31 Metaphors for addition

The most recent additions are some very powerful Krupp guns for the fortress of Isabel II., at Mahon.

A hougue, therefore, means a mound or hillock, and in the present instance, the addition of bye is obviously a contraction of Hambye; and, in accordance with the foregoing tradition, means literally the barrow or tomb of the Seigneur de Hambye.

The addition of the currant juice is a very great improvement to this preserve, as it gives it a piquant taste, which the flavour of the raspberries seems to require.

The only additions made to the chart during the day were a few soundings, besides increasing the number and altering the position of Cockburn Islands, with the reefs fronting them.

A charming and most interesting addition to the party was M. Forain, the famous French caricaturist, and now one of the Chief Instructors of the French Army in the art of camouflagethe art of making a thing look like anything in the world except what it is!

What an immense addition to the pleasure of a day's partridge-shooting in September is the working of one of these delightful dogs!

For example, the garlic so freely used in Russian cookery, would be considered by Americans no addition to the natural flavors of food; and still more distasteful would be the asafetida frequently used as a seasoning in the cuisine of Persia and other Asiatic countries.

Since the addition of an extra member to the party is ever an added risk of impaired harmony, and since the practice of any art involving skill is always a pleasure, I employed no packer during the entire time of my absence, but did this work myself, assisted on the off-side by Mr. Thurston, who accompanied me, and who helped in every way within his power.

Whether the addition of such an instrument to our apparatus would be an advantage, is, in my opinion, not free from doubt.

A nice addition to this soup is a handful of noodles cut into round disks with a thimble.

This addition is the complement of our quota.

An addition also to our party was a queer creature, half Portuguese, half Malay, picked up by Gerôme in the Beïla bazaar, and destined to fulfil the duties of cook.

These two expedients for increasing the revenues of the Church, he represents as pernicious designs, fit only to be practised in times of Popery, and such as the laity ought never to consent to: Whence, and from what he said before about tithes, his Lordship has freely declared his opinion, that the clergy are rich enough, and that the least addition to their subsistence would be a step toward Popery.

But the most novel addition to the camp has been a Fat Factory for the production of fat,from which comes the glycerine used in explosivesout of all the food refuse of the camp.

This addition to our domain was the next largest in area ever made.

Almost the only additions made by the collaborators were the short lyrics, which were set to music by the ingenious Mr. Frederick Lampe.

Whether the additions and corrections were the work of the original writer, or of some one else, is uncertain; but it does not appear improbable that they were the author's.

The other addition was Billy, the office-boy, a sharp, bright youth with red hair and brilliant blue eyes.

These additions, which even now are not uninteresting reading, are the best material in the book.

To poor Clarence this accession of fortune brought no new pleasure; he already had sufficient for his modest wants; and now that his greatest hope in life had been blighted, this addition of wealth became to him rather a burden than a pleasure.

Any addition whatever to our powers or our instrumental luxuries, which should tend to withdraw our energies from these objects, would be a misfortune to the Observatory.

On the basis of the inseparability of sensibility and understanding the ideal of knowledgean extension of knowledge to be attained by a priori means (p. 333)experiences a remarkable addition in the position that the rational synthesis thus obtained must be a knowledge of reality, must be applied to matter given in intuition.

For example, Minnesota's Food Administrator says the addition in his state is 40 per cent, instead of the early estimate of 20 per cent.

There are many others, and a recent charming addition to our stock is "Chimneys and Fairies," by Rose Fyleman.

" Any addition to the live stock was a great event.

31 Metaphors for  addition