior she dragged out herself, and heaped on Heppie's blue apron, stretched out on the floor. The Window at the White Cat That Friday we had unpacked four cases of electrical goods, and we had put the cases into the back yard, stuffing the excelsior into them. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z The edelweiss grows only among the glaciers, and the excelsior crop must be harvested on inaccessible pinnacles.” The Key to Yesterday It’s as bad as discovering a three-alarm fire in an excelsior factory. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside We had to turn aside on our way downstairs for more furniture to make Buster a bed in a box full of excelsior in the shed. The Idyl of Twin Fires And by that time Heppie had the crate in the wood-box, and the excelsior was a black and smoking mass at the kitchen end of the grounds. The Window at the White Cat The full moon rose, a red disc, blood red, emerging from this world of strife; it ascended, taking its hues from man's yellow gold; then on—freed from terrestrial mists, excelsior to purer skies. Fragments of an Autobiography Line the basket well on the bottom and sides with excelsior. Ducks and Geese With a fine eye for stage effect, Wallingford had had the covers of the boxes loosened, but had not had the excelsior removed. Young Wallingford That little sort of cupboard, or cubby-hole, had lots of excelsior in it; I guess it had come around crockery or something, and that was where Baal slept. Dorothy at Oak Knowe Kneeling at the base of the pyre, she struck a match and applied it to a quantity of tinder-dry excelsior. The Destroying Angel "I wish to see the manager," demanded the melodious voice, its owner raising her skirts and displaying,—ah, well!—and stepping over some excelsior packing which lay in her way. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Cover the top of the eggs with a thick layer of excelsior using enough so that it runs up well above the sides of the basket. Ducks and Geese She was dark and swarthy, with deep-set black eyes, and her thin, coarse, bristling gray hair, I noticed, was full of wisps of excelsior and grass box-packing. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself There were also individual copper casseroles and serving dishes, and a heterogeneous assortment of Japanese basketry tangled in excelsior 9 and tissue. Outside Inn Now he was approaching the rear entrance and a number of packing cases cluttered the walk, and excelsior was lying about. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune Make pads of excelsior or hay by spreading a thick layer between the folds of newspapers. Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 203 Shirley laughed and undid the strong cord and covering of the box, which was filled with excelsior. The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan It was a long, bare hall, filled with boxes and littered with bits of excelsior, and Bertha looked about her uneasily while Humiston bent over some canvases stacked on the floor. Money Magic A Novel On the second floor is the sorting room, and adjoining or connected with it is the baling room, where such stuff as paper, rags and excelsior is pressed, ready to be taken away. The Social Work of the Salvation Army Remove the boards from the tops of the shipping crates and the excelsior which is above the cells. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair The body is finished around this base by firmly binding upon it wisps or handfuls of loose excelsior until the shape of the natural body is approximated. Taxidermy When the money had been counted out and the tarts wrapped in paraffin paper and the pots of honey packed in excelsior, it was seven o’clock. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales It is painful to me to break——” “Let’s have it from first hands,” interrupted Bruce, irritated by the verbal excelsior which the prosecutor so deliberately unwrapped from about his fact. Counsel for the Defense By nine o’clock the house was upside down and by noon it was full of excelsior, tar paper, and crating materials. What's-His-Name Brush off all excelsior and dirt, and examine the battery carefully to see if it has been damaged during shipment. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair For neck material use cotton in small birds, tow in medium size, and fine excelsior in large birds. Taxidermy Lay and light a fire in the open, using no artificial tinder, such as paper or excelsior, and not more than two matches. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts The shades of night were falling fast as over Regent's Park we passed, and my platoon was marching last, excelsior. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 28, 1914 To earnest youth I would bequeath the excelsior of the "youth mid snow and ice," and the above injunction, "upward and onward;" "go do some great thing." Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century Batteries which are shipped without electrolyte need merely have plenty of excelsior placed around them in a strong crate for protection from mechanical injury. