He observed: (a) Frost splits sometimes occur at higher temperatures than 14°F.

"Was committed to jail, a negro man named Billhas had the thumb of his left hand split.

"'Literary'I remember your stopping Captain Jones's leave for a split infinitive in a ration return.

The American species of the reindeer, which under the name of cariboo, inhabits the country around the foot of Lake Superior, has its hoof split in such a manner that it, in fact, serves as a kind of snow shoe, spreading quite thin over about forty superficial inches, which enables it to walk on the crusted snow. 29th.

How about the time when Blakely was the 88 manager, and they were rustling yore cattle so fast it made a quarter-hoss racing full split look slow?" "Well, but" interrupted Mr. Saltoun, beginning to fidget with his reins.

But in other forms the poets of the new time experimented eagerly, and in the stress of experiment, poetry which under Elizabeth had been integral and coherent split into different schools.

" "Better move your horse out of the way, Chief, because there comes a car at a licketty-split racing speed.

Jes' hel' up my ban's 'n' let 'er go lickitty split.

Then he made a little split in the top end, and slipped in a piece of birch bark.

In many cases longitudinal splits occur which isolate bundles of elements by greater or less intervals.

We got over that bad place without further incident, and presently came to a long swell of naked stone that led down to a narrow green split.

A common defect in standing timber results from radial splits which extend inward from the periphery of the tree, and almost, if not always, near the base.

They sat and looked lightnings at each other; and I contented myself with thinking, that when a rotten tree splits, bears catch honey.

There are one or two finger-shaped points of rock at the south end; and a singular split in the entire island may be seen on the bearing of North 75 degrees East.

But, what attracted my attention, more than even the stupendous split itself, was a great hole, some distance down the cleft, and right in the angle of the V. It was clearly defined, and not unlike an arched doorway in shape; though, lying as it did in the shadow, I could not see it very distinctly.

One tight split up to the knee as he made a jig step that brought the tears to the eyes of Billy Blow, who, with his boy, had come to witness the show.

We found the false stem split, and in one case a hole bored for a long-stem through-bolt which was much too large for the bolt.

Subsequently, in the unhappy splits and disintegration of her Government, it was announced that she favoured peace without annexationin other words, that she neither claimed nor desired the guardianship of Constantinople.

Then he notched the end of the fifteen-foot log, and into the notch he drove the wedges, and so, towards evening, as much, maybe, by good luck as good management, he had divided the log into two halvesthe split running very fairly down the center.

The book was wrapped in an outer cover that bore a recommendation of its contents, starting with a hideous split infinitive and describing it as an exquisite social comedy written from within.