The canisters were almost out of her reach; I made a motion to aid her; she turned upon me as a miser might turn if any one attempted to assist him in counting his gold.
Bottles and canisters stood on the shelves, and below them were innumerable small drawers.
Down into that assembly hall there dropped two canisters of Vee-Two, to crash and to fill its atmosphere with imperceptible death.
Fortunately, there is no evidence that serious evil had resulted from the supply of the canisters to ships; the discovery was made in time to serve as a useful lesson in future to government officials and to unprincipled contractors.
The Jury on Food, at the Great Exhibition, had quite an embarras des richesses; they were surrounded by hundreds of canisters of preserved provisions, all of which they were invited to open and taste.
The canisters of preserved provisions, however, are the most direct and valuable result of the antiseptic action by exclusion of air.
The canistersfor all these various provisions contain from one pound to six pounds each.
The ammunition consisted of huge canisters packed with gun-cotton and exploded by a time fuse or a simple percussion detonator.
But whenever the maker of those canisters appeared with his mortar round the corner of the traverse they cursed him heartily.
The enraged infantry took to heaving the canisters over the parapet until one so thrown exploded, blowing in the trench, upon which they left them severely alone.
Next day they met an Indian who brought them two canisters of powder, which they at once knew to be some of that which they had buried last autumn.
But would not the canisters of boiling water also absorb caloric in different degrees in a room of the common temperature?
True; but when they were both brought down to the temperature of the room, the interchange of caloric between the canisters and the other bodies of the room being then equal, their temperatures would remain the same.
Thick among the tufts of rank stiff growth lay battered canisters and clots and coils of solid excrement.
An evil smell, faint and foul as the light, curled upwards sluggishly out of the canisters and from the stale crusted dung.
Tuesday a cloudy morning Changed Canoes and buried 2 Lead canisters of Powder 2 foot 4 In.
Canisters of Powder which he informed us he had found by means of his dog where they had been berried in the bottom near the river a fiew miles above.
Lewis & 2 men verry Sick this evening, my hip verry Painfull, the men trade a few old tin Canisters for dressed Elk Skin to make themselves Shirts, at dark a hard wind from The S W accompaned with rain which lasted half an hour.
It seems to me too that the powder canisters produced more effect than the firing of all our friends.
Only a couple of canisters of powder," replied the King.
With bread the glittering canistersthey load, Which round the board Automedon bestow’d.
And if the old man grunts and shakes his head and grumbles about waste of ammunition, you just ask him if he'd mind you bringing one of your canisters of powder as you and your uncle's got for your double guns.
I don't carry canisters of gunpowder about in my pockets.
Springing over the confusion of canisters and boxes, she hurried into the house, where Mrs. Burton was sitting at work making new frocks for the twins.
The table in fair order spread, They heap the glittering canisters with bread: Viands of various kinds allure the taste, Of choicest sort and savour, rich repast!
The tables in fair order spread, They heap the glittering canisterswith bread: Viands of various kinds allure the taste, Of choicest sort and savour, rich repast!
Young Aretus from forth his bride bower Brought the full laver, o'er their hands to pour, And canisters of consecrated flour.
The table next in regal order spread, The glittering canisters are heap'd with bread: Viands of various kinds invite the taste, Of choicest sort and savour, rich repast!
The tables in fair order spread, The glitteringcanisters are crown'd with bread; Viands of various kinds allure the taste, Of choicest sort and savour; rich repast!
There sate the prince: the feast Eumaeus spread, And heap'd the shining canisters with bread.
Raising himself cautiously he seized the end of a fuse projecting from one of the canisters and held the crimson end of his cigar against it until a sputter of sparks showed that it had caught.
It seemed a miracle that Burkhardt had escaped death, but the explanation was found no doubt in the fact he had started from the spot where the canisters fell and so at the moment of explosion was outside the area of its full destruction.
The whole quantity was small; it was put up in canisters of two or three ounces, and was currently supposed to be sent to the Emperor.
His other allegation, which I have already mentioned, is as pitiful--that the Satyrs carried platters and canisters full of fruit in their hands.
I asked the nurse, pointing to two white canisters made of cardboard.
I asked, pointing to the white canistersaligned neatly on top of the counter.
When quite dry, rub them through a hair sieve, put them in canisters or bottles, and keep them in a dry place: they will be useful for seasoning in the winter.
Individual canisters were produced, as well as canisters in sets of two or three.
Ceramic canisters of blue and white, and red and gold, could be purchased to match other tea furnishings of the same ware, and silver tea canisters often were fashioned to harmonize with the silver teapots of the period.
The ceiling of the amphitheater pierced, the beam expired; and down into that assembly hall there dropped two canisters of Vee-Two; to crash and to fill its atmosphere with imperceptible death.
In the big trunk, resting quite unconcealed on the top of a pile of clothes, were two tin canisters labelled "Golden Syrup.
The torpedo officer took his seat and rowed away alone, thecanisters on the after-thwart winking in the blazing sunshine.
Through our glasses we saw the torpedo officer deliberately pick up the canistersand without hesitation prise up the patent lids.
It is to make it quite clear that, if there is to be any talk of canisters and tails, the order will run: "Canisters for two!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "canisters" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
