| 单词 | sheathing |
| 例句 | And the voices fading as the wires popped their sheathings like hot chestnuts. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept sheathing and unsheathing them with a feeling of intense wellbeing, and used them to rip off its fur. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Just as he stripped off its sheathing, a dark odor of lightning blew through the earth. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There was no radio in the trailer, and the only reading material was a construction industry journal with boring articles about hurricane-resistant roof sheathing and antitermite treatments for plywood. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘What did I tell you, Mr. Pippin?’ said Sam, sheathing his sword. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Annabeth cut down Hasdrubal the Carthaginian, and Jason made the mistake of sheathing his sword. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Pet heaved a sigh and pulled itself together, sheathing the threat it had been sending out. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Before he’d chewed through the sheathing, a fury of teeth attacked him from behind. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Above and below that cap should be metal flashing that extends up against the sheathing to help keep moisture from getting into the main wall. Why exterior bricks may crumble over time, and how you can prevent it 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Over the next two days, our work crew replaces rotten boards on the roof and lays down sheathing in preparation for the shingles. Lending a Library a Hand in Colorado 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Nicholson & Galloway, an exterior restoration contractor experienced with historical domes, repaired cracks in tiles, patched concrete, then layered on new protective materials: a hand-troweled vapor barrier, spray foam insulation, stainless-steel framing, plywood sheathing. Cathedral of St. John Finally Solves a 100-Year-Old Problem 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z What the print does not show is precisely what the gorgeously patterned fabric is doing: intermingling, twisting, twining, sheathing, in a sort of liquid harmony. Kitagawa Utamaro 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z The connecting structure is placed to show a long view between the cabins, revealing the logs and clapboard sheathing with the old stone chimney visible at the end. Historic Log Cabin Renovation 2012-10-08T16:20:03.250Z He began by tightly sheathing the gallery’s row of cast-iron columns in plywood painted differently on each side: red, yellow or blue, or the signature black-and-white stripes. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The enormous spadix, or central spike, on the biggest of the three plants riveted passersby on Wednesday with its ashy maroon color and the glossy green leaf sheathing the base. Rare trio of stinky corpse flowers to bloom at Washington garden 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The enormous spadix, or central spike, on the biggest of the three plants riveted passersby on Wednesday with its ashy maroon color and the glossy green leaf sheathing the base. Rare trio of stinky corpse flowers to bloom at Washington garden 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z “It’s all of its outer sheathing. But at its core, it’s exactly what I think Gillian always intended.” About that ‘Gone Girl' ending 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Myers and Barnes furnish the space with all the typical contents, from laundry machines to dart board, sheathing every object and every surface — including floor, walls, stairwell and beamed ceiling — in felt. 'Understory' is two artists' ode to the American basement, and every surface is covered in felt 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Without proper ventilation, heat and moisture can cause sheathing and rafting to rot, he said. How to tell when your roof needs replacing 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z When the timbered framework and lead sheathing nears completion, at the end of this year, the statues will be put back. Notre Dame cathedral’s iconic spire fell in flames. Now it is set to rise again 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Flames soon rose into the attic, crowded with rafters and sheathing. 'Mayday! ... Firefighters trapped!': The battle to save Victory Baptist Church 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Air infiltration can vary wildly, but modern construction methods, where a tape is applied over the seams of the exterior sheathing as well as around all windows and doors, keeps it to a minimum. Everything you need to know about foam insulation 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Be sure to cover the wood roof sheathing with 30-pound tar paper to prevent wood rot, should you not be an expert roofer. A place for the kids — How to build a magic play or clubhouse for tiny humans 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z One of Epstein-Barr’s proteins resembles a protein made in the brain and spinal cord, which apparently tricks the immune system into attacking the sheathing around nerve cells that’s essential for conducting electrical signals. Science’s 2022 Breakthrough of the Year: A telescope’s golden eye sees the universe anew 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Other early efforts included sheathing the garage in not just vines, but also a shrub, variegated Euonymous. If you slow down and pay attention, there’s much to be learned during a fall garden cleanup 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z I yank out the cymbal stands, put on rubber gloves, sheathing one in a plastic newspaper bag, remove the mouse corpse, and take it to the trash outside. Perspective | Of mice and man: Hunting a mouse and missing my wife 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z By the end of the week, I’m balancing atop a ladder, drilling screws into the sheathing around the tiny-house frame. ‘We build each other up’: Carpentry classes for and by women 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z For much of the pandemic, owner Garret Cockrell fielded 100 calls per day from builders desperate to get their hands on wooden panels or sheathing products. How the covid economy triggered soaring costs at this dream home Petersen opted for an interior French drain and sump pump, along with the addition of plastic sheathing along the walls of his foundation. What to do when Seattle’s groundwater woes make a soggy mess of your basement | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z There weren’t many decibels left in the old network; wires had corroded and cable sheathing had become rat snacks, and in 1985, L.A. Cold War L.A. could have been a nuclear target. One response: the fallout shelter 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z At my daughter’s home, I insisted that the floor of the porch be completely separated from the house to prevent water from harming the house’s floor joists and sheathing. Building a covered front porch to resist rain, add social space 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z If the walls have no insulation, installers can drill holes in the sheathing and blow insulation into cavities. How to upgrade the insulation in your home 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Clogged gutters and downspouts prevent rain and melting snow from draining safely away, and they let water wick up underneath the roofing, causing the trim boards or even roof sheathing to rot. 9 home maintenance tasks for your November to-do list 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z So he added noncombustible sheathing, which he said makes the structures’ main materials noncombustible, in theory, up to 2,600 degrees. What does it take to build a disaster-proof house? 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Known for wrapping famous landmarks in fabric, Christo had dreamed of sheathing the 50m-high monument since renting a nearby apartment in the 1960s. Arc de Triomphe wrapped in fabric in tribute to artist 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z For example, instead of using wood-based exterior sheathing for homes, some are considering a shift to rigid board insulation, which is made of foam. Habitat for Humanity struggles with high construction costs 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Or they can install foam panels on the sheathing before the new siding goes on. How to upgrade the insulation in your home 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z If they are properly installed with sheathing underneath, noise is not an issue, he says. Roofing roundup: The best choices to top off a Seattle home | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z That work included a mostly new support structure of rafters and sheathing, and a return to the original roof line by removing three dormers that were added during the time the home was apartments. Woman slowly restoring historic Davenport house 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Prices are on a tear for those bonded wood-chip sheets commonly used as sheathing for walls, floors and roofs in new home construction. Homebuyers’ wallets hammered as prices spike for plywood substitute 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Sponge in hand, he begins wiping the plastic sheathing that protects an intricate bundling of wire, the actual cables, inside. L.A. area finally has its own 'postcard' bridge — a $1.4-billion landmark in Long Beach 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The shingles heat up, as does the roof lumber, sheathing and everything in the attic. Perspective | Pedestal sinks are stylish. But how practical are they? 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Although you should be able to obtain a binding contract at the estimate price, most roofers will insist on provisions for extra charges if they will find damaged fascia, sheathing or structural lumber. Finding a roofer who will have you covered 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z It was a bittersweet day with a team of medical workers singing “Happy Birthday” from the hallway, just outside a modified door made from plastic sheathing and a zipper. The Nurse Was Holding Up. Then Her 3 Close Relatives Were Brought In. 