Strands

Examples

• The load is supported by 6 strands, and each strand bears one sixth of the load. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It would have been had I been a Martian, but I had to smile at the puny strands that confined my wrists. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The pulp was laid by hand upon moulds made of parallel strands of coarse brass wire; and the making of the pulp by grinding wood and treating it chemically to soften it was experimental. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It was braided according to a calendar system--the more important the day the more numerous the strands in the braid. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• In one the strands are formed on one type of machine and twisted into a rope on another. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• After being twisted the strands are wound around reels in readiness for the second, or laying process. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Now the open mesh cane fabric, having diagonal strands, and other varieties, are made rapidly by machinery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• During the year 1895 the first loom for weaving an open mesh cane fabric having diagonal strands was invented. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Forming machine making strands. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The glare of the unshaded gas shone familiarly on her pock-marked face and the reddish baldness visible through thin strands of straw-coloured hair. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• This fine copper cord is covered carefully with gutta percha; it is then coated with tarred hemp, and is protected externally by an iron wire rope, composed of numerous strands of fine wire. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I lifted it to arm's length and the strands cleared. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He noticed instead how her hair looped in slack, slovenly strands over her rather beautiful ears, which were not quite clean. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The former twists several strands into a rope, the latter several ropes into a cable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A strand of wire rope generally consists of from six to nine wires and sometimes as many as eighteen, but much larger ropes are made by twisting these strands together. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He sat on the side of the bed for an hour, stupefied, little strands of consciousness appearing and reappearing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Around many a dusky neck hung curiously coiled strands of wire, while several were further ornamented by huge nose rings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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