It carries with it not only carbonic acid, but acids produced by decaying vegetablesby the roots of the grasses and trees which grow above; and they dissolve the cement of the rock by chemical action, especially if the cement be lime or iron.

"He said Canada was like a great sand-pile, each little grain of sand, beautiful in its own way, but needing cement to bind it to other grains and it was for us to say whether we would be content to be only a sand pile, or would we make ourselves a beautiful temple.

Each canoe should also carry a small repair kit attached to one of the thwarts, containing cement, a piece of canvas same as cover of canoe, copper tacks, rivets, and some galvanized nails; a good hatchet and a hammer; a small can of canoe paint, spar varnish, and copper paint for worn places would be a protection against termites and torrential downpours.

The lime or mortar here described, appears to be the terra puzzuolana or terras, a compound of lime and oxid of iron, which forms an indestructible cement, even under water; and the remarkably light stones ejected from the volcano, and used in the construction of their vault, were probably of pumice.

Swamp oak : Yeymbac : - : Name applies rather to the paper-like barkused to hold water, to cover houses, etc. Rough-topped blackboy : Barro : Zantha : Resin makes a powerful cement.

If so this might have furnished natural calcareous cement in sufficient quantity to give the clay a particularly tenacious quality, able to resist weathering.

Bill was stooping to inspect the cement on the near end and the view of the hill was cut off.

I then checked the exit of the air for a time, while I proceeded to loosen the cement around the window by which I had entered, and prepared for my exit.

Mary herself mixed the cement for the floor while Janie did the whitewashing.

If, as it is described in the ancient manner of constituting a lodge, the Master is charged "to preserve the cement of the Lodge," it would be folly to give him such a charge, unless he were invested with the power to exclude an unruly or disorderly member.

The floor of the lavatories is sloping cement, and the water drains away through a gulley between the two rows of baths.

The root is held in its socket by a dense fibrous membrane which surrounds the cement as the periosteum does bone.

Fast cement of fast friends, band of society, Old natural go-between in the world's business, Where civil life and order, wanting this cement, Would presently rush back Into the pristine state of singularity, And each man stand alone.

One invaluable merit of out-door sports is to be found in this, that they afford the best cement for childish friendship.

The broken pieces of glass or china being warmed, and touched with the now liquid cement, join the parts neatly together, and hold in their places till the cement has set; then wipe away the cement adhering to the edge of the joint, and leave it for twelve hours without touching it: the joint will be as strong as the china itself, and if neatly done, it will show no joining.

Then some more wagons begun to show up fetchin' rolls of wire netting, and bags o' cement to make concrete with.

Acquiescence in the constitutionally expressed will of the majority, and the exercise of that will in a spirit of moderation, justice, and brotherly kindness, will constitute a cement which would forever preserve our Union.

Close to each cell, motionless, stood two haggard monks holding a blazing torch, and displaying the cement, stones, and implements with which the culprits were to be immured.

My Crowne as soone: they feele their sinowy plots Belike to shrinke i'th joynts, and fearing Ruine Have found this Cement out to piece up all, Which more endangers all.

The sides of the galley fire have caved inthere should have been cheeks to prevent this; we got some fire clay cement to-day and plastered up the sides.