| 单词 | square yard |
| 例句 | One especially does not need an unwieldy, totally immobile mass of wires and coils spreading over twenty-five square yards. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z A square yard of it was indicated with Magic Marker. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers bled from scraping out the rocks and it seemed that a square yard of ground produced a wheelbarrow full of rocks which I had to push down to the retaining wall. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Tres Marias was returned to him in ruins but intact down to the last square yard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the restaurant has some disco-era curves and some Central European coffeehouse elegance, and many square yards of windows. Finally, at Mena, Victoria Blamey Gets a Restaurant That Fits Her Talent 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive Dear Readers, I have just got lost for a dizzied 90 minutes within something like 200 square yards of Santa Fe. A happy ending to my American tour 2010-10-19T09:57:00Z Nonreflective glass was costly, he said: Work on a painting of moderate size — a square yard, say — could come in at around $1,000. How Do You Tell a Vandal From a Visitor? Art Museums Are Struggling. 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Weavers usually worked in teams of five; it took a single man two months to finish a square yard of a tapestry. ‘Grand Design’ Showcases Pieter Coecke Tapestries at the Met 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z They are colored with dyes made from natural sources, like vegetables and crushed lapis lazuli, and slowly hand-woven, at a pace of weeks per square yard. An Afghan Bazaar Parachutes Into Washington 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z We stopped at the base of a young beech tree to study a near vertical area about the size of a square yard, and started to count the members of this self-planted garden. What you can learn from a walk through the woods 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Recent surveys in the area tallied 35 grasshoppers per square yard, or more than quadruple the eight per yard considered an outbreak and a threat to rangeland ecosystems, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported. US land managers call off pesticide spraying near the Rio Chama to kill invasive grasshoppers 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z About 617 square yards of turf, and up to six cubic yards of crumb rubber — each piece the size of a large coffee ground — were initially released downstream, according to the state Department of Ecology. Hydro company to pay $500k for spill of artificial turf in Puyallup River 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The area of the triangle is 88 square yards. Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z But in invisible hot spots, some covering an acre or two, some just a few square yards, radiation can soar to thousands of times normal ambient levels. Russian blunders in Chernobyl: ‘They came and did whatever they wanted’ 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z About 2,400 square yards of the plastic turf containing 16 to 18 cubic yards of crumb rubber were used in the project without permission. Criminal charges filed against Electron Hydro exec in Puyallup River spill 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z It involved a wellhead operated by S2 Energy Operating, a company based in Covington, La., and spread oil over an area about 100 square yards, according to the Coast Guard. Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico is one of more than 2,000 reports of water pollution after Ida 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The company put more than 2,400 square yards of sports turf under the liner. Dam operator fined $501,000 for polluting Puyallup River with artificial turf, crumb rubber 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z A rectangular lawn has area 140 square yards. Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z The fish kill happened the same month that the dam’s owners deliberately placed thousands of square yards of artificial turf in the river without a permit as part of a construction project. Puyallup tribe files federal suit against Electron Dam, citing pollution, fish kills 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z The spill sent approximately 617 square yards of FieldTurf and 4 to 6 cubic yards of crumb rubber into the river. Criminal charges filed against Electron Hydro exec in Puyallup River spill 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z According to the consultant’s report, the company, as part of its work on a bypass channel at the dam placed 2,409 square yards of artificial FieldTurf on the channel between July 20 and 27. Rubber debris litters miles of Puyallup River after artificial turf was used in dam project without permit 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z But elevated concentrations were measured in the small toilet areas, about one square yard in size, which were not ventilated. Airborne Coronavirus Detected in Wuhan Hospitals 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Austria reopened stores of less than 400 square yards, as well as hardware stores and gardening centers. ‘Walking a tightrope’: European countries start relaxing coronavirus restrictions 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z The semipermeable membranes were sheets of purple celluloid Gonzaga students had ordered from England, 135 square yards of it, at a cost of $300. Perspective | In 1969, Gonzaga students tweaked their rivals with the mother of all pranks 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z He thanked the group for rising to his online challenge, and took them up to the contested exhibit, a few square yards in a corner, dimly lit by some artfully dingy fluorescent lights. Guantánamo lawyers see issues in torture exhibit at spy museum 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Downstairs, a sunporch with orchids and potted shrubs faced a little square yard planted with orange and tangerine trees. Everywhere and Nowhere: A Journey Through Suicide 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z That leaves only three return men from the 40-yard line back, a trio that will be required to cover 2,133 square yards — or 19,200 square feet — not including the end zone. NFL's new kickoff rule is meant to improve player safety, but competitive edge remains to be seen 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Apartment cubes of about 8 square yards each are stacked on two levels around a large living area, kitchen and lounge. Germany Finds Fast Way to House a Flood of Refugees 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z In just one typical square yard of wall on the northeast tower, for instance, it is possible to count 105 bullet, shrapnel and artillery holes. Saving an Afghan Symbol, With Afghans Only 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z It makes about 50 million square yards of engineered woven fabric each year, much of it for parachutes and the aerospace industry. Precision Fabrics creates first sheets to prevent bed sores 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z “I think if everyone can help, if every family dedicated one square yard for pollinator-friendly plants and every farmer used two acres, it would change the face of the state - it would change the world.” Queen bees, North Dakota honey production industry in peril 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Each live fish caught with cyanide destroys about a square yard of coral, according to biologist Sam Mamauag of the International Marinelife Alliance, in the Philippines. The Horrendous Way to Source Aquarium Fish 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z It occupies just a few square yards with a sculpture honoring the memory of the American-Israeli weightlifter killed by terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Kentucky Editorial Roundup 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z At least seven people were rescued after 18 buildings were buried and an area of 24,000 square yards was covered with soil, the Ministry of Public Security’s firefighting bureau said in an online statement. Huge China Landslide Buries Buildings and Leaves 22 Missing 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Six tarps will protect the 950 square yards most of the day but, at some point, the field might turn to oatmeal. In the rain and vs. NYCFC, D.C. United aims to stem the tide 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Beside the creek near Yorktown, a few dozen square yards have been carefully cleared, staked out and probed with narrow bore holes. Digging up what? It’s a mastodon. And it’s in Virginia. 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Their numbers will surely soar this weekend as the president and perhaps thousands of out-of-town visitors, black and white, jam every square yard of highway space for a chance to re-experience history. Assignment America: Selma 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z They follow a pattern like mowing a lawn, heading back and forth in the search box to cover every square yard. To Explain Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight, ‘Rogue Pilot’ Seems Likeliest Theory 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z At dawn on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 20, a bedraggled pro-European protest movement controlled just a few hundred square yards, at best, of scorched and soot-smeared pavement in central Kiev. Ukraine Leader Was Defeated Even Before He Was Ousted 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z Twenty years later, the company is now pioneering what they call “restorative business” – the idea that the company should leave the world better with every square yard of carpet it sells. Unlikely Partnership Yields Social And Environmental Impact 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z In addition, as a foreign national, you can’t own more than 30,000 square yards of land without the approval of the Turkish Council of Ministers. Turkey’s Affordable Mediterranean Coast Retirement Spots 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z The company expects its Georgia manufacturing plant to produce 47 million square yards of cushion vinyl. Belgian floor manufacturer announces Georgia plant 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Plots measuring about nine square yards were carefully lined along the shore. Awakening the ‘Dutch Gene’ of Water Survival 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z According to the lawsuit, the snail’s limited habitat in 10 square yards of submerged mosses and cypress roots is threatened by upstream pollution and groundwater pumping. Conservationists sue over rare Fla. snail habitat 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z It is a three-storey building spread over approximately 500 square yards. US terror blacklisting angers Pakistan madrassa staff 2013-08-23T00:08:46Z Ultimately, Taylor was able to identify 4,648 urban agriculture sites in the city of Chicago, with a total production area of 315,958 square yards -- enough garden sites to fill almost 50 football fields. Using Satellites, Researchers Pinpoint Chicago's Urban Gardens 2013-01-15T18:15:00.353Z The hay he always measured with his arms, and, having learned the height, he could tell the number of square yards in the stack. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z The productions of West and Fuseli, which were the wonder and admiration of our grandparents, can now be bought by the square yard, to cover the bare walls of eating-houses and music-halls. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Indeed, the playing surface is a staggering 250 square yards bigger than the one the sides competed on last week at Stamford Bridge. Goal: Champions League: Chelsea Tries to Buck the System in Barcelona 2012-04-24T03:59:40Z It is generally acknowledged that the Kurdistan carpets are the best: they are the most expensive, being about £3 the square yard. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z In after years every meadow in this plain was owned and occupied, every vineyard on the slopes of Ebal fenced off, every square yard specified in some title-deed. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z The amount radiated in each hour is about as much as would be generated by burning something like nine tons of coal every hour on every square yard of the sun's surface. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z "Wherever it was possible to get, we left not a square yard unvisited." Christmas Tree Land 2012-04-06T02:00:25.787Z At low tide the sea leaves a space of several hundred square yards uncovered round the base of the edifice; at high tide it entirely surrounds it. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z A big furze bush cast a ragged square yard of alluring shade on the common. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Opposite the station are the vast, but for the most part uninteresting, remains of the Baths of Diocletian, covering a space of 440,000 square yards. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Hence the area of the court outside the tabernacle was 1,692 square yards. Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 2012-03-23T02:00:31.587Z The superficial surface of the lungs, i. e., of their alveolar spaces, is 200 square yards. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z He's guiltless of the small hands and feet, perfumed locks and 'more frill to the square yard of shirt front' required by Jim for the making of his model. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Her mind was ill at ease; and it was strange that the child should have chosen that particular square yard of ground to sit upon. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z A Persian would not look at the carpets loosely woven and with long pile, which are made for the European market, and are bought just now from the weavers at 13s. the square yard. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Then it follows that ... the camp must have covered, the people being crowded as thickly as possible, an area of 8,000,000 square yards, or more than 1652 acres of ground. Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 2012-03-23T02:00:31.587Z In Manchester, the Custom House area cost from 10 to 12 pounds sterling per square yard; in the center of the city, as high of £40, that is, nearly £200,000 per acre. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z He evidently expected them, after that, to imagine about a square yard around it to be a kind of map, with the Rio Grande at its northern edge and Texas beyond. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z They had not very much to do, for every square yard of the schooner's canvas was already taking that fair light wind. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z There is a large square yard, heaped with dirt and rubbish, round which are stables and some dark, ruinous rooms. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z In the early part of the day the latter were also frozen slightly, and the oxen would break through a square yard of thin ice at every step. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z There were hundreds of millions of square yards; at a franc a yard, imagine, Michael! The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Wherever on the steep declivities there is the smallest shelf to be found, even if only a square yard in size, it is turned to account. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z It includes some square yards of marble pavement, fragments of pillars, and one very large and fine Corinthian capital. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The inner space of the fort is not more than eighty square yards. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The two pieces are even to this day represented by at least a square yard of the quaint ecclesiastical heraldry which illuminates the gorgeous chancel window of the St. Stephen's church in Pittsfield. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z The thirty thousand men had now twenty-two acres, minus the dead line and marsh, or thirty square feet per man, or three and a half square yards. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z Why, you only managed to dig up a square yard in all this time. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z By the time that I had excogitated all this, my feet had visited many square yards of palace, comprising bed-room, banqueting-room, chief lady's room, chapel, and so on. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z It was a public cemetery, a huge burying-ground, 22,000 square yards in size, where the dead might be gathered, rather than to permit their being buried in small plots on estates or in yards. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z On the German side of No Man's Land, not one square yard of the original surface of the ground remains unbroken. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z This measurement would allow for thirty-five thousand men but fifteen square feet of area, or less than two square yards to each person, or more than twenty times the density of Liverpool. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z Regulations provide further motivation: California recently started collecting a recycling tax of 5 cents per square yard on new carpet sales. Green Blog: Reaping Oil From Discarded Plastic 2011-09-29T14:02:27Z It's a tiny patch about 3 square yards, criss-crossed, looking like the runways of a small airport from 35,000 feet. DJ shouldn't have a bunker issue at this PGA 2011-08-11T11:46:12Z The ornamental tiles of the flooring are calculated, not by the square yard, but by the acre. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z He may compare himself to one of the myriads of insects building up one square yard on the coral reef which stretches for hundreds of leagues. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z The relation of density, in the three great divisions of London, give thirty-five, one hundred and nineteen, and one hundred and eighty square yards to each inhabitant. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z They did not cease digging, however, until every square yard of the fallen soil and rubble from the top of the cliff had been combed over. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z During the present season of 1851, a flock of them extending to about fifteen miles was discovered, not far from the Scottish coast; a dozen animals at least occupying every hundred square yards. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z There were seven people for every square yard, a stunning 513 migrants in total in the two trucks, traveling in near-suffocating temperatures of over 105 degrees. 500 Migrants in Two Tractor Trailers: Why Mexico's Drug Cartels Are Moving into Human Smuggling 2011-05-19T17:05:00Z There was not a square yard of rock or earth or tangled brush that had escaped his search for Lem. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z If we take the Earth at noonday at the time of the equinox, then a square yard at the equator has the Sun in its zenith, and is fully presented to its light and heat. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z It changed the duty upon woollen goods costing less than $2.50 a square yard from an ad valorem to a specific duty, and increased the duty by about twenty per centum. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z The hut was tiny; it occupied no more than twenty-four square yards of the solitude surrounding it. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z A quarter section of land and 100 head of stock mean the maximum of growth from every square yard. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, Every cubic inch of space is a miracle, Every square yard of the surface of the earth is spread with the same, ... The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z Mandeleys is the only estate he has left, and there isn't a square yard of that that isn't mortgaged to the very fullest extent. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z A mechanical device spreads these missiles out as they fall from the aeroplane, so that they cover an area of about 200 square yards when dropped from a height of 500 yards. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z The number of piles in some of these settlements is as high as one hundred thousand, and the area occupied, not less than seventy thousand square yards. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Meanwhile he spent as much time in going over the fifty thousand square yards of his one claim as his predecessor had in examining the whole twenty-five hundred square miles of the district. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z The four nails formed a square—a square yard. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z I could but admire her, with her square yards and white canvas, every sheet home, and every leach taut. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z If every square yard of land is loved by somebody, no place can be universally accepted as “the right place.” A Soft Spot for Public Lands 2010-10-06T20:29:00Z The Exiles were finding holes in that defence, normally within a few square yards of their new signing, Daniel Bowden, but Saracens were on to the threat quickly. London Irish 33-16 Saracens 2010-09-04T17:08:00Z In recent days, she said she easily counted 40 to 50 or more tiny grasshoppers, many still the size of a grain of rice, per square yard. Going to War Against Grasshoppers 2010-06-10T03:46:00Z At a briefing on Monday, investigators said that the remains of the plane were likely to be lying in a relatively limited debris field of a few hundred square yards. Search Fails to Yield Black Box of French Jet 2010-05-13T13:44:00Z At last the day dawned and still the ship, with the square yards, and white canvas, was four or five miles ahead of us. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z For the microbe count, remotely operated deep-sea vehicles discovered that the darkest depths are inhabited by roundworms, sometimes more than 500,000 in slightly more than a square yard of soft clay. Tally of marine life reveals a bounty of creatures beneath the surface 2010-05-11T04:00:00Z The absorbing surface of the small intestines, if considered as a plane surface, amounts to not less than half a square yard. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers Here the maximum number of bullets is obtained for every square yard attacked. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Very well, lads," said he; "but before we part, we must 'square yards,' if you please. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 She had the well-known tall, raking masts, square yards, and white canvas. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Where we stand upon its tessellated floor, each square yard is sacred to the memory of some departed Knight; the marbles bearing their names are also emblazoned with their arms. The Story of Malta It was I who found her, after all, lying full length on the grass in the little square yard back of the house. The Window at the White Cat The colonies of Aphaenogaster occupy nests extending over an area of fifty to a hundred square yards several feet below the surface of the ground. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Good exterior paint costs from three to five dollars a gallon, and a painter can put on one hundred square yards in a day for the first coat and seventy-five for the second. Remodeled Farmhouses The Winged Racer was a perfect beauty—one of those New York ships of superb model, with taunt, graceful masts, and square yards, known as “clippers.” Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Everything he may sell, or may buy, That is purchased by wealth or by toil; But he mustn't own—no matter why— A single square yard of the soil. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93. September 17, 1887 Its roads are now costing from twenty to seventy cents per square yard. The Future of Road-making in America Heretofore no one had been willing to entrust him with a square yard of his house, or even of his garden, for this purpose. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II To see one square yard was to see the whole. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Often several were calling within an area of a few square yards, answering each other and maintaining a regular sequence. Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog Noon came and passed—already we had dragged carefully a spot a full hundred square yards in extent. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery The average cost of all classes of the roads of that state during the last season was about fifty cents per square yard. The Future of Road-making in America The poultry yard occupied an area of two hundred square yards on the south eastern bank of the lake. Abandoned One gall. makes 51 galls. sufficient for 160 to 200 square yards. Roses and Rose Growing Many males concentrate within a few square yards in the choruses and float upright usually beside or beneath a stem or leaf, or other shelter, rendering them extremely inconspicuous. Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog "I will," answered Tom, readily; "that is, if you will help me square yards with the principal of the academy." No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone I had fully expected that, by some ingenious mechanical device, my luggage would be landed simultaneously with myself, and placed on certain square yards of the American Continent set apart for our temporary use. Fragments of an Autobiography The river débris had collected and compacted about them into several square yards of solid surface. Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895 No. 2 Tin makes 100 galls. to dress 320 to 400 square yards, 6/6; 2 tins 12/6; 5 tins 28/-; 10 tins 55/-; 20 tins 100/-. Roses and Rose Growing After a lull the chorus would begin with a few sporadic croaks, then four or five or even more frogs would be calling simultaneously from an area of a few square yards. Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog "Didn't I tell Harry Green, when he had me locked up in that state-room, that if he did not release me at once I would square yards with him some day?" said Tom to himself. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone It consists of various ranges of two stories, all covered with arches, closed with masonry of rude stone, and each piece is of six square yards. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. Her spread of canvas, without counting stay-sails, amounted to about 4,500 square yards. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships It takes ten acres of Karroo to feed a sheep, but it was now seen that a few square yards of diamondiferous blue ground would feed a dozen families. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The bright moon lit up the square yard, which was neatly paved, and entirely changed in appearance. Landolin I knew I'd have a chance to square yards with you. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone The basis of it is a tank about the size of a swimming-bath, with a catchment of several hundred square yards, draining through leeped channels. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel She does not enjoy trudging back and forth a million times a year over the same square yards of floor-space; but that, too, is immaterial to her. The American Country Girl I now learnt that the soldiers had taken possession of the powder magazine, which consisted of a square yard, with small towers at the corners; it had been utilized as a magazine in Government days. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Thus every square yard of soil is cultivated, and turn your eyes where you will you see houses, sugar canes, and sweet potatoes. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses To Henry and the peddler the view displayed only the square yards and lofty masts of a vessel of war riding a few miles below them. The Spy Condensed for use in schools All the length of the main street was verandahed, and the Europe shops squandered plate glass by the square yard. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel For the remaining hours of daylight we searched, leaving not a square yard of ground uninvestigated for a radius of miles. A Frontier Mystery But what possible meaning has it to say that, when we think of a foot-rule or a square yard, extension is not attributable to our thought? Essays in Radical Empiricism The windows looked out upon the square yard. Toilers of the Sea At one end it was of those few square yards of flooring, that a part of the gable, including a stack of chimneys, was still standing. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 Should a cement concrete floor, which is cheaper than a wood one, be desired, there would be an extra expenditure for cement, the amount required being about two bags per twelve square yards. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) Allowing three birds to each square yard there must have been more than two billion birds in that one flock. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp But why should a small bird require so many square yards, whilst a very much larger one is satisfied with so small an area? Territory in Bird Life It was pitiful to see the river washing away good land, two square yards falling into the roaring flood at a time. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports And just as though that had been the signal for which it had been waiting, several square yards of the steep bank, with the tree she was clinging to, slumped down into the river. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club The area of the new house is about 75 square yards, and it would contain 1,100 or 1,200 members. Old and New London Volume I See what the landscape would be, how much earlier spring would come to it, if every square yard of it was alike moist and fertile. A Year in the Fields The four additional pairs with their young would have represented twenty individuals, which would have represented a decrease of245 8.5 square yards in the space allotted to each individual. Territory in Bird Life There they lay, “rolling much,” with both anchors ahead and the square yard on deck, till the morning of Saturday, 18th. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) If you have fifteen or twenty square feet or square yards of surface, you will not get them onto it by unaided inspiration. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors It was as if every square yard of surface in that portion of the bay was covered by a missile from the enemy’s guns, and yet no further damage to the American fleet was done. The Boys of '98 It was along a hedge that the severest work took place; it made me shudder to think that upon a space of fifty square yards 4,000 bodies were found dead. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) But there was emptiness all around him; his feet could not find a square yard of solid earth to shape his future upon. Claim Number One Hardly a square yard of ground seemed untouched. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. Locality is as unreal in the sea as in the sky, but these few square yards of shifting waters seem as real to these seals as if they were a granite ledge. Under the Maples Matilda thought she was having the rarest of pleasant times, as she crossed the little dining-room and the square yard of hall that came next, and went into the study. What She Could Beneath their shade every square yard of ground bears a score of infant trees, very few of them as much as a foot in stature. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer Any square yard of sea around the 1500 miles of coast-line of the British Isles might be mined at any moment of any day or night. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships It is best applied in showery weather in the spring—for lawns at the rate of two ounces, vegetable crops and strawberries three ounces, and fruit trees four ounces per square yard. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside It is at the foot of a stalk of Canada thistle about a foot and a half high, and where, for a few square yards, the grazing is very poor. Under the Maples It shall be erected within a plot of ground that shall not exceed 10,000 square yards, and shall be at all times solidly and carefully inclosed. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose If hand methods are employed for spreading, the bituminous material is heated in open kettles and then spread on the surface, the quantity required usually being about one-half gallon per square yard of surface. American Rural Highways Just why he should spend a whole morning cutting a few square yards of short May grass was a problem the doctor had not yet solved. Treasure Valley Directly in front of the cave spread a small fan-shaped plateau several hundred square yards in area. In the Morning of Time The younger Gordian began a portico which was to cover forty-four thousand square yards, and intended to raise a statue of himself two hundred and nineteen feet high. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome The weed is found in four feet of water, occupying less than twelve square yards, and is not known to exist in any other locality in Great Britain. The Cornish Riviera Frequently, every square yard of large fields, will be burrowed over by the hogs in their search for the detached peanuts. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses A magnificent house, every square yard of which, perhaps, taken with its furniture and adornments, had cost as much as the whole of Faith's old home. Say and Seal, Volume II Its population in 1841 was 99, and its area was 300 square yards. The King's Post Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time The total mass ejected has been estimated at 60 milliards of square yards. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In Every square yard of unused mud in that great series of camps was seized and turned into flower-beds. A Padre in France He counted nine bombs which fell in an area of 700 square yards round the works and sheds, and he said the earth and d�bris were thrown up to a height of 25 feet. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force But the next day Mrs. Studholm-Brown went six feet better with a flagstaff and three square yards better with a Union Jack. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 As a rule they were of a single piece, the great extent of surface, sometimes as much as ten or eleven square yards, notwithstanding. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 If one had to choose a dozen square yards of London to sum up the Surrey side, where should they be? Highways and Byways in Surrey He had to labour the whole field for the sake of procuring plants, which could have been more certainly and more healthfully raised upon a square yard. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education As for the hammer, imagine uprights 25 feet in height, having the shape of the letter A, surmounted with a cylinder 19� feet in length and of a section of 3� square yards. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 There is great diversity of size among the shell-heaps, some being of insignificant dimensions and others extending to five hundred square yards. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The platform of the Khorsabad tower must have had a superficial extent of about 180 square yards. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 For miles there was scarcely a square yard of smooth water. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia When he sows his acorns, one square yard will contain more plants than will ultimately occupy an acre. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education Five hundred thousand I got, and never thawed out more’n a square yard of dirt. Colorado Jim Every tree in this enchanted place had its history—every corner, every square yard of soil. The Martian The patty-dish scooped down under him, uprooting huge trees, digging up square yards of earth all around him. The Raid on the Termites The Patrick Henry was rigged as a brigantine, square yards to the foremast and fore-and-aft sails alone to the mainmast. Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker Percival does not own a square yard of the earth's surface, and therefore he is at liberty to wander over it as he will. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Man cannot build a home on a piece of ground where a slaughter-house disputes every square yard of ground with the tombstones of a graveyard. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology The men stood lined up in the big square yard of the station. To Love It may be of interest to those who like figures, to know that the work of the Baumgarten atelier averages in price about sixty dollars a square yard. The Tapestry Book The contents of one boat are six square yards, with a depth of one foot, and a boat is emptied in 20 minutes time. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel Deducting the atmospheric absorption, it is still true that the sun delivers on each square yard of the earth's surface, when he is shining, the equivalent of one horse-power working continuously. James Watt It covers an area of fourteen thousand square yards, and holds about forty thousand people. Shepp's Photographs of the World After two hours of hard work, we succeeded in laying bare more than a square yard of black and greasy mould. Adventures of a Young Naturalist Each floor of the ark contained five thousand six hundred and one square yards, and the three floors sixteen thousand eight hundred and three square yards, the total standing-room of the ark. The Deluge in the Light of Modern Science A Discourse Oakfield counted the bodies of nine officers lying dead in as many square yards; there lay the dead bodies of the two Pennycuicks side by side; those of the men almost touched each other.' Studies in Literature and History "Here is the N'gombi country from the east bank of the Isisi, and this is all forest, and a rubber tree to every ten square yards." The Keepers of the King's Peace Holding the boat, which now carried only a few square yards of canvas, well up into the wind, they pounded along with the gunwale under the rushing water. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite It has six minarets and a spacious court covering three thousand six hundred square yards, with one hundred and forty columns and numerous side chambers which are devoted to lectures, libraries, and laboratories. Travels in the Far East I have counted as many as thirty of these holes, all tenanted, within a few square yards. Âmona; The Child; And The Beast; And Others From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 In his greenhouses, under both the side and middle benches, he grows mushrooms, and when I saw them in January there were about 300 square yards of beds. Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure You laugh at me because I'm jumpy whenever I see a stranger hanging around the house, but I have got more enemies to the square yard than most people have to the county. The Man Who Knew I should judge that twenty seed potatoes, or kernels of corn, to each square yard is about the average, while five of either is quite enough. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Added to this is the care of a bevy of little ones—more infants to the square yard than I had ever seen before. Travels in the Far East We have no accurate figures as to the cost per square yard of this treatment, but one can readily see that this cost would be insignificant as compared with the possible improvement of the work. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Her taut masts, her square yards, the great hoist of her topsails, and her light cotton canvas, all showed her to be a slaver, probably combined with the occupation of a pirate. The Three Midshipmen These gay buildings were close together, often set around the four sides of a square yard. Viking Tales We climbed up by some bushes, and found ourselves on the summit of a little knoll rising out of the water, and not comprising more than fifty square yards. The Grateful Indian And other Stories For ten acres, or fifty thousand hills, burn and sow three patches each of seventy-five square yards. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce We were told to keep in touch with each other, and to leave no square yard of the sand unexamined. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 The Dugong had been three days at sea, when a clipper schooner, with dark hull, square yards, and a most rakish look, hove in sight early in the morning, and approached the frigate. The Three Midshipmen On an area of some hundred square yards there were numerous gravestones, some upright, some fallen. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The formula may be further simplified by weighing a square yard of the cloth and dividing the number of threads per square inch by 1/300 of the weight per square yard in grains. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades The atmosphere-fliers of Kandar swung in a gigantic, ballooning circle about the spot where they had dropped a good fraction of a ton of bombs to the square yard. Talents, Incorporated “I will search every square yard within these walls,” he said, as he hurried through all the empty chambers of that floor, and then went up into the attic. Cruel As The Grave She had very square yards, very white canvas, and a black hull. The Three Midshipmen It is quite expensive, costing sixty cents a square yard, which is one of the reasons why it is seldom used. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing We climbed up by, some bushes, and found ourselves on the summit of a little knoll rising out of the water, and not comprising more than fifty square yards. The Story of Nelson also "The Grateful Indian", "The Boatswain's Son" In a short time I made out the stranger to be a brig with taunt masts and square yards—remarkably like a man-of-war. In the Wilds of Africa His cabin, near that of his pupil, seemed to him too narrow, his bed too hard, the six square yards which he occupied quite insufficient for his steps and strides. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery They carried a heavy weight of metal on deck, had but little beam, but were rigged with taut masts and very square yards. The Three Midshipmen On she came; I could see that she was a ship, a large ship, a man-of-war by her square yards. Washed Ashore The Tower of Stormount Bay "Didn't leave a square yard of country unturned from the Falling Wall to the Crazy Woman." Laramie Holds the Range Suddenly the river expanded, and the voyagers entered a wide basin or pool over thirty square yards. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole The Dream was brigantine rigged, and in a favourable wind, with her 400 square yards of canvas, her steaming rate could be considerably increased. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery By what was known as the minimum principle, all cotton fabrics costing less than twenty-five cents a square yard were held to have cost that amount and were made to pay corresponding duties. Union and Democracy Almost every square yard of this region is marked by miniature craters caused by exploding shells. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 "It's pretty certain to be somewhere in this area," observed the colonel, bending over me, and indicating a particular three thousand square yards on the map. Pushed and the Return Push There was a big rent in the ceiling, and the floor was covered for a square yard or two with hairy plaster and fragments of wood. Despair's Last Journey "He has a separate contract for every 300 square yards of pavement he lays," said Armstrong. A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day There were other tunnels which I saw dug in my square yard of earth on that morning, which, while not of quite such depth, represented equally deep-laid plans. My Studio Neighbors Half an hour later Marchmont and two men found themselves before a small, square stone house, standing apart from its neighbours in a small, square yard. The Long Roll You can use up more human steam to the square inch in worrying than you can to the square yard in hard work. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance A ton of it will cover about ten square yards. Report of the Knaresbrough Rail-way Committee “Why, sir, she has very square yards, and has much the look of a foreign man-of-war,” answered the master. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy In my opening vignette I have indicated two other door-step neighbors which bore my industrious wasps company in their arena of one square yard. My Studio Neighbors The other masts are made of wood, and the canvas that can be spread is no less than 6500 square yards. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships The weight of produce from ten square yards was a hundred and forty-four pounds ten ounces; but some of the large kinds of cabbages and savoys will exceed this considerably, and prove of better quality. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Another Slate-Quarry, at Bouthwaite, near Pateley-Bridge, has recently been discovered; the produce of which is much superior to that of Idle; a ton of it will cover about 14 square yards. Report of the Knaresbrough Rail-way Committee She was the Aigle, privateer, mounting sixteen guns, evidently very fast, but very low, with taut masts, square yards, and seemingly very crank. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy That fine cloth is worth eight new cheeses a square yard, which is very dear.” The Pacha of Many Tales She was a ship, with taunt masts, square yards, and very white canvas. My First Voyage to Southern Seas She was of narrow beam, and carried taunt masts and square yards; indeed, we all saw that she would require careful handling to avoid being capsized. Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures Paul crawled on deck and took a look at the stranger, a large brig with taut masts and square yards. True Blue We then found that the boatswain was right; indeed, it is easy to know an American merchantman by her light-coloured hull, breadth of beam, low masts, square yards, and white canvas. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days See, what square yards she’s got! and how well her masts stand. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea She had a suspicious look about her, unusually square yards, taunt and raking masts, and low black hull. The Three Lieutenants “She is a big ship, with square yards and white canvas: an enemy, I am certain,” he observed. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War Behind the boulder was an open space of a few square yards, of extent sufficient to allow room for turning a horse. The Lone Ranche After clearing some twenty square yards of beautiful black ice, Simmonds turned up something hard, which he picked up and invoked Jupiter. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys What has been the capacity of the soil in gallons per square yard? Lessons on Soil He not only gave them a square yard of cloth, unsoiled and indeed brand-new, but advised Nurse Branscome learnedly on the cutting-out. Brother Copas She was a flush-decked vessel or corvette—large for that class of craft, with very square yards. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War Of the third assigned to him, not more than a square yard remained. The Young Treasure Hunter or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska The other was scattered over a good many square yards of sandy beach. Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43 The new vines are placed very close together, there often being as many as six within a square yard. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines "That's very clear; but, as he must go three fathoms to our one, running off with square yards before such a breeze, I think we should be constantly altering his bearings to the southward." The Two Admirals Wooden palisades twenty feet high ran round the whole fort and the inner court enclosed at least two hundred square yards. Lords of the North Sir James Thornhill received payment for his paintings in the dome of St. Paul's at the rate of forty shillings the square yard. Art in England Notes and Studies Square Measure.--144 square inches 1 square foot, 9 square feet 1 square yard, 30-1/4 square yards 1 square rod, 40 square rods 1 rood, 4 roods 1 acre. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference They are admirably constructed on a symmetrical plan, and their total surface is very little short of 7,000 square yards. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines The evaporating surface of this filth was more than 2000 square yards. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health None the less, it was the big schooner, thrashing down the wind with every square yard of its reefed canvas drawing, which was first at the scene of disaster. The Price For decorating the staircase of the South Sea Company's House, Sir James received only twenty-five shillings per square yard. Art in England Notes and Studies To the ear even fifty square yards seems extensive, but really it is very small. The Amateur Garden But an effective substitute can be improvised out of a square yard of linoleum lined with cabbage-leaves and fastened with a couple of safety-pins. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-17 It is believed, with reason, that the original flag had in it about ten thousand square yards of material. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists New wood-work requires about 1 lb. to the square yard for three coats. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. For every square yard of wood pavement in Berlin there are 24 square yards of asphalt and 37 square yards of stone. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View At a vertical depth of 30 feet is a level space not more than 8 or 10 square yards in area. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 The land between the roadway and the city would also be reclaimed to the extent of more than 740,000 square yards. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 Unconsciously, he had been seeking her in every square yard which his eye could reach, and here she was close to him all the time. By Berwen Banks A few bars of gold are worth more than many square yards of gold leaf; and Chopin's bars are solid gold. Chopin and Other Musical Essays Attack and counter-attack without adding another square yard to the territory in your possession—these had cost hundreds of thousands of casualties on the Western front. My Second Year of the War The floor is level, but only a few square yards in extent, the sloping roof reaching it within 10 feet. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 The area of the base is 64,753 square yards, or about 13⅓ acres. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) About four in the afternoon we reached Hole-in-the-Plain, and found nothing but a few hundred square yards of thin mud. Captured by the Navajos It measured over two hundred and eighty-five square yards, and represented the battle of Roosebecke. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance I set off along the passage briskly, arrived at a small, square yard … and was just in time to see the ape leap into a well-like opening before a basement window. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor A thin, tough, waterproof paper is also made in rolls at about six cents a square yard. Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 The surface of each face, not including the base, is 25,493 square yards; and that of the four faces is consequently 101,972 square yards, or more than 21 acres. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) Meantime the Narcissus, with square yards, ran out of the fair monsoon. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle The simplest thing is a square yard of mosquito-netting thrown over the head, and tucked in well. How to Camp Out There were great mud-holes where one sank ankle-deep, for no one paved the street at that time, strangely enough preferring to pay the sixpence fine per square yard for leaving it undone. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth She is still under her square yards, and her name has been changed to the Dragon. The Queen's Cup A moonless darkness came upon us and we had to walk just behind the carriages, peering at the square yard of road illuminated by candles in our penny lanterns. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia Each step she took seemed to be carrying her farther away from the few square yards of home the bed-sitting-room had represented under the dominion of the Cupps. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" The area of this lawn must have been 2,500 square yards. Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition How the Marquis can afford so many square yards of his walls for the reception of such a performance, is almost marvellous. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two The pucka-beega, two thousand seven hundred and fifty-six square yards, requires one maund of seed of forty seers, of eighty rupees of the King's and Company's coinage the seer.* A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II All these timbers, having been connected by tie bands and bolts, constituted a rigid structure that covered a surface of nearly seven hundred square yards. Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 There was scarcely a square yard of the Palstrey Manor lands he had not tramped over. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" The ground of the arsenal in Marseilles sold for from fifteen to forty louis the square verge, being nearly the square yard English. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Over a cheap floor a good quality of linoleum, costing about 50 cents per square yard, may he placed. The Complete Home Man Wanted to lift 1,200 square yards of Turf at once—Provincial Paper. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-25 She vanished from the post and Nicholas ran up the remainder of the road and swung himself over the little gate which led into the small square yard immediately surrounding the house. The Voice of the People Puffs of smoke and dirt were springing up from every square yard of ground, and a few men rose from their retreats and ran to the rear where the Basuto servants were holding their horses. With the Boer Forces "It may safely be said that there are more millionaires to the square yard in Bradford than in any other city in the country, not even excepting London or New York." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 But the housekeeper who chooses the better part covers her floor with linoleum at comparatively small cost, a piece good both in quality and design selling at 60 cents a square yard. The Complete Home The largest main lug has an area of about 90 square yards and the fore lug about 50 square yards. Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 It is often safer to employ them in liquid form than dry, and ten ounces of either, dissolved in ten gallons of water, will suffice for thirty square yards. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Give me the Ark and a breeze, and your House-boat wouldn’t be within hailing distance of her five minutes after the start if she had 40,000 square yards of canvas spread before a gale.” The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. One would think there was not a square yard left untouched, and each shot seemed to lift half the hill. Five Months at Anzac A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force Walls, if painted, are washed with hot water containing a little kerosene, a square yard at a time, which is dried before moving on to the next area. The Complete Home The lug sails are set on long yards, the fair-weather rig consisting of a fore lug with 120 square yards, and a main lug of 200 square yards. Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 Answering by guess I should say about three square yards, or about three pounds. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty On Monday, the 20th, the steamer was running with square yards, at the rate of eight or nine knots an hour, steering about east by south, under double-reefed topsails and reefed foresail. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 The surface area of all these, each being one thirty-three hundredth of an inch in diameter, is about thirty-three hundred square yards. Disease and Its Causes This plot of land, it was said, contained 650 square yards, which he held together with several burgage houses and lands in that town. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The two lugs will contain 16 and 30 square yards of canvas respectively. Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 He worked at "task work" two months, being obliged to wheel sixteen square yards per day. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. She carries a larger supply of coal and other stores than usual, and no doubt the square yards on the foremast make her pitch more heavily. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Except for a few square yards near the doors, these rooms consist of the usual raised platform covered with the national tatami or matting. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Birmingham it is bought and sold by the square yard, and very pretty prices are occasionally paid therefor; our agricultural friends reckon by acres, roods, and perches. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically In one or two of these churches all the churchyard left is a square yard or two at the back of the church. As We Are and As We May Be Well, a square yard of air weighs two pounds and a half, but a square yard of water weighs two thousand pounds. Willis the Pilot Experience has shown that three coats applied on three successive days are sufficient to preserve the materials indefinitely, at a cost of about 15 cents per square yard. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 One has only to divide the total number of square yards in an acre, 4,840, by the number of yards in the known side or breadth to find the unknown side in yards. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Scrutinizing the hangers as he went, and giving them an occasional fling here and there, as some garment caught his eye, he came presently upon a solid square yard of fur. Triple Spies "Try to get it down again," said I. They tried, and, after one mighty effort, succeeded; they also brought down several square yards of ceiling plaster and the entire handrail of the stair. Romance of California Life The valleys are very narrow, often little more than mere ravines between the mountains, and wherever a square yard of productive soil is to be found it is cultivated to its utmost capacity. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Her own world had shrunk to a square yard between the window and the fire. Superseded Sometimes we came out where there were almost a hundred square yards of ground and two or three houses and the stir of morning life. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines In any garden where a few square yards in a sunny, well-drained position can be afforded for a raised rockery, the hardy Cactuses may be easily managed. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation His world was a few square yards of wet and trampled earth about the feet of his horse. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians One object of special curiosity to tourists is a remarkable pine-tree, whose branches have been trained in horizontal courses over upright posts, until it forms a broad shelter over several hundred square yards. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama It covered an area measuring 22 yards by 22 yards = 484 square yards, the tenth part of an acre. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor You can't show me a square yard of soil there that isn't stuck full of shiners. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Parcelled out as it may be—by the mile or the square yard—it is the common mother of all men. About Ireland The hut which they occupied was in a large square yard, and was the property of the late governor's wife, whose story is rather romantic. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa On Saturday he had a fit in the hall, and spoiled about eight square yards of Brussels carpet utterly. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot You would say that a party of lunatics had been let loose on the city with coal-hammers: there is hardly a square yard of any surface which is not pierced, or splintered, or dented. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand That square yard of good and solid wood was as much to me as if it had been a floating island. Dead Men's Money It was tan-color, bound with crimson,—covering three square yards; and mother nailed it down with brass-headed tacks, right after breakfast, one cool morning. We Girls: a Home Story They discovered the chief, or rather governor, sitting on a piece of leather, under a large verandah at one end of a commodious square yard. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa Every square yard of this ground had been tested by actual experience, at the cost of dead and wounded men, till safe lanes of approach had been found. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form He has already exhumed a great many square yards of this picturesque fabric, wrought in by-gone ages, and is continuing the work with all the zest and success of a fortunate archæologist. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's Nothing else could have made Black Rifle move about so much in the space of a few square yards. The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border Five hundred dollars to worry about, for what is set down upon a few square yards of 'out of doors.' We Girls: a Home Story I don't think there was a square yard in the felucca that was not peppered. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet For established fruit-trees use, in showery weather, equal quantities of muriate of potash and nitrate of soda, scattering 1 oz. to the square yard round the roots. Gardening for the Million Sixteen square yards of this lace only weigh about an ounce! A Walk from London to John O'Groat's As the attic was used for storing trunks and lumber, only two square yards of floor could be spared for Gwenda. The Three Sisters It is usual to reckon the value of a crop of turnips by the number of tons per acre which it is found to yield when so many square yards of the produce are weighed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 "That was mine," said one of the peasants, pointing to a few square yards of wreckage. The Soul of the War The total area occupied by this apparatus is 140 square yards, of which two-thirds are built on. Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 As large farms are swallowing up the little ones between them, so large fields are swallowing these interesting patches, the broad-bottomed hedging of which sometimes measures as many square yards as the space it encloses. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's Soon he reappeared with some pieces of bamboo and a square yard of white calico, sat down solemnly in the verandah and began to sew. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 18, 1917 For forty hours day and night he squatted under that table, with the Huns sitting upon and around it, and gnawed away at that square yard of calico. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 2, 1919 A fight, a scene of bestial drunkenness, a tender whispering between two lovers, proceed concurrently in a space of five square yards. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories The wind is the same to-day as yesterday, and the open water apparently not reduced by a square yard. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Ten millions for an autopropulsive projectile which, when it explodes, destroys everything in sight within a radius of over twelve thousand square yards! Facing the Flag There is a square yard in the centre, and the house is built round the four sides of this square. The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young Several patches of mosaic pavement have been found, but in one place two or three square yards have been preserved, enough to show that the work was extremely beautiful. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 The peak, luckily for them, was precipitous, and its crest did not cover an area of more than twenty or thirty square yards. The Masters of the Peaks A Story of the Great North Woods To form an idea of the capacity of this new kind of battery, we have only to remember that the surface of the wire is equal to fourteen square yards per mile. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 A calculation of consequences is no more equivalent to a sentiment, than a seriatim enumeration of square yards or feet touches the fancy like the sight of the Alps or Andes! The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits Secondly, because wherever there was a square yard of ground in British occupation under the sun or moon, with a public post upon it, sticking to that post was a Barnacle. Little Dorrit The average weight of edible fungus per square yard was just an ounce, or a hundred and twelve pounds per acre. The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes It was a dull, square yard, made cold and gloomy by high walls, and seeming to chill the very sunlight. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty My state of indecision is referable to, and about equally divisible among, four great churches, which are all within sight and sound, all within the space of a few square yards. The Uncommercial Traveller Two planes of this size will give the 152 square yards of surface necessary to sustain a man's weight. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship There was nothing worse than the natural obstacles in the way to be overcome, and, knowing every square yard of ground so thoroughly, Ixtli chose the most practicable route to that hill-encircled town. The Lost City There was a feeble lamp at no great distance; the only one in the place, which was a kind of square yard, but sufficient to show how poor and mean it was. The Old Curiosity Shop After that I did as much for the upper floor, with the result that I brought several square yards of dust down into the hall again, and undid my previous cleaning. The Stark Munro Letters The greatest of these tombs with its dependencies covered a space of over 3000 square yards. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 We searched every square yard, I think, within the wire fencing, and found no trace. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu But, beautiful as it was, I could only take a rapid glance at the basin whose superficial area is two million of square yards. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Groups of gleaners had squatted in the sun on every square yard. Jude the Obscure Here, under her few square yards of thatch, she watched winds, and snows, and rains, gorgeous sunsets, and successive moons at their full. Tess of the d'Urbervilles She sat for hours in the summer evenings in the square yard filled with apple trees that bordered the highway, carefully posed over a book, but with her keen eyes always on the road. K Each stood in a garden of 1,200 square yards; and with its six rooms--living-room, kitchen, and four bedrooms--covered 150 square yards. Freeland A Social Anticipation But when with chisel and saw I had removed a square yard of planking and revealed only the bilge-water that had backed up from the pump well, he brightened. The Mutineers It was a colonial mansion, sitting austerely back in a square yard. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life It consisted of one long street, on each side of which were groups of flat-roofed houses called tembés, built of rough earth, and provided with square yards for cattle. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain Wherever on the shelves of rock a few square yards of soil are found or can be laid, are tiny crops of buckwheat, potatoes, and beetroot. The Roof of France The poultry-yard occupied an area of 200 square yards on the southeast bank of the lake. The Mysterious Island As the two vessels lay exactly abeam of each other, with square yards, it was not easy to judge of the sparring of the stranger, except by means of his masts. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale There were square yards of tidies, on wall and table, and furlongs of home-knit lace. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life They studied every square yard of the long grass of the little valley with anxious eyes. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man Every square yard of surface of this enormous sphere, has enough heat to push a great liner across the sea,--as much power as in many tons of coal. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments They crawl in thousands over the ground, ten or twelve being sometimes seen on a square yard. Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Better be master on a square yard of your own than a beggar on another's large estate.' Selected Polish Tales If a very fine effect is wanted, throw a shovelful or two of good earth over each square yard, and smooth it with the back of a steel rake. Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 The speaker should keep his place—all his motions may be easily made in one square yard, but the stage or dramatic action requires more extended movements. The Canadian Elocutionist Not a square yard of land is uncultivated or unused. The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished The vessel that occasioned these cautious movements was a gallant ship, whose huge hull, lofty masts, and square yards loomed in the evening's haze, above the sea, like a distant mountain rising from the deep. The Pilot When two or three square yards have been cleared, they both go away, and return in half an hour with a very small basket, which one holds while the other fills it with the weeds. Behind the Bungalow The fields are of all sizes and shapes, from a patch of a few square yards up to an acre, and the latter would be considered large. Peeps at Many Lands: Japan The burrows required to lodge this number would be 75,750,000, and allowing a square yard to each burrow they would cover something more than 18 1/2 geographical square miles. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Our antagonist was a large brig, three hundred tons at the least, a long low vessel, painted black, out and in, and her sides round as an apple, with immensely square yards. Tom Cringle's Log Why did that one patch of Carex arenaria settle in the only square yard for miles and miles which bore sufficient resemblance to its native sandhill by the seashore, to make it comfortable? Prose Idylls, New and Old They have the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe collection, thousands of square yards of it, and yes, cheer up! Over the Pass Every available square yard of arable land was terraced and cultivated. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru There are four thousand square yards of rock to come out of there, and six thousand out of the other. The Danger Trail And what is that on high?—Twenty or thirty square yards of rich crimson a hundred feet above the ground. At Last They reached the stables, which occupied three sides of a square yard. The Primadonna Drenched guards, posted near the eaves where water splashed on them clanged their shields in darkness as the decurion passed; there was not a square yard of the palace grounds unwatched. Caesar Dies There is so little arable land here that every square yard of earth had to be terraced in order to provide food for the inhabitants. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru But when progress is announced in Flanders, when a single square yard of earth is captured by our brave troops in the Ypres district, then all Germany is beside herself with pure joy. What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it The held horses were caught in a cone of machine-gun fire, and in a space of about fifty square yards many gallant chargers perished. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine This being so for one square yard, calculate for twenty-five square yards, and you will have the amount of pressure against our roof—viz. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals At one meeting the ground covered by the people was measured, and allowing four to the square yard it was estimated about 80,000 attended. A Brief History of the United States This attic, pierced at the top by a lift-up window, measured barely nine square yards, and Laurent was in the habit of going home as late as possible at night. Theresa Raquin Not far from them will be seen small tenement-houses, abounding with children, each house having about as many square yards of land as the large houses have square acres. American Woman's Home To get the space for three beds of blossoms and a few square yards of turf, a brownstone house adjoining his mansion was torn down, and the garden created at an expense of $400,000. Great Fortunes from Railroads The yearling's left fist landed with such force as to cause a half square yard of plaster to fall with a thud. Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point It was Harry who invested every square yard of every interior with the attributes that should be there when they therein were domiciled. This Freedom These carpets, which are really works of art, cost here $10 gold per square yard, and certainly not less than double that when retailed in Paris. Round the World The sides are covered with a loose rubble of volcanic fragments, square yards of which commence to slide at the slightest disturbance. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 There were a few square yards of ground behind her house, given up mostly to tomato cans. Samuel the Seeker A week later he hired a man to make several dozen square yards of trellis-work to put around the back of his hut, that his women-folk might be screened from the public gaze. Life's Handicap The quantity I have given in the receipt will be sufficient for one coat to a surface of about twenty-five square yards. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets The houses were packed as closely together as anywhere; apparently all were floating, yet not ten square yards of open sea could be seen in any one spot. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life This would be at the rate of about one ounce to one square yard of surface. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered There were but half-a-dozen trees, and a few square yards of grass that was never green, and a damp ungravelled path on which no one ever walked. He Knew He Was Right If I'd got such a chance as that when I was young, I should never have been doing jobs of scene-painting at the minor theatres at so much a square yard. The Small House at Allington It is well said that no man yet knows the capacity of a square yard of earth. Three Acres and Liberty But Sally had a square yard, and a garden, and Martie came to love every inch of the little place, so rich in happiness and love. Martie, the Unconquered "It's a hundred and seventy feet tall," Harry was saying to a muffled figure beside him as they trudged toward the entrance; "covers six thousand square yards." Flappers and Philosophers A fight, a scene of bestial drunkenness, a tender whispering between two lovers, proceed concurrently in a space of five square yards.—Above them glimmers the dawn of starlight. The Nether World There appeared to be a plover, a crow, a rook, a blackbird, and a sparrow to every square yard of ground. Winter Sunshine Of course a pond a few square yards in extent will give even better returns if you can sell its produce at retail near by. Three Acres and Liberty There was only one vessel in the port— a long, sharp brig of about three hundred tons, with raking masts, and very square yards, and English colors at her peak. Two Years Before the Mast One room alone is two hundred and twenty square yards.' North and South Forty-six square yards of this net weigh two pounds three ounces; so that each square yard weighs a little more than three-quarters of an ounce. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Now, allowing two pigeons to the square yard, we have one billion, one hundred and fifteen million, one hundred and thirty-six thousand pigeons in one flock. True Stories about Dogs and Cats If a number of players and a sufficiently large room can be got, there is no reason why armies of many hundreds of soldiers should not fight over many square yards of model country. Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books. We can pave a dozen square yards of floor with them. Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars" Behind each cottage was a large garden, with various vegetables, and sometimes a few square yards of wheat. A Woman-Hater At the present day, under the existing arid climate, ages might roll past without a square yard of rock of any kind being denuded, except perhaps in the rarely moistened drainage-channel of the valley. Geological Observations on South America There are here, digging into the sand or returning from expeditions with their booty, some hundred females, whose burrows, all very close to one another, cover an area of barely a square yard. More Hunting Wasps I count from forty to sixty mole-hills on a surface of one square yard. Bramble-Bees and Others The yard in front is small; and the few square yards of damp soil in the rear hardly deserve the name of a garden. Within an Inch of His Life There was not a square yard of ground unplowed by shells and we did not nourish any false illusions as to finding a safe spot for a bivouac. Now It Can Be Told Everywhere small streams are carefully guarded and turned wherever there is a square yard of earth that may be made into a rice sementera. The Bontoc Igorot Sixteen square yards of a Chinese Comic Song. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 6: Artemus Ward's Panorama The burrows cover an extent of some ten square yards, and their mounds, which often come near enough to touch, average a distance of four inches at the most from one another. Bramble-Bees and Others The hunter or explorer found them scattered almost everywhere in the old forest and near its edges, varying in size from a few square yards up to hundreds of acres. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware I have seen some of these nests, under the tiles of a shed, spreading over an area of five or six square yards. The Mason-Bees Give a square yard to each, and you have a matter of three thousand of them. The Paris Sketch Book According as the slope of the ground is more or less rapid, each terraced plot consists in some places of many acres, in others of a few square yards. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Castings ejected during about 40 days on a square yard, in a field of poor pasture at the bottom of a large valley in the Chalk, calculated to yield annually per acre 18.12 tons. The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits The Bijou had a small dining-room with one very large window in two sheets of plate glass, and a projecting balcony full of flowers; a still smaller library, which opened on a square yard enclosed. A Simpleton Some of these nests are hardly larger than one's hand, while others occupy the greater part of the projecting edge of a roof and are measured by square yards. The Mason-Bees What a wondrous problem it is, what a play of forces, determining the kind and proportion of each plant in a square yard of turf! Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 There was only one vessel in the port—a long, sharp brig of about 300 tons, with raking masts and very square yards, and English colors at her peak. Two Years Before the Mast Those collected on the Terrace amounted to 124.77 cubic inches; and this amount, if spread out over a square yard, would make a layer 0.9627 inch in thickness. The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits The small door opened just a little way, and they found themselves on a narrow stone-flagged path, leading into a square yard. The Lodger But the game should be played in a district where there is not an average of three constables to every dozen square yards. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow There was four square yards of it, looking like the path of a cyclone that has wandered through a stock- yard, a poultry-farm, a vegetable-garden, and an Irish linen mill. Heart of the West We have already fifty million square yards of windmill turbine surface in position and ready to move. A journey in other worlds A romance of the future A lady, on whose accuracy I can implicitly rely, offered to collect during a year all the castings thrown up on two separate square yards, near Leith Hill Place, in Surrey. The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits Now let us see; for a hundred pounds you could only have forty-four square yards, which is very little; for two hundred pounds, you may have eighty-four square yards, which is very well. Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood Over an area of several square yards his keen nostrils sought the identity of the makers of the tracks. Tarzan the Untamed The bit of strand was only a few square yards in area, quite a narrow strip. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space The poultry-yard occupied an area of two hundred square yards, on the southeastern bank of the lake. The Mysterious Island It was only in the heart of this enormous structure, on a few square yards of stage, that a faint glow suggested the light cast by some lantern nailed up in a railway station. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola We have its footprints in the rocks to-day, each impression measuring about a square yard. The Story of Evolution |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。