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z SIPs — structural insulated panels — are engineered panels used to construct walls, ceilings and floors, creating a multi-layer exterior sheathing, insulation and framing all in one piece. It’s a ‘snap’: Couple opts for something a little different 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Exterior sheathing on the ADU is cedar shake shingles painted to match the main house. Enduring less ado with an ADU 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z “The volunteers don’t do things like the foundation, electrical or plumbing work, but they can do framing, sheathing, insulation, painting, trim work and put in cabinets,” Huxtable says. Sweat equity can be a pushup to homeownership 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Remove and dispose of existing roofing to bare wood sheathing. Home remodeling projects that pay you back the most 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Plastic sheathing and sandbags were brought in to stop the flow and save the land below. Forecasters turn to array of technology to fight floodwaters 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Plastic sheathing and sandbags were brought in to stop the flow and save the land below. Forecasters turn to array of technology to fight floodwaters 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The sheathing allows farmers to harvest fruit and vegetables one month earlier than they would be able to if they were growing in open fields. Produce growers in sunny south Spain brace for Brexit pain 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Rotting exterior clapboards and sheathing are in such rough shape that they wouldn’t support a handyman’s ladder, Crossman said. Robert Indiana’s home needs love if it’s to be a museum 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Rotting exterior clapboards and sheathing are in such rough shape that they wouldn’t support a handyman’s ladder, Crossman said. Robert Indiana’s home needs love if it’s to be a museum 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z BEIJING—Chinese leaders are stepping up a charm offensive with U.S. multinationals and sheathing earlier threats of retaliation as Beijing changes tack to keep the trade fight with Washington from scaring off foreign investors. China Woos U.S. Companies Again, Drops Trade Threats 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z While you should be able to obtain a binding contract at the estimate price, most roofers will insist on provisions for extra charges if they will find damaged fascia, sheathing or structural lumber. Fix a leaky roof without draining your wallet 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z These include the identification of glial-derived factors that promote the formation and elimination of synapses, and the characterization of signals that induce the formation of myelin, the lipid sheathing on neurons. Ben Barres (1955–2017) 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Emulation approximates the behavior of hardware, sheathing its virtual circuits in software layers capable of conversing with modern processors. This Is What a Super Nintendo Plus Magic Looks Like 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z During a nova, a white dwarf star sucks in hydrogen from a neighboring star, sheathing itself in a layer of stolen gas. Astronomers discover an ancient exploding star after a 30-year search 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z In the 18th Century the Royal Navy began sheathing ships in copper - dramatically improving speed - and the dreadnought revolutionised naval warfare in the run up to World War One. Royal Navy submarines of the future conceptualised - BBC News 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Workers removed the distressed, aging copper sheathing in the fall of 2015 and installed a new copper roof. Artists will reuse century-old copper from Statehouse dome 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Steel roof trusses were covered with wood sheathing. The Oakland Fire: What Happened Inside the Ghost Ship 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z The sheathing consists of three plastic pieces that fit together with a ball-and-socket design. Fix an iPhone Cable the Stylish Way—With Electrical Tape 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Exterior work will include replacing rotten wood and repairing the plaster sheathing on brick walls. Restoration begins on a 134-year-old Galveston chapel 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Father and son plucked dried corn kernels from their brown sheathing, tossing unusable white kernels to a starving pig that survived the storm. Haitians, Battered by Hurricane, Huddle in Caves: ‘This Is the Only Shelter We Have’ 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The same armed youths who appear in the arcade are now sheathing their swords. Does This Mysterious Mosaic Depict Alexander the Great? Steel roof trusses were covered with wood sheathing. The Oakland Fire: What Happened Inside the Ghost Ship 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z The sheathing is a bit bulky, but it remained resilient even after I applied considerable force. Fix an iPhone Cable the Stylish Way—With Electrical Tape 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Some Indian solar companies now offer metal ties or sheathing to hold solar panel cables in place to minimize the “monkey menace”. Insurance could protect India's solar panels from 'monkey menace' 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The project is "skinned"- as in made to look like an exact replica of a female emperor Scorpion with artistically placed and sculpted metal sheathing. Buy this giant, flame-shooting scorpion truck from Burning Man 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s sheltered by a standing seam metal roof, and clad with board and batten sheathing painted green. They wanted to ‘do something cool’ for their Va. vacation home. So they got a silo. 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Steel roof trusses were covered with wood sheathing. The Oakland Fire: What Happened Inside the Ghost Ship 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z One big innovation in the building of modular units is that they are constructed “inside-out,” with the drywall installed before the sheathing rather than after, as it is in the field. Modular construction is an increasingly popular way to grow a house 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Ageing involves the gradual deterioration of the myelin sheathing that surrounds some nerves, and which, alongside glial cells, comprises the brain's white matter. Ageing: Restoration project : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z The underlayment I used on my house sticks to the wood sheathing and it sticks to itself. How to fix a roof ‘canyon’ that ices up and leaks into the house 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Warm ash wood sheathing on the structural beam, shelving and trim contrasts well with the sleek white cabinetry. A midcentury modern gets an update in Alexandria 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z If you use the special tape made for this sheathing to waterproof the seams, you’ve accomplished step one. How to properly install flashing tape to keep your windows waterproof 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z “There’s normally a race to get ‘dried-in’ with plywood sheathing to protect everything from the weather on a job site,” Winn says. Modular construction is an increasingly popular way to grow a house 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Even in the warmest house, one’s extremities habitually need sheathing. Should slippers shuffle off this mortal coil? | Lucy Mangan and Faye Schopen 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Workers are caulking the boat, repairing planks, replacing walkways and structural members, adding drainage points and applying a sheathing that protects against shipworms. Brooklyn Sites Get $2.6 Million to Undo Hurricane Sandy’s Toll 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z The protective sheathing of boulders seemed to be working. I-10 at washed out bridge in California to reopen Friday 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z That was a good catch that you noticed the gap between the nailing flange of the window and the wall sheathing. How to properly install flashing tape to keep your windows waterproof 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture will display copper fastenings and sheathing that was used to hold the ship together, as well as iron ballast used for weight. African American History Museum to Host Artifacts from Wrecked Slave Ship 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Copper fastenings and copper sheathing indicated a wreck of a later period, and there was also iron ballast – often found on slave ships as a means of counterbalancing the variable weights of their human cargo. South Africa beach service to honour slaves drowned in 1794 shipwreck 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Within the brain, it’s the white matter—or the fatty sheathing on nerve cells that serves as insulation and connective tissue—that suffers the most. Mayweather, Pacquiao and the Physics of Brain Injury 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z And the whole building is wrapped in scaffolding and protective sheathing. LEGISLATURE ‘15: Things to know as lawmakers return 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z First and foremost, your exterior wall sheathing must be waterproofed. How to properly install flashing tape to keep your windows waterproof 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z All that the builder or carpenter needs to fix the issue is a few wall studs and possibly a scrap of exterior wall sheathing. Defects in a house under construction They said an artefact recovered on site could be the remains of protective copper sheathing, and if it was, then “the ship could even not be dated to a time before the late 18th century”. Haiti shipwreck is not Columbus’s Santa Maria, says Unesco 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Stonlea’s outer shell was stripped down to the studs and the building was made airtight: foundation repaired, sills patched, chimneys repointed, new insulation installed, the roof recovered with more solid sheathing and wood shingles. Greening the Gilded Age 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Be sure to remove any of the old nails that are probably still sticking into the roof sheathing. Ask the Builder: Replace the shingles, not the roof Andresen and others in the group are elated to have the roof sheathing go on because ever since the start of their efforts, that’s the question everyone asked. Group works to save dilapidated Iowa school 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z He actually reviews the phone fairly favorably, calling the 5c a “terrific phone,” but notes that just “sheathing last year’s phone in shiny plastic isn’t a stunning advance.” Apple’s iPhone 5s and 5c: Review Roundup 2013-09-18T14:19:00Z Exposure to saltwater accelerated the corrosion for many metallic parts, and reduced the useful life of equipment like cloth cable sheathings. For Now, M.T.A.’s Flooding Plan Still Relies on Sandbags and Plywood 2013-05-17T02:39:21Z Archaeologists carefully analysed the hull, fastenings and sheathing and were able to date the ship's construction to the mid-19th Century. Mysterious shipwreck identified 2012-05-26T09:07:23Z And on Harding sped, without reply, while Leyton, sheathing his sword, which he had cast down, followed him, inquiring, "Is it far?" The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z When left to guard the apartment, he kept to a mat inside the door, gradually sheathing it with a coat of silver-grey hair. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Stem 1–2° high, beset with purplish scales, the lower sheathing; flowers racemed, bracteate, brownish-purple, 6–8´´ long. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z This was a most conspicuous plant with columns of the palest green leaves sheathing the flower spikes which grew fully 5 feet in height. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Although, therefore, an extremely small steamer, she had been built in the strongest manner, with extra beams, thick iron sheathing, and every other improvement which might render her comparatively safe in the ice. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z And he walked carelessly away, sheathing his sword as he went. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z When I drew rein by him he was sheathing his sword. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Ovary hairy.—Tall perennials, growing in water, with loosely sheathing leaves, and spikelets in a lax panicle. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z And sheathing his sword, he caught the trembling Sophia by the hand, and ran with her down the path. