| 单词 | stick about |
| 例句 | "You're a magician!" my grandmother shouted, starting to wave her stick about once again. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z A sharpened stick about five feet long trailed from his right hand, and except for a pair of tattered shorts held up by his knife-belt he was naked. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “First thing we’ll need is some sticks about five feet long. Take your ax, go over in that canebrake, and get us six of them.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But I said to my kids a few years ago, I'm going to shave all my hair off, I keep getting all this stick about it – I'm going to shave it all off. AC Grayling: 'How can you be a militant atheist? It's like sleeping furiously' 2011-04-03T20:00:01Z The clip shows Ridley executing some fancy spin moves and jumps while wielding a stick about the same size as the Jedi weapon of choice. Watch Daisy Ridley Practice Her Lightsaber Dueling Skills 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z I get quite a lot of stick about my predictions from Cherries fans because I never predict them to win, but there is a reason for that. Sutton's Premier League predictions v KSI & Tommy Fury 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z "He is a great man and we get along so well, but he's given me a bit of stick about that." Injured Biggar still vital for Wales - Anscombe 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z They put pheromone traps on sticks about 10 to 15 meters apart in a plot of the leafy Brassica choy sum. Researchers just made it easier—and cheaper—to confuse crop pests 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z "I only became aware I didn't tip Liverpool to lose a couple of seasons into that run when people started giving me a bit of stick about it," Lawro explained. Lawro's last-ever Premier League predictions 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z "It's funny because my old man always gives me stick about this - he has always been United through and through," Arrdee told BBC Sport. Lawro's Premier League predictions v rapper & Chelsea fan ArrDee 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z In the TV adaptation of Michael Dobbs's novel, Urquhart snarls that his job is to "put a bit of stick about - make 'em jump". Whipped: Why MPs are getting out of line 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z “I tied it to a stick about two meters long,” he said. Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z I must admit I’ve always received a bit of stick about my weight. The highs and lows that led Shane Lowry to a major title - Golf Digest 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z In Walter Lord’s book about the Titanic and in investigative hearings after its 1912 sinking, it’s documented that White appointed herself as a signalman for lifeboat 8, waving her walking stick about. Titanic survivor’s light-up cane goes for $62,500 at auction 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z In Walter Lord’s book about the Titanic and in investigative hearings after the sinking, it’s documented that White appointed herself as a signalman for lifeboat 8, waving her walking stick about. Titanic survivor’s light-up cane to be sold at auction 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z So I stick about $3 million in the dirt every year and just hope to get it back,” he added. Farmers reeling after record rain in 2018 destroys crops 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z "I went for my coffee this morning and I got a bit of stick about it," he said. 'Amazing' whale rescue off Co Down coast 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Much of the media reportage got the wrong end of the stick about Amazon's micro-management philosophy in representing it as some aberrant and highly unusual case. Viewpoint: Are Amazon's feedback tactics unusual? - BBC News 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z One team I get stick about no matter what I say about them are Manchester United. 'I don't mind if people think I'm rubbish' 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z In one examination, he wrote, a doctor “ran the stick about a foot in my nose. I didn’t know I had such a hole in my head.” Soldier’s letters look back on World War I 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Recently, he's getting a fair bit of stick about penguins. Gemma Collins in Twitter mix up with Paralympian Collis 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z It was then," he added, with a half-smile, "that I shook him; I would have liked to lay my stick about him, but one can't touch such a little frail thing; and his language—ugh! The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z They voted against the last lord--twice, I am told--and the story goes that he laid his stick about Ben Bosham's shoulders in the street--that would be in '31, I fancy. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Oduya fired into traffic, the puck struck the blade of Shaw's stick about 2 feet above the ice and flipped past Lundqvist. 'Hawks happy to add to Rangers' recent woes 2012-03-10T03:22:45Z In the vacant space in the centre, the pipe of peace was raised on two forked sticks about six or eight inches from the ground, and under it the down of the swan was scattered. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z “Are you thinking of sticking about this section all night?” asked the latter. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z “Did ye see the new bell rope?” ran on Robert, waving his stick about in a somewhat dangerous fashion to eyes and noses. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z For the drill, take a hard wood stick about a foot long, whittled down at both ends to fit the hole in block. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z A third man takes a thick stick about the diameter of a man's wrist, and strikes him on the soles of the feet. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z This hunt is effected on horseback: the sportsman carries over his left shoulder a stout stick about six feet in length, to the upper end of which a frying-pan with a high rim is fastened. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z He drove a great trade among the aristocrats, who carried these walking sticks about with impunity, flourishing them under the very noses of the revolutionists. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z But how the deuce can the thing stick about in one place? The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z He has a stick about a foot long and as big as your thumb; sometimes one end is grooved so that he can pick up the top while spinning. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z The words were hardly uttered before the axe was in my hands, and in the wink of an eye I had hold of a stick about five feet long, with a pronged fork. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z It sticks about their sides like treacle on a fly's wing; collecting unequally, it destroys all equilibrium, and impedes the efforts of the steersman. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The magistrate inquired as to the nature of his disorderliness, and Mr. Terence O'Connor explained it to be—"spaching to the lads, and frullishing his stick about like a merry Andrew." Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z After they had killed them, they cut off the heads and set them up on sticks about the village, then the people sang to these objects. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z The spears are straight sticks about three feet and a half long, with two or three little branches cut short at the end, to keep the spear from going clear through the ring. Indian Stories Retold From St. Nicholas 2011-01-22T03:00:17.853Z For producing it, they take two pieces of soft wood, one of which is a stick about eight or nine inches long, while the other piece is flat. 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 I go to the races and I get a bit of stick about the buggy. Andy Powell talks to Donald McRae 2010-05-19T23:06:00Z This is a round stick about three-fourths inch thru, resting against two pegs driven in the ground. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps This is a round stick about three-fourths inch through resting against two pegs driven in the ground. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. Each youth had his snow-snake, which is a stick about eight feet long, and shaped something like a spear. Indian Stories Retold From St. Nicholas 2011-01-22T03:00:17.853Z He thought that, perhaps, they might do for country gentlemen to stick about among their shrubs. Ayala's Angel When intended for use in the orchestra the pair of castanets is mounted one at each end of a wooden stick about 8 in. long, which facilitates the playing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Then cut a lever about three feet long and flatten one end, and a bait stick about two feet long. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps Now get some sticks about 3 or 4 feet long, it all depends on the depth of the water, and drive them into the mud, beginning at one side of the brook. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. In one hand they carry a long stick about 5 feet high, in the top knob of which they carry some food or a message. English Costume “No doubt,” stooping down and picking up something that looked like a bit of stick about six or eight inches long. Harley Greenoak's Charge The two boys then procured two sticks about a foot long, and of dry wood; these sticks they selected with great care. The White Chief of the Caffres A stick about an inch in diameter is placed outside the pickets and the flat end of the trigger is laid in against this. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps One of you can run over to that alder thicket and cut a dozen straight sticks about three feet long and as thick as my forefinger. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp Gáspár was furious; he began to swear like a trooper, and waved his stick about, thereby knocking down one of Mrs. Sztolarik's flower-pots, in which a rare specimen of hyacinth was just blossoming. St. Peter's Umbrella Sugar and candy do not, therefore, spoil the teeth unless it is left sticking about them. Health Lessons Book 1 He took a stick about three feet long and perhaps four inches round. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Just a few straight sticks about the size round of a cane, a little twine. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps And I think our good friend Senator Rinehart is probably wriggling on the stick about now, just on the shock value of the switch. Martyr You will then have a tube of bark about two inches long, and a white stick about three inches long, with an inch of bark remaining on it. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes This apote was a two-pronged stick about four feet long, decorated with wild sage. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women He took a stick about three feet long, and perhaps four inches round. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) Cut a forked stick about 12 inches long for the bait stick, notching one end and tapering the other as shown in Fig. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps The boys threw sticks about the pond for Spot to fetch back to them. The Tale of Old Dog Spot And away ran the Major, with a bit of stick about the size of a fence-rail. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes The agent to be used may be either caustic soda or potash in the form of sticks about the thickness of an ordinary lead pencil. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle So he ran and fetched a couple of thick sticks about five feet long, and giving one of them to Tommy, he took the other himself. The History of Sandford and Merton Nest a platform of sticks about five feet from the ground, in a mangrove tree. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. From the ceiling hung a stick about two feet long, and five feet from the floor. Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Tie up to sticks the stalks of tall flowers, cut the sticks about two feet long, thrust them eight inches into the ground, and hide them among the leaves. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The confidant was a blackened stick about five inches long, with little blackened bells to it like the bells on dogs' collars. Harding's luck Firefly held up a stick about eight inches long, as she spoke. The Cave Twins I picked up from the table-drawer a little stick about five inches long and held it up. The Maids of Paradise Sometimes I have succeeded, very, very gently, in placing upon it a stick about two metres long. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) "I should never have those old chairs and things sticking about." The End of a Coil Take a round stick about an inch in diameter and three feet long, and sharpen one end of it. Making a Lawn Cut into sticks about three and one-half inches long. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed A trestle is made of two sticks about 61/2 ft. long and 3 ins. in diam, driven into the ground and lashed at the intersection as shown in Fig. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Now the croupier, with a thin stick about a foot in length, commences to scrape away four coins at a time from the double-handful of cash. Life and sport in China Second Edition While Sumichrast with a club was consolidating my work, I cut a stick about a foot long, to the middle of which I firmly tied the lasso. Adventures of a Young Naturalist By means of such tools, two spear heads were made, which were tied fast with thongs to sticks about the thickness of a man’s arm. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Make a strong hickory stick about three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, and just long enough to pass across the square end of the cork. An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time Pig in a Hole Each player should be provided with a stick about three feet long. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium It was fitted to a stick about two inches thick and five feet long. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula This can be easily done by setting some stout sticks about the plant and covering it with a sheet. Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover This was easily done, for there were lots of long, strong sticks about, and each child got one. Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier This they put around the end of a stick about the size and half the length of a walking cane. Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 One of them is provided with a stick about the size of a broomstick and about two feet long. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Stalks of tobacco are generally split and strung on sticks about four feet in length. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky Uncle Limpy-Jack was on that side of the ditch and Milker-Tim was near him armed only with a stout well-balanced stick about two feet long. The Long Hillside A Christmas Hare-Hunt In Old Virginia 1908 He proceeded to at once prepare the "stove" by sharpening a stick about the size of a broom handle. Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol Look around, boys, and see if you can find several good stout sticks about three or four feet long. Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot In their hands, they held sticks about two feet long. The Best Made Plans You know, I suppose, that we've got the fellow in a cleft stick about that petition the other day? Aunt Deborah These were little round sticks about the thickness of a lead pencil, and the size of each heap went up or down, as fortune shifted back or forth. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War And saying this, he swung his big, formidable knotted stick about his head. The Lady of the Ice A Novel The most distinctive ornament of a Banjāra married woman is, however, a small stick about 6 inches long made of the wood of the khair or catechu. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Well, go down there and cut two sticks about ten feet long each; tie strings to the small ends of them; fix hooks that you’ll find in that pocket-book to the lines. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure The breeze now sprang up fast, and O’Brien put up the helm and passed between them, giving them both a raking broadside of grape and cannister, which brought the sticks about their ears. Peter Simple The yarn had been wound over two sticks about 20 feet apart, and that stick near which the weaving was begun was tied by two ropes, each a foot long, to pegs in the ground. Southern Arabia I cried out to Ned to hurry on with his burden, and swinging my stick about me, I dealt her a heavy blow on the head, which appeared somewhat to astonish her. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas “Babbicome will be having his sticks about his ears if he does not look sharp,” he muttered. The Three Lieutenants “It would serve you precious well right if I laid the stick about your shoulders,” cried Vane, breaking the ash sapling across his knee. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias “No, sir; a stick about the back of impertinent puppies,” cried the doctor, angrily. Middy and Ensign I bounded out, to find him armed with a stick about six feet long, provided with a little fork at the end made by driving in a couple of nails and bending them out. Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah “Wuff-wuff,” he said again, trying to get rid of the fur sticking about his mouth. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn I began to throw stones into the water, small to begin with, then larger, then bits of stick about six inches long. Tom, Dick and Harry This consisted of a stick about three feet long, bent into a bow by a string made of twisted sinews. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories The fellow burned matches like those used In the hut as already stated, and threw the sticks about. Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box Each line was then attached to the end of a short, stiff stick about three feet in length,247 which he obtained from the woodpile outside. Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North The front of the tunnel in the room has a lintel composed of a single stick about an inch in diameter, as shown in the section. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 Each carries two flat sticks about two feet in length, painted with zigzag lines representing lightning. The North American Indian One of these, known as the "spindle," was a stick about two feet long by three-quarters of an inch in diameter and having a rounded point. Under the Great Bear My idea," said Archer, when Tom returned, "is to break that stick about in half and prop the doorr just wide enough open so's we can crawl in. Tom Slade with the Boys Over There You left your coat and stick about a quarter-mile down the left bank of the Seine from Neuilly bridge, so that people would think you dead. Swirling Waters The boys went to work with a will, while Sam, going into the nearest thicket, cut a green stick about three quarters of an inch in diameter. Captain Sam The Boy Scouts of 1814 Their implements consist of a stick about two inches in diameter and three feet long, wedge-shaped and sharpened at one end, and a broad hatchet-like knife. The North American Indian On forcing a stick about three feet long into the ground, we found water, and with little trouble dug a well, which produced as much as our necessities required. Great Sea Stories Charlie waited a short time, then went to the pile of logs, and picked out a straight stick about a yard long and two inches in diameter. A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden In each case the eyrie was a flat platform of sticks about twice the size of a kite's nest. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Then give us a stick about it, will you? The Freebooters of the Wilderness He was numbed and puffed out and peevish, and disinclined to move, but anything was better than sticking about in this roosting-place, this casual ward and clearing-house of the wild. The Way of the Wild To adjust the lever, cut four heavy sticks about three feet long. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making "I want you to stick about a sixteenth of an inch of the point of your sword into me, so I can judge how long I've been dreaming." The Submarine Boys for the Flag Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam These punctures are made with an instrument consisting of a brass wire fixed perpendicularly into a piece of stick about eight inches in length. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants Sticker The pupils stand in a circle in the center of which is "It" blindfolded, holding in his hand a blunt stick about 12 or 15 inches long. School, Church, and Home Games They stick about four fingers in their mouths, and thereby make quite a different sound to any ordinary whistle. Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." At the junction of the forks, an augur hole is bored, into which a stiff stick about three feet in length is inserted. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Then he went outside, and cut a stick about five feet long, one end of which he pointed with his knife. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned They were each armed with one, and some with two, spears, and pieces of stick about eight feet long and pointed at both ends. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 Each player must secure a stick about 2-1/2 feet long. School, Church, and Home Games The girders were rough sticks about 4 inches in diameter and 10 feet long. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island A gaff—a stick about the size and length of a broom handle with a large, sharp hook attached—lay near at hand, and was frequently used in landing a fish over the side. American Merchant Ships and Sailors Thus he walks from visita to visita, with Page 67ncovered face, beating himself with a cord, into the end of which is braided a bunch of sticks about the size of lead pencils. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 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 There was hardly a stone or stick about it that hadn't some tender happy association for her. The Real Adventure He bowed again, twirled the stick about his fingers, and then turned and went toward the farmhouse. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life Tying one end of the cord to the right side stick about three inches below the forward spreader, we stretched a strand down to the notch at the left end of the lower spreader. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island To make the parachute, get a tough stick about two feet long and whittle it to a shape similar to Fig. Camping For Boys Then leaving the plank, I crawled up an inclined slab of rock which led to the actual crevice, until I was stopped by a barrier of dry sticks about two feet in height. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 A bras is a number of sticks about as long and as thick as your arm, placed in a pile about three feet high and about three feet wide. The Congo and Coasts of Africa Stalks of tobacco are usually split and strung on sticks about four feet in length. Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer Considerable opium is also grown hereabouts, and the people make it into sticks about the size of a carpenter's pencil; hundreds of these also occupy the merchant's shelves. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama We were in a friend's house, but her father came around soon and laid a stick about her shoulders, in my presence. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man He found, first, some sticks about six feet long and two or three inches through. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned I picked up a stick about three feet long, thinking to defend myself; but just as soon as I took that stick in my hand, it turned to a snake. Fifteen Years in Hell The boy had often been told never to leave a rattlesnake alive and he looked around until he found a stick about five feet long, with which he returned to the field of his fright. Dick in the Everglades The breeze now sprang up fast, and O'Brien put up the helm and passed between them, giving them both a raking broadside of grape and cannister, which brought the sticks about their ears. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 At these mines were little sticks about three feet long stuck in the ground with a piece of blue flannel tied to the end to attract the attention of our pickets going out. History of Kershaw's Brigade A number of men make a close fence of bamboo sticks about them, then go inside, throw out the branches, and catch the fish with their hands or with the nets. The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe But his wrath was soon over, and he never again, as he never had before, laid the stick about his wife's shoulders. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 The leg sticks should be fastened to the arm stick about 6 in. on either side of the spinal column, and crossed so that the other ends are 3 ft. apart. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Put an onion in with the meat; stick about half a dozen cloves in the onion and add one bay leaf. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. Still, I thought it best to leave him the old sticks about the place. Mr. Scarborough's Family You'll be a hospital case if you stick about in those wet togs much longer.' On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles "I wonder how much longer we're going to stick about here" some one said. Bullets & Billets For the arms, get a fourth straight stick about 3 ft. