Stalks

Examples

• Manila hemp is obtained from the leaf stalks of the Philippine plant known as the Abacá, the leaf stems of which are compressed together, and constitute the trunk of the plant. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The reaper to be of real use must dispose of the grain properly as well as shear the stalks. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The threshing-floor still resounds to the flail as the grain is beaten from the heads of the stalks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• As it was pushed forward, the stalks next the heads came between these sharp teeth and were cut or stripped off into a box attached to and behind the cutter bar and carried by two wheels. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• At the time of cutting the stalks had well-formed but small ears, the kernels of which had largely passed the milk state; that is, the kernels were mostly glazed. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• She boiled the asparagus for an hour and was grieved to find the heads cooked off and the stalks harder than ever. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Though rather lean in the stalks you be a green-leaved old man still. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• At that time Pitt, in that country, arranged a cylinder with combs or ripples which tore off the heads of the grain-stalks and discharged them into a box on the machine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The stalks should be cut close to the ground and thrown into bundles or gavels. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.

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