| 单词 | friable |
| 例句 | But in the shade of the papaya trees the soil was dark brown, with the moist, friable feel that gardeners seek. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Now there were open fields among the lakes and forests, fields with the crumbly friable soil potatoes love. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The scene we’d imagined, with colonies of flamingoes strutting around a topaz shore, was instead a dust bowl, friable and desolate. A Remarkable Rail Journey Into the Horn of Africa’s Past, and Future 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z It’s a joy to see them at work in moist, friable soil once the tarp is removed. If pulling weeds makes you want to pull your hair out, there’s a simple solution 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Moreover, our self-knowledge on this account need not be delusional, rigid, nor friable—it may be a real, if mercurial, source of wisdom, a “part of nature that just keeps pouring and pouring.” The Re-Enchantment of Carolee Schneemann 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “Dawson’s Fall” asks what truth means in an era when conviction matters more, and Roxana Robinson’s answer — that morality is friable — should make us sit up and tremble. Her Great-Grandfather Fought for the South but Went On to Preach Equality 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z “The Feral Detective” enters that darker realm as soon as Phoebe and Heist venture into the friable wilderness far outside L.A. Review | Jonathan Lethem is back on the detective beat looking for America’s troubled soul 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z He notes how memory is slippery and friable. Chasing Down a Decades-Old Family Tragedy 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Waves of moth attack left precious garments unexpectedly friable. How to give up clothes shopping: 'I became skilled at hiding holes' 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z It is only when the image flips, when reality goes into reverse, that we sense how delicate and friable — and how compulsively romantic — are our constructions of reality. Perspective | The moon and its lovely lies In 1936, the name "Ehlers-Danlos syndrome" was proposed and three cardinal symptoms were identified: joints had to be overly bendy, and skin had to be both stretchy and unusually "friable", meaning it crumbled easily. The long-misdiagnosed student heading to Cambridge to study medicine 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z McCarron noted that the friable clay we were walking on would fall apart underfoot in the dry summer months. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z In some places, the limestone was so friable that you brushed a finger against it and it ran like sand through an hourglass. On the Roof of Notre-Dame, Before It Burned 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Early Americans drained these swamps to acquire civilization’s most essential resource: tillable land with friable soil. The Only Way to ‘Drain the Swamp’ for Good 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Tangier’s location in the center of the bay, along with its friable turf of sand and silt, leaves it dangerously exposed and fragile. Should the United States Save Tangier Island From Oblivion? 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z According to the essayist David Rakoff, living with cancer may also blur “the borders between the micro and the macro,” leading people to conflate private with public woes: “The world seems lethally friable.” A Bittersweet Passover: Cancer, Remission and Change 1465-10-19T05:00:00Z Soil: Choose a potting mix that is friable and drains quickly, such as a "cactus mix." How the drought led an L.A. artist to create this stunning container garden 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Once he does leave, though, and starts hammering on doors, battle is joined, and Amelia, hitherto pale and friable, acquires fresh energy, sprinting upstairs, swinging from lintels, and trying some hammering of her own. “The Imitation Game” and “The Babadook” Reviews 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z And the drive’s moving spindle represents the most friable part of the machine. The PC Industry Is Digging Its Own Grave 2013-04-12T14:01:00Z And how would astronauts anchor themselves to the potentially friable surface without kicking up dust? asks Stephen Mackwell, director of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas. Duelling visions stall NASA 2012-12-12T18:20:54.337Z Powder River Basin coal is particularly friable and easily pulverized. experts say. Coal Exports Boost Train Impacts Out West 2012-05-03T15:45:00.223Z However, at the base of the wall and exposed in some other areas, there is a softer sandstone that is too friable to use for paving, which is why pieces of it are mostly discarded. Scientist at Work Blog: A Promising Skeleton in the Quarry 2012-05-02T18:57:09Z It seemed to them that the hard stone had become as friable as the sand; the rock splitting into countless fragments under the attack of their tools. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z The character of the formation, the stone, the bands of fireclay, and of black friable shale, are very distinct, and there is in my mind no doubt whatever of the existence of coal. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Often it occurs in the form of irregular friable lumps, like pieces of impure linseed oil-cake. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z If it is long boiled it becomes a granular, friable solid, yielding upon expression, a yellow, insipid, fixed oil. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Between the tenth and thirtieth days its appearance remains the same, but the organ is found to be soft and friable. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z These were eagerly gathered up, and after being made friable by fire were ravenously devoured to prolong life, as were scraps of leather and the remnants of their worn-out moose-skin moccasins. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z It is thought to derive its character of luxuriant productiveness from a portion of salt intimately blended with its constituents, which, from its tendency to effloresce in a warm sun, renders the compound peculiarly friable. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z Farther on a multitude of irrigation ditches have turned a plain of dry friable soil into a plain of mud, through which it was difficult to struggle. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The earth was hard, friable, with many crevices—the stones brown, blackish, and often looking like scori�. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The lymphatic glands, and especially those adjoining the local anthrax swellings of the tissues, are always enlarged, marked with petechi�, friable, easily reduced to a pulp, and swarming with bacilli and micrococci. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Farther on, they skirted another stretch of more friable and cleaner clods, shattered and mellowed by the frost, and then they came to a space of charred stubble. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z Soft food should always be mixed rather dry and friable, and not porridgy, for they do not like sticky food, which clings round their beaks and annoys them, besides often causing diarrhœa. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z This article no more resembles the ordinary alum than charcoal resembles wood—it is light, porous, friable, and without taste. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z The shells are very friable when taken out of the rock—afterwards, and especially if washed in water, they are firmer. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The liver and kidneys are enlarged, congested, softened, and friable, and the ganglia of the sympathetic are enlarged, congested, and softened. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z "Yes, I have some twenty or thirty acres that are level, the soil is easily worked and friable, not troubled much with maggot, and, if properly handled, is about sure of a crop." Natural and Artificial Duck Culture 2012-01-04T03:00:33.923Z The quantity of steam injected, greater or less, according to the nature of the fuel, renders it possible to obtain friable slags and consequently to prevent grave injury to the retort. 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 In the decomposition of granite, this felspar is the first thing to give way; it becomes friable, and rains or rivers wash it down. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z They are composed of a friable Tertiary sandstone and conglomerate, destitute of vegetation, and presenting a mere barren chaos of naked rock, deeply scored with precipitous ravines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The liver, like the spleen, is sometimes enlarged, and at other times is found to have undergone fatty degeneration to a greater or less degree; in which condition its tissues are generally soft and friable. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z No river could drain the friable loess of Northwest China without bringing down great quantities of soil that would raise its bed and make it a menace in its lower, sluggish course. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z With biscuit the setting is not difficult except where delicate or friable ware may need very careful bedding and propping. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z The plants are grown principally on the eastern slopes of the volcanic mountains of Southern Luzon, and the adjacent islands where the soil is soft and friable and roads are unknown. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z It must burn freely, leaving as little ash or residue as possible; it must be friable, and grind into a non-gritty powder. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Soft, friable, and slightly resistant structures, like mucous membranes, are not only the frequent place of origin of tumors, but the most exposed parts of such structures are oftenest affected. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The hard kind is not friable like galena, but can be cut. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z This permanently expels the water that is always present, even when dry, and converts the friable clay into a hard unalterable body. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z It has three towers of friable granite much weathered. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z This is characterized by the bony system being of a friable nature, and liable to be fractured by slight force. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z If clots are found at all, they are large, soft, and friable. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It is considered better in quality the nearer it approaches to a golden colour and the less lead there is in it; it is also friable and moderately heavy. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z In Europe in pre-Roman times, a coarse, unglazed, built-up ware was general, it being of simple, somewhat clumsy but vigorous form, low-fired and friable. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z But the other side was of a more friable character. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z Bits here and there are not unlike the 'chimneys' on Slieve League, but the material is more friable, resembling loose walls of very inferior slaty fragments. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z As I was weakly and my bones were small and friable, I was two years recovering from this terrible fall, and during that time was nearly always carried about. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z The female kind is bright and friable, laminar and not globular. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z It forms a white friable mass which after ignition is insoluble in acids. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z This earth was worth nothing and produced nothing: I dug the soil; I brought from a distance friable and fertilizing earth; I enriched it with manure; it is now fertile for many years to come. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z In the state to which it is now brought, the mould is exceedingly friable, and requires to be handled with becoming care. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z It is quite friable between the fingers, and falls into a singularly transparent and beautiful sand. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The hard kind is not friable like galena, but can be cut. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Sponge forming small, shallow, slightly dome-shaped patches of a more or less circular or oval outline, minutely hispid on the surface, friable but moderately hard. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z This blasting of a friable and inflammable substance fills the cellared air with minute particles of highly explosive dust. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z The waves had washed ashore logs and other refuse to decay and aid in forming a crust of friable soil. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z This rock is invariably limestone, though there are many varieties of it, the texture varying from very hard and compact, to soft and friable. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Of flowers of copper, which some call the scrapings of old nails, the best is friable; it is gold-coloured when rubbed, is like millet in shape and size, is moderately bright, and somewhat astringent. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Sponge flat, lichenoid, never of great thickness, devoid of branches, dense in texture but very friable; colour brown, green, or whitish; oscula numerous, small, flat, distinctly star-shaped. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z The Cone is a hill about the size of Arthur's Seat, covered with rolling friable cinders, from which rise clouds of white sulphureous dust. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z Among them are found pieces of Petrolium, which bears a resemblance to yellow wax, but is more friable. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z In sinking down, a change in the rock was experienced, passing from compact solid gray limestone, by several gradations, into a loose granulated limestone, very friable, and easily reduced to grains. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The better kind is the pumice-like kind, full of small holes like a sponge, and is in round pieces, more nearly white in colour, somewhat greasy, free from grit, friable, and does not stain black. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Sponge forming thin films of considerable area not more than 3 or 4 mm. thick, of a bright green colour, moderately hard but friable. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z It was nearly of the color and apparent character of coal, but had not the friable and fusible quality of that substance. A Voice of Warning An introduction to the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:21.363Z In the slip-house begins the long manipulation which transforms raw porous friable clay into the moulded, decorated and glazed vessel. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z M. Issel found, at a point on the road from Genoa to Nice, some human bones which had been calcined, and were of a whitish color, light, and friable. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z It is friable, not stony, and is intersected by long brilliant veins.... De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z I could easily discern several strata, in this exposed surface, alternately of common earth and a black friable loam, resembling powder to the eye, but soft like paste in the fingers. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Elaterium is met with in commerce in light, thin, friable, flat or slightly incurved opaque cakes, of a greyish-green colour, bitter taste and tea-like smell. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z Previously to its being ground into four, it is laid over a slow fire in order to be warmed thorough, and rendered more friable, for it becomes by this means much thickened and very porous. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z Calcined, reduced to a powder, or friable state, by the action of heat. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Also chalcitis is immediately friable, being naturally so soft as to appear like compressed wool. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z It is switching them on and off that renders them friable. 2010-02-02T10:48:00Z Aspen wood makes but indifferent fuel, but charcoal prepared from it is light and friable, and has been employed in gunpowder manufacture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Where the summits are bare and friable, we may expect copious showers; where they are resistant, and particularly where they are protected by a covering of ice and snow, the quantity will be small. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Clay is the precipitation of the viscid water of the sea; and is opaque, plastic, friable, capable of hardening, and fireless. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The most approved kind is of the colour of honey; it is streaked with fine sinuous veins and is friable and not stony. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z If loose and friable, break it up gently, keeping a sharp eye for falling pup�, and also for earthen cocoons that are easily mistaken for little lumps of soil. Butterflies and Moths (British) The eastern portion of the county is generally of a light friable soil; the southern portion rocky and barren, with but little bog except in the neighbourhood of Newtown-Hamilton. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" It will be remembered that the friable rock of which the group is formed, until it has been exposed for some time to atmospheric influences, is almost as soft as common clay. The Story of Malta Its body is divisible into three portions, an upper capitulum bearing the mouth and tentacles, a median scapus covered by a friable cuticle, and a terminal physa which is rounded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Between a spiritual warning and its material consummation there is but a friable and gossamer alliance. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath When so treated, a potato absorbs water, the cells swell up, the skin bursts, the grains of starch also swell up and burst, and the pulp becomes more friable. The Mechanism of Life The white magnet, which was friable, like pumice, and which did not draw iron, was probably simply magnesia. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Some of the beds are a foot and a half thick, and have sufficient tenacity to be fitted for making grindstones; most of the sandstone is, however, rather friable. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Charcoal made at 300� is brown, soft and friable, and readily inflames at 380�; made at higher temperatures it is hard and brittle, and does not fire until heated to about 700�. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The soil should be friable, so that it crumbles fairly well, and when the plant is in position it is advisable to cover the roots with potting-soil for two or three inches. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them The easily-fired friable wares of Assyria, Egypt and Greece seem to have had no attraction for the Chinese, and the glazes on their hard-fired wares were naturally different from those already described. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Hydrochloric acid produces a friable mass of “hydrocellulose,” probably C12H22O11, insoluble in water, but readily attacked by alkalis, with the production of soluble derivatives; some dextrose is formed in the original reaction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Near the summit there is interposed a bed of fine-grained dolomite, and a friable sandstone, which forms the crest of the cliff, and exhibits in its weathering battlement-shaped projections and pinnacles. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea In the various beds pierced through below, consisting of clay, marl, and friable sandstone, with kunkar here and there intermixed, no organic remains of decidedly marine origin were met with. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Certain districts, indeed, in which a layer of heavy loam underlies the porous and friable surface, are able to retain the moisture which elsewhere is absorbed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" It can be made at a temperature as low as 300� C., and is then a soft, very friable material possessing a low ignition point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" They have a fugacious, persistent friable ring, and are liable to be confused with the Cortinarii, unless attention is paid to the spidery veil and the iron-rust tint of the spores of the latter. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous About twelve miles above the rapid, a small-grained, friable sandstone, of a yellowish gray colour, and irregular earthy fracture, is associated with beds of bluish-gray slate-clay. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea The soil of the greater portion of the county, i.e. the granite, quartz and mica slate districts, is thin and cold, while that on the carboniferous limestone is warm and friable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" It is composed of white stone, as is also the gravestone, let in on the top, which appears to be of somewhat different kind, and of more friable character. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West This should be laid up in a dry place, and frequently turned over so as to be in a free friable condition for use towards the end of February or early in March. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" In others, it is friable, at length nearly obsolete. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous Sections made by the river presented generally sand or clay; the sand probably proceeding from the disintegration of a friable, gray sandstone, which showed itself occasionally in a more solid form. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Some of them are hard, but most are soft and friable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Little watering is needed if the holes are deep and the soil kept friable. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products For early summer a few of each should be started at once—using sandy, friable soil. Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 It is found in light woods or on the borders of woods where the soil is somewhat friable, generally solitary, but sometimes two or three are found clustered together. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous When moistened with water, it becomes more friable, and is not plastic. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea It is of a gritty and rasping nature, and is at the same time very friable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" Although generally very low, some parts of these islands rise to 250 feet above the sea-level, consisting of various kinds of limestone rock, sometimes soft and friable, but often very hard and even crystalline. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras They are massive white minerals, the former friable and chalk-like, and the latter firm and compact in texture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" The very young plant is completely enveloped in a white or yellowish egg-shaped wrapper or volva, which, being friable, generally breaks up into scales, forming warts upon the upper surface of the cap. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous Near the summit of the great crater I found a mass of perfectly white, vesicular, and very friable substance, somewhat pumiceous in appearance. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions Coal, for instance, a more or less friable substance, the value of which is seriously diminished by fracture, may be mechanically handled with a minimum risk of breakage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" Wants upland always, north or northeast slope if possible, and a loose, friable soil, with gravelly subsoil. The Apple The top is so fine and friable that it does not, in spite of the surrounding river, hold enough moisture to keep the vegetation alive during the hot spring months. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history The volva which completely envelops the young plant is very friable and soon disappears. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous It was friable, as if it had been in a fire. The Invaders The gentle action of this appliance has caused it to be largely used in dealing with friable materials, such as coal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" I prefer hilltop, with northeast slope, and a deep, friable soil; hard clay is not good. The Apple The loess is a solid but friable earth of brownish-yellow colour, and when triturated with water is not unlike loam, but differs from the latter by its highly porous and tubular structure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" This is more particularly the case in regard to sulphide ores containing very friable constituents carrying silver. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast The trees may be either planted out in tolerably rich soil, or grown in large pots of good turfy friable calcareous loam mixed with rotten dung. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" The fructification is large, yellow, or at most pale ochraceous, the surface when mature extremely friable like dry foam. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species On sand and gravel draw plenty of clay and loam, if it can be easily procured; thus it is easy to form a good friable, retentive loam, adapted to every variety of soil-culture. Soil Culture From its extremely friable nature it is easily broken up, and thus a less amount of labour is required than in other parts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" They are sometimes very friable, sometimes very hard; and some that are friable when they first fall, become hard afterwards. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World The paste is coarse, poorly baked, and friable; near the surface it is a warm reddish or yellowish gray; within the mass it is a dark gray. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 Plasmodium yellow; cortex yellow, or orange-brown, strongly calcareous friable; form indefinite F. ovata 2. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Hard coarse soils dry up very quickly, while soft, mellow, and friable ones will endure a long drought. Soil Culture The floor of the ulcer is formed by a grayish-yellow, corroded surface, under which the tissue is transformed into a dry, friable, or firm cheesy mass. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Its rocks, all that I saw of them, are soft and friable. Under the Maples Pahoehoe: The sterile, flintlike lava as distinguished from aa, the friable and highly fertile lava. Legends of the Wailuku Nearly all grapes require a friable soil, compactness being a serious defect. Manual of American Grape-Growing This is because clay is of so close a texture, that when mixed with manure, turf, sand, or muck, although friable, it retains more moisture, than sand or ordinary loam. Soil Culture It has the appearance of a corroded surface, under which the mucous membrane or muscular tissue seems transformed into a dry, friable, or firm cheesy mass. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle They are likely to become sticky and unstable in continued wet weather and to become friable and wear into chuck holes in long continued dry weather. American Rural Highways Bombs were employed in great number, and are found to be even more effective here than on the Carso, the friable rock breaking into millions of fragments under the explosion. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Resin and pitch were even more faulty, because extremely brittle and friable. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery Mellow, friable soils are not more important to any other crop than to flax. Soil Culture When the womb has been long everted and is gorged with blood, inflamed, and friable there is often the additional disadvantage that the animal is unable or unwilling to rise. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle It was dusk by the time he reached the spot, but he could detect gold in the friable rock which lined the cavity left by the uprooted sapling. They of the High Trails There is no volva, but there is a ring which is sometimes persistent, friable, and fugacious. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth "If only I hadn't gone over it that last time," I heard him groan in reference to the "smooch" with which I had crushed all the lumps making every acre friable as a garden. A Son of the Middle Border But any soil that can be put into a friable condition, and kept so during the period of cultivation, will produce salable peanuts, provided it contains enough lime to insure solid pods. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses When the womb has been rendered friable by disease rupture may occur in the course of the labor, but much more frequently it occurs from violence sustained in attempting assistance in difficult parturition. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle It was so friable he could crumble it in his hands, and so yellow with iron-stains that it looked like lumps of clay as the dawn light came. They of the High Trails Secondary hæmorrhage is much more difficult to arrest on account of the friable state of the tissues, and it may be necessary to ligate the lingual or even the external carotid in the neck. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Part of it had yielded to the plough, and the brown, friable soil bespoke richness and boundless possibilities for corn. The Love Story of Abner Stone And reaching, about noon, the base of the musical fountain, he found it composed of a white friable sandstone, and presenting on two of its sides sandy declivities. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland The membrane is thickened, reddened, rendered friable, and ultimately ulcerated, and the now narrowed sheath is blocked by the increasing mass of sebaceous and urinous material and the decomposing mucus and pus. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Two sorts were found: one fine, hard, close grained, and a little shelly, the other softer and more friable. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 In many cases they do not assume the character of rocks, but although distinctly stratified, are often soft and friable, presenting beds of marle and clay, and thick deposits of sand. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Where one has to contend with such conditions he should make an effort to create a friable soil with a supply of humus by adding the material needed. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato The soil most suitable is a rich friable loam, such as occurs in the black soil of the Duccan, the alluvial tracts in the basin of the Ganges or Nerbudda. The Cauliflower The muscles at this point are friable, spongy, and of a uniform brownish tint, dissociated by gas and with a blood-tinged exudate. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle The dirt usually rubs off easily, as it has become friable from contact with the chromic acid. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. It is a long dead-level of rich fields, with a soil lighter in colour than that of Bengal or Behar; much more friable, and apt to split up into small cubes with a rectangular cleavage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" In short, the tomato bed should be made as friable as it is possible to make it and to as great a depth as the character of the sub-soil will permit. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato We stand on the thin and crumbling crust of the globe's most friable surface, a mere veil concealing fountains of eternal fire, foaming solfataras, and smoking fumaroles. Through the Malay Archipelago The ploughing to us appeared excellent; but we were unable to determine whether this was to be imputed to the skilfulness of the labourer, or the light friable nature of the soil. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Again, while wheat does well on a heavy soil, and does not require a fine surface-tilth, barley does best on a light, rich, friable soil. Manures and the principles of manuring The inside of the wall "is a rude mixture of friable mortar and small irregular stones," and under the pelting tropical rains the dislocation of the outer facing is presently effected. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest We should remember that the tomato needs for its best development a very friable soil, while the tramping necessary in setting out the plants and gathering the fruit tends to compact and harden the soil. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato Owing to the friable nature of the soil formation known as loess, the traveller, whether journeying from north or south, finds himself in a succession of deep gullies. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow The soil appeared rich and friable; and the crops, both of agricultural and garden produce, were extremely heavy. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. If grown alone, however, it may be well to point out that peas do best, unlike beans, on light, friable, chalky loam. Manures and the principles of manuring He thus separated the bone and intractable sinew from the flesh, which he rendered friable and divisible by thorough grilling, roasting, or baking. More Science From an Easy Chair Structurally, therefore, these isles are a continuation of Land's End, but the granite has become less consistent and more friable; it is largely broken into felspar, quartz, and mica, with schorl, chlorite, and hornblende. The Cornwall Coast Second, the metal content of ores, especially when in the form of sulphides, is usually more friable than the matrix, and in actual breaking of samples an undue proportion of friable material usually creeps in. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Here the cinders are soft and friable, and the cone is a prettily shaped dome. Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 The uppermost, known technically as chuca, is of a friable nature, and consists of sand and gypsum; while the lower, the costra, is a rocky conglomerate of clay, gravel, and fragments of felspar. Manures and the principles of manuring The surface soil is friable and easily worked, and the subsoil, which is usually of a rich red colour, is easily penetrated by the roots of trees and plants grown thereon. Fruits of Queensland The powdery or friable surface peat, which has been disintegrated by frost and exposure, is ordinarily useless as fuel, unless it be rendered coherent by some mode of preparation. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel A term on our northern coast for the small coves and bays formed by the waves on the more friable parts of cliffs. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The cliffs themselves are built of volcanic sands and ashes, and many of the strata are exceedingly light and friable. Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 It acts on the texture of the soil, rendering clay soils more friable, and exerting a certain binding effect on loose soils. Manures and the principles of manuring The coastal tablelands and the more Western Downs grow it well, and the trees, when planted on soil of a rich friable nature, grow to a large size and bear heavily. Fruits of Queensland A clay may be made friable, if well drained, by incorporating with it any substance as lime, sand, long manure or muck, which interposing between the clayey particles, prevents their adhering together. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel In this discharge can be usually noted minute, friable, yellowish or yellowish-gray bodies representing conglomerate collections of the causative fungus. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine The hard, friable character of most of the nut shells makes their reduction to fine size particles less difficult than for tough materials, such as corncobs, or fibrous materials such as woods. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 The adhesive property of the soil—its objectionable tendency to puddle when mixed with water—is greatly lessened, and the soil is rendered very much more friable when it becomes dry. Manures and the principles of manuring The general remarks I have given respecting our fruit soils apply with equal force to those best adapted for citrus culture—viz., they must possess perfect drainage, and be of a friable nature. Fruits of Queensland Fibrous peat, or that condensed by pressure, as in Exter's, Elsberg's, and the Lithuanian process, yields by coking or charring, a friable coal comparatively unsuited for heating purposes. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel It has been dyed red, probably ferum, a dye which I find uniformly associated with friable or decomposing fibres. Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms This soil is well drained and aerated and friable to a considerable depth, thus permitting the trees to root deeply. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 Another reason why lime renders a clay soil more friable when dry is, that lime does not undergo any shrinkage in dry weather. Manures and the principles of manuring Lime in this form not only is an effective agent for correcting soil acidity, but it improves the physical condition of tough and intractable clays, rendering them more friable and easy of tillage. Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement Other conditions being the same, houses built on alluvial ground suffered most of all; and the destruction was also great in those standing on soft sedimentary rocks such as clays and friable limestones. A Study of Recent Earthquakes By giving them a good, deep soil for their root-run, not only rich in food, but loose and friable. Making a Garden of Perennials Indeed, without mathematics, expressed or implied, our knowledge of physical science would be both friable and incomplete. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 It opens up their pores to the air, and renders them more friable. Manures and the principles of manuring While burning the stone does not affect the ability to correct acidity, it does increase the power to make a stiff soil friable and to bind a sandy soil. Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement Also that the ligaments which held the body—or rather skeleton—together were brittle and friable as suggested by the detached hand, which had probably broken off accidentally. The Eye of Osiris A deep red colour can be got from the dull grey friable Lichen, common on old stone walls. Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer The salt was from fifteen to twenty feet below the surface, and the overlying soil was soft and friable. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War But the fierceness of the flame was beginning to tell upon the building-stone of Marnhoul, which was of a friable nature—at least that with which the vault was arched. The Dew of Their Youth Owing to the tenacity of this wash, and the friable non-adhesive quality of the paint it covered, it was found impossible to remove the additional coating without destroying the original paintings. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum The bedrock was granite, but was so decomposed and friable that one could dig it out like so much cheese. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer The same field, well drained, is friable and porous, and uniform in texture. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Finally, a loose aggregation of small masses, forming a very friable calculus, is found of all sizes within the limits of the pelvis of the kidney. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse When freshly broken or wetted, this conglomerate becomes very friable, and so soft that goats have left the impression of their feet on scattered fragments. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I It is not such interesting country here as what we came through in the train—rolling, stoney, with friable red soil, and hard to ride on. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Time has no destructive effect on it; the most delicate, lightest, and most ornamental sculptures executed in it remain uninjured, while the hardest granites, erected at the same time, are friable and decomposed. Brittany & Its Byways The friable resolutions of the day are brought out again and recemented and chiselled anew. Pipefuls This may occur from the feet of the foal during parturition, or from ill-directed efforts to assist, but it is especially liable to take place in the everted, congested, and friable organ. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse It must be what is termed a porous and friable soil—that is, one so light and open that water will drain through it without making it a compact, muddy mass. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse Fall of small, friable, vesicular masses, from size of a pea to size of a walnut, at Lobau, Jan. The Book of the Damned It consists of good mould, very friable, and when spread out over the service ought to prove fertile. Impressions of South Africa He stood for a minute or two with a vacant mind, digging his walking-cane into the dry, friable earth at his feet, and scoring the thin, scum-like growth of moss upon it with unmeaning lines. Despair's Last Journey This organ is much enlarged and is quite friable. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse If the soil is clayey or heavy, add enough coarse sand and make it fine and friable, or use a larger proportion of the manure. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse It is not definitely said that this substance was sandstone, but that it "resembled" friable sandstone. The Book of the Damned It is a hard rock which originally rested on a softer bed of friable stone. Rivers of Ice Make the surface of the soil light and friable, and sow the seeds in very shallow drills six inches apart. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. The liver has a cooked appearance; the kidneys are congested and friable; the urine is red; the pleura, lungs, and the meninges are congested, and the bronchi of the lungs contain a bloody foam. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The dark-red stone of which the building was constructed is friable, and peculiarly apt to crumble under the moist atmosphere and dreary winds of the northeast coast. The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890 Cultivation.—Coriander, a plant of the easiest culture, does best in a rather light, warm, friable soil. Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses On drying the acid converts the cotton or vegetable fibre into hydrocellulose which, being friable or powdery, can be easily removed, while the wool not having been acted on by the acid remains quite intact. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student These varieties may be sown from the 20th of July to the 10th of August; the soil being previously made rich, light, and friable. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Horn of good quality is fine grained and tough, while bad horn is coarse grained and either mellow and friable or hard and brittle. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Is the soil equally friable at different times of the year? Lessons on Soil The specimens in which the peat earth most abounds are of light weight, friable texture, and dark colour; while those which contain more of the metal are heavy and paler. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists The product is a white very friable powder, which if viewed under the microscope appears to be fragments of the fibre that has been used to prepare it. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Soils of a different character must be made rich by the application of fertilizing material, and light and friable by trenching. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. They are liberally manured with a kind of compost formed of the loose friable soil dug out from the sides of the mountain, and of supposed volcanic origin, mixed with animal and vegetable refuse. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines For malting purposes the barley raised on rather light, friable, porous soil is best. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition This, however, does not very strikingly appear on the upper river, its own banks and those of its tributaries being more of a gravelly character and less friable than lower down. Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Rocky, bushy, and evergreen grounds, either hill, dale, or plain, are good for them, wherever the soils are dry and friable. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings It should be deeply ploughed, and the surface afterwards made fine and friable by being thoroughly harrowed. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. The coarse-grained friable sandstone, in which the lodges have been excavated, consists chiefly of subangular and rounded grains of quartz and feldspar with a small proportion of black particles. Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262 Some soils are naturally friable, and in these a tilth sufficiently fine can be realized ordinarily with but little labor. Clovers and How to Grow Them There are two kinds of granite in Corsica, one friable and unable to resist the action of the air, the other hard and defiant of the elements. Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads This draining warms the soil, opens it for filtration, and makes it friable. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings This friable material must be protected at all vulnerable points with slabs of stone in order quickly to divert the water and preserve the roofs and walls from destruction. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 The work of excavation has not been an extremely great one, even with the imperfect implements that must have been used, as the shale is for the most part soft and friable. Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262 The fibers adhering to the main roots so ramify through the soil that when even stiff land is filled with them it is rendered friable, and is consequently brought into a good mechanical condition. Clovers and How to Grow Them The object of draining is to impart to such soils the mellowness and dark color of self drained, rich and friable soil. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health It is, however, never justifiable deliberately to break a friable foreign body with the hope that the fragments will be expelled, for these may be aspirated into small bronchi, and cause multiple abscesses. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery It is the core, or kernel, of a much larger block of friable sandstone, worn away on all sides by wind and weather. Stonehenge Today and Yesterday Of one group, situated on a cinder cone about 12 miles east of San Francisco peak, he says: Here the cinders are soft and friable, and the cone is a prettily shaped dome. Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262 Soils.—The most suitable soil for alsike clover is a moist clay loam, not too friable nor too dense, and moist and deep. Clovers and How to Grow Them She knelt among them, thrusting her hands between their rustling stalks, jerking them up and casting them away, the friable soil spattering from their roots. The Emigrant Trail For more delicate manipulation, and particularly for friable foreign bodies, the lighter forceps are used. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery They had rendered the bones friable by burning, and eaten them as well as the skin; and several of them had added their old shoes to the repast. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 It is about 8 feet thick and composed of a soft, very friable, purple-gray sandstone. Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262 The plants send their fibrous roots down into the soil in all directions, and in this way render it much more friable when it is broken up. Clovers and How to Grow Them A ledge of friable sandstone 3½ feet thick lies next below the roof. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 A hook may be found useful in dealing with round, friable, foreign bodies; and in some cases the mechanical spoon or safety-pin closer may be used to advantage. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery The stone of Syracuse is friable and easily disintegrated. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series This oak platform appears to be in bad condition; the timbers are blackened and friable. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) Clovers improve soils mechanically by rendering them more friable, by giving them increased power to hold moisture, and by improving drainage in the subsoil. Clovers and How to Grow Them In places the friable earth has crumbled away, and there, where the soil and the stones are exposed, the stonecrop flourishes. Nature Near London The blade in this instrument, as the name suggests, is a spoon and is not fenestrated as is the safety-pin closer, which if used for friable substances would allow them to slip through the fenestration. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery The nose of the pig is fitted for rooting; shall we say, then, that the soil was made friable that pigs might root in it? The Breath of Life The walls are of evenly broken parallelopipeds of very friable pumice-stone, and the village forms the usual quadrangles. The Delight Makers Preparing the Soil.—In preparing the soil for alfalfa the aim should be to make a seed-bed clean, rich, fine, moist, even, and sufficiently firm or friable, according to the conditions. Clovers and How to Grow Them The subsequent effect was the doubling, or more probably trebling the value of the land, which has now become a nice friable soil. Essays in Natural History and Agriculture Their roots run somewhat shallow, and hence sandy or friable soils are not desirable. 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 The walls were made of a greyish, friable earth, which still showed the marks of the pick that had been used for the excavation. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry Some of them are breaking the stones into convenient sizes, for the friable pumice breaks in parallelopipeds without effort. The Delight Makers The soil in the vicinity of Ruhleben is friable, the surface being a thick layer of fine sand in dry, and an evil-looking slush in wet, weather. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben And if it is absurd in regard to painting, how much more absurd is it in regard to the more various and less friable substances of literature. Masques & Phases The fine sifted ashes will render the tougher hard soils more friable, their chief virtue being lightening it. 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 It has, however, the disadvantages of being friable and expensive; and, as it needs to be kept clean, the patent water-proof ink should not be used with it unless absolutely necessary. Pen Drawing An Illustrated Treatise The rock, being extremely friable, crumbled constantly; and now and then inhabited caves were falling a prey to the wear and tear of the material in which they had been excavated. The Delight Makers An inflammable, fossil substance, of a dry, solid, friable nature, melting with a small proportion of heat;—when fired in the open air, burning almost entirely away with a blue flame and noxious vapor. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. It has been found on removing boxing that the portion adjacent to the wood was frequently friable and of poor quality, owing to the fact just stated. Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Suitable for low, moist, friable and peaty soils. 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 The soil of the higher ground was thin, but it lay on top of a friable clay which is fertile when properly worked and enriched. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm The brink of the Rito on the south side is lined by shrubbery, with high timber interspersed; but ledges of friable volcanic rocks advance in places beyond this shade, crowning the heights like irregular battlements. The Delight Makers A white fossil substance, by some reckoned a stone, but of a friable kind, which cannot, therefore, be polished as marble; by others, more properly ranked among the earths. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. It is a friable material, and cannot be caulked successfully. The Water Supply of the El Paso and Southwestern Railway from Carrizozo to Santa Rosa, N. Mex. American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, No. 1170 When adulterated with the animal's blood, which is often the case, it forms into lumps or clots; it is sometimes also mixed with a dark, friable earth. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants The surface soil was thin and somewhat impoverished, but the subsoil was a friable clay in which almost anything would grow if it was properly worked and fed. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm The tufa and pumice-stone are so friable that, as we have said, the rock can be dug or burrowed with the most primitive implements. The Delight Makers A dry, friable substance of a dark color, taken from a little bag under the belly of a small animal called the Thibet Musk, which is a native of the Indies, Tonquin, and China. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. The first or bottom division is chiefly composed of a rather soft and friable sandstone, which runs through the whole Forest Ridges, and crops out in the grey cliffs of Hastings and Fairlight. Science in Arcady The gold is found in a friable and easily worked rock, enabling low-grade ores to be handled at a profit, and to-day fifteen hundred stamps are busy and the mines are highly profitable. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The soil should be in a friable condition, and it must be trodden firmly, after the manner usual for an Onion bed. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition The whole mass is very friable, and in every direction the soft rock is hollowed out into sepulchral caves. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood A white, soft, friable, earthy substance, prepared from marble, chalk, and other lime-stones, or from shells, by burning in a kiln. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Yellowish-grey, friable at the top, firm below, creaking sand … sand without end, no matter in which direction one gazes! A Reckless Character And Other Stories Owing to its friable nature and want of care the stone deteriorated, so that the last impressions from it are little better than blurs. What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 Sow in seed-pans filled with rich, sweet, friable loam, and place in a brisk temperature. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Over this a later stratum was deposited called tufa granolare, consisting of a similar mechanical conglomerate of scoriæ, ashes, and other volcanic products, but more porous and friable in texture. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood "Good friable soil you got here," said Mr Latter, recovering a measure of self-possession. Nicky-Nan, Reservist The land here is low, swampy and woody; the mould is a dark grey, friable earth. A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland It is inconceivable; steel would be as friable as sand, and strengthless as smoke, in such strain. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work If this is impossible, see that the compost is sweet, friable, and, above all, free from that terrible scourge of Carnations, the wireworm. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition I got out and stood beside it, stroked its long graceful banners, turned up the dark soil with my boot and saw how rich and friable it was. Children of the Market Place Wullie sat down and watched her, smiling a little and stroking his beard as she dug with her hands in the friable soil. Captivity The low land by the seaside is for the most part friable, loose, sandy soil; yet indifferently fertile and clothed with woods. A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland The newly dried leaves must be free from spots, and friable between the fingers. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. The bed for the seed should be prepared with care and a friable loam is the best for the purpose. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Hills precisely similar to those already passed, either sandy, easily friable, or conglomerate, held together by sandy cement. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries The nature of the conglomerate was essentially variable, sometimes hard and tenacious, like malleable iron, then suddenly changing into friable masses surrounded by portions more elastic and richer in gypsum. Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 So he scooped a hole in the friable black soil and deposited his eggs in it and crawled along to the wall. A Maid of the Silver Sea The finer sorts are friable masses, and are packed in papers; the coarser sewn up in sheep's skin. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. All the varieties, including the popular Star Primulas, can be grown with ease in any soil which is fairly rich and friable. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition The surface consists of conglomerate, formed of boulders imbedded in the same kind of sandstone as that below; often very friable, occasionally it is as hard as flint. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries The strata dip at an angle of about twenty-five degrees, and the stone is friable and defenceless. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees The wrapper was of tarred cloth, almost perished with age, dry and friable. A Maid of the Silver Sea After waiting for some days, it should be ploughed for the fourth and last time, and made as clean and friable as possible. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Treatment of Soil.—The soil for Peas must be rich, deep, and friable, and should contain a notable proportion of calcareous matter. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition It is composed of granite resting on an elevated plateau of soft friable gneiss. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Two pieces struck together, or one piece struck with a steel, gives a good spark; but it is a very friable mineral, and therefore not nearly so convenient as flint. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries All about him where he sat, the grey rock pushed through a thin friable soil like the bones of an ill-buried skeleton. A Maid of the Silver Sea Upon the plantation purchased this summer, I have light-yellow, dark-brown, and red clay subsoil, of a friable character, with a surface soil sufficiently sandy to answer the demands of the plant. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. If that is too much trouble, sow in the open border early in May, making the border rich and friable, that they may have a good chance from the first. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition The soil as usual is light, friable, easily reduced to powder, and has a very slight tendency to stiffness. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries We now come to the different kinds of tinder that fall into our second division, namely, those that are too friable to bear handling. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries The basis of the hills is a heavy, compact, bluish stone, mixed with some shining particles; and, on the surface, large masses of red friable earth, or stone, are scattered about. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time The pulp thus dried concretes into lumps, which become hard and friable as they cool. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Liberal culture is essential, and the first start should be made in a compost consisting mainly of rich light friable loam. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Bone and ivory soon deteriorate and become friable. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt When no tinder-box is at hand the more friable kinds of tinder, as touch-wood, may be enveloped in a roll of rag and be used either as in fig. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries It is a curiosity in manufacture, for often the curds used are of different ages, and this is accountable for a loose, friable texture. The Complete Book of Cheese There are friable shaley rocks in Livingstone county, N.Y., which crumble and slake when exposed to the air, that abound in all the earthy minerals necessary to form good wheat. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. On light, friable land, Ten-week Stocks can be successfully grown from sowings made in the open about the end of April. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition This last, impregnated with salt and veined with crystalline gypsum, is a friable material, and unsuited for ornamentation. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt The friable ant-hilt was broken open, and the earthen galleries scattered in ruins down the slope. Lobo, Rag and Vixen Being The Personal Histories Of Lobo, Redruff, Raggylug & Vixen Romano is not as expensive as Parmesan, although it is as friable, sharp and tangy for flavoring, especially for soups such as onion and minestrone. The Complete Book of Cheese As a general rule, friable soils need not be ploughed long before the intended crop is expected to begin to grow. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Before planting out, the top soil of the ground prepared in autumn must be well worked and made friable. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition He went on, looking for a spring, sometimes walking on firm ground, sometimes sinking to the ankle in a friable soil like black sand. After London Or, Wild England The soil in the fields had a loose, friable appearance that reminded me of the farming lands around Cleveland, Ohio. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life It was as though she stood on the friable edge of some great crater, some gulf of destruction, on which her feet were perpetually slipping and sinking, and only Ellesborough's hold could ultimately save her. Harvest The sago of Borneo is the next in value; it is whiter, but more friable. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. A rich and friable seed-bed is one remedy for the fly, for it promotes rapid growth, which speedily places the plant beyond the power of its insect adversary. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition When subjected to a high temperature under pressure this collagen is converted into gelatin and dissolved, leaving the bones soft and friable and even edible. Every Step in Canning They had rendered the bones friable by burning and eaten them as well as the skin; and several of them had added their old shoes to the repast. The Journey to the Polar Sea The tuff was irregularly cavernous and it was loose, calcareous, or friable in the lower part where the wombats had made their burrows. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 He noted, in the cliffs or banks of the lower Mackenzie, pieces of "petroleum" which bore a resemblance to yellow wax but was more friable. Pioneers in Canada Sow now in drills nine inches apart on friable loam. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Bread, to answer the requirements of a good, wholesome article of food, beside being palatable, must be light, porous, and friable, so that it can be easily insalivated and digested. Science in the Kitchen. After eating the marrow, which was so acrid as to excoriate the lips, we rendered the bones friable by burning and ate them also. The Journey to the Polar Sea It is clear that sediment deposited in this manner would, when the waters were drawn off, be left in the state of fine mud, and would become, on drying, a more or less friable earth. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Drain the fields, if any water is standing on them, but if they are dry and the land is friable, harrow them. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro Gladiolus.—The soil which answers best for the autumn-flowering section is a medium friable loam, with a cool rich subsoil. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Another specimen of sandstone is friable, of a light flesh-red colour, and apparently composed of the debris of granite. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 From the above it will be seen that these soils, while possessing a large amount of matter available for plant growth, are exceedingly friable, and would be very easily worked. A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California I found shells embedded in limestone varying considerably in its hardness being sometimes very friable and the surface in some places presenting innumerable fragments of corallines, with pectens, spatangi, echini, ostrea and foraminifera. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Dahlias.—These attractive plants require a deep, friable soil, not over rich. Gardening for the Million Luckily the soil, or rather sand, was so friable that there was very little exertion required to loosen it. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life In the spring a pile of brush was burned and on the spot thus fertilized and made friable the seed were sowed. George Washington: Farmer At the point where the descent was steepest there were great naked flats of friable sandstone and conglomerate. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Nearer the coast a friable whitish sandstone affords but a poor soil, except where the partial occurrence of decomposed laminated felspar and gneiss produced one somewhat better. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Young trees may be planted at any time, when the ground is friable, from November to March, but the earlier it is done the better. Gardening for the Million The surface is so crusty and friable that the question of snow-shoes again becomes of great importance. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I These ashes had been converted by time into a soft, or friable rock, composing a stone that is called tufa. The Crater Five years after this the exterior of the aisle walls was recased with the same friable sandstone. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains How difficult it must have been, when amber is so friable! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Repeat this operation from time to time at intervals of six or seven weeks, until it has become perfectly friable and will powder through a garden-fork like dust. Gardening for the Million The friable rock forming the spires and towers and pinnacles crumbles away under a slight pressure. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park He apprised me that the peculiar friable white clay, which I had labeled chalk from its external characters, contained no carbonic acid. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Probably most of the structure was first built of the same friable red sandstone as its greater neighbour. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains The mucous membranes were all soft and friable, and presented the appearance of incipient gangrene. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The friable cliffs, of comparatively recent formations, keep the sea shallow, and the bottom smooth and bare, by the vast deposits of sand and gravel. Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore In the case of the more friable bricks and stones even the flat faces were worn into hollows by the same mixed mechanism. The Mayor of Casterbridge It was, however, at the best, so friable that when durability was required the copyists inserted a page of parchment between every five or six pages of the papyrus. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827 In making a flower-bed, see that the ground is well drained; that the subsoil is deep; that the land is in a mellow and friable condition, and that it is fertile. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The rock is very friable, and it is undoubtedly from its decomposition that the prairies derive their sandy and gravelly formation. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Its friable cliffs and strong tides produce a changeable and barren sea-floor. Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore As I was weakly, and my bones small and friable, I was two years recovering from this terrible fall, and during that time was nearly always carried about. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt As many as sixty of these artificial caves remain; but there were at one time many more, that have been destroyed by the fall of the very friable volcanic rock. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Keep the soil in a friable condition, and look carefully to any possible places where water can stand and freeze. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The ground is good for drainage, but the soft and friable soil readily absorbs the deluging torrents of rain, and as readily returns them to the air in the shape of noxious vapours. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Between him and the enemy was a slope, and this was cut by streams that had torn their way through a friable marly soil. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc Men armed with boat-hooks endeavoured to stop our progress, but it was not easy, for the edges of the channel were too friable to bear the weight of a man. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt When fully saturated, the fabric is allowed to remain until the vegetable fibers are sufficiently friable. Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 The addition of this humus makes the land mellow, friable, retentive of moisture, and promotes the general chemical activities of the soil. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) In the few cuttings of the higher levels I afterwards remarked that detached 'hardheads' are puddinged into the friable laterite; but I nowhere found the granitic floor-rock protruding above ground. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Some are essentially friable, and are called by the vulgar name of jacutingaes. Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 Having secured a suitable piece of ground, preferably a deep friable loam rich in nitrogen, go out three years ago and plough or dig deeply. Frenzied Fiction The cloth, after saturation by these processes, is left from six to twelve hours in the vessels, after which it is freely exposed to the air until the vegetable particles are friable. Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 The land must also be perfectly drained, not only to remove superfluous moisture, but to provide a deep and friable soil. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) In the cleaning operations care should be taken to scratch or abrade the bran as little as possible, for this reason: The outer coating of the bran is hard and more or less friable. Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 The wheat raised in this State was, from the climatic conditions, a spring wheat, hard in structure and having a thin, tender, and friable bran. Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 All the books lay stress on the need of "a deep, friable loam full of nitrogen." Frenzied Fiction The walls of the canyon are composed of friable sandstone, and are usually vertical. Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines The ground between the rows of growing crops should be kept in a fine, friable condition. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) They are very friable, and the rain and streams have carved them into quaint shapes. Canyons of the Colorado The concrete moulded in situ hardened a little at first, and then became soft when damp, and friable when dry, and white efflorescence appeared on the surface. The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns The 1839 First Edition had pages too stained and friable for scanning—so a colleague, Mary Munarin, helped prepare this eBook for Project Gutenberg in the old fashioned way—she typed it! Images from Harry Lorrequer He thought hard a moment, then turned and strode over to a heap of friable disintegration that lay where once his instrument case had stood, containing his surveying tools. Darkness and Dawn The roads are nowhere worse in the rainy season than in this part of the island, where the soil is of friable limestone, little fitted for the construction of solid roads. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 This banded sandstone has massive strata separated by friable shales. Canyons of the Colorado What traveller but has noticed the magical effect of rain upon the deep friable soil, formed by the denuded limestone rock. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 It is not necessary that the soil be sandy in appearance, but it should be friable. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use The heaps and piles which denote buildings are divided by mounds and tumuli of loose friable soil, white with salt,—miniatures of Babylon, Nineveh, and Troy. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 It incloses angular and less friable masses of dark brown clay with a slaty and sometimes conchoidal fracture. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 The savage inhabitants of New Caledonia also, to appease their hunger in times of scarcity, eat great pieces of a friable Lapis ollaris. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 This has white flowers with an unpleasant odour like that of Chestnut blossoms, but is worthy of cultivation, and succeeds best in cool sandy peat or friable yellow loam. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs In case the soil has not been made quite friable enough, they will sometimes "raise the roof" instead of breaking through. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use It was some chalky, friable stuff, and it gave at the first friction. The Rangeland Avenger Also that the ligaments which held the body—or rather skeleton—together were brittle and friable, as suggested by the detached hand, which had probably broken off accidentally. The Vanishing Man A yellowish-white caoutchouc is now to be found in the shops, which may be easily distinguished from the dapicho, because it is neither dry like cork, nor friable, but extremely elastic, glossy, and soapy. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Two conditions are necessary for its cultivation—a half-shaded aspect where bottom moisture is always present, and a deep, rich, friable loam. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs Only by this supply of humus can the garden be kept in that light, friable, spongy condition which is absolutely essential to luxuriant vegetable growth. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use Two little dark marks on the white, friable stone, marks that the first small shower of rain would wash away, marks that the first keen sandstorm would rub off—this was his only proof. Bull Hunter It became full of holes, and the available metal in the neighbourhood was a friable limestone which, under heavy pressure during rains, was ground into the consistency of a thick cream. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine Tut, the silly being—he should have known from the body's response to the spectroscope that its condition was too friable to resist our atmosphere. The Lord of the Sea The cliff was not of the soft and friable stuff to be found at Bridlington, but of hard and slippery sandstone, with bulky ribs oversaling here and there, and threatening to cast the climber back. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale The grave was a shallow one, the freshly turned mould loose and friable. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore On examining, after I had reached America, those earthy and friable masses, I found crystals of sulphate of alumine. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 The quartz is generally very friable, full of drusy cavities, and broken up into innumerable small pieces that are often coloured black by the peroxide of manganese. The Naturalist in Nicaragua The ring of rocks is flat on the surface, which is composed of friable soil, and sustains a luxuriant vegetation, chiefly of cocoa-nut palms. Wonders of Creation The colour is a sunburnt black, tinted ferruginous red like meteoric stones, and it is generally friable, crumbling under the nails. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 It erodes easily under running water, but it does not slide; sand and clay are in such proportions as to make a brittle but not a friable soil. Time and Change Ten radicles were extended horizontally on and beneath a layer of damp friable peat-earth; and before being extended their tips were touched with dry caustic on the upper side. The Power of Movement in Plants By this course the furrows are partially filled with loose, friable soil and manure, and they average four or five inches in depth. The Home Acre The washing would be very likely to have a decided flocculating effect and so render this material more friable when applied to the field. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan The formation of these precipitous banks appeared to be an ochre of various colours—red and yellow, and of a soft friable description. Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete The formation of these precipitous banks appeared to be an ochre of various colours--red and yellow, and of a soft friable description. Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Volume 02 Phaseolus multiflorus.—Eight radicles, serving as controls, were extended horizontally, some in damp friable peat and some in damp air. The Power of Movement in Plants If the stable-manure can be composted and left till thoroughly decayed, fine and friable, all the better. The Home Acre This is done by using plenty of stable manure and other coarse stuff to make the soil more friable, which favors aeration, drainage, root extension and plant thrift. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered It was very friable and so shallow that my scissors'-point picked it at once. The Mayor's Wife The sandstone is of the coarsest quality, almost a conglomerate, and is soft and friable; exposure to the air might probably harden it if quarried, when it would be available for rough building. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland We also tried touching both the upper and the lower sides of the tips of some radicles of the bean, extended horizontally in damp friable earth. The Power of Movement in Plants With every inch you go down, making all friable and fertile, you add just so much more to root pasturage. The Home Acre The land can be improved by plowing deeply and turning in stable manure or green alfalfa or any other vegetable matter which may decay, rendering the soil rich in humus and more friable. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered In humid climates like ours, sandy soils may seem very open and friable on the surface but frequently hold some unpleasant subsoil surprises. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Our friable, sandy loam, with a light admixture of clay, pulverized and aerated by the explosions, was in market garden condition at once and without the year's loss of crops assured by old methods. Three Acres and Liberty Ten radicles were laid horizontally beneath and on damp friable peat, and their tips were touched with caustic on the upper side. The Power of Movement in Plants The chapel is built of hewn blocks of coral; a substance which, although extremely friable, is said to harden by exposure to the atmosphere. Omoo It is certainly desirable to mix sand with heavy soil for the purpose of making it lighter - that is, better drained and more friable and therefore improving it for the growth of plants. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered The exterior trunk of each was marked by a coating of friable coal, varying from one-quarter to three-quarters of an inch in thickness; but it crumbled away on removing the matrix. The Student's Elements of Geology Some, which before immersion were of a particularly flinty texture, became in a few weeks so friable that they could be broken up by the fingers. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students Fifteen radicles which had germinated in friable peat were suspended vertically over water. The Power of Movement in Plants Associated with the salt in the superficial beds, there are numerous, thin, horizontal layers of impure, dirty-white, friable, gypseous and calcareous tuffs. Geological Observations on South America The lime will make the land more friable and, therefore, less disposed to bake and lose moisture by evaporation. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered The roads were laid hereabouts with a light sandy gravel, which, though not clogging, was soft and friable. The Hand of Ethelberta It was of such friable rock that it can have been of no use but as a symbol; perhaps, indeed, it may have been a badge of office. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples We repeated this experiment, and planted beans with amputated radicles in friable peat, and saw the result described by Sachs; but generally two or three of the secondary radicles grew perpendicularly downwards. The Power of Movement in Plants The pebbles are frequently whitewashed and even cemented together by a peculiar, white, friable, aluminous, fusible substance, which I believe is decomposed feldspar. Geological Observations on South America Coal ashes are exceedingly desirable upon clay land because their mechanical mixture with the fine particles of the clay renders the soil more friable, permeable and better adapted to the growth of most plants. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered Since grasses send their roots only into the more friable upper layers of soil, they possess another great advantage over the trees. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America The upper beds, which are between thirty and forty feet in thickness, are composed of a thinly stratified, fine-grained, harsh, friable, brown-coloured tuff, or peperino. Volcanic Islands Seeds were planted in friable peat at a depth of about an inch in a vertical position, with the end from which the radicle protrudes downwards. The Power of Movement in Plants I could not have told that these shells had not formerly been brought up by man, if I had not found one very small mass of them cemented together in a friable calcareous tuff. Geological Observations on South America If applied, on the other hand, to a heavy soil and accompanied by sufficient irrigation water, the effect of making the soil more friable might be very desirable. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered So saying, he turned aside, and led her into the narrow passage, cut through a friable sort of granite. Sir Gibbie The greater number of the hills, however, are composed of a quite white, friable stone, appearing like a trachytic tuff. Volcanic Islands Then came the final embrace, performed by the captain in a half-perfunctory, quiet manner, with a due regard for the friable nature of part of his provisions. Thankful Blossom Most of the bones are now in a soft and friable condition, and, like the shells, do not emit when burnt an animal odour. Geological Observations on South America Much of the sandstone is white and soft and friable; but this appears to have been decomposed by time and exposure, as the generality is hard and would make excellent grindstones. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs The soil was light and friable, and below lay a bed of silicious tufa; therefore, even without tools, the aperture deepened quickly. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant These beds consist of white, earthy, carbonate of lime, extremely friable so as to be crushed with the least pressure; the most compact specimens not resisting the strength of the fingers. Volcanic Islands The surface, the caves, the chinks, and the numerous pot-holes are compact limestone, often quite crystalline, while beneath it is oolitic, either friable or hard enough to be used for buildings. The Life of Columbus From His Own Letters and Journals and Other Documents of His Time The cliffs on this side of the bay, as well as on the island of Quiriquina, are capped with red friable earth, which, as stated in the Second Chapter, is of recent formation. Geological Observations on South America A very few books of the seventh century have leaves of parchment and papyrus mixed, that the former costly material might strengthen and support the friable paper. Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. He loathed his land's divergent parties, loth To grant them speech, they were such idle troops; The friable and the grumous, dizzards both. Poems — Volume 3 You friable shore with trails of debris, You fish-shaped island, I take what is underfoot, What is yours is mine my father. Leaves of Grass |
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