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do ‘And who the devil gave you leave to touch a stick about the place?’ demanded her father-in-law, much surprised. Wuthering Heights He then throws a stick about fifteen inches long at the block to drive it out of the square. The Chinese Boy and Girl "They'll never fell a stick about here without it being marked first, either by her or the agent." The Woodlanders Shell holes everywhere; the old, grey grave stones and slabs cracked and sticking about at odd angles. Bullets & Billets She turned away with the key which was thrust through one end of a stick about a foot long, to make it too bulky for absent-minded passengers to pocket. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise This simple government of ours was supported by the issue of little sticks about five inches long. Indian Boyhood When he got the barrel home, and ready to make his metheglin, he located it across two sticks about three feet long and six inches through. The Bark Covered House Thus, a hollow tube may be made by rolling the paste very thin, cutting it into rectangular pieces, placing each piece over a round stick about 1-1/2 inches in diameter, and then baking. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies And Stepan scrambled up, took the stick, pushed in the coat, and began waving the stick about in the opening, saying, 'Come out, come out!' as he did so. The Torrents of Spring She always seemed natural to me; and I had got to know every timber and stick about her. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast It will stick about the nostrils and plug them up, and thus afford a considerable mechanical obstruction to the breathing. The Dog This goad, by-the-bye, is a slender stick about six feet long, with a short nail at one end, so fastened that the point is turned outwards. Two Summers in Guyenne A rope was laid on her horns and the stick about her shoulders, and they started. Selected Polish Tales "Now will I lay my stick about thee—hold still, Rogue!" The Geste of Duke Jocelyn This consists of a little stick about the length and thickness of a skewer, a single holly-leaf, and the head of a dried iwashi—a fish resembling a sardine. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series She then cut a stick about eight feet long, and he took hold of one end and gave me the other. American Prisoners of the Revolution The Caingwa men all had their lower lip pierced, and hanging down over the breast was a thin stick about ten inches long. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America Later, he was given a plain stick about five feet long. The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes A Study of Ideational Behavior If you were to roll up a Starfish into a ball, and then stick about three thousand spines on the ball thus made, you would have a creature looking rather like a Sea-urchin. On the Seashore He held the end of the stick about eighteen inches from the glaring, lidless eyes. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch When I am on business," he explained, "I don't carry my sticks about with me, and I tell you this last fortnight has been a giddy whirl for me. The Cinema Murder They hold in their hands twelve sticks about six inches in length which they drop upon a rock. Indian Games : an historical research A light red-wood stick about five feet long and an inch in its other dimensions was the only object in the cage which could possibly be of use in obtaining the banana. The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes A Study of Ideational Behavior Place the sticks about two inches apart in long pans. Miss Parloa's New Cook Book The smell of tea sticks about him somehow to the end of the chapter. Philistia And Stepan scrambled up, took the stick, pushed in the coat, and began waving the stick about in the opening, saying, "Come out, come out!" as he did so. Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian But I tried it again and with much better success, for this time I struck the stick about eight inches below the mark. Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West I placed in the large cage a stick about six feet long and an old broom. The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes A Study of Ideational Behavior Roll each of these balls into a stick about a foot long. Miss Parloa's New Cook Book Fred decided that argument with a thick stick about four feet long. The Ivory Trail "What do you want that clumsy thing for," I said, "when there are plenty of sticks about?" Allan and the Holy Flower Meanwhile I decided to stick about the booth so that I could get the yard as soon as possible. The Treasure-Train I shall be just left with him and the Lupexes on my hands; and then the bailiffs may come and sell every stick about the place. The Small House at Allington A Gooweera is a stick about six inches long and half an inch through, pointed at both ends. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia Why, if my father had been in his place, and such an ill-looking young dog as that came hanging about the premises, my father would have laid his stick about his back. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn They cursed eloquently, and threw the bridle at him, and used up all the missiles and bits of hard mud and sticks about the yard, pelting him because he would n't stand. On Our Selection He then waves the stick about, uttering a spell. The Golden Bough And Johnny as he spoke dashed his stick about, so as to monopolise, for a moment, the attention of the brute. The Small House at Allington It sticks about their sides like treacle on a fly’s wing; collecting unequally, it destroys all equilibrium, and impedes the efforts of the steersman. Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage He thus produced a spliced stick about twelve feet long. For the Term of His Natural Life Each also carried a chicken in an open-work basket, while tucked into the basket was a round stick about 14 inches long and half an inch in diameter. The Bontoc Igorot Droll state of things there; one could fancy it Britain, or Gaul half settled by the Teutons, with the Roman sticking about them. Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife They are of an oval figure, and the walls are made of sticks about four feet high placed close together. 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 |
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