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z To brace this bark sheathing the Yahgan made ribs of split saplings that looked like hickory barrel hoops—ribs at once strong and light—while the rails and beams were made of round wood. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z By the next day he was completely paralyzed with a respirator breathing for him: Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune disease, was rapidly and efficiently stripping his motor nerves of their myelin sheathing, short-circuiting them all. Books: ?Blue Water, White Water? Review - Sleepless and in Pain, a Patient Watched 2012-03-12T17:18:48Z The whisper of love and the oath of despair,—a few inches of sheathing alone divided them. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Leaves alternate, mostly compound, the petioles expanded or sheathing at base, rarely with true stipules. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z It it very true that this Oil sometimes immediately allays the Gripes, by involving, or sheathing up, as it were, the acid Humours, and somewhat blunting the Sensibility of the Nerves. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z The water should, however, be so used as not to run down into the sheathing bases of the leaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Ralph landed with a thud against the inside sheathing of the tower. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z In the left-hand corner, near the door, Petersen had extemporized a stove out of some tin sheathing torn from the "Hope," with a funnel of the same material running out of the roof. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Trees, with alternate palmately lobed leaves, sheathing stipules, and monœcious flowers in separate globose heads. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Its sheathing of camphor-wood still exhaled the pungent odor of the aromatic tree. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Bungay Castle, the castle of the Bigods, is quite gone; so is the Benedictine nunnery; so is the industry of giving copper sheathing to the bottoms of ships. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Buds.—One or two; borne in sheathing bracts. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The cut-water flew into splinters, and the iron sheathing of the bows was torn off as if it had been paper. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Cotyledon taper, bent and coiled.—Slender branching herbs, growing under water, with mostly opposite long and linear thread-form entire leaves, and sheathing membranous stipules. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z And if that doesn’t work, they should proceed to the spaghetti with bottarga to study the way the mullet roe sauce wraps itself around every strand, sheathing it in creamy maritime intensity. Restaurant Review: Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria - NYC - Restaurant Review 2012-02-14T23:18:30Z The greater part of the sword has been broken away and lost, which has given rise to the supposition that he is sheathing a dagger. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z Flowers.—Four to seven; contained in two nearly equal sheathing bracts. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z As the stranger was in the act of sheathing his weapon he observed Garinter, and rode forward to meet him, saluting him with a courteous mien. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Stipules membranous, more or less united and sheathing. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Duck roofing has been successfully applied by first laying and tacking down a covering of two-ply asphalt paper, and upon this was spread a covering of resin-sized sheathing paper, tacked in the usual manner. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z It is a stopping for a hollow tooth; it is a sheathing for the wire that conveys the electric spark across the Channel. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z But in this blossom the bracts do not constitute the brilliant part of the inflorescence, and the calyx, instead of being the showy, sheathing envelop it is in the paint-brush, is quite small and inconspicuous. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Showing all rafters in place and method of sheathing roof. Economy of the Round Dairy Barn 2011-12-18T03:00:20.633Z Capsule splitting when ripe into 3–6 carpels, which separate from a persistent central axis.—Perennials, with rush-like, fleshy leaves, below sheathing the base of the wand-like naked and jointless scape. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z She stood for a long time, motionless, at a point where a little stream tinkled pleasantly over the stones beneath its first thin sheathing of ice. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Treatment.—This must be much the same as in diarrhœa—sheathing the mucous membrane, and inviting action to the surface. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z When the flowers first open they stand erect, held in the shining chalice formed by the two sheathing green leaves. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z After the rafters were all in place and temporarily braced, the 1 × 2-inch sheathing was put on, as shown in Fig. Economy of the Round Dairy Barn 2011-12-18T03:00:20.633Z Otherwise as Tussilago.—Perennial woolly herbs, with the leaves all from the rootstock, white-woolly beneath, the scape with sheathing scaly bracts, bearing heads of purplish or whitish fragrant flowers, in a corymb. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z It happened to like teasing its prey, letting it think that it had escaped, sheathing the claws that had caught it, and playing with it. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z At fifteen points doubled are green skins which are put for sheathing when required, fastened only above in the places needed, as in the bastion there are four at each curtain well flanked. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi 2011-11-02T02:00:10.087Z Scapes.—Flesh-colored; six to twenty-four inches high, with two to four scarious, sheathing bracts. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z No chalk line was necessary, as the shingles were laid by the sheathing. Economy of the Round Dairy Barn 2011-12-18T03:00:20.633Z See, most noble duke, whether the walls of this city are able to protect Vortigern against my sheathing this sword in his bowels. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Andrea Pisano's Temperance sits next to his Justice, with the sword and scales; she too has a sword, even as Justice has, but she is either sheathing it or drawing it with reluctance. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z “I have already told you I am a friend,” replied Catesby, sheathing his sword. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z This plant is white and ghostlike throughout, has stems a foot or two high, but no leaves—only three to five scarious sheathing bracts. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z At first a sheathing stipule, like a little leafy ruffle, grows at the base of each leaf, but this is shed before midsummer. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The people were happy, prosperous, and, there being no favoritism toward any sect under the new state constitutions, but perfect equality and freedom, the Religion of Humanity meant sheathing of controversial swords also. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z No, I mean to fasten some painted canvas over the hole and nail some copper sheathing outside the canvas to protect it. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z “I am fairly entrapped,” he said, sheathing his sword, and advancing towards them. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z "The knot is loosed," Alexander said quietly, sheathing his sword. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The new growths appear on the top or sides, and the lines round the circumference show where the sheathing papery scale-leaves were attached. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z It ends with the guard of cherubim withdrawn; or rather, perhaps, sheathing their swords and becoming guides to the no longer forbidden fruit, instead of being its guards. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour 2011-09-03T02:00:17.117Z What people don't understand when they dismiss real ale fans as soaks sheathing their habits in tradition, added Edwards, was the element of connoisseurship and simple enjoyment. Real ale wins new generation of fans 2011-08-03T18:39:47Z The box car was old and much of its inner sheathing had disappeared. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z "Farewell," Leonidas said, sheathing his sword and extending his hand to the captain. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The window openings were a structural part of the framing, not just holes cut in the sheathing. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Then the minister saw the reaper sheathing his sickle and hurrying away. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z Messrs McNeill & Co., of London, were the originators of “asphalted-felt” for roofing and, among other styles, place on the market sheathing felt, inodorous felt, dry hair felt, foundation felt, &c., &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z He inserted it in the opening and the plank door, which could not, at first glance, be told from part of the cave sheathing, swung open. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z I believe he wanted to turn the metal sheathing of the roofs into money. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z His clear skin was the color of new copper sheathing, and his straight black hair that was gathered sailor fashion into a queue was as coarse as a horse's mane. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z There," said Oswald, coolly sheathing his weapon, "take thy sword. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z "He is done for," said the other, sheathing his blade through the curtain. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z We found our Madagascar ship much worm-eaten in her sheathing, which we helped as well as we could by new nailing and by taking out some pieces of her sheathing, and putting new ones in. A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before 2011-04-07T02:00:17.607Z A sheathing bract enclosing one or several flowers is called a spathe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z “You are a brave fellow!” cried the Marquis, sheathing his sabre; and in a moment the warriors were locked in a brotherly embrace. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z The space between the sheathing and lath, to the height of about a foot, should be filled with concrete. House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 2011-03-12T03:00:26.220Z Staring about, he found his clothes hanging from hooks on the ship's sheathing. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z A primer: Rear and front bumpers, now mostly vinyl sheathing over a metal shock-absorbing bar, are meant to protect vehicles from major body damage in minor crashes. 2011 Infiniti QX56 SUV 2011-03-04T18:14:01Z In Broomfield, less than 10 miles from Westminster, applications are approved in a matter of days, but there are arcane stipulations about the thickness of underpanel sheathing and rack components. Solar Firms Frustrated by Permits 2011-01-20T02:00:05Z The big river had already thrown off its winter sheathing and was running full and free. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z The vessel had rubbed off a great deal of the sheathing from her bows, and became very leaky from the strokes she received when she fell on the edge of the ice. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z He had but time to swing the tiller when the boat scraped against the whaler's sheathing and Eagan caught a dangling fall. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z War's dread experiences had not so seared the heart of Balboa that he could be insensible to pity for his helpless captive, and, sheathing his sword, he gathered her in his arms. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z "Be it so," said Parry, sheathing his dagger and stepping aside. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Leaves concave, sheathing the lower part of the stem. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z "Surrender!" shouted the unmanly Munchausen, noticing that Villiam was sheathing his blade, and bearing gracefully down upon him in an elaborate equestrian polka. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z He had been accustomed to blunt-bowed whalers with solid planking forward and steel sheathing aft to the waist. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z MS is an autoimmune disease that occurs when immune cells called T cells attack the protective myelin sheathing around the nerves of the central nervous system, resulting in symptoms such as paralysis and blindness. Discovery May Lead to Better Multiple Sclerosis Treatments 2010-03-29T13:00:00Z The sheathing membrane that it obviates sells for roughly $6 a square foot, including installation. Hycrete: Keeping The Water Out 2010-02-25T16:40:00Z The sheathing cups of its stem are white, with both their upper and lower margins black. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z Fire-proof sheathing and felt are used for flooring and roofing; fire-proof curtains have been made for the stage, and even clothing for firemen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The dock rat, catapulted through the air, crashed against the sheathing of the starboard wall. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Any ordinary man would find it a difficult thing to lift, but Roger, sheathing his sword, picked it up and used it with both hands as a quarter staff. The Great Mogul In one instance, however, I worked two weeks on a ship, at "sheathing," on but five ounces of food a day, and was never better in my life, and never felt less fatigue at night. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician The broad sheathing footstalks of the leaves, which enfold the young umbels, not being esteemed good to eat fresh, were peeled, and added to the syra, see p. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z The light of the moon showed the sheathing boards of the ship floating all round, and at last her false keel. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 The jib boom swung off toward a lower shelf of ice, and the crash that followed as the stout sheathing cut through the floes drove the Russians to their knees. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z For a distance fully one-third of its length the thin sheathing of the canoe had been cut as if with the slashing blow of a sharp knife. Stranded in Arcady And sheathing his sabre, he resumed, but at a more moderate pace, the flight which had for a moment been interrupted. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 The thread-shaped leaf of the Onion fulfils the same office, and the nourishing matter it prepares is deposited in its sheathing base, forming one of the concentric layers of the onion. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools We have been compelled to unsheath the sword, and we pray that no heart may falter, and no cry arise for the sheathing of the sword, until justice be done. The Great Discovery But having "tried it" once or twice with very indifferent success, he shook his head and, sheathing his weapon, sat down again and grew more despondent than ever. Our Admirable Betty A Romance It is the bitter time of year When iron is the ground, With hasp and sheathing of black ice The forest lakes are bound, The world lies snugly under snow, Asleep without a sound. Later Poems The functional significance of this sheathing arrangement is as obscure as its morphological origin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The same, advanced; the second and third leaves developing, while the sheathing first leaf does not further develop. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The sides of frame buildings are covered with siding, which is fastened to a sheathing of rough boards nailed to the studs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" I had my arms around the spindle of the steeple, making a hitch, and my head pressed against the copper sheathing, when I heard a most unearthly screech. Careers of Danger and Daring It was "Sigurd's House," and as such he accepted it, counting its artistically shingled walls and heavy layers of sheathing paper no more than his just deserts. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road This was the discovery of the value of copper plates as a material for sheathing their bottoms. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships "So be it, comrade," replied the other, again sheathing his half-drawn rapier. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 Three more cars at the cost of two more lives the crew cleared, while the sheathing of ice spread over the steel inboard, and dissolution of all the cargo became complete. The Indian Drum The canes always present distinct rings at the junction of the sheathing leaves with the stem. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The bent timbers on the inside are of natural growth, the sheathing boards are an inch and a half in thickness, firmly riveted, the iron bolts clinched on either end. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Previously to this period lead was the metal used for sheathing purposes, and even it was only employed occasionally. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships It is used for concrete forms, sheathing, studding and for dairy containers and packages that must be odorless and tasteless. The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan As Told in the Camps of the White Pine Lumbermen for Generations During Which Time the Loggers Have Pioneered the Way Through the North Woods from Maine to California; Collected from Various Sources and Embellished for Publication Then our enemies broke and fled, but flee as they would we followed them swift of foot, sheathing our spears in their backs as they ran, or in their breasts as they turned. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story At times he seemed to start, and at length, sheathing his dagger and grasping her hand, he exclaimed—"Excellent, Elspeth!—ye have it!—ye have it!" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Other sheathings of various sizes in bronze have been found, which proves this to have been the universal method adopted to protect the wood pivots. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" "We are forced to let them escape," said Veer, sheathing his sword. The Golden Age in Transylvania There was ice everywhere, rising to half the tower's height, sheathing the ground. Black Amazon of Mars She shook her head, and looked at the flowing lines of green water which melted into snow, as they came curving, with glass-clear backs, to the ruddy streak of the yacht's sheathing. A Marriage at Sea And although there was a heavy and awkward sheath of artificial fabric about the alien, he observed with a rising fascination that the bulging of the thoracic sheathing indicated that it was female. Fair and Warmer With looks of astonishment and even of anger, the dragoons retired, while the captain sheathing his sword, approached Mark. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago This sheathing left little room for the entrance of light and much for the entrance of cold. Toilers of the Sea He thought of these cold creatures going forth, building again their great towers of stone, sheathing half a world in ice that would never melt. Black Amazon of Mars Theseus wondered at her, and, sheathing his sword, came softly up to her, and bade her have no fear. Tales of Troy and Greece Despite the ugly sheathing, there was something about her that was quite pleasant. Fair and Warmer Knight in surcoat over chain armour, hauberk but no helmet; right arm and left hand gone, but head turned to left and attitude is that of drawing or sheathing his sword. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See The planking had been sawed, the timber cut with the hatchet, the ironwork with a file, the sheathing with the chisel. Toilers of the Sea He looked at Ciara, not knowing what to do, and it seemed to him that the sheathing frost had melted, just a little, around her face. Black Amazon of Mars "Gracious Heavens! such was not my purpose," exclaimed Tausdorf, when he saw the blood flowing; and, sheathing his sword, he gazed for a while with looks of compassion on his fallen adversary. Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians Plants with sheathing stipules, surrounding the stem above the base of each leaf POLYGONACEAE, p. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State I know her not by fallen leaves Or resting heaps of hay; Or by the sheathing mists of mauve That soothe the fiery day. Song-Surf The garret window having no frame, he had nailed across it a piece of iron sheathing, part of the wreck of a ship. Toilers of the Sea He reported that the marks of the grappling-hook in the roof sheathing were unmistakable, too. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure Under favour, sister," panted Netz, sheathing his sword: "Allow your servant to fetch my horse directly. Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians With sheathing stipules surrounding the stem at the base of each leaf POLYGONACEAE, p. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State But let us pass on; there is a vessel waiting for us, though we should be loth to trust to her sheathing, no longer sea-worthy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The leaves are three or four in number, flat, lanceolate, erect and sheathing; and there is no stem. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" The schooner careened until her copper sheathing showed red against the green and white of the foaming waves. Doubloons—and the Girl Suddenly, as is the blizzard's habit, it came upon us, sheathing our rain-sodden clothing in ice. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas Leaves with sheathing stipules encircling the stem above the base of every leaf POLYGONACEAE, p. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State The sheathing of the house has all been renewed and an ell, which used to extend up Simonds street, has been taken down. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 This sheathing with sheet copper is not necessary. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 All the starboard side of the bulk-head was filled by a piano, which was bevelled off at its lower right-hand corner so as to fit against the sheathing. The Recipe for Diamonds The wild oxalis Among the valleys Lifts up its chalice Of pink and pearl; And, balsam-breathing, From out their sheathing, The myriad wreathing Green leaves uncurl. Weeds by the Wall Verses Grasses, with linear or narrow sheathing leaves, and very small flowers without perianth in the axils of chaffy bracts, appearing in late spring and summer. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State This frame was made of willows, like a basket, and, when finished, was covered with a sheathing of skins. Cyrus the Great Makers of History “I watched you,” said he, sheathing the weapon, as if he had changed his mind about the use of it. Claim Number One Faith!" cried he, sheathing his bloodless sword, "'tis a merry gathering for my Lord of Salisbury to look upon. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts Carse and Friday, grotesque giants in the bulky sheathings of stiff, many-plied fabric, turned as one and peered through their quartzite face shields to where the navigator's bulging eyes directed them. Hawk Carse The disintegrating rays which had been burning at the Sandra had been snapped off with the sheathing of invisibility; in that one wild second of impact, all the asteroid's functioning mechanism had been destroyed. The Passing of Ku Sui In this navigation the boatmen were careful to protect the leather sheathing from injury by avoiding all contact with rocks, or even with the gravel of the shores. Cyrus the Great Makers of History He himself was protected by the lining of his clothing, the plastic sheathing inside. The Skull Only the ribs and stanchions are still held together by the stout keel timbers and lower sheathing. Due South or Cuba Past and Present The control room sheathing held it out stoutly. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 Death only drops off the garment of the flesh; there are innumeral sheathings yet to be shed, before the soul grows the wings with which to soar to the celestial realms, where Love reigns supreme. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex In that searching light she could even make out great patches where the rotting sheathing of the house had been torn away, leaving the framework beneath naked and gaunt and bare. Once to Every Man “What’s the matter with your curtains?” he demanded, sheathing his revolver and pointing with an expletive to the big sheet of plate glass. Nan of Music Mountain Wrapped in a sheathing of oiled tissue paper was a monstrous cake, layer on layer, like a Chinese pagoda. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure Then, with a quick, strong jerk of his body he crashed the steel frame of his helmet square against the cuttlefish's sheathing of glass. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 Often, too, the brig would leave bits of sheathing on the ice against which she grazed. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Near the keel was found a round hole, an inch in diameter, running completely through the copper sheathing and planking. Tales of Fishes It can only be distinguished from the white form of the A. phalloides by its closer sheathing volva and perhaps a more ovate pileus when young. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth In order to prevent barnacles from injuring a ship's bottom, sheathing is put on. Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly His green eyes shone with an uncanny light, and his long claws were constantly sheathing and unsheathing themselves, as if they longed to scratch somebody. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. At the end of some days the ship's bottom was freed, and could be inspected; it had not suffered, thanks to its solidity; only its copper sheathing was nearly torn away. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras The ship, after settling on the rock, had broken her back, and the great timbers, where the copper sheathing and planks had been torn away, stood up like naked ribs supporting nothing. The Tale of Timber Town But our Ship was sheathed, and the Worm came no farther than the Hair between the sheathing Plank, and the main Plank. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690 He changes deadly acids into balms, but he has no skill for taking envy's poisons out of the tongue, or sheathing the keen sword of hatred. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character And that flame died out quickly, and the piece of sheathing only glowed, for it was all burned to ashes, and the ashes dropped down where the other ashes were. The Sandman: His Sea Stories The two cowmen leaped for their seats, Sandy temporarily sheathing one gun. Rimrock Trail Rolling him over the two grasped the edge of the heavy hide and endeavoured to unroll it, but they might as well have tried to unroll the iron sheathing of a boiler. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country Then she came forward swiftly, and, even as she did so, the Sea Queen heeled over, rolling and trembling from her copper sheathing upwards. Hurricane Island The planks were bent by main strength to fit in their places, and as there was an abundance of nails and other necessary articles on board, the sheathing was finished in two days. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson But, at last, he turned away, and he went to the men who had the sheathing all sawed and split into small sticks, and he bought that sheathing, every bit of it. The Sandman: His Sea Stories She laughed an excited, confident little laugh and hugged Ange Pitou, who closed his eyes in ecstasy sheathing and unsheathing his sharp claws. The Maids of Paradise At one point there was a jagged break in the inside sheathing. Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail The sheathing boards should be matched if possible and of uniform thickness, laid close, and free from nails, protruding knots, and sharp edges. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Another apparently terrestrial organism of the lower formation, of, however, rare occurrence, very much resembles a sheathing bract or spathe. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed And it was, of course, to the outer skin that the copper sheathing was to be attached. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure He smiled in reply and, sheathing his sword, stepped boldly forward into the interior of the Panchronicon. The Panchronicon A sheathing on the outside plank between the timbers is laid vertically and fastened to horizontal furring strips. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 It is impossible to explain satisfactorily the sheathing of the tiger's claws on his account alone; did Cervantes exercise unconsciously a mesmeric influence over Azan? The True Story Book For the first time those Asiatics who had forgotten Marathon discovered the overwhelming superiority that the sheathing of heavy armour gave the Greek hoplites over the lighter armed Median spearmen. A Victor of Salamis But before this was undertaken they painted her three coats of zinc white, and, as soon as this was dry, laid on her copper sheathing and hung her rudder. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure Metal sheathing shall be dealt with, by allowing in full the cost of a weight equal to the gross weight of metal sheathing stripped off, minus the proceeds of the old metal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" "Thanks, Du Couëdic," said De Chanlay, "I am of the same opinion; so here I am"—and sheathing his sword at these words, the young man issued from his retreat and approached the group. The Regent's Daughter The keel was deep and made of thick oak beams, and there was no trace of any metallic sheathing; but an iron anchor was found almost rusted to pieces. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest Supported by them, and pressing against the roof or "hanging," were other great timbers known as "wall plates," and behind these was a compactly laid sheathing of split timber spoken of as "lagging." The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines He stepped down into the street, sheathing his pistol. 'Firebrand' Trevison The sloop had to be run ashore to have its sheathing repaired, but this, with some work of less importance necessary to the Thetis, did not take long. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Scientists have long known of it, and if we unlock it from its hard sheathing of technical terms, we shall find it as simple and as easy to understand as it is interesting. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The lower part of the stem is sometimes covered at maturity with the sheathing portion of the veil, the upper part only appearing as a ring. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. The departing Federals did their work of destruction fairly well; for the great ship was burnt to the upper edge of her copper sheathing, and sank to the bottom of the river. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 They grew quickly larger, and as the heat increased in intensity there shone from the two great bulbs of metal sheathing an iridescence that blinded like a sight into a blast furnace. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror The vessels had actually sustained no further damage than the loss of a few spars and a considerable portion of the copper sheathing, involving no further leakage than there had been before. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century “As you ride a trail study how to improve it,” added the Supervisor, sheathing his ax. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range Tar and hair, or brown paper dipped in tar and oil, is laid between the sheathing and the bottom. 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. Having already been thirty years in service, the sheathing was very much worn, and her keel was not studded with nails, which might have served instead of sheathing to protect her from parasites. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century But when he again looked up it was to see Harlan’s lips twisting into a cold smile—to see Harlan slowly sheathing the gun he had held in his right hand. 'Drag' Harlan Disfigured though she was by a shattered foremast, the Revenge made a gallant picture as she leaned to show the copper sheathing which flashed like gold. Blackbeard: Buccaneer It was:—How vain are all the boasted sheathings of the armour of self-righteousness; and how safe and glorious isPg 84 that “white linen” covering of the righteousness of Jesus! The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young A caulker's tool for tearing oakum out of a seam, or stripping copper or sheathing from a ship's bottom. 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 sheathing was greatly worn, and the keel quite gnawed away by worms; they coated it with pitch and warm tar mixed together. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century And while sheathing it, he is told how near he has been to doing that which would ever after have made him miserable. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea "I hail the omen!" exclaimed Paullus, sheathing his sword, and thrusting the tress of hair into his bosom. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 It was a vast cavern of metal sheathing and spidery girders, filled with sound and detail. Space Platform The term is now applied to sheathing a vessel with planking over felt. 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. Byron remarked a singular fact, since fully verified, that the copper sheathing of his vessels appeared to disperse the fish, which he expected to meet with in large quantities. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century The gleaming curves of her neck and shoulders rose out of their filmy sheathings of lace. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 As a matter of fact, the side strips and outside braces were used three times, while much of the ⅞-in. sheathing was destroyed by being used once. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The superiority of speed, as well, lay with Rodney because more of his ships had copper sheathing. A History of Sea Power But this operation is now nearly superseded by sheathing ships with copper, whereby they keep a clean bottom for several years. 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. So I've judged from the way this sheathing is talking up. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The first improvement which the English marine owed to Cabot was the sheathing of the keels, which he had seen done in Spain, but which had not hitherto been practised in England. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World The sheathing from the bow on that side was torn off, and a great part of the false keel was gone. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries Line on line the delicate tracery of steel waiting for its concrete sheathing was silhouetted below him. Still Jim Those which are made of mixed metal, and which, being largely used for nailing on copper sheathing, are erroneously called copper nails. 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. They waited in silence, in which they heard the whummle and screech of the wind outside and the angry squalling of the sheathing of the plunging schooner's cabin walls. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 All day, between tides, they've been sheathing it over, and packing the worst places in her seams; and to-night the crew, being all Troy men, are taking one more sleep ashore than they bargained for. Shining Ferry On stripping off the sheathing, three feet of the third strake under the wale were found to be stove in, and the timbers within started. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries The enemy attempted to guard against the hot shot by continually pumping water into the layer of sand between the wooden sheathing of the ships, and for a time succeeded in extinguishing the fires. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania A cant word for stealing copper sheathing from vessels' bottoms, or from dockyard stores. 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. He cursed roundly when he toilsomely climbed the ladder to the freighter's deck, for the rusty sheathing smutched the knees of his trousers. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 A new method had been introduced to strengthen ships by diagonal braces or by doubling or sheathing them with plank, and sometimes when they were in bad condition both bracing and doubling them. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 The farther they proceeded in removing the sheathing, the more they discovered the decayed state of the ship’s hull. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries The houses, like those of the Pacific islands generally, are built of bamboo frames—heavy pieces for the framework itself and woven bamboo splints for the side sheathing. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Copper rolled out into sheets, for the sheathing of ships' bottoms, &c. 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. "Yes, piled it all on deck so as to make her top-heavy—so as to be sure of catching us," suggested Mayo, beginning to work his hammer and chisel on the sheathing. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 One huge case, half wrecked, showed the gleam of Florentine brasses; another, crated and roped, revealed faded Genoese brocades; slender broken legs and edges of carved flaps protruded from battered sheathings. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story She had, however, lost a considerable amount of sheathing from the bows, and had become very leaky from the blows received. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries In draining through flowing sand, especially if there be a quick descent, the precaution of sheathing tiles is resorted to. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles A bar of iron with a flat, sharp, spear-shaped end, used in stripping off sheathing, ceiling, and the like. 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 tapping quickly showed him where the upright beams were located on the other side of the sheathing. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Probably it may occasionally be invested by sheathing coats, more analogous to tubular processes from the receptacle, than to foliar organs, as is the case in Welwitschia. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants If the paper pulp is not at hand it may be made by tearing old newspapers or sheathing paper small and boiling and pounding till a pulp results. 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 “There is no use fighting, I fear, my young master,” said Hans, unwillingly sheathing his sword. Count Ulrich of Lindburg A Tale of the Reformation in Germany The condition of vessels when the iron work becomes loose in the timbers from corrosion by gallic acid, and the speeks or sheathing nails are eaten away by rust. 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. He drove his chisel through the sheathing as close to the cabin floor as he could. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 If these organs remained in a rudimentary condition, the tube of the calyx would be reduced to the condition of a sheathing leaf. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Then sheathing his sword, he turned quickly to the stable, where the four chargers stood untethered, and caught his own by the bridle, to begin leading it to the door. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France He looked about, now, for a more congenial sheathing. The Dragon Painter On the outside of the sheathing board there is a coat of whitewash, made from the same materials as that between the sheathing and planks, and renewed every season they put to sea. 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. Pieces from the ship's sheathing were often rubbed off in her contact with the ice. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras It would not be easy apart from their position to distinguish between a tubular sheathing leaf and a hollow stem. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants It was a tune in quick tempo, with the staccato clangor of the kettle drums of the dynamite when he burst the icy sheathing of the waters in order to dump the first logs in. Joan of Arc of the North Woods For the south wall we will need posts, one row of glass, and boards and "sheathing." 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 Patent felt is saturated with tar, and used to place inside the doubling or sheathing of a vessel's bottom. 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 trees were stripped of every leaf and in their place was the sheathing of ice. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War Lanko was sheathing the weapon, his whole bearing expressing unwilling relinquishment. The Players Then, sheathing their swords and removing their caps, the ushers fall into line at the end of the procession. The Etiquette of To-day For the gable ends, a board and sheathing wall to the same height, and for the balance, sash-bars and glass. 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 The lining, veneering, or planking over a ship's timbers, especially for the cabin-beams; the sheathing of her. 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 great waves, lashed into fury by the hurricane, smote against the sides of the little craft as though they would burst through her sheathing. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Now when the outer sheathing was being put on, some errand of necessity carried Thorberg thence unto his homestead, and there he tarried a great while. The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) I saw the love mists gather in her eyes, I felt her sweet lips mould themselves to mine, I thrilled with the sheathing ardour of her arms. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance “I told you we should probably meet,” he replied, sheathing his sword, “but I was not prophetic enough to foretell the exact circumstances of the meeting.” In the Track of the Troops Most of the goods were left on the raft, where they were protected by the rubber sheathing and the secure manner in which they were packed and bound. Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them The cotton was covered within by a light sheathing of wood, as a guard against fire. The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. Not only had the copper sheathing and the planks disappeared, reduced, no doubt, to powder, but also the ribs, the iron bolts, and tree-nails which united them. The Secret of the Island The welcome sound arrested even the savage wretches, and, sheathing their knives, they looked round in the direction in which the man was pointing. Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures “While there are wrongs to be righted, and the defenceless to be protected, I trust that no one engaged in the noble profession of arms will think of sheathing his sword.” The Three Lieutenants This he formed of the large sheathing bases of the leaves, in the shape of a trough. In the Eastern Seas “They are fitting the copper sheathing on again, and to-morrow they will begin careening the brig over so as to get at the other side.” The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise He made his way to the back door, and sheathing his knife, crept stealthily down the garden, and clambered over the fence at the bottom. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant "Clean up your filth!" said Doom in the Gaelic, sheathing his sword and turning to join his daughter. Doom Castle There it was, and as he grasped it the boat answered to his touch as it swung alongside and grazed softly against the copper sheathing. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days Macco made also some baskets out of the sheathing bases of the leaves, in which we might carry the sago. In the Eastern Seas This metal is likewise employed for sheathing ships, and covering the joists and flat roofs of houses. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852 I saw that the vessel was a craft of probably a trifle over three hundred tons, her hull painted green, from her rail down to her zinc sheathing. Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship He drew back his foot, and sheathing his weapon, said— “Keep thy life, and return and serve the king thy master.” Boycotted And Other Stories Copper is extensively used for electrical purposes, for roofs and cornices, for sheathing the bottom of ships, and for making alloys. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Sheet copper is used for sheathing for ships, for boilers, and for various chemical processes carried on by electricity or by acids. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation Some moderns say, an angel was seen sheathing his sword on the stately pile of Adrian's sepulchre. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March The plants of this order resemble each other closely in their habit, all having long, narrow leaves with sheathing bases that surround the slender, distinctly jointed stem which frequently has a hard, polished surface. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses During the procession the destroying angel is seen sheathing his sword. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Then sheathing it, he turned and stamped from the room. The Boy Scouts on the Trail "Faith of a fool!" he said, sheathing his dagger, "my gossip here is apt to make light of these scratches; but I would give my cap and bells now for a little salve." Orrain A Romance The great ribs rose into place, the sheathing went on, the decks were laid, the masts stepped; finally the first rigging was adjusted. Modern American Prose Selections In this the leaves are long and pointed, but also sheathing at the base. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Then, wiping the stained knife-blade on his horse's neck and sheathing it, he shouted: Back to Salisbury! and setting spurs to his horse, galloped off towards the Andover road. Dead Man's Plack and an Old Thorn There was iron in the horse's bit, and in the lock on the door, in the nails that held the furniture together, and in the sheathing that covered the roof. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs I watched him till he rounded the elbow of the wood that lay without the gates, and then, sheathing my sword, went slowly towards the Horseshoe Stair. Orrain A Romance Another peculiar feature of the Cat family is the power of sheathing their talons. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon And, at last, old Rainbow, at the upper end of the lake, poked her granite head through its vapory sheathings. Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains The petals fell to make the skirt, and rose again from a bell sheathing the neck of her low corsage, and the cap on her dark hair was a copy of the flower. A Truthful Woman in Southern California And around it columns of smoke, upwreathing, Rose from the boiling, bubbling, seething Caldron that glowed, And overflowed With the black tar, heated for the sheathing. Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys To his delight, the sheathing was already being rolled out in quantity. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Both were all that was courteous and yet it needed no guessing to understand that their courtesy was but like so much thin silken sheathing over steel; they were affable only because of a command. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure The sheathing that floats us over its waves is compounded of hope, faith in the unexplainable worth and sure issue of effort, and the deep, sub-conscious content which comes from the exercise of our powers. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O The sleet was sheathing their bodies in crystal shrouds now. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis Before the days of copper sheathing, the ships' bottoms grew foul with weed; the great barnacles formed in clusters and stopped their speed, and the sea-worms bored holes into the planking. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book After having some of the Tomasite sheathing, with its embedding transducers, sent over from the plastics department, Tom cut out a suit from a pattern and welded the seams electronically. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Hurried cries from the deck and a call at the door in Chinese were heard and the guide sheathing his sword rushed from the cabin. In Macao The nails, when too long, were cut to the required length, taking care that the ends which were cut off should not be wasted, but remelted, along with the metal sheathing, into other nails. Voyage of the Liberdade Only Haskins's party remained in the flag-hung lobby, the women sheathing themselves in veils, as their motor chugged at the porch steps. A Court of Inquiry She had had her bottom cleaned and scraped and the copper sheathing overhauled and patched up. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates The name volva is particularly given to that part of the universal veil which remains around the base of the stem, either sheathing it or appressed closely to it, or in torn fragments. Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Another way is to take a piece of heavy, rough sheathing paper a bit smaller than the rug and lay the rug on that. Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use Having the spiny weapons of the legs in mind, I imagined that those limbs would moult in scales and patches, or that the sheathing would rub off like a dead scarf-skin. Social Life in the Insect World Before the days of copper sheathing weeds grew thick under water. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 Upon her arrival she was hauled out on the marine ways at Oakland creek, cleaned, caulked, and some new copper sheathing put on her bottom. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates "Then there's Faith sheathing her sword—" "Not putting away the Big-Stick," interrupted Wayland. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Even tar sheathing was not used until the sixteenth century. Days of the Discoverers The building should, of course, be well constructed, covered with good sheathing paper, and either clapboarded or shingled. The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog His next researches were chiefly on electro-magnetism and the protection of the copper sheathing on ships’ bottoms. Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher For the roof there are slate and non-burnable shingles as well as a system by which weather boarding under wooden shingles can be replaced with panels of fireproof plaster sheathing. If You're Going to Live in the Country First picking up and sheathing his sword, then bidding Sholto hold a torch, Malise turned the youths over on their backs. The Black Douglas He was sitting erect in his saddle, not looking down at them and sheathing his sword deliberately. Tales Of Hearsay "Yes, yes," the Cuban answered, sheathing the knife and thrusting it into his belt. Romance The headless trunk of St. Paul, with blood spouting from it, lies to the left; the executioner, having performed his office, is deliberately sheathing his sword. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Instead of wood sheathing, steel channels were driven and thoroughly braced, and construction proceeded without disturbance of the building, which is very tall. The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment The trees and bushes were glazed by a sheathing of crystal. Maida's Little Shop One is that of a warrior, sheathing his sword in the presence of his deadly enemy. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business This done, a sheathing of planking was spiked on over the buttered canvas. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell The apparent stem, being merely composed of the overlapping and sheathing leaf-stalks, has naturally very little stability; and the soft succulent trunk accordingly gives way forthwith at the slightest onslaught. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science This sheathing was driven to a depth of 10 to 15 feet below the bottom of the finished tunnel. The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment The Goodman looked thoughtful as he went on with his task of sheathing, and that very evening he worked late building a secret closet between the chimney and the wall. The Puritan Twins Its colour is a deep green, as is also that of the leaf, which is sheathing, sessile, and polipartite, the divisions being long and narrow. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. At the same time we fixed some tin-plates under the binds, first taking off the old sheathing, and putting in a piece unfilled, over which the plates were nailed. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 It was much used for mouldings, sheathings, and pedestals, and also for floors. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood From it is made all the planking and sheathing with which the galleons and galleys are planked. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55 1617-1620 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century It was found to have been occasioned by the falling of some sheathing from the larboard-bow, and the oakum between the planks having been washed out. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: 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 But the messenger of peace had stayed the uplifted sword, and, sheathing their unstained weapons, they knelt upon the green carpet beneath them, and put forth the same prayer to the same God. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century On ripping off the sheathing, it was found to be in the seams, which were very open, both in and under the wale, and, in several places, not a bit of oakum in them. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Specimens of brocatello may be found in several churches and palaces, forming mouldings, sheathings, and pedestals. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood The sheathing and planking hewn from the above-named trees for the sheathing of the ships is one palmo thick and three or four wide, and the shortest is twelve brazas long. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55 1617-1620 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The farther we proceeded in removing the sheathing, the more we discovered of the decayed state of the ship's hull. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: 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 cheaper grades are also used for boxes and sheathing for houses and many other purposes. A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 The verdigris of her sheathing was vivid as green light; and the languid dock water, the colour of jade, glinting round her hull, was lambent with hues not its own. London River He gave her an entirely new sheathing, too, and all her spars are new. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales They will steal the sheathing from a copper-bottomed vessel in broad daylight, and at night a guard-boat is necessary for protection. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 This was accordingly done, and the sheathing repaired on the 3d. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: 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 Cutlip stumbled forward, and sheathing one revolver, Frank caught him by the hand. The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets Or, the Fall of the German Navy It was particularly recommended for sheathing of ships, as the tin coating would prevent the corrosion of the copper and operate as "a preservative of the iron placed contiguous to it." Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically She is fast, has sound timbers and sheathing that fits her like a skin, and her mainmast and bowsprit are particularly fine spars of Oregon pine; her mizzen doesn't count for much. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales They found the sheathing gone about the floor-heads abreast of the main-mast, and part of a plank a little damaged; but all agreed that she had received no other material injury. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 "I am a young man of amazing good fortune, madame," M. Étienne replied, with his handsomest bow, sheathing his wet blade. Helmet of Navarre By nine o'clock on Wednesday morning the troops, disgusted by the order which forbade them to defend themselves, reversed their arms and fraternized with the people, the officers sheathing their swords. France in the Nineteenth Century What is now known as sheathing or "yellow" metal is a mixture of copper, zinc, and iron in certain defined proportions, according as it is "Muntz's metal," or "Green's patent," &c. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically And even as he waited there was a flash of fire below, as the flames ate through the sheathing of the house. The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf He reported, that three streaks of the sheathing, about eight feet long, were wanting, and that the main plank had been a little rubbed. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 "Let us go back to Jarl Einar; he will fear for us," I said, sheathing the sword and girding it to me. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet There she wallered," went on the narrator of maritime disaster, "her cargo held together by rotting sheathing and straining ribs. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper Copper in sheets, certified by government dockyard officers as fit for the sheathing of ships. The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping St. George looked at them all affectionately, unconscious that already the experience of the last three days was slipping back into the sheathing past, like a blade used. Romance Island The bottoms of the vessels were double planked at first, and each year a new sheathing was added; the ships lasted only six years. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson All the muscles are enveloped in membranes, and the fasciculi, or bundles and fibres of muscles, have their membranous sheathing. Grappling with the Monster The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink A shingle roof can be made much warmer by using tightly laid sheathing covered with building-paper. The Dollar Hen I tear Its sheathing open, unaware What treasure gleams within; and there— Like bird from cage— Flutters a curl of golden hair Out of the page. The Poems of William Watson We hove down the Duke and Duchess and Bachelor, the sheathing of which ships were very much worm-eaten in several places. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: 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. Iron sheathing has never been adopted into British practice, while copper sheathing is now universal. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: 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 And the bowed form trembled a moment within its sheathing veil, against the cold stone pillar. Where the Sabots Clatter Again Copper sheathing had not come into use, and ships' bottoms were treated with tallow, which was made to adhere by being laid on between nails which studded the bottom. The Naval Pioneers of Australia "A sad day indeed, Elspeth," echoed the sea rover, mechanically sheathing his sword, and speaking in an altered voice that had a touch of tenderness in it. The Thirsty Sword Before copper sheathing was invented some generations later, the Teredo worm used to honeycomb unprotected hulls in the most dangerous way. Elizabethan Sea Dogs Captain Peyton does not appear to have been aware that copper sheathing is incompatible with iron fastenings, which indeed was only learnt long after, by woeful experience, and the loss of many ships and men. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: 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 Then the rafters for the roof were fashioned, the sheathing nailed on, and shingles, made at a former lumber operation in Mr. Marlin's own territory, completed the job. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol Nevertheless, it will be finished inside of two months, because all the boarding, planking, and sheathing has been done, and there is nothing more to hinder the workmen on the ship. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 04 of 55 1576-1582 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century He saw Roderic standing waist deep in the breakers sheathing his sword. The Thirsty Sword “I am confounded at having left Mademoiselle behind.—Comment!”—as the sound betrayed that Charles was sheathing his sword. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago It is of great use to double sheath such ships as go to Surat, as though the outer sheathing may be eaten like a honey-comb by the worms, the inner is not at all injured. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: 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 prize was scarcely concealed when Lord Roos, sheathing the sword which he had hitherto held drawn, advanced towards his mother-in-law. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance It was a solid sheathing or tiling, made of slates of baked and glazed pottery, laid with great exactness, admirably cemented and projecting well over the eaves. Overland "That, sir, is so," said Kenric, wiping his sword upon a mossy stone and sheathing it. The Thirsty Sword Josephine Burnside, sheathing herself in veils for the drive in the chilly early April air, glanced at her brother with a mischievous air. Strawberry Acres The Prince followed her advice, and sheathing his sword he rapidly ran along the bank, followed by some of the Amazons who had succeeded in getting the water out of their eyes and mouths. The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales Upon stripping the copper off the bottom, the tide flowed into her, and proved that to the copper sheathing alone we were indebted for our safe return. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 As soon as the second floor was laid, the roof on and the sheathing in place, Bill and Gus moved in. Radio Boys Cronies Or, Bill Brown's Radio Once the sheathing device has proven effective we can begin work on restoring and disguising our fleet. The Runaway Asteroid This misfortune suggested the propriety of arming the core against mechanical injury by sheathing it in a cable of hemp and iron wires. Heroes of the Telegraph He saw presently little figures sheathing swords come out from the houses and walk to the debris of the flying-machines the bomb had destroyed. The War in the Air The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q There were some screams and cries also which came to us but dully through the thickness of its ponderous sheathing, though likely enough they were sent forth at the full pitch of human lungs outside. The Lost Continent He had a digital copy of much of the layout of the asteroid, and information on the power plants, propulsion structures, and sheathing equipment. The Runaway Asteroid Why did she make him feel as if he were uncertain of himself, insecure, an indefinite thing, as if he had not sufficient sheathing to prevent the night and the space breaking into him? Sons and Lovers I obey you, Sir Henry," said the King, sheathing his rapier—"I hardly indeed know wherefore I was assaulted by this gentleman. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier The temporary sheathing was choked with the slimy stuff. The Cruise of the Dry Dock Breadth shall be taken from outside to outside of the plank in broadest part of the ship either above or below the main wales, exclusive of all manner of sheathing or doubling. 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 As the work crew on the asteroid was able to produce sufficient sheathing, power, and propulsion units, a space crew was assigned the task of outfitting the asteroids that Lurton had previously chosen. The Runaway Asteroid And around it columns of smoke, upwreathing, Rose from the boiling, bubbling, seething Caldron, that glowed, And overflowed With the black tar, heated for the sheathing. The Children's Own Longfellow There is no sheathing on the roof beneath these shingles. Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 Not only had the copper sheathing and the planking disappeared, no doubt ground to powder, but there was not a trace of the timbers, the iron bolts, and the treenails which fastened them. The Mysterious Island It is for this reason that the polished metallic sheathing on the cylinders of locomotive engines, and on the boilers of steam fire engines, is not only ornamental but essentially useful. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. When Zimbardo burned out the asteroid's power, much of the energy needed to power its sheathing apparatus disappeared. The Runaway Asteroid Leaves: Oval or elliptic, pointed, 3 to 5 in. long, parallel-nerved, sheathing. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing "And if I wore this, with its crest— Our seal with gems enwreathing— In open air—'twas in your breast To seek its fated sheathing!" Poems The tramp had used his matches disastrously: he had set his straw bed on fire, and the oaken sheathing of the room had caught. Life on the Mississippi, Part 12. Eight are for sheathing of various kinds put on in varied modes. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. The sheathing plates then only received power through the solar energy panels, and they did not provide enough energy to hide the asteroid completely. The Runaway Asteroid Leaves: Several bract-like, sheathing stem at base; 1 leaf only, midway on flower-stalk, thick, polished, triangular, or arrow-shaped, 4 to 8 in. long, 2 to 6 in. across base. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing I followed the twist of his head, and glimpsed a wooden cottage on the border of the forest, so very new that the sheathing had not yet been covered with clapboards. A Traveler from Altruria: Romance Silky dark hair curved back beneath her close-fitting hat like a raven's wing, sheathing her small, fine head. The Vision of Desire He proposes to force into this trough very tightly pieces of teak, and to the teak, thus embedded, he nails a sheathing of zinc. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. The pirates' sheathing systems went down, rendering the ships visible. The Runaway Asteroid Leaves: Oval, large, sheathing the stem below; smaller, lance-shaped ones higher up bracts above. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Since the spire of Chichester Cathedral fell in 1861, sheathing itself in its tower like a sword dropping into its scabbard, one can hardly help looking with apprehension at all these lofty fabrics. Our Hundred Days in Europe And as the commodore would not hear of the creature being killed, Tom there undertook to keep it on copper bolts and sheathing until they reached Cape Coast. Tom Cringle's Log There was iron in the horse's bit, in the lock on the door, in the nails that held furniture together, in the sheathing that covered the roof. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Its sheathing system is highly effective, highly effective indeed. The Runaway Asteroid She was laid over on a sandbank on the opposite side of the river and more carefully examined, the sheathing being found to be very badly damaged. The Life of Captain James Cook Now hundreds of thousands of pounds are employed each year for sheathing and casings on motor-cars. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) "A bloody spy, captain; he who was with the overseer when he peppered your sheathing t'other morning." Tom Cringle's Log Traveling true to its mark, it tore its frightful way through the thin sheathing of the ship and, exploding on impact, pierced her vitals and sealed her doom. America's War for Humanity The sheathing systems are easy to manufacture, thanks to the ample supplies from the warehouses. The Runaway Asteroid The sheathing and false keel were very badly damaged, but it was believed that she was not much injured aft, as she made but little water when once the main wound was dry. The Life of Captain James Cook A row of shelves crossed the bulkhead and some water lay in the angle where the slanted floor met the side sheathing. Lister's Great Adventure He picked up his sword, too, and succeeded in sheathing it. Via Crucis They have sheathing leaves that hold at their base a supply of water that must be very useful to them in the dry season. The Naturalist in Nicaragua I should have a good number of the unskilled workers ready for a new assignment once they have finished with the sheathing plates. The Runaway Asteroid The wind, now bitter cold, would have frozen his flesh but for his sheathing of wool and leather that protected his face, arms and body. Our Pilots in the Air She purred and rubbed her face against his and moved her feet up and down, sheathing and unsheathing her claws in his robe with evident delight. The One Woman ‘And the man is a horseman,’ added the General, sheathing his sword - ’a horseman. In Kedar's Tents Builders use plywood panels for interior walls and ceilings and for insulation, sub-floors, sheathing, shelving, cupboards and built-in units. The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan The frame above and below is covered with half-inch cedar sheathing, which is not less than six inches in width. Four Months in a Sneak-Box I wondered if this ice had got its grip by piercing the sheathing. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition The framework of the factory-buildings was nothing but wood, covered by iron sheathing, and even the sides seemed to be removable. The Treasure-Train |
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