| 单词 | scantling |
| 例句 | Victor, with hammer and nails and scraps of scantling, was patching a comer of one of the galleries. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Shirking and stealing and giving you a little more lip and a little more lip until some day you have to lay them out with a scantling or something. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Eighty-two shipments of teak consisting mostly of board and scantling used for shipbuilding, outdoor decking and furniture were exported last year, according to the watchdog group, whose findings were gleaned from the trade database Panjiva. Myanmar teak shipments imported to U.S. despite sanctions, group says 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z It lay, tongued and grooved, with the scantling for fixing it, just where the timber merchant's men had deposited it—on the floor. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z The two decks above the B deck were of comparatively light scantling, but strong enough to insure their proving satisfactory in these positions in rough weather. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z But the limits of this work will only admit of a mere scantling of what might be written on the subject. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z In crossing Pratt-street bridge, the troops had to pick their way over joists and scantling, which by this time had been placed on the bridge to obstruct their passage. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z But it must be told that in Eliphalet there lurks a scantling of ambition to climb higher on the ladder than our party is yet willing to afford to one of his degree. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z "We have a few strips of pine scantling among the stores," he said, after a moment's thought. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z When sawn into the scantlings required, it is further dried by placing the logs and planks in rooms heated by the waste steam from the engine. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The previous description of the God of the Bible is but a scantling of what is written concerning his dealings, even with the seed of Abram. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z I followed him, and descending the companion, the scantling of which was prettily picked out in white and gold, found myself in her ladyship's own quarters. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z The next instant a man sprang onto Brent's back and another dived for his legs, while a third struck at him with a short piece of scantling. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z The rails were oak scantlings held together with cross timbers of the same material, fastened by means of large oak pins. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Woods such as ebony, tuya, satin-wood, palm, hare-wood, and a number more, are only to be had in small scantlings, logs a few feet long, and six or seven inches wide. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z From beneath the newly constructed building was procured a piece of discarded scantling which was appropriated and cut to the desired length. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z The water was over six feet deep and the scantling was not much help. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z The "scantlings" of the Marquis of Worcester were now being converted into complete structures. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The "great trombone" was a dry goods box, turned bottom-side up, and was played upon with a scantling eight or ten feet long. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z I want two pieces of scantling strong enough for a hangman's beam. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z The branches of the sagebrush were then cut from the stalk and nailed with painstaking care to the smooth surface of one side of the two by six inch scantling. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z "We hove everything overboard but our top sides and scantlings," returned Reed. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z It was in these trees that a strong scantling had been placed, to which the prisoners were hung. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z The edge of the box and the scantling were rosined, and it was worked by two men sawing up and down. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Posts from the indigenous trees with scantling poles cut from saplings of many kinds, and a thatch of cycas and other grasslike plants, which abounded on the summit. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z A saw "pit" is a scantling of poles eight feet high, on which the logs are placed to be sawn. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z Then standing up he looked back at the frigate he had left, taking in all her points, the number of her guns, and marking her heavy scantling with a critic's eye. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z The Boston Block was saved through strenuous efforts of its tenants; long scantling were carried by them into the hall on the second story. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z They taught in hedge schools, and, though but coarsely educated themselves, preserved the scantling there was of knowledge and civilization among the people. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z There it stopped, supported as before, by short pieces of scantling. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Brick walls were blown into millions of fragments, roofs were torn to pieces; rafters, beams, braces, scantlings, were splintered into jack-straws. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z To make an economical box or rack, take six light pieces of scantling, say three inches square, one for each corner, and one for the centre of each side. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. As soon as the two men had been swung up, someone in the crowd cried out: "Our work is not yet completed; let us hang the murderer of old man Sires to the same scantling." Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z There was no make-up about me,—no lacquering, no paint, no padding; all honest scantling from keel to taffrail. Tony Butler Boys stood ready, however, with short pieces of scantling to place upright beneath the bent; and the men had time to breathe. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z A few scantlings of wild thyme, and two or three other dwarfish plants, alone appear in the interstices of the scoriæ, while the Vesuvian lava of 1767 is already covered with a luxuriant vegetation. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology How long, think you, would a sepia-drawing stand without defacement in the midst of our civilisation were it put on the bottom panel of a door, or the scantling of a kitchen passage? From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Using the back of the tool, he began smashing in the boards, here and there employing the blade to cut through a scantling or a brace. The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds He had pulled down the little woodwork which remained; and every now and then he took from the wall or the roof a lath or some scantling, to heat his crucible. Toilers of the Sea If for important walls, or for small scantlings such as steel concrete generally involves, the concrete should be deposited in quite small quantities and very carefully rammed Depositing. into position. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Checkers picked up a handy piece of scantling, and running up the steps, turned and faced his father-in-law. Checkers A Hard-luck Story He made irregular excursions into the village and juggled scantling in a new lumber yard. A Canadian Bankclerk We explained to one another the mysteries of ship construction, talked loftily of breasthooks and sheer strakes, and stringers and scantlings ... and were as wise after the telling! The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea The rails used in fences of boards or pickets round gentlemen's houses and gardens are usually sawed scantling, and often dressed with the plane. Noah Webster American Men of Letters Between the scantlings that penned Simon into his part of the lean-to, the section-boss spied two glowing eyes. The Plow-Woman Upon these strong scantlings had been fastened and men were clapboarding them over into a bigger and finer home. The Peace of Roaring River Bull came to Savannah with four laborers, and assisted the colony for a month; he himself measuring the scantling, and setting out the work for the sawyers, and giving the proportion of the houses. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 By filling in behind these scantlings, which can be moved ahead as the filling progresses, the exact level desired can be obtained. Rural Hygiene The sherris mantling Still about each mouth, mayhap, Breeds you insight—just a scantling— Brings me truth out—just a scrap. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning The stable had been nailed tight again, and there were enough scantlings in it to last out three or four days. The Plow-Woman The next process is to build a scaffolding, or skeleton frame, of scantling and quartering. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand Some few feet toward the stairway an oiled wick, jutting from a tiny bronze cup which was bracketed to a scantling, burned and sputtered. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Two pieces of scantling are fastened together in the shape of an X, one for each end, and these are held upright by having pieces nailed on horizontally, from one to the other. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses Some of the trees were of enormous size, and if the quality of the timber be equal to the scantling, Sardinia would supply materials of great value for naval purposes. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. These sections are about ten feet long and two wide, and made by nailing cross pieces to two scantling. The Fight for the Argonne Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man Three only were sea-going, with the light scantling appropriate to their calling as vessels for freight and passenger traffic. Admiral Farragut After the South Fork reservoir broke I was flung out of the building and saw, when I rose to the surface of the water, my wife hanging upon a piece of scantling. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin The kitchen table Nathan had mentioned stood as a centre-pole under a leaning pile of boards and splintered scantlings, and had evidently done much to save the lives of its owners when the roof fell. The Wind Before the Dawn It is an important timber-tree, manufactured into all descriptions of scantlings, boarding and finish, but the wood is of various qualities. The Genus Pinus The beds are supported on framework constructed of upright scantling and cross stringers upon which the bottom boards are laid. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. There are at least four walls to it—a few scantlings over one, protecting one from all space. The Lost Art of Reading In general, scantlings of wood from 1 inch to 3 inches broad. 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. Very fortunately, a large quantity of timber scantling and planking of various kinds and dimensions had been shipped by our far-seeing owner, for the purpose of effecting repairs at sea, if required. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise A burning scantling struck Lucien on the head and sent him to the floor. William Adolphus Turnpike To offset pipe properly and with little trouble, take a piece of scantling 2 by 4 and brace it between the floor and ceiling. Elements of Plumbing Mayo saw that it was a long strip of scantling, undoubtedly from the deckload that the Polly had jettisoned when she was tripped. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 A term sometimes used for the scantling of timbers, the moulding way, and particularly for those bolts that are driven into the hanging and lodging knees, drawn through the ship's sides, and termed in-and-out bolts. 