Cleaning

Examples

• In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Oliver knew this too well; but thinking it might be dangerous to express his feelings more openly, he only sighed, and went on with his boot-cleaning. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I'm a-cleaning the upstairs back room, miss, replies Charley. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• After that exhibition we had a house-cleaning at the laboratory, and the metallic-filament lamps were stored away, while preparations were made for our experiments on carbon lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The cleaning away of submarine ledges in harbours, such as the great work at Hell Gate in the harbour of New York, has thus been effected. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• By a process of cleaning and boiling the albuminoid elements of the animal matter are changed into gelatine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The cleaning frolic over, matters begin to resume their pristine appearance. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• He is an ingenious fellow, too: he invented a machine for the cleaning of hemp--a really valuable affair; it's gone into use in several factories. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Keep her, I tell you, and have a woman in from the village to do the cleaning and go away again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The steward and chambermaid, and all, were busily engaged in cleaning, furbishing, and arranging the splendid boat, preparatory to a grand entree. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• There's bound to be, Mr. Jackson continued, the nastiest kind of a cleaning up. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• If the cleaning of the grain and separating it from the chaff and dirt are not had in the threshing process, separate machines are employed for fanning and screening. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• On the killing floor a small army of men is engaged in the business of cleaning and dressing the carcass of the hog. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The removal of the caked grease is difficult, and if soap alone is used, the cleaning of the tub requires both patience and hard scrubbing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The human body, cloth, leather, metals, wood and grains, everything that needs rubbing, cleaning, painting and polishing, meets the acquaintance of the brush. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The filtration plants owned and operated by large cities are usually safe; there is careful supervision of the filters, and frequent and effective cleanings are made. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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