The maintenance of large armies of occupation in the new regions, especially in Turkestan, also meant a permanent drain on the national funds.

Boil some fine noodles in salted water for ten minutes; let drain.

The intense cold makes such a drain upon the heat-producing power of the body that only food containing the largest proportion of carbon is capable of making up for the loss.

A great war or revolution occurring anywhere, the loss by tempests or frosts of an important staple, such as wheat or cotton, the fall and reaction consequent upon some great speculative excitement, are all likely to produce enormous drains or sequestrations of this valuable material.

When I mentioned the drain upon a woman's vitality to bring three robust children into life in five years, you said it was only a "natural function," and referred to the old-time families of ten and twelve children.

It is not thought that the concession will cause a heavy drain on the national resources, few of the veterans having joined up before entering their 'teens.

Self-contemplation is a most enervating exercise and involves a tremendous drain on the moral forces.

Fierce Roderick felt the fatal drain, And showered his blows like wintry rain; And, as firm rock or castle-roof, Against the winter shower is proof, The foe invulnerable still Foiled his wild rage by steady skill;

Now the commitments of the Order in Tripoli proved a constant drain on its resources.

A lawyer whom she trusted absolutely cheated her systematically, using for his own purposes the remittances she made for payment of liabilities, thus keeping upon her a constant drain.

One was from Ralph, who began by reminding her that he had not heard from her for weeks, and went on to point out, in his usual tone of good-humoured remonstrance, that since her departure the drain on her letter of credit had been deep and constant.

Now and then a grandson rescues the old place, brings water from a spring or brook, digs a drain, lets light into the cellar, and builds on a kitchen and dining-room.

I beg your ladyship's pardon, ma'am, if I seemed a bit hasty; but I've been so put aboutand I thought at first you'd come in on the same matter, which I'm sure a lady like you wouldn't ever doabout the drains, and such like, which isn't fit for no lady to speak of!

Within a very short time after the declaration of war, the trade unions experienced a heavy drain on their funds in respect of unemployment benefit.

As soon as any building is taken possession of for a hospital, men and their tools should be at command for exploring the drains and making new ones,for covering or filling up ditches,for clearing and purifying the water-courses, and leading in more water, if needed,for removing all nuisances for a sufficient distance round,and for improving to the utmost the means of access to the house.

The directions Damerel gave to the workmen that afternoon were so injudicious, that his master happening to overhear him tell a ditcher to fill up a drain which ought to have been opened, gave him a severe reprimand.

Others, often encouraged by their governments, who foresaw a constant drain of population in favor of the gold colony, endeavored to find gold within their own limits.

After freezing drain off water, remove dasher; with a spoon pack hard.

The squire told me that they had unearthed a dozen skeletons in that little yard as they were laying a drain, and had buried them in the neighbouring churchyard.

" I remember his riding upon a terribly high spirited horse, who had the perilous fancy of leaping every drain, rivulet, and ditch that came in our way; the consequence was, that he was everlastingly bogging himself, while sometimes his rider kept his seat despite of his plunging, and at other times he was obliged to extricate himself the best way he could.

The foundations of the walls must be laid at least two feet lower than the bottom of the cellar, unless the foundation be firm rock; and care must be taken to leave a small drain into the pit quite through the lowest part of the foundation of the lever wall, to let off any water that may be spilt in the engine house, or may naturally come into the cellar.

An inflow of nearly one thousand nurses each month keeps the reservoir ready to meet the drain.

I carried four of the former and Chardenal carried two of each, and we looked as if we had come to mend a main drain.

A man carelessly neglects his drains, or allows a mass of filth to accumulate in his yard, or uses well-water without testing its qualities or ascertaining its surroundings.

A spot of marsh grass and blue flags occupies nearly half an acre of good land and I have been planning ever since I bought the place to open a drain from its lower edge to the creek, supplementing it in the field above, if necessary, with submerged tiling.