单词 | pruning knife |
例句 | It’s a great little street, too, with a shop selling everything sharp from hairdresser’s scissors to pruning knives, always crowded. ‘Standing by the Bosphorus gives me goosebumps’: Jason Goodwin's Istanbul 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Opinel Garden Knife Trio: A saw knife, garden knife and pruning knife — with cheery beech handles — make up this handsome and functional set that will help with pruning and cleanup tasks. Garden gifts 20201: Top picks for gardeners and plant parents | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z He himself was injured in the arm in a struggle with one intruder wielding a pruning knife as the other slashed the sides of two ponies, now recovering but “traumatized,” he said. France’s horses killed in mysterious ritual-like mutilations 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Before he attacked the grass, he’d hacked away, with a pruning knife he’d fetched from the shed as if he knew his way around, at the brambles overgrowing the flower bed. “The Bunty Club” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Lying about in various places were nails, locks and keys, hoes, scythes, and pruning knives. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z They are represented with pruning knives and shears, gardening implements, and fruits and flowers. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Brougham, Ricardo, and other smaller cipherers, applied the pruning knife to the prolific tree of taxation and expenditure. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Death standing with a pruning knife in his right hand, and a winged hour-glass in his left. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z I cut off the foot properly at the joint with a pruning knife. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z Any of them will submit to a certain amount of correction with the pruning knife, and may add to the variety of fruits grown in the amateur's garden. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z Keeping this peculiarity in mind, the cultivator has only to use his pruning knife freely upon the trees to secure almost any form desired. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z The woman gashed her face and hands with the pruning knife. Minor Poems Little Classics, Vol. 15 2011-09-29T02:00:16.533Z She was never without a pruning knife which she carried as proudly as Jupiter did his sceptre. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Wherever the pruning knife could be advantageously employed, the Premier applied it, and if he was not always successful, the fault was certainly not his own. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z The carriage roads and paths go winding about so that the view is constantly changing, and the trees are allowed to grow as they please, without being tortured into fantastic shapes by the pruning knife. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z "Not through this one," he cried, waving them back with a motion of his pruning knife, and pointing to the usual entrance. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Accordingly I took my pruning knife in my hand, and walked to the garden. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician The pruning knife is most generally recommended; while the sécateur, so universally in use on the Continent, is advised merely for the cutting of dead wood. Roses and Rose Growing I prune my trees with a pruning knife and saw when necessary. The Apple Innocent of pruning knife or fertilizer its growth has a rugged picturesqueness about it that makes the well trained tree look pusillanimously conventional beside it. Old Plymouth Trails Neology has not come from Deism, for this power assails the outworks of Christianity; while the school of criticism is but a severe pruning knife of internal verbiage. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." If Lester would get him a pruning knife and a saw he would attend to them in the spring. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel It proves him to have had practical experience in the work, and I think we may safely say that he was no mere 'prentice hand in the use of the pruning knife. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Prune a little with a pruning knife to keep the head open; think it pays, and is beneficial. The Apple Frank's face became livid, his lips tightened, his pruning knife dropped from his hand. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story As the pruning knife began its work, so, violent opposition arose from those to whom it was being applied. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon On coming to closer quarters with his subject, materials multiplied beyond his expectations, and but for the pruning knife, the result would have been still larger than it is. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Few dramatic performances require the pruning knife so much, and would so amply repay the trouble, as some of those of Otway. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 David took his coat off, and his pruning knife out, and, establishing himself within easy shot of his old oppressor, opened fire at once— "Thou'st gi'en thy consent, then?" Tom Brown at Oxford Oh! better far, surely, these severest cuttings and incisions of the pruning knife, than to listen to the stern words—“Ephraim is joined to his idols, let him alone!” Memories of Bethany He urges his enterprising partner to apply the pruning knife and cut down expenses naively assuring him that "he was practising all the frugality in his power." James Watt "Pray don't appear so much excited," said the tramp detective, dropping his pruning knife, and picking it up again with great deliberation. The Diamond Coterie It will not lessen the vulnerability of the American chestnut, but dwarf trees will be within reach of the horticulturist's pruning knife and spray outfit. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. But don't touch them with the pruning knife unless they really need it. Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover These bars and pruning knives are well enough in their way, and are better than nothing at all, of course; but they won’t help us to get game—” “Precisely,” interrupted Phil. Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess We only observed that it was nicely rounded, just as if it belonged to some fine park and had been kept neatly trimmed by the pruning knife of the park-keeper, or some landscape gardener. Ran Away to Sea Here she found the tramp detective busy, or pretending to busy himself with a small pruning knife. The Diamond Coterie The Control of the Chestnut Bark Disease" gives the following: "The essentials for the work are a gouge, a mallet, a pruning knife, a pot of coal tar, and a paint brush. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 They represent him as having a red and very ugly face; he bears in his hand a pruning knife, and his head is crowned with a wreath of vine and laurel. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Every one who has a garden should possess a pruning knife with a long blade, curved at the end, for the operation. Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden Or, lastly, the common sense of the laity might take the matter at once into their own hands, and make free use of the pruning knife and the sweeping brush. Short Studies on Great Subjects There is tropical warmth and languorous life Where the roses lie In a tempting drift Of pink and red and golden light Untouched as yet by the pruning knife. Violets and Other Tales I seldom go among them without a pruning knife, and never without wishing for one. Queechy, Volume II I was but a small boy then, but I remember my father gave me his big pruning knife, and under his guidance I divided my first peony. 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 Again, they say that olive trees are not afraid of the pruning knife, and that they rejoice in its use by a skilled hand. Myth and Science An Essay He wills no waste, no burden is too much In the most bitter strife; Beneath the direst buffet is His touch, Who holds the pruning knife. Successful Recitations Chinese and Japanese drifted from the orchards, and began to manipulate the grindstone on their pruning knives. The Killer The shoots appear above ground in about a week; at the end of two months the plant flowers, when it is fit for cutting, which is done with a pruning knife. 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. Hermann bowed, gathered up his pruning knives and scissors which he had let fall, and stalked down the path. The Goose Girl There was quite a forest of fruit trees, which no pruning knife had touched for a century past. Abbe Mouret's Transgression It has evidently suffered the pruning knife of Purchas, as it commences abruptly at Saldanha bay, and breaks off in a similar manner at Bantam. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 The youth in question was using a large pruning knife on a log that he held rather awkwardly on his knee. Fated to Be Free My grandfather had one just like this, and it's a pruning knife. Adopting an Abandoned Farm Had the passage escaped the pruning knife, Lamb's historical research would no doubt have provided a proper battle and a proper uncle for his hero. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays Now the Gardener's wife, He that marched off to his death at Marengo, Sells them to me; she keeps her life From snuffing out, with her pruning knife. Men, Women and Ghosts I seldom go among them without a pruning knife and never without wishing for one. Queechy Both systems need watching, need criticism, the pruning knife and the stimulant, and neither is bad enough to justify a revolutionary change to the other. Mankind in the Making As to the Odes, 3000 in number, he used the pruning knife much more vigorously, and nine-tenths of them were rejected as unsuitable for the purposes of good didactic lessons or conservative precedents. Ancient China Simplified So, bidding Harry, who was to go too, "be quick," an exhortation that needed no repeating, we were very soon in the pung, armed I with a hatchet, Harry with a pruning knife. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. Her right hand bore for its weapon not a javelin, but a pruning knife. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable Almost the same case—even to the pruning knife. They and I True, faithful action only is the life, The grapes for which we feel the pruning knife. A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul |
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