 ... seldom failing to strip them with the nicest regularity. When these junci are thus far prepared, they must lie out on the grass to be bleached, and take the dew for some nights, and afterwards be dried in the sun.  The Natural History of Selborne - Page 219by Gilbert White - 1829 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1903 - 446 pages
...may support the pith. . . . When these junci are thus far prepared, they must lie out on the grais to be bleached, and take the dew for some nights, and afterwards oe dried in the sun. Some address is required in dipping these rushes in the scalding fat or grease... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1904 - 540 pages
...the bank, nor wolves the Ideating f 11" DKYD. VIRC. EcL vii. line 70. they must lie out on the graas to be bleached, and take the dew for some nights,...Some address is required in dipping these rushes in scalding fat or grease ; but this knack also is to be attained by practice. The careful wife of an... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1908 - 538 pages
...and kept there; for otherwise they will dry and shrink, and the peel will not run. When these junci are thus far prepared, they must lie out on the grass...rushes in the scalding fat or grease; but this knack is also to be attained by practice. A pound of common grease may be procured for fourpence, and about... | |
 | Henry Trueman Wood - 1910 - 224 pages
...leave one regular, narrow, even rib from top to bottom that may support the pith." "When these junci are thus far prepared, they must lie Out on the grass...dipping these rushes in the scalding fat or grease." The rushes give "a good clear light" at a calculated cost of "five and a half hours of comfortable... | |
 | Glasgow (Scotland). Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry - 1911 - 698 pages
...oven rib from top to bottom, which is left that it may support the pith. The cores obtained are laid out on the grass to be bleached, and take the dew for some nights, and afterwards they are dried in the sun. Finally, they are dipped in scalding fat till thoroughly saturated : 'when... | |
 | 1911 - 356 pages
...to strip them with the nicest regularity. When these junci are thus far prepared, they must lie on grass to be bleached, and take the dew for some nights,...scalding fat or grease, but this knack also is to be obtained by practice. The careful wife of an industrious Hampshire labourer obtains all her fat for... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...great dispatch, and seldom failing to strip them with the nicest regularity. When these jund are thus prepared, they must lie out on the grass to be bleached,...for some nights, and afterwards be dried in the sun. scalding fat or grease ; but this knack also is to be attained by practice. The careful wife of an... | |
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