| 单词 | packthread |
| 例句 | He got a needle and some packthread and sat down on the afterhatch and suddenly made up his mind to do his best. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z It was not wrapped in paper; it was packed close and very skillfully bound together with cords, lengthwise and crosswise, making a network of packthread all over it. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z Claverton was for the moment mad, and the stout raw-hide thongs fell from him like packthread, as with one tiger bound, he sprang upon Mopela and bore him to the earth. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z A rowel is to be made in the dewlap by taking a skein of hemp, tow, or twisted packthread, a foot long, and as thick as a man's thumb. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z She would never be without some piece of packthread to twist in her hands, some napkin to tie in knots, some paper or wood to chew. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Now, if we could get rid of the bonds of self first, we could snap the other fetters like packthread. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z She platted the packthread together in strands of about half an inch thick, and these were sewed firmly together at the bottom of the shoe. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z Well, Sir, that imp there winds her round her finger like a piece of packthread. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Formerly, the hanks were tied very tightly, at equal distances, and the alternate spaces closely wrapped round with paper, or wound round with packthread. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z A snare or noose, made of packthread or horsehair, is then fixed to the twig by one end, and placed in the open space between the forks. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z Then he made his way back to daylight by the aid of the clue of packthread as quickly as possible, and we are told that no one has ventured down there since. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel The barbed-wire obstructions before the German positions were cut like packthread. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources I immediately made two close sutures; and also two others in the skin, on each side, adapting to them two pieces of packthread, more easily to fix the dressings. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 Tie it neatly up with packthread across and across, put the top undermost, and place it in an earthen pan. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. The hives are fastened to each other by laths placed on a thin packcloth, which is drawn up on each side and tied with packthread several times round their tops. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families One stiffened coat of fashionable silk, made to packthread stays. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services The wind had been blowing strong from the south-east all the morning; and a gust of it caught the Elba's stern, and canted it suddenly round, when the small cable snapped like a packthread. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Remnants of packthread and old cakes of Roses Were thinly scatter'd, to make up a show. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Cut off one leg; truss the pigeons to boil, and let the leg come out of the vent; fill them with forcemeat: tie them with packthread, and stew them in good broth. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. Bind close with packthread, fifteen pounds of brisket of beef, and put it into a pot with water sufficient to cover it. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families It was tied with pink packthread instead of ribbon. A Little Country Girl A dirty squinting musician followed the train, grinning and screaming and scratching his fiddle, which was patcht up of wood and pasteboard, and instead of strings had three bits of packthread. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck It was the giant among pigmies; Gulliver, in Lilliput, tied down by a thousand packthreads. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works Put in a glass of red wine, give it a boil, and take it up; lay it in a dish, and strain the gravy over it, untying the packthread first. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. Spread the forcemeat upon it, roll it up, bind it with packthread, and serve it up with gravy sauce. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The weight was no longer upon it, it was light as packthread, and returned to our hands without effort. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The snares are made out of deer sinews, twisted like packthread, and sometimes of thongs cut from a ‘parchment’ deerskin, which, as you know, is a deerskin simply dried, and not tanned or dressed. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North This accomplished, the tree was bound up with packthread, and as the bark healed, so it was said the child would recover. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing Tie them with packthread, and stew them in a little broth, a glass of white wine, salt, pepper, an onion stuck with cloves, a carrot, and a parsnip. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. Then lay a coarse paste on strong white paper, and cover the haunch; tie it with fine packthread, and set it at a distance from a good fire. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families If at that moment Samson’s powers had been his, he would have snapped the ropes that bound him like packthread, and would have cut the throat of every man around him. In the Track of the Troops The ropes parted like packthread; the building slewed round, reeled for a moment with a drunken air, caught on a shallow spot, and hung there. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood It was a dirty ball, wrapped round with several rags, and bound with packthread. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing Tie each separately with packthread, and let them stew together with good broth; no salt or pepper, on account of the bacon. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. I thought so too, and grew the warmer at being unable to find a wisp of osier or a roll of packthread in the house. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection As I saw but few things that I could not find a use for, so this I perceived would serve all the common purposes of packthread; a thing I was often in want of. Life And Adventures Of Peter Wilkins, Vol. I. (of II.) The boy was a universal favorite, knew every hole and corner, collected all the nails and pieces of packthread, folded all the packing-paper, fed Pluto the watch-dog, and did sundry other odd jobs. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Rights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant. Phineas Redux The carpet and furniture are strewed with long, straggling pieces of packthread. Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse But M. Berthémie, more prudent than I, carried over his shoulder a great quantity of pieces of black bread, tied up with packthread. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men His family had an English Bible; and to conceal it the more securely, they conceived the project of fastening it open with packthreads across the leaves, on the inside of the lid of a close-stool! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Of the bark of the poerou they make ropes and lines, from the thickness of an inch to the size of a small packthread: With these they make nets for fishing. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 These slings consisted of a slender round cord, no thicker than a packthread, which had a tassel at one end, and a loop at the other end and in the middle. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 The front part of the boy only was covered: he had only the foreparts of trowsers—the rest was packthread, the bare, naked packthread. Pictures of Sweden Jack climbed one of the arches, and measured the trunk of the tree with a piece of packthread. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island And as he spoke, he handed her the note, which was tied with a piece of packthread, and directed in strange and almost illegible characters. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire His shoes were newly greased, and ornamented with a pair of rusty iron buckles; the packthread at his knees had been renewed; and where he wanted buttons, he wore pins. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty In building the nest, a long piece of packthread had been somewhat loosely woven in. My Garden Acquaintance They were also ragged, but the rags were bound fast into the pockets with packthread; one string round the ancles, one under the knee, and another round about the waist. Pictures of Sweden I have seen him do the summerset several times together, upon a trencher fixed on a rope which is no thicker than a common packthread in England. Gulliver's Travels Beaumanoir, being thus possessed of the tablets, inspected the outside carefully, and then proceeded to undo the packthread which secured its folds. Ivanhoe They would not trust me with a toothpick or a button or a piece of common packthread. Peter Ibbetson Before you put them on the table remove the packthread. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches "Be off!" shouted the Captain, from the vessel; and the boy with the tied-up rags turned round, and we—yes, we saw nothing but packthread, in bows, genteel bows. Pictures of Sweden The cable was about as thick as packthread and the bars of the length and size of a knitting-needle. Gulliver's Travels Or have they any? or are they made of packthread? The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 BRIDER.—To pass a packthread through poultry, game, &c., to keep together their members. The Book of Household Management Fill them with the above mixture, and secure the ends by tying them with packthread or fine twine. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches The Doctor is a very pleasant old man, a great genius for agriculture, one that ties his breeches-knees with packthread, and boasts of having had disappointments from ministers. The Best Letters of Charles Lamb And to this purpose, several packthreads were let down, with small weights at the bottom. Gulliver's Travels Hoop-coat, masks, packthread stays--these seem strange dress for growing girls. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) I have seen him do the somerset several times together, upon a trencher fixed on the rope, which is no thicker than a common packthread in England. The Junior Classics — Volume 5 Cut open the sweet-breads and stuff them with it, fastening them afterwards with a skewer, or tying them round with packthread. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches So he can go with his Skylarks they may wear sackcloth for pinafores, and packthread for garters. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures On these packthreads the people strung their petitions, which mounted up directly, like the scraps of paper fastened by school boys at the end of the string that holds their kite. Gulliver's Travels This should be cut into a point and fastened upon the barrel with a piece of beeswax or shoemaker's wax, in addition to being tied with strong waxed packthread. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 She platted the packthread together in strands of about half an inch thick, and these were served firmly together at the bottom of the shoe. The Parent's Assistant Fill your mangoes with this mixture, putting a small clove of garlic into each, and replacing the pieces at the openings; tie them with a packthread crossing backwards and forwards round the mango. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches It consisted of a long slip about an inch and a quarter broad, rolled like tape, and tied with packthread. Hard Cash Like the piece of packthread in the barrister's hands, he turns and twists it all ways, and cannot proceed a step without it. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners Your head would get less muddy, and you will leave off tormenting your neighbours about paper and packthread, while we all live together in a world that is bursting with sin and sorrow.’ Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson You must know, I made a second excursion to these antient ruins, and measured the arena of the amphitheatre with packthread. Travels through France and Italy Tie on with a packthread the bit that was cut out. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scattered to make up a show.”-Shakespeare. The Pioneers Died, poor gentleman;—and left his big Austrian Heritages lying, as it were, in the open market-place; elaborately tied by diplomatic packthread and Pragmatic Sanction; but not otherwise protected against the assembled cupidities of mankind! History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 Then tie them round with packthread, and put them into a stone jar till it is two-thirds full. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches |
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