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair Only excelsior will need tying down with thread or cord. Taxidermy The nest, which I had brought down, was a beautiful structure, made, I think, of very fine excelsior of a bright straw-color. A Bird-Lover in the West He dug away at the excelsior until he felt the cool glass under his fingers. The Pagan Madonna There were dolls’ mattresses of shredded excelsior moistened with milk; nut salad, and Grahamata mush. Ladies-In-Waiting Remove all excelsior and the other packing material from the top of the cells. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair After a wing-wire is set, wrap cotton, tow, or excelsior about the upper arm-bone to approximate shape and size of flesh removed. Taxidermy The room had been filled with spare pieces of furniture, some of which were packed in excelsior. Over the Line Mad, thought Benson, as he began to gather up the loose excelsior; quite mad, the three of them. The Pagan Madonna Allow the beds to stand, covering them with straw or excelsior if the air in the cellar or shed is such as to dry out the surface. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. A pad of excelsior should be placed under it to avoid breaking the glass jar when it drops. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair Keep the skinned carcass in alcohol for reference in making the hard wrapped excelsior body. Taxidermy This was filled with excelsior, which in turn enclosed a paper parcel. The Adventures of Bobby Orde Instead, with Munson himself, and Billings the cook—insanely emitting whoops and yelps as he danced around for a peep—he joined the others in tearing out excelsior from the box. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility Soil according to directions on page 266; cover bed with straw or excelsior. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. CIS was seated on her narrow pallet, her back against the prized excelsior cushion, her knees drawn up within the circle of her slender arms. The Rich Little Poor Boy Upon skull, for jaw muscles, and upon neck board wrap excelsior, packing it hard as you go along, to required natural size. Taxidermy A barrel, wooden box, or large pail may be filled with hay or excelsior, and small, covered, granite pails may be used to contain the food. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management It is very important to pack the scions in excelsior and sawdust and be sure there is very slight moisture, and to paper line your boxes. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914 While some operators after soiling the bed give no further care to it until the bed is bearing, others cover the beds with some litter, in the form of straw or excelsior. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. Layer after layer of paper and excelsior were lifted out, and all they could find was more wrappings. Mary Ware's Promised Land Wrap the skull muscles on with excelsior rolled in palms of hands. Taxidermy Then pack in more excelsior very tightly around the pail, until level with it. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management She found even the wrapping of chair legs with excelsior, and the crating of bureau and tables, interesting. Chicken Little Jane When this has flatted, i. e., when the gloss has disappeared, which will be in the course of ten or fifteen minutes, wipe off clean with excelsior and then with waste or a cloth. Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I Soon Jinks and he had the top boards off and then started to lift out the excelsior. The Blue Birds' Winter Nest After the arsenic-water is applied to skull and scalp, fill eye sockets with chopped tow or fine excelsior, put a light layer of cotton smoothly around the skull, forward edge close down to bill. Taxidermy A home-made fireless cooker Make a thick cushion, or mat, of excelsior to fit in the space between the level of the excelsior and the inside of the cover. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management This top can be stuffed with excelsior, if desired, and tacks with large heads driven in to hold it in place. Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 There was nothing else in the box but excelsior, and having rummaged about in this, Codfish threw the box aside and started to investigate the next receptacle. The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine Meredith and Don looked to see if there were any more, but excelsior seemed to fill the bottom of the box. The Blue Birds' Winter Nest In all bird work, upholstery excelsior or "wood wool" will be found most satisfactory for body making and neck, wing, and leg wrapping. Taxidermy For small snakes tow is wound on a wire and shaped with thread, and excelsior is used in the same way for the large ones. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration "It's in some boxes and barrels that contain straw and excelsior." The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box He had the two other men open the cases and take out layers of excelsior so that he might look at what was underneath. The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods Don dropped upon his knees and sought in the excelsior. The Blue Birds' Winter Nest To make a firm core for the body, take a thick wisp of excelsior twice the length of the natural body and small or large according to specimen. Taxidermy When a sufficient thickness is attained fill the hollow form loosely with crumpled paper or excelsior and fit in place a back board of light wood. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration It had been confined almost wholly to three boxes, loosely filled with excelsior, and two barrels containing straw and waste paper. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box His motto was "excelsior" in whatever he engaged, and in farming he realized success. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Jack's bean-stalk was excelsior the higher it grew: but Jack himself was no more celsus at the top than he had been at the bottom. Gryll Grange Hold wire down to back of bone and wrap on cotton, tow, or excelsior, according to size of bird, to replace flesh. Taxidermy Fine excelsior is about right for large birds. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration She flew at them and called us all to help, and for a little while Mom Beck and Eliot were kept busy picking up strings and wrapping-paper and cotton and excelsior. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor Some excelsior lay upon the shelf, which had evidently been stuffed between the ticking object and the back row of cans. Tom Slade with the Colors Dan, shaking as though with ague, brought a log and laid it across the excelsior. The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports When head is set take excelsior body in right hand, hold it with head up, and with left hand pull shoulder skin into place. Taxidermy In making bodies for large birds it is well to use excelsior for the main bulk of the body, merely covering the outside with a thin layer of tow. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration "Oh, do be careful," she cried "even if there's nothing in it but stove-polish and excelsior, the nails and the boards are absolute treasures!" The Master-Knot of Human Fate This introduces a possible danger from fire, in case the hot stove plate should come into direct contact with inflammable packing material such as excelsior or paper. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools This time the tiny flame caught in the excelsior. The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports Bring out a quantity of fine excelsior for replacing the leg muscles and skull meat and for filling the body after assembling the wired parts within the skin. Taxidermy If a hollow paper form is used it should be filled with crumpled paper, excelsior, coarse tow or similar material. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration A hair mattress, or a bed of corn husks, oat straw, or excelsior—covered with two or three blankets or a quilted cotton mattress—makes a very healthy and comfortable bed. Plain Facts for Old and Young This should be made of some heavy goods, such as denim, and stuffed with cotton, crumpled paper, or excelsior. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools She was in terror of it from the moment she got it home, and during most of the trip it was packed in excelsior, with the barrel stuffed with cotton, on Modestine's back. More Tish In handling the excelsior, pull out wisps of it from the mass and rub them between the palms so that the fiber is broken up and softened. Taxidermy They will enable you to build up first one side, then the other of the body by winding down excelsior with wrapping cord. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Remains of excelsior and sacking were within them, and they bore the stencilled marks, "Agricultural Machinery, With Care." The Border Boys Across the Frontier The spiral columns of translucent alabaster which support the altar, are padded with excelsior and wrapped with canvas. Italy at War and the Allies in the West It is important to note that in the six-inch and ten-inch tanks recovered the excelsior used for packing the charges shows no injury from flame or gases. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 10, March 10, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Wrap leg bones with cotton, tow, or excelsior according to size of specimen. Taxidermy Now wind excelsior on the neck standard and skull until the skinned head and neck are roughly reproduced. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration More excelsior and burlap litter in the bottom of it showed that whatever had been the contents of the boxes, it had apparently been used to transport them. The Border Boys Across the Frontier Shredded newspaper and excelsior make a good packing. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Them cigars what Klinger & Klein hands out," he said to his partner, "has asbestos wrappers and excelsior fillers, I bet yer. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures The process of mounting a tanned scalp differs from the raw in that it is set up on a wire and plaster shell, more carefully shaped than the excelsior form. Taxidermy Now finish sewing up the skin and stuff it full of chopped excelsior, shaping the foot as you proceed. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Mix well, 71and apply with brush; rub in well with excelsior or tow, and clean off with rags. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction Place a three-inch cushion of unbleached muslin, stuffed tightly with excelsior, on top of the lid of the nest. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Then he made a turn or two and found himself in another room, filled with empty boxes and casks, some partly filled with straw and excelsior. The Bobbsey Twins Or, Merry Days Indoors and Out This type of shell is made as follows: Set the cleaned skull upon neck-board and back-board same as for wrapping excelsior neck. Taxidermy When dry remove excelsior and cut off surplus skin around top and the foot is ready for an ink well, match safe, ash tray or paper weight, as they all go on the same way. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Mix well and apply with brush; rub well with excelsior or tow, and clean off with rags. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction The girl quickly wrapped the Rabbit up in some sheets of soft tissue paper, and some padding made of curled wood, called excelsior. The Story of a Candy Rabbit Always provide some nesting material near at hand; linen or cotton thread, ravellings, tow, hair and excelsior are all good. Outdoor Sports and Games Wrap the leg muscles upon the bones same as in a small specimen, except pull the excelsior rather smooth for the purpose instead of rolling it in the palms. Taxidermy With a bunch of fine excelsior or coarse tow and a spool of thread a half-head form can be roughly blocked out by winding, using the board as a base. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Mix well, and apply with a brush; rub it well with excelsior or tow, and clean off with rags. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction Fed with excelsior and empty boxes, the flames leaped up instantaneously, illuminating every corner of the quadrangle, and throwing gigantic, distorted shadows of men on the store front. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest Then the ideal procedure for a real book-lover would be to keep his books in the original box, snugly packed in excelsior, with the lid nailed down. Love Conquers All Wrap a tail of pulled excelsior laid straight along a wire much smaller than is used in legs. Taxidermy Do not put any excelsior on the upper part of the skull and face as no amount of flesh was removed there. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Mix well, apply with brush, and rub well in with excelsior or tow. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction It was a tightly rolled wad of excelsior. Bunker Bean Nothing escapes him, even to shreds of excelsior lying on the ground in back of Howland & Gould's grocery store. Love Conquers All So we ripped one end open and pulled out all the cotton and excelsior it was stuffed with, and burned it in the nursery grate. The Little Colonel's House Party In ten years seven of our nine children died, possibly owing to our diet of excelsior and prunes. Best Short Stories Mix well, apply with brush, rub in with excelsior or tow, and clean off with rags. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction The swathing of linen—he had unwound it to where the hands should have been folded on the breast—had enclosed excelsior. Bunker Bean "They'll be lots more comfy," admitted James, "if the excelsior crop is still holding out." Ethel Morton at Rose House "The dry goods box filled with excelsior would be the anti-climax of wondering expectations." Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds Whereupon I procured some rags and excelsior, made a bed underneath the hammock, and proceeded to enjoy our eminent humourist's experience in peace. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians Do not use hay, old clothes, newspapers or excelsior for a false bottom; they are unsatisfactory because they do not allow proper circulation of water. Every Step in Canning The floor was littered with wisps of excelsior. Bunker Bean The cushions themselves they had made from ticking filled with excelsior when they had calculated the number of high chairs they must have. Ethel Morton at Rose House They might compose a lot of ditties and mix them up with the packing, something like this: "'Believe not all big things that boys may tell thee, for Great expectations may produce excelsior'." Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds By the time I was eight years old I had constructed a pipe of an acorn and a straw, and had experimented with excelsior as fuel. Shandygaff Wrap each jar with excelsior or paper before putting it in its proper section. Every Step in Canning He pulled out more excelsior until he could raise the case. Bunker Bean With the axe he pried off the lid of the box containing the battery, tore away the paper and excelsior wrappings, and in another moment had his wires around the binding posts. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol The dummy itself had been made of old sail canvas and excelsior. The High School Boys in Summer Camp Fifteen minutes later, with the blue vase packed in excelsior and reposing in a stout cardboard box, Bill Peck entered a restaurant and ordered dinner. The Go-Getter Then he threw open the lid and revealed a mass of excelsior and scraps of newspapers. The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories He gathered boards, excelsior and the crate and piled them in the kitchenette, which they approximately filled. Bunker Bean It was devoured to the rind, after which the convives reclined luxuriously upon a mound of excelsior beside an empty crate. The Wrong Twin Three kittens skirmished joyfully in the excelsior, waylaying one another in ambush and springing out with bits of the yellow fibers clinging to their woolly soft fur. The Bent Twig Eradicate took some excelsior to pad the box, and then, dropping inside it the gift, already wrapped in tissue paper, he proceeded to screw on the cover. Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes But more often she came forward to you from the rear of the store, with bits of excelsior clinging to her black sateen apron. Fanny Herself A smoothly packed layer of excelsior greeted his eyes. Bunker Bean A layer of excelsior was disclosed, and on it a letter addressed by typewriter to Annixter. The Octopus : A story of California Very carefully he removed the rest of the excelsior, and lifting the ponderous Tooth from its box, set it upon the marble-top centre table. McTeague It seems to me to cry excelsior to the pink night-gown. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 The packing-room was always littered with straw and excelsior dug from hogsheads and great crates. Fanny Herself Most of the apples were wrapped first in tissue and then in oiled paper and firmly packed in barrels well lined with corrugated paper, with excelsior cushions in each end. New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission But already she had pulled away the excelsior. The Octopus : A story of California We may have to sleep on excelsior for a while yet, but we shall soon stop eating it. Under the Skylights The difference is so striking and affords such a reliable feature that Koch proposed to make two distinct varieties of them, calling the pure type Fraxinus excelsior monophylla, and the varying trees F. excelsior exheterophylla. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation We didn't have to open more than one of the seat cushions and, lucky thing, we found it full of excelsior. Roy Blakeley He was succeeded by his son-in-law, the Rev. Raywood Firth, who has worked through Longfellow's excelsior gamut rapidly and successfully. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston The sun had receded, leaving a sudden sullen gray, the little square room, littered with an upheaval of excelsior, sheet-shrouded furniture, and the paperhanger's paraphernalia and inimitable smells, darkening and seeming to chill. Gaslight Sonatas Paper, hay, excelsior, sawdust, cork, wool, feathers, and many other materials are poor conductors of heat. School and Home Cooking This is Sprague's pipit, sometimes called the Missouri skylark, an excelsior songster, which from far up in the transparent blue rains down its notes for many minutes together. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers The wind blew a curtain against a lamp and the burning curtain fell into some excelsior in a box of new dishes. The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor Feverishly, Gavin began to pull forth great handfuls of paper and of excelsior. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Crates and packing boxes encumbered the uncarpeted floor; chairs wrapped in excelsior and jute were piled one upon another; a roll of carpet leaned in one corner and a pile of mattresses occupied another. The Pit They are the excelsior strains of struggling pilgrims. Beulah "May it be the right excelsior" added Ethel, in a low voice that no one heard, and she was glad they did not. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations "Going camping," replied Thorpe, his head in the excelsior. The Blazed Trail Winnie S. was loading into what he called a "truck wagon" the excelsior and bagging in which the final consignment of new furniture had been wrapped during its journey from Boston. Thankful's Inheritance Stretched luxuriously upon the excelsior, with the black bottle clasped closely to his breast, his eyes closed, and a foolish, happy smile upon his terrible features Chicken Ruggles started upon his return trip. Roads of Destiny A curl of excelsior, in fact, had attached itself to his nether lip, and he was pausing to remove it—when his roving eye fell upon Flopit. Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William "And it will burn as harmlessly as excelsior in the open air," went on Tom. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record At this moment a paper fluttered from the excelsior. The Blazed Trail One after another, he stuffed the stockings with excelsior, till they looked like twelve long black sausages. Penrod and Sam In one of the cattle cars, half buried in excelsior, Chicken lay at ease. Roads of Destiny Clematis immediately decided to let the excelsior remain where it was, lest he miss something really important. Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William "Why, it looks more like excelsior than anything else," went on the odd man, gingerly taking up some yellowish shreds in his fingers. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record It looked, as Mr. Damon had said, like a bunch of excelsior, only it was yellow instead of white, and it felt not unlike pieces of dry macaroni. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record The next instant she was assisted downward into the gloomy interior, with excelsior already beginning to block the means of egress. Penrod and Sam He was the colour of vici kid, and his whiskers was like excelsior made out of mahogany wood. Roads of Destiny |
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