Frames

Examples

• The Peruvians also got to making maps and the use of counting-frames. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I only wish the machines--the frames--were safe here, and lodged within the walls of this mill. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The motor was located in the front part of the locomotive, on its side, with the armature shaft across the frames, or parallel with the driving axles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• For siding, sheathing, sub-flooring, shingles, window casings and frames, redwood is much used, because of its resistance to decay, both from contact with moisture or dry rot. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He had risked the last of his capital on the purchase of these frames and shears which to-night had been expected. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• These early cannon, bombards, and mortars were mounted on heavy solid wooden frames and moved with great difficulty from place to place. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• For decorations already painted it suffices to apply it to the back and wooden frames. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The hitherto inert and passive mill woke; fire flashed from its empty window-frames; a volley of musketry pealed sharp through the Hollow. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You know Moore has resolved to have new machinery, and he expects two wagon-loads of frames and shears from Stilbro' this evening. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And mind ye recommend weel that them 'at brake t' bits o' frames, and teed Joe Scott's legs wi' band, suld be hung without benefit o' clergy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The frames, having served their purpose, now go back to the scene-painter for further use. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• What was there in all this, but that fear created other senses within our frames, making us see, hear, and feel what was not? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Another excels in making the frames and covers of their little huts or moveable houses. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• During the few years following some new styles of frames were invented. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• They came home empty; and Joe Scott and company are left on the moor, and so are the frames. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• We're thrown out o' work wi' these frames; we can get nought to do; we can earn nought. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They were made of cloth, arched over ribs to imitate the curved surfaces of bird’s wings, and were fastened to two rectangular wooden frames, fixed one above the other by braces of wood and wire. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Are you certain you are not fretting about your frames, and your business, and the war? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I shall get new frames in to-morrow. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He also found a new method of lubricating his carriage axles, his spring frames, the buffers, and the brakes he had built for the trains. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• When Joe Scott and his minions return they shall have a share of this, provided they bring home the frames intact. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Jackson leaned back in his chair, and glanced up at the candlelit Archers, Newlands and van der Luydens hanging in dark frames on the dark walls. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• These are known by various names, as jiggers, rifflers, concentrators, washing frames, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Picture frames and ornaments sometimes buzz and give forth faint murmurs when a piano or organ is played. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Backed by his factory and his frames, he has all the encouragement he wants or can know. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• These frames have very little elasticity, and we take it as an historical commonplace that sooner or later a revolution must come to burst the frame apart. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The voice had no sooner ceased than the room was shaken with such violence that the windows rattled in their frames, and the bedsteads trembled again. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• As if your living cloth-dressers were all machines like your frames and shears. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• A plant for the two-part method comprises two or more horizontal strand-forming machines, several bobbin frames, and a vertical laying-machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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