| 单词 | firkin |
| 例句 | She was—sweet mercy in a firkin—she was a gruesome little baggage. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It frequently taps firkins, which are smaller beer casks, and as many as eight beers may be on draft. Twin Cities become a hopping beer destination 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z He uses an antique wooden firkin once used for storing flour and sugar to sit on that the older French speaking duck hunters call a “bedon.” Avoyelles man lives to share Louisiana’s heritage 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Breweries from all over the area bring firkins of their beer to the Penn Quarter brewpub for a night of tasting. A brewers dozen: The 12 events to hit during D.C. Beer Week 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z In the flesh, Ruth Davidson, 37, is a firkin of fun, speaks with a machine-gun delivery and can hold her own. Ruth Davidson: The 'tough old bird' of Tory Scotland - BBC News 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z But after one hundred years, it really is time to consign it to history, along with shillings, dreymen, and firkins. SAPVoice: After 100 Years, It's Time To Retire The Paper Invoice 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The beers are carefully refermented in the firkins to provide a natural carbonation that’s creamy and soft, and additional flavorings are often added to the casks for another layer complexity. Four Southern California craft beer festivals worth the drive 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The firkins take over the pub's patio and dining room, and the focus is entirely on the beer, not live bands or contests. Drink up: A guide to local fall beer festivals Now, sir, it's not for the butter, nor the price of the butter, but, the Lord have massy on us, I wouldn't have sich another fright for a whole firkin of it. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z He also chronicles, in several places of his curious Diary, his laborious searches, day by day, for 7000l. hid in butter firkins in the cellars of the Tower of London. 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 Of one such firkin I have a pleasant memory and memorial, though it never reposed in my home cellar. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Yon firkin of butter, is it a ghost? The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z His whole stock in trade consisted of two large firkins on a rough wheel-barrow, to transport the waste that he went from house to house collecting. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z A firkin was also put into the sleigh; and after the sugar was sufficiently cool, it was put into the firkin, and covered up with great care. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z He eateth nothing, and a firkin of ale would last him six months. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z There were barrels of coarse salt and great tins of lard, firkins of mackerel and herring, barrels of flour and sacks of meal. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z Here they lay the whole night among a number of ale barrels, firkins of salt, and sacks of groceries, which had not been unladen. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z But his heavy wheel-barrow had no horse but himself, and the overflowing firkins were a load for him, particularly when, as was often the case, he was as full as his firkins. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z In the "Cruise of the Rover," in the heat of movement, when the young English sailors after their desperate fight are being dragged to judgment, drink is given them from "a great cool earthen firkin." Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z A barrel of gunpowder, containing four firkins, weighed 400 lb., and had the casks in the cellar all been barrels, in the strict sense of the word, the amount would therefore have exceeded six tons. What was the Gunpowder Plot? The Traditional Story Tested by Original Evidence 2011-01-03T03:01:06.770Z Thus finished, it is placed in firkins holding about eighty-five pounds. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. "There is burnt wine in yonder firkin," she said, and I fetched a draught in the cup of my two hands. Idonia: A Romance of Old London Joan Andrews of York, Maine, sold two heavy stones in a firkin of butter. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days In the morning we loaded the canoe with one hundred and forty-one half barrels of flour, and twenty half barrels of pork and mackerel, and two hogsheads filled with firkins of butter. Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... I had meanwhile a little cask of wine, containing about six firkins, lying concealed in the cellar. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews’ manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' custom of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece. The Bible Story "Liar that thou art, Kerry—it would take a cask of one, and a firkin of the other to make up the necessary ointment!" The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago "Cousin Jane and Sylvie might go into business, as did the poor weavers of Toad Lane, with their sack of oatmeal, firkin of butter, a little sugar and flour," said Jack laughingly. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart And there were set there six water-pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy Your doughty paunch stands before you like a firkin of butter, and your duck-legs seem to be cast for carrying burdens. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges At Loanda, capital of the kingdom of Angola, a firkin of wine sells for above thirty pounds sterling. Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness To remedy this evil, the following process is recommended, in preparing butter for the firkin. 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 Mrs. Penn asks Logan to provide "candlesticks, and great candles, some green ones, and pewter and earthen basins, mops, salts, looking-glass, a piece of dried beef, and a firkin or two of good butter." William Penn You will get a half-piece of linen, a firkin of butter, a sheep or a cow. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 “Half a firkin came in last week,” responded Sister Ada. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Villagers.Ha, ha, ha! 1st Villager.I say, old feller, you ain't seed nothing of no old butter firkin with no kiver on, no place about here? Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van Winkle Then he recollected that there was a firkin of home-brewed in the cellar that a recent thunderstorm had turned sour, and his brow grew clear. Border Ghost Stories So we obeyed the summons of the Liberty sisters to "come right down"; and we sat on a firkin and an inverted tub while Calliope told her plan and the hens fought for delectable morsels. Friendship Village Without warning Big Pete seized a heavy butter firkin and threw it squarely at the clerk’s head. Far Past the Frontier They tell me that after they'd burned all the butter an' butter firkins an' the hull inside of the spring-haouse—purgin' by fire as the Good Book says—the odor still lingered. The Mission of Janice Day The cellar contained various boxes, barrels, firkins and other articles, the mass of which were piled up in one corner. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer Now I am writing while sitting upon a firkin of apples that I had sent from our neighbor Williams, waiting for the squad to come and help me eat them. At Plattsburg New firkins often communicate a disagreeable odour to the butter. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock An ancient dame a firkin sees, In which the rich Falernian lees Send from the nobly tinctured shell A rare and most delicious smell! The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes Young Farmer sat on a firkin of butter, and leaned against the zinc lined side of the refrigerator, and tried to pray, but he had forgotten the combination; and couldn't make a first payment. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 The greatest enthusiast in butter and cheese would scarcely care to accumulate mountains of rancid firkins and boxes for the mere gratification of fancy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 We put on a hogshead of sugar, twenty-five hams, a sack of coffee, box of tea, firkin of butter, barrel of potatoes, some hominy, beans, canned fruits, etc. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi About six inches of butter of each churning will be quite sufficient, and in a large dairy two or more firkins can be gradually but simultaneously filled. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock One night he caught a great-limbed Turk making off with a firkin of butter and some other things. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands Young Farmer got down off the firkin, and got on his knees, and tried to repeat some Sunday school lesson, but all he could think of was, "Evil communications corrupt two in the bush." Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 The German farmers of the Great Valley brought their woven linen, knitted stockings, firkins of butter, dried apples, grain, etc., to Philadelphia and especially to Baltimore, which was laid out in 1730. The Frontier in American History The periwigs and drum-heads fry Like to a butter firkin; A woeful burning did betide To many a good buff jerkin. Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration When the products of several churnings are placed in the same firkin, the surface of each churning should be furrowed, so that the next layer may be mixed with it. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock The seaman, stretched upon a bunk with his feet to the Carron stove, the boy upon a firkin, could see her every wave of fancy displayed upon her countenance. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure For every firkin, pot, cask, or other vessel of butter, one penny. Report of the Knaresbrough Rail-way Committee Then Stair took a lump of fine Glenanmays salt butter from the firkin and dabbed it into the centre of each dish, the same amount for each. Patsy Boxes, firkins, bales of goods, superannuated chairs, and the end of a counter constituted the sittings, and men of all ages occupied them, as they listened to harangues and joined in the discussions. Society Its Origin and Development And it appeared from the register that Martin, during the year of his Whitsun Kingship, had cost the community seventy-two firkins of wine, and more than a hundred heads broken for fun. A Hungarian Nabob Up he got from his seat upon the firkin, and his head was in the shadows of the smoky timbers. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure There's Patrick, my brother, way over in Ireland—the last time I saw him I wasn't taller than that butter firkin. Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends An old trunk, a small barrel, or a large butter or lard firkin or tin will serve the purpose. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools In an outer room were some firkins which Jesus did order filled with water. The Coming of the King This dainty way, however, would hardly make a bad article good, and no one would crave a berry of ancient firkin butter. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 The measures above gallons, it is proposed to call firkins and butts. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 Right in front of the smithy, too, was another gigantic vat holding about fifty firkins, filled to the brim with the finest eau de vié. The Poor Plutocrats You'll have your own cows yet, Mary; and your calves and your firkins of butter, with the help of God. Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish You can easily cut a stencil-plate out of an old postal card, and mark with a common shoe-blacking brush such articles as tents, poles, boxes, firkins, barrels, coverings, and bags. How to Camp Out Men and boys invaded the kitchen and captured all sorts of utensils, from milkpans to butter firkins. The Banner Boy Scouts Or, The Struggle for Leadership Instead of placing boxes and barrels, vinegar kegs, firkins, stone jars, etc., directly on the floor, stand them on bricks, small stones, or pieces of board. The Complete Home For, to begin with, he must soon find the pace irksome, with two firkin casks jolting against his ribs; and at the foot of the descent the river would surely head him off. Corporal Sam and Other Stories Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece. His Life A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels Before you start, see that the cover of the firkin is neither too tight nor too loose, so that wet or dry weather may not affect it too much. How to Camp Out Ods firkins, sir!" he cried, "my head spins like a whirligig. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Ay, and," said another, "he took five firkins of as good butter from me as ever was made by hand, and at his own price, too. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two As for the wine, Lord Crawford will get but three firkins for his hogshead; but if his rascals choose to play highwaymen upon a peaceful convoy, that is his look-out. Corporal Sam and Other Stories A firkin, as the reader probably knows, is the least compromising of casks, and Mr Latter regularly attended in person to "spile" it. Nicky-Nan, Reservist They had only time to put in a firkin of butter and a ten-gallon keg of water. Israel Potter All her married life she had kept house in a big, bounteous way: apples in barrels; butter in firkins; flour in sacks; eggs in boxes; sugar in bins; cream in crocks. Half Portions And, for fancy's sake, firkins Miss Quincey permitted it to be. Superseded Pack your butter in a clean, scalded firkin, cover it with strong brine, and spread a cloth all over the top, and it will keep good until the Jews get into Grand Isle. The American Frugal Housewife Ruffed grouse and quail have both been shipped in butter firkins, marked "butter"; and latterly, butter has actually been packed solidly on top of the birds. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation During the last few years there have been times when domestic economy has foundered on the farmer's firkin. The Abominations of Modern Society To flatter your way to the goad of your hope, O plausible Mr. Perkins, You'll need ten tons of the softest soap And butter a thousand firkins. Black Beetles in Amber The dignity, not to say the formality of an Academic assembly was startled by the realism that looked for the infinite in "the meal in the firkin; the milk in the pan." Ralph Waldo Emerson Here’s the firkin o’ butter, as yellow as gold— And the eggs, in this basket—ten dozen all told. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland Take new firkins or large stone jars, and scald them well with boiling water before using. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. He put in the various articles of produce, which were contained in bags, and firkins, and boxes. Jonas on a Farm in Winter All her married life she had kept house in a big, bounteous way; apples in barrels; butter in firkins; flour in sacks; eggs in boxes; sugar in bins; cream in crocks. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 Your black face is splotched with brown and yellow patches, and your hair shines as though you had fallen head-foremost into a firkin of butter. The Marrow of Tradition How light our firkin was growing! its pork, its hard-tack, and its condiments were diffused among us three, and had passed into muscle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Nor was he content with giving us our personal fill; into every crevice of our firkin he packed a pellet of future indigestion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 While trying to distract his thoughts by arranging sundry firkins of butter, and putting other things in order, he heard a light footstep behind him, and turning at the sound, beheld Amabel. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire No wonder their sons grow up sapheads, as destitute of backbone as a banana, as deficient in moral force as a firkin of fish. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 She was as round an' as complate in all her shapes as a firkin, you'd think, an' her two cheeks was as fat an' as red, it id open your heart to look at them. The Purcell Papers — Volume 3 Our provision, that unrefined pork and hard tack, presently to be converted into artist and friend, was packed with a few delicacies in a firkin,—a commodious case, as we found. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 "Pluck the superabundant huckleberry," said they, "while we, suspending your firkin and your traps upon the setting-pole, tote them, as the spies of Joshua toted the grape-clusters of the Promised Land." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 The Bear and the Fox had once bought a firkin of butter together; they were to have it at Yule and hid it till then under a thick spruce bush. Popular Tales from the Norse Up with the calabash, I say, and let the merry men who carry these firkins, which are to supply the wine cup with their life blood, be chosen with regard to their state of steadiness. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day One day a boat came alongside containing about sixty firkins of grease, which they called butter. American Prisoners of the Revolution There's five ton of cheeses that have been seven voyages, and a hundred firkins of Irish butter, and five-and-thirty cases of Russian tongues, as old as old Nick, and ne'er a sign of weevil! Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War My mother made most of the butter for nearly forty years, packing thousands of tubs and firkins of it in that time. My Boyhood Well, he hadn't lain long before the Fox jumped up as he had done twice before, bawled out 'yes' and ran off to the firkin, which this time he cleared right out. Popular Tales from the Norse This Borax of the law here has brought witnesses into this court, who swear that my client has stolen a firkin of butter. The American Union Speaker Some of the prisoners, who were the most officious in giving their assistance, contrived to secrete a firkin, by rolling it forward under the forecastle, and afterwards carrying it below in their bedding. American Prisoners of the Revolution Under the shrubbery, where the sun cannot penetrate, are stored home-made firkins full of yellow butter, and great cheeses, and heaps of substantial home-baked bread. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Then to make forty or fifty firkins during the summer and fall and to get as good a price for it made the farmer's heart glad. My Boyhood He cheats him out of his share of a firkin of butter in No. lvii. Popular Tales from the Norse These tompions slip in and out very handily, like covers to butter firkins. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War The firkins were first deposited upon the deck, and then lowered down the main hatchway. American Prisoners of the Revolution Hence the bigoncio would = a bushel, or, in old liquid measure, about a firkin. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 The firkins had to be headed up and gotten ready. My Boyhood Then he ran off straight to the firkin and ate a good third part of it. Popular Tales from the Norse And there were standing six waterpots of stone after the manner of the purifying of the jewes, containing two or three firkins apiece. The first New Testament printed in English We privately collected out of our master's store, six great old cheeses, two firkins of butter, and one whole batch of new bread. A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America, Related by Himself The two who had broken the record for winter travel on the Yukon, side by side in the sunshine, on a plank laid across two mackerel firkins, sit and watch the brimming flood. The Magnetic North Then the working and the washing of it to free it from the milk and the final packing into tub or firkin, its fresh odour in the air—what a picture it was! My Boyhood In a little while up jumped the Fox again, bawled out 'yes', and ran off to the firkin. Popular Tales from the Norse Almost everything was made of wood, as spoons, tankards, pails, firkins, hinges for cupboard and closet doors, latches, plows, and harrows. A Brief History of the United States In our cellar we had wooden props and firkins, and also a number of straight elm poles for holding the washing which had been cut from the choicest young trees in my grandmother's forest. The Story of a Child The firkin, as the captain had called it, proved to be a huge tub of fine butter, and the sack was filled with potatoes. Princess Polly's Gay Winter How much of the virtue of the farm went each year into those firkins! My Boyhood Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. The Gospel of John for Readers There were firkins and jars in the rear of this wagon and the driver was plainly a farmer-man. The Landloper Landed some three score firkins of butter, sold as determined. The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete There were also upon this cupboard certain silver casks, not much differing from the quantity of our firkins, wherein was reserved the Emperor's drink. Discovery of Muscovy "I hope he will not try that firkin I packed that hot week in July," Mother would say. My Boyhood There are two firkins of small beer and a tun of canary. Sir Nigel The Mulligan.—Well, that rhymes with jerkins, my man of firkins; so don't let us have any more shirkings and lurkings, Mr. Perkins. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh What fun to find a fossil butter firkin! Madam How and Lady Why A number of firkins have this day been sold at public auction at 1s. per lb.,—the quality is said to be very fair. The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers The packing into one-hundred-pound firkins to be held over till November did not begin till the cows were turned out to pasture in May. My Boyhood Chests, and puncheons, kegs, and flasks, Goblets, chalices, firkins, and casks. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed It was the event of the fall: two loads of butter, of twenty or more firkins each, to be transported fifty miles in a lumber wagon, each round trip taking about four days. My Boyhood He would begin the day before Father was to start and have a load headed and placed in the wagon on time, with straw between the firkins so they would not rub. My Boyhood Do you want a few firkins of butter this fall? The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers The firkin butter was usually sold to a local butter buyer named Dowie. My Boyhood The latter had questioned the correctness of the weight of the empty firkin which was to be deducted as tare from the total weight. My Boyhood Dowie said, "I will," and in a moment there stood on the scales the naked firkin of butter, sweating drops of salt water. My Boyhood |
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