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. Thither, however, I went with some secret expectation of a scantling of good claret. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) In reality it consisted of three stout planks braced together underneath, and resting on scantling supports. William Adolphus Turnpike The floor was laid on 2 × 4 inch scantlings, so there was nothing to keep snakes from working their way under. Land of the Burnt Thigh Mr. Speed boosted Mayo and the young man attached the cloth to the scantling and flung their banner to the breeze. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 A nautical phrase implying ordnance too heavy for a ship's scantling, or a fort over-gunned. 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. Around the sides bunks were framed on pieces of scantling that extended from floor to ceiling, arranged in three tiers, so that a floor space of six feet by four sufficed for six men. Reminiscences of a Rebel You women perceive not, animals without understanding that you are, how much ill lieth hid under this scantling of fair seeming. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio In the walls of our shack the boards ran up and down with a 2 × 4 scantling midway between floor and ceiling running all the way around the room. Land of the Burnt Thigh It was hard, cold work, but they got it done—the mattress stuffed into the hole and the scantling shoring it up. The U-boat hunters The legs of stout scantlings should be fitted with casters, making it easy to remove it to the center of the room where it can be approached on all sides, as will often be necessary. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Although flush vessels, they are little inferior to a 36-gun frigate in scantling, and are much too powerful far any that we have in our service, under the same denomination of rating. Diary in America, Series One And shall also make all the said frame in every point for scantlings larger and bigger in assize than the scantlings of the said new-erected house called the Globe. Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration In one deep hole where the old road had been, a big scantling stuck up with these words painted on it, "They leave all hope who enter here." Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History With musket butts the men beat away the planking, hurled into the flood below burning scantling and brand, and trampled the red out of the charring cross timbers. The Long Roll The piece of scantling will need to be carved a little in order to get a good bearing for the butt of the antlers. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration The 74’s and 80’s are in weight of broadside equal to most three-decked ships; the first-class frigates are double-banked of the scantling, and carrying the complement of men of our 74’s. Diary in America, Series One Every now and then the heavy cars would run off the rails, which were of scantling, worn and frayed by friction. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Get out the scantlings for the house and shop, as the latter will be the first to receive our attention. The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages There was only the churned water, filled with scantlings and torn branches of trees. The Long Roll By drilling into the base of a shed antler, above the burr, in a diagonal direction it may be bolted to a short piece of 2×4 scantling. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration The house, which he owns, is a small shack or shanty constructed of scantlings and slabs. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 But Crosby Pemberton, perched in the elbow of some long scantlings bracing the building, took heart at Sissy's words. The Madigans It was chiefly on account of its property of being easily split into planks, or pieces of light scantling, that the deodar was selected for making the sides of the ladders. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" She was very strong, being oak-built throughout, and copper fastened; her timbers being of the most solid description, and exceptionally heavy scantling. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War There were, of course, thousands of trees on the group, and I had an axe with which to fell them; but when they were felled, how was I to convert them into plank and scantling? The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn Then I went to the yard, got a piece of scantling, took it to the door, and, by battering with it a short time, opened it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 The Commandant took the tools from him and easily pried open the lid, for the scantling was light, almost flimsy. Major Vigoureux The Plate.—As it will be necessary in our job to use two or more lengths of 2" × 4" scantling for the plate, it will be necessary to join them together. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations At this juncture Jake appeared with two heavy pieces of scantling; unmindful of Palmer, he began spiking the props under the edge of the platform. Watch Yourself Go By I saw the slates at the foot of the weathercock, that they were thinly edged and of light scantling. The Adventures of Harry Revel All about them were vast piles of lumber, two-by-fours, scantlings, boardings, shingles,—everything that possibly could be needed in the building of not one, but many structures. The White Desert I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber and deposited all between the scantlings. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform The plate should be laid down on the sill, and marked with a pencil for every scantling to correspond with the sill markings. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations The material of which the church was to be built was tar paper and scantling. The Great War As I Saw It Bailey went out to the front of the shanty to look at the lantern he had set up on a scantling. The Moccasin Ranch A Story of Dakota Oh, I guess I could tell a weathered scantling from a green one, and a long time ago, when I was out here, my father taught me how to scale a log. The White Desert It seemed unusually large for a Guernsey tub… and unusually light in scantling.… The Mayor of Troy Stud, Studding.—The vertical timber or scantling, A, which is one of the small uprights of a building to which the boarding or plastering lath are nailed. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations With large blocks it is often necessary to paste into the jacket, on upper or both sides, boards, scantling or sticks of wood to secure additional rigidity. Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections The sides of it are scantlings and the steps are narrow boards. Sergeant York And His People One piece of yellow pine scantling, placed lengthwise and amidship, mortised into the rear cross-piece to sustain the carriage in sweeping. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The sand and stone storage bins were made of scantlings spiked together, and were necessarily rather shallow on account of the proximity of the tunnels to the street surface. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158 Did a large trade in scantlings, I remember. Love's Comedy This can be done by laying a piece of scantling across the top of the valve, fastening each end to the hand rail on opposite sides of the engine in case of broken stud. The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads These strains are well within the limits of safety, and a comparison of the scantlings of these with the others justifies the assertion as to their general safety from a structural point of view. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Some of the vessels on this side of the water were constructed regardless of any good quality but speed, consequently their scantling was light, and their seagoing qualities very inferior. Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha Instead of supporting the ridge of the annex on a ridge pole, we used the rear guy line of the tent, propping it up with a scantling about 5-1/2 feet long. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island The general employment of the convicts was now as follows: Clearing away ground for cultivation and other necessary work 30 Sawyers sawing scantlings, and boards for buildings 2 2 free. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island All this edifice above the hull of the boat, was of the flimsiest construction, built of pine scantling, liberally decorated with scroll-saw work, and lavishly covered with paint mixed with linseed oil. American Merchant Ships and Sailors The carpenter cuts his wood to a certain scantling. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies I found a hiding place in a pile of boards or scantling, where I kept concealed during that day. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself A 2 by 4 inch scantling 14 feet long was used for the backbone of the boat. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island There was no bureau, only a nail or so in the scantling, and no washstand, of course; the tin basin at the well outside was better. A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others It is very customary to make the braces in pairs so as to use smaller scantling, and gain in lateral stiffness—the two pieces forming one brace by being properly blocked and bolted together. Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building A stout square frame of wood scantling, boarded like a sentry-box, and of about the same size and shape, but without top or bottom, is used in making wells in America. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Nor would you consider it an occasion for especial jollification the day you erected the scantlings around the first floor joists. Certain Success Runner Shoe. them were cut from a 2 by 4 scantling and measured a foot in length. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island The two boys were first on the field, and, without waiting for the scantling which old Sandy had grasped, seized the creature on the side, between the flippers, and lifted it. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 We find, as we approach the centre of the bridge, that the strains on the braces become less, and consequently their scantling should be reduced, but in ordinary practice this is seldom done. Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building He knows how old the earth is within a few hundred million years; how the scantling and joists for it was put together, and all the different kinds of teeth that wild animals have. Ma Pettengill That the greatest strength and economy of material are secured by sawing logs into thin, wide scantling is also beyond question, but don't try to save too closely on a bill of timber. Homes and How to Make Them The front and rear posts of the tent were made from scantlings measuring 2 by 4 inches, which were procured from Mr. Schreiner’s lumber yard. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island It was then cast in plaster of Paris in sections, which were braced and stayed with scantling on the inside of the shell, to be used as patterns in the foundry. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission The strain to which this timber is subjected is caused by the moving load on one panel only—and requires only scantling of the size of the middle braces. Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building The hull of the vessel built of wood, the general arrangement of scantling and materials being the same as in vessels of similar class in Her Majesty's navy. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter Then he picked up a loose scantling and with it pried and wrenched off the top bar of the fence in one section and vaulted into the enclosure. The Night Horseman A patch of wood was nailed to the scantling over each bolt head to prevent the bolt from slipping back into the car. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island On a piece of scantling which lay in the lot where the contest took place, I scratched the score. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography The more usual form is similar to the web members of the Howe Truss—the rods from ¾" to 1" in diameter, and the braces of 6" x 7" scantling, footed on wooden blocks, usually. Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building It contains, like her account of the funeral of the poet, much positive falsehood, and gross improbability, with some slight scantling of foundation in fact. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author He objected to the size of the ship, to the length, breadth, depth, draught of water, height of jack, rake before and aft, breadth of the floor, scantling of the timber, and so on. Men of Invention and Industry The car was completed by laying a couple of boards across from one scantling to the other to serve as seats. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island The third are gratiosi, favorites; such as exceed not this scantling, to be solace to the sovereign, and harmless to the people. The Essays of Francis Bacon She wondered whether she would ever like a plastered room as well as this one lined with scantlings. The Song of the Lark She was quite as active and strong as he, and clambered from rock to rock and over the shattered scantling of the flume with the vigor and agility of a young boy. Blix Victor, with hammer and nails and scraps of scantling, was patching a corner of one of the galleries. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories Carpenter’s Miter Box. the scantling to be set in it. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island Under the north window stood a table with its scantling legs, crossed, and its whitewood board top, as white as hands and ashes could scour it. The Bark Covered House How happy have I been! and how little of that scantling portion of time, called the life of man, is sacred to happiness! much less transport! The Letters of Robert Burns The cleats are two-by-four scantlings, through which holes are bored to admit the bolts with which the box is to be held together. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Four scantlings had come with the boards, and were speedily planted firmly. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys The Backbone and Crosspiece. 216I followed him to the shed at the back of the school and found that he had already procured a couple of scantlings for the frame of the boat. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island Usually an extended line of unfinished shoes bestrode a blackened scantling, like bodiless horsemen, the scantling crossing the shop overhead, just under the roof. In the Midst of Alarms From Louisiana to the Islands they carry cypress wood squared for building, of different scantlings: sometimes they transport houses, all framed and marked out, ready to set up, on landing at their place of destination. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing They were beautifully modelled, with very thick scantling, extremely stout masts, and heavy cannon. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans She looked at the rough roof supported by the four scantlings, and then at her boys. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys First we got a 2 x 4-inch scantling, and cut from it two lengths, each 4 feet 6 inches long. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island Or if I beg her to give me back some scantling of my wit, Wherewith to deal with the folk and live, she answereth, "Hope it ne'er!" The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II They secured two pieces of scantling and reached the top of the wall. The Man in Gray He reports that the Penguin was by actual measurement two feet shorter, and somewhat broader than the Hornet, and with thicker scantling. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans He came into Little O'Grady's dirty and disorderly place, and O'Grady, even before he could scramble forward through his ruck of dusty casts and beplastered scantlings, saw that the blow had fallen. Under the Skylights These were laid on edge just 30 inches apart, and then a number of boards were nailed across from one scantling to the other and sawed Fig. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island Bob produced his scantling and hunted up a big plane. The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize You have not got the scantling for the metal you carry and are always working. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War About two hundred yards off, in the flat, we built a pen of scantlings, about four feet high, and laid planks on it, and so made a platform. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 5. It will send up the price of scantlings, and we was getting on too fast with them. Erema — My Father's Sin The floor thus formed was now turned over so that the scantlings lay uppermost and the sides of the car were then nailed on with their edges overlapping the ends of the floor boards. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island Q.--What are the scantlings of the paddle floats? A Catechism of the Steam Engine Near by, a house front under repair supplied a scantling. From a Bench in Our Square It is believed that they are only in the scantling or upper wood-work. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin He had nearly reached the moulding-box into which the contents of the vessel were to be poured, when he stumbled against a piece of scantling which was lying in his way. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales Then in these blocks holes were drilled which were carried clear through the scantling. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island "I'll answer for that half being forthcoming" said the former speaker; "but for the scantling of truth which is necessary after all, Lord help us!