Pouring
[por]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pour
Typist: Millie
Examples
- The pouring of the entire house is accomplished in about six hours, and then the molds are left undisturbed for six days, in order that the concrete may set and harden. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Now they are pouring through. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The woman Cassy--for it was she,--set down her lantern, and, pouring water from a bottle, raised his head, and gave him drink. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Send her here,' said Sikes, pouring out a glass of liquor. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Her grandfather had returned, and was busily engaged in pouring some gallons of newly arrived rum into the square bottles of his square cellaret. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Say tea then, said Herbert, pouring it out. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I pouring out of window! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The stage was fifteen miles long, the night was dark, the wind high, and the rain pouring in torrents. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Then came the hordes of northern barbarians pouring in waves over the southern countries and burying from sight their arts and civilisation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Thank Goodness it will always be a consolation to me to know that I instantly went out in a pouring rain and bought the things. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The thunder was rolling into distance, and the rain was pouring down like a deluge, when the door of his room opened. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Franklin's idea of pouring oil on the troubled waters has been revived during the last quarter of the century and various means for doing it vigorously patented. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- At first the two forces circled at the same altitude, pouring broadside after broadside into each other. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Almost at the same moment, the bell of the great gate rang again, and a loud noise of feet and voices came pouring into the courtyard. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Sikes pouring out a glass of brandy, bade the Jew drink it off. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- His brothers then, and friends, the snowy bones, Gather'd into an urn of gold, still pouring out their moans. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- POURING MOLTEN METAL INTO MOLDS FOR CASTING IRON SOLE PLATES] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The experiment by which it was illustrated consisted in pouring the solution on chalk, which became blackened by exposure to light. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- While the mold is being poured it is in constant motion, and continues so from the pouring station to the end of the conveyor, where the casting is shaken out of the sand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was still pouring with rain; and the close carriage had gone, as you know, with Miss Rachel to Frizinghall. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The more modern method consists in pouring a fatty preparation into a mold, at the center of which a wick has been placed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We find in 236 A.D. a people called the Franks breaking bounds upon the Lower Rhine, and another, the Alamanni, pouring into Alsace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It has been pouring rain and blowing a hurricane ever since, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A man of this kind was now pouring forth his eloquent despair among the inhabitants of Windsor. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Fig. 1 shows the workman pouring an earthen ladle of molten metal into the molds in which the sole plates are cast. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- What wet weather we have--steady, pouring rain! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At first she could see no injury, but as she tried to raise him she saw that blood was pouring from the underside of his neck. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And what,' said Mrs. Sparsit, pouring out her tea, 'is the news of the day? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Pouring brightly into the hall, the morning light fell full on the face of Mr. Candy's assistant when I turned, and looked at him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His Zodangan crew was pouring broadside after broadside into us and we were returning their fire with equal ferocity. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Typist: Millie