Logs

Examples

• But since he had come he meant to wait; and he sank into a chair and stretched his feet to the logs. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The burning logs gave warmth to the cabin and served as a primitive cooking agent; and the smoke which usually accompanies burning bodies was carried away by means of the chimney. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Some of the giant redwood logs must be split in the woods with powder before they can be handled on the saw carriage, and the average yield per acre is in the neighborhood of 150,000 feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The rough stock-strips for the alley bed, leveling strips, return chute, post and kick-backs are sawed out of certain of the logs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Clym hastily put together the logs on the hearth, raked abroad the embers, which were scarcely yet extinct, and blew up a flame with the bellows. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• If straw is employed, the rough logs may remain, and the crevices between them may be left open. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Up flew the bright sparks in myriads as the logs were stirred. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She did not look big with the cape and we would not walk too fast but stopped and sat on logs by the roadside to rest when she was tired. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Canoes are made of logs hollowed out, or of birch bark stretched over a light frame, skilfully fastened with deers’ sinews and rendered water-tight by pitch. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She had stood under it to hear the train rumble thundering over the logs overhead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The snow was packed hard and smooth by the hay-sleds and wood-sledges and the logs that were hauled down the mountain. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• In order to move these heavy logs, therefore, it was necessary for the woodsmen to get rid of the bark, the undergrowth and the branches, which, in logging parlance, is known as slash. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• For generations running water from rivers, streams, and falls has served man by carrying his logs downstream, by turning the wheels of his mill, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• A pulley and belt, connected to a circular saw larger than the motor, permitted large logs of oak timber to be sawed with ease with the use of two small cells of battery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• For a new settlement one built of logs, like that shown in the accompanying figure (Fig.?1), may be made to answer a good purpose. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The gate-keeper hobbled thudding over the logs of the crossing, with his wooden leg. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I helped him out of it, while Holmes knocked a blaze out of the logs in the grate. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• On top of these, logs were put. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Down he fell into the chasm, crackling down among trees, bushes, logs, loose stones, till he lay bruised and groaning thirty feet below. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• A flame darted from the logs and she bent over the fire, stretching her thin hands so close to it that a faint halo shone about the oval nails. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• We sat close together on the logs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• If sawdust is used for packing, the crevices between the logs will need close stopping; or, still better, it can be faced on the inside with slabs set upright, with the smooth side inward. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• In making the pins, the best selected logs are sawed into blocks about 2 x 1 feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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