Then did I see with Horror and Amazement that both his Countenance and his Raiment were all smirched and bewrayed with dabs and patches of what seemed soot or blackened grease.
Then I seemed to see myself up at the window over the wall there, at Mrs Beeton's, watching the garden, and Shock throwing dabs of clay at me with the stick.
It appeared to me that he must know of my disappointment; for whenever he saw me at the window, and could do so unseen, he threw dabs of clay, or indulged in derisive gestures more extravagant than ever.
And by and by she cries out: "Why, my love, whatever are these dabs o' white stuck up and down the foreshore?
If the French landed they wouldn't begin by sticking dabs of whitewash all over the parish; now, would they?
She stood off at a distance from the table making sudden and awkward dabs at it.
Three turns and a pull adjusted the former; and a half dozen well-directed dabs with a stiff brush regulated the latter.
The back of the man was turned to Marcus Wilkeson, and he was making rapid dabs on the canvas with a long brush, frequently dipping into one of a series of pails or pans which stood on the floor by his side.
Rummages on the toilet-table, and dabs at her hair with a brush in the interval.
Why don't you put the damned dabs into something that will stay, then?
How the deuce do three dabs and two scratches make the stuff stand away from the body as it does?
A ring of red paint encircled it, at the first narrowed point of its circumference, to give it the resemblance of a human neck; and there were some rude dabs to denote other features.
In vain it was to strive; A dab was he, as dabs should be-- All leaping and alive!
Ramaswamy explains to us that this is a very specially holy Buddha, and that the little dabs of gold splashed here and there about him are the offerings of the faithful; they are simply bits of gold-leaf stuck on.
These figures are a dark hot red and are dotted all over with white dabs; as we draw nearer to them we see that these dabs are doubled up bits of white paper sticking irregularly here and there without any arrangement.
In such cases, when the abdomen is opened, the free blood in the abdominal cavity is easily removed by sterilized dabs of absorbent material.
When the operator limits the number of dabs to six he can easily have them displayed before him.
Whilst employed in this way he gives instructions to have the dabs and instruments counted.
In order to illustrate the diminished risks run by patients when the instruments and dabs used in operations are thoroughly sterilized, reference may be made to a case recently reported by J.
For a cœliotomy six dabs are prepared of various sizes, according to the nature of the case.
The dabs at the completion of the operation are destroyed.
The pelvis is now cleared of blood and clot; the dabs and instruments are counted, and it is also useful to examine the condition of the vermiform appendix, and if grossly diseased it should be removed.
The employment of dry gauze dabs in abdominal operations is objectionable because it is harsh and irritating to the peritoneum and leads to the formation of adhesions.
The dabsand instruments are counted, and the wound sutured as recommended on p.
Many serious consequences have arisen from dabs and instruments accidentally left in the peritoneal cavity after pelvic operations.
The surgeon should make a practice of employing a definite number of instruments and dabs for all occasions, as it will save him much anxiety in counting them at the end of the operation.
The recesses of the pelvis are then carefully mopped in order to remove fluid, blood, or pus; the dabs and instruments are counted, and preparations made to suture the incision.
Now, in New York, we usually dismiss the case in this fashion: "Dabs went smash this morning.
He thought of her as he had left her, sweet and dainty in spite of the little dabs of sugar and frosting that stuck to the quaint blue apron which nearly covered her from head to foot.
Hester maintained a lofty silence, and tipping the corn into a bowl, sprinkled it with salt, adding dabs of butter.
You are getting along fine, when all of a sudden she dabs your nails with a red paste and then snatches up a kind of a polishing tool and ferociously rubs your fingers until they catch on fire.
I know the exact number of dabs because I have taken the trouble to keep count.
That was the least that Withers could do for her, to insist that Mr. Hopkins should let her have dabs and plaice exceptionally cheap.
This ought to put Diva in a good temper, for there was nothing she liked so much as a few little dabs at somebody else.
I promise you nothing,' said the dolls' dressmaker, dabbing twodabs at him with her needle, as if she put out both his eyes.
I noticed the increasing pallor of her skin beneath the two dabs of red.
She had two dabs of color on her cheeks, as usual, but underneath a waxen pallor.
Place four cleaned and well seasoned sand dabs in a buttered pan, add one-half glass of white wine and one-half cup of fish stock; cover, and cook.
There were meat and eggs and coffee, and various heavy little dishes containing dabs of things which were never eaten.
It was blunt-fingered and broad and red, with the back covered by yellow hairs which extended down to the dabs of finger-nails.
Then he discovered that he had scattered it over his trousers, and that with the molasses dabs it made a not very delightful mixture.
Her once clean dress was soiled, torn, and burned; her hands gave the strongest evidence that dust entered largely into the composition of small people; and her face was variegated by perspiration and dabs from these same unlucky hands.
Do you notice those small, flat, brown or black dabsso common on almost any water-weed you pluck up?
These black and brown dabs often feed upon the milky planariæ.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dabs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
