Elongated

Examples

• An important result of these changes is the use of elongated instead of round balls, this permitting of the employment of much heavier projectiles for the same width of bore. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This I felt sure was Eliza, though I could trace little resemblance to her former self in that elongated and colourless visage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• An extremely wide flank-membrane stretches from the corners of the jaw to the tail, and includes the limbs with the elongated fingers. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Yet in North America there are woodpeckers which feed largely on fruit, and others with elongated wings which chase insects on the wing. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The boilers have also been elongated, to enlarge the evaporating surface and economize fuel. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The container is then forced by the pump against an elongated die of the size of the pipe required. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The cantilever portion has the appearance of a vast elongated diamond. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Breeders believe that long limbs are almost always accompanied by an elongated head. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The ball is an elongated one, with a hollow cone at the bottom, into which is fixed an iron button. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Between each of the compartments of the disc there is an elongated aperture, about one inch long and a quarter of an inch wide, for the eye to look through. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• These elongated spaces reach nearly to the face of the letters, so that the plaster may not sink between them. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Now, that's the way with them here, Mr. Pip, remarked Wemmick, turning to me with his post-office elongated. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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