—Geoffrey of Monmouth will be Lord Clarendon to him." The Betrothed Owing to some enthusiastically concerted but ill-directed engineering, the scantling with its human burden had jammed crosswise of the posts. From a Bench in Our Square The bridge, over which presently I rode, was of army waggons weighted with stone, and on top rails with rude scantling. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker It gave men's faces, tanned as they were, the sickly look of people who work in offices, when they lay on their blankets in the bunks made of chicken wire, stretched across mouldy scantlings. Three Soldiers It was made of 2 x 4-inch scantlings supported at intervals on posts driven into the ground. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island In a jiffy, half a dozen carpenters were at work constructing a substantial ladder out of scantlings, while I stood over them in serene command of the situation. A Fool and His Money Loosing his hold on the scantling, he retreated upon the feet of those behind. From a Bench in Our Square These days! these days are the days that do most aptly give an occasion to Christians, of any, to take the exactest measures and scantlings of ourselves. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 Entrance to the cellar was barred by heavy scantlings fastened across the sloping hatch. Quill's Window Great care was taken to securely nail both the flooring and the sides to the scantlings, because these scantlings were to carry the wheels of the car. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island In the corner the fireman crouched, hands uplifted in token of surrender, so the skipper closed the door and shored it up again with the scantling. Cappy Ricks Retires These days, these days of trial, are the days that do most aptly give an occasion to Christians to take the exactest measures and scantlings of ourselves. The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works There was another radiant hour, when the rough flooring for the first story was laid, and, with bare scantlings reared, skeleton-like, all around them, they actually went into their own house. Old Rose and Silver With this he succeeded in prying off the two scantlings. Quill's Window The scantlings were to serve as rails, and Fig. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island We ripped that off and began diggin' up the cargo—crates of chairs, rolls of mattin', some spruce scantling—runnin' the nozzle of the hose down as far as we could get it. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women From Pannonia he sent a piece of board, and from Venetia about two feet of scantling. Nonsense Novels Instead of entirely consuming their timber, as we are obliged to do, some parts of it are converted into useful articles for exportation, such as staves, scantlings, boards, hoops, poles, etc. Letters from an American Farmer It was a piece of scantling about twenty feet long, and not very thick; and to this he saw that he could fasten the pole that he had made up in the woods. Lost in the Fog The common way is to lay the plank-flooring at right angles with the scantling, but a much better way has been adopted in the county of Hastings. Roughing It in the Bush He that saw His patrimonial timber cast its leaf, Sells the last scantling, and transfers the price To some shrewd sharper, ere it buds again. The Task and Other Poems He very nearly did for Major Bustead, smashing at him with a scantling that he ripped from the ship's timbers, sir. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land He ordered that the inside of the room should be boarded up with rough boards, with exposed scantlings on the walls and ceiling. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day Then he drew up the bit of scantling, and bringing the coil of rope, he cut a piece off, and proceeded to fasten to the scantling the pole which he had procured in the woods. Lost in the Fog Pine planks, three inches thick, are then laid across with their ends resting on the scantling. Roughing It in the Bush And before the snow had quite gone the lighter lumber—flooring, scantling, sheeting and shingles—were marshalled to the scene of action. The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies Crash! came the scantling upon the door jamb, shattering it to pieces. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land As a compromise, the management ceased selling liquor, and on the night Churchill visited the place the bar in the promenade was barricaded with scantling and linen sheets. Real Soldiers of Fortune Another long piece of scantling was then placed so as to pass from one to the other of the two crossed sticks, so that it rested upon them. Lost in the Fog The planks are closely wedged together like the flooring of a house, and secured here and there by strong wooden pins, driven into auger-holes bored through the planks into the scantling. Roughing It in the Bush The big, beautiful vessel goes sidewise on the river; the yellow scantlings with which it is loaded sparkle like gold and are dimly reflected in the muddy, vernal water. The Man Who Was Afraid Howling with panic terror, she dashed about the small enclosure, clawing frantically at door and scantling. Further Adventures of Lad "Quite so," the ex-soldier agreed as, taking up a square of scantling, he examined it attentively. Through Russia He also found some bits of scantling, and palings, which were only a foot or so in length. Lost in the Fog When a double track is required, three longitudinal courses of scantling are used, and the ends of the planks meet on the centre one. Roughing It in the Bush I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 Pacific Fleury says to him: 'Bargain cannot be kept, your Majesty; please to quit the Milanese again, and put up with this scantling.' History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 09 The boy held the end of the telescope against one of the veranda scantlings, while the man gazed through it at the sea. Adventure The pieces of scantling thus connected are simply bedded firmly in the ground, which is levelled up to their upper edges. Roughing It in the Bush |
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