Covering

Examples

• Over this is placed a water-tight covering of pegamoid, and the lower part covered with light silk. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• If there is a slab roof the air must blow freely between this roof and the top covering. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• When cocoanuts are picked, however, they have still another covering-an outer rind which has a smooth surface. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• If one wishes the pits may be left uncovered, in which case something like a foot of the ensilage will decay and form a covering and protection for that beneath. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Apply to burn, covering with linen or lint. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The floor may be slabs, and the roof a covering of brush to hold the packing to its place, if a slab roof is not readily made. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Far back in the obscuring gloom of a prehistoric antiquity, man wore probably only the hirsute covering which nature gave him. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• On June 15, 1844, Mr. Goodyear took out his celebrated patent, No. 3,633, covering this process, in which he not only used sulphur, but added a proportion of white lead. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• This paint gives a very durable and pliant covering, which does not melt in the greatest heat of summer nor crack or break in the greatest cold. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• It was evident that the enemy was covering a retreat from Grand Gulf to Vicksburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The kelps are abundant, covering thousands of square miles in the Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• There was a broad, irregular smudge covering some yards of the track. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He took out a patent covering wireless telegraphy in 1891, but other matters were then absorbing his attention, and he was quite willing to yield that field to the brilliant Italian, Marconi. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But his men struggled on until some of them got up to the very parapet covering the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The outline sketch will indicate the principal patents covering the basic features of the lamp. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The bodies are shipped separate from the chassis, being stood on end in one-half of the car and protected from dust by coverings. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• With our black silk face-coverings, which turned us into two of the most truculent figures in London, we stole up to the silent, gloomy house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• After Sola had replenished my coverings I again slept, nor did I awaken until daylight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The seats had also their stained coverings, and one, which was higher than the rest, was accommodated with a footstool of ivory, curiously carved. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• No dust, no canvas coverings: except that the air feels chilly, one would think they were inhabited daily. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• When he had so done, he lay down upon his bed with some of its coverings over him, and his coat still tied round his neck, to get through the night. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She felt the bed and examined the coverings. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A large number of patents have been taken out on glass coverings for locks which have to be broken before the lock can be turned. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• They measured and discussed in the dining-room, and Hermione decided what the floor coverings must be. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

Editor: Rae