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Example sentences for "hot water"

  • It is said that tumbled plumes may be restored to elasticity and beauty by dipping them in hot water, then shaking and drying them.

  • But if you wish to preserve the beauty of a freestone hearth, buy a quantity of free-stone powder of the stone-cutter, and rub on a portion of it wet, after you have washed your hearth in hot water.

  • If we put our feet in hot water, the capillaries will expand by the heat, and the blood will set that way to fill them.

  • The burning and contracting sensation may be relieved by cloths wrung out of hot water.

  • A corn will soften in hot water, when it may be pared with a sharp knife.

  • Relief from pain is often experienced by applying flannels wrung out of hot water.

  • Wrap the injured part in flannels wrung out of hot water, and cover with a dry bandage, or, better, with oiled silk.

  • It is a yellow powder, soluble in hot water.

  • In general they are white, loose powders, slightly soluble in cold water, more soluble in hot water; they are precipitated by mineral acids, but dissolve in an excess.

  • Twice daily throw the sponges into hot water, and repeat the process until the ants are cleared.

  • With care, however, they may be well grown in greenhouses and pits heated by hot water.

  • A moist atmosphere, with the temperature about 60° to 65°, greatly facilitates the growth of Gloxinias, but they may be grown well in greenhouses or in pits heated by hot water.

  • Thus you have devised a Woodlouse trap, and next morning you may knock the vermin out of it into a vessel full of hot water, or adopt any other mode of killing that may be convenient.

  • Blanch the almonds, by scalding them in hot water.

  • If it inclines to stick to the moulds, set them an instant in hot water.

  • Scald them in hot water, and as you peel them, throw them into a bowl of cold water, then wipe them dry, and pound them one by one in a mortar, till they are quite fine and smooth.

  • Bring up hot water at half-past six and shave me before dinner.

  • Perhaps she was not there, perhaps it was but a servant taking up hot water.

  • II 1 Awakened by that daily cruelty, the advent of hot water, Edward Pierson lay in his chintz-curtained room, fancying himself back in London.

  • And taking up his can of hot water he went out into the gallery.

  • Grease is more quickly acted upon by hot water than by cold, but other organic matter is fixed by the hot water.

  • The value of meat as food is due chiefly to the nitrogenous compound it contains, the most valuable being the albuminoids: the gelatinoid of meat is easily changed into gelatin by the action of hot water.

  • Wash, and wipe perfectly dry; hold in the hand and wash with the dish cloth; do not under any circumstances allow knives and forks to lie in hot water.

  • If preferred warm it must not be put on the fire, but heated in a covered vessel placed in hot water.

  • It was so odd and novel to have a beautiful bed room, hot water, and other luxuries.

  • They brought a can of hot water, which turned to ice before I could use it.

  • We ate with our army mess kits and rinsed them out in a barrel of hot water.

  • There was a building in camp for doing laundry, but there was no hot water so nobody ever used it much.

  • Before each meal I would run to the cookhouse before they ran out of hot water, and run back before it got cold.

  • The force-meat must be spread evenly on the paper and smoothed with a knife that has been dipped in hot water.

  • Add one cupful of hot water to the contents of the braising-pan.

  • When the flour in the kitchen is browned, add a pint of hot water, and baste frequently with it, dredging with salt and flour after each basting.

  • Guides come with canisters of hot water, and everyone goes to dress.

  • Even if the water does not run sufficiently hot, a guest seldom hesitates to ring for that, whereas no one ever likes to ask for a hot water bag--no matter how much she might long for it.

  • On the sideboard or on the table are two or three "hot water" dishes (with or without spirit lamps underneath).

  • PIKE WITH EGG SAUCE Clean the fish thoroughly, and wash it in hot water, wipe dry and salt inside and out.

  • A small quantity will remain, which should be removed by passing a cloth, wrung out of hot water, around edge and over top of stock.

  • When ready to use, dip the box in hot water; turn out the mixture; slice and place between thin slices of buttered bread.

  • What, therefore, was our surprise to find Tish sitting by the fire in her bathrobe, with a cup of tea in her lap and her feet in a foot-tub of hot water!

  • A window overhead opened with a slam and a stream of hot water descended.

  • It was twenty miles there and back and I've seen the day when two city blocks would send me home to soak my feet in hot water.

  • When the wine is absorbed add two tablespoons of tomato paste dissolved in hot water.

  • Little by little add hot water until the rice is cooked through (about one cup of hot water).

  • When the vegetables are half cooked, and their juice has become absorbed, dissolve one tablespoon of tomato paste in one-third of a cup of hot water, and add.

  • So, if the householder puts in a coal burning steam or hot water plant as a matter of economy, and then in a few years covets an oil burner, it is perfectly practical and possible to have one installed in his furnace.

  • The essentials of a kitchen are plenty of light and air; enough space for working under all conditions; well arranged and adequate equipment; pleasing, easily cleaned wall surfaces and floor; and plenty of hot water.

  • Also, if steam or hot water pipes go through flooring or are close to the wooden trim, there should be at least three-quarters of an inch clearance.

  • Whatever the fuel, make sure enough radiation is provided with steam or hot water plants to heat the house evenly and adequately in the coldest weather according to your ideas rather than the plumber's.

  • With a coal burning steam or hot water plant, there is now a cylinder that can be attached to the boiler below the water level.

  • Plunge the tomatoes, placed in a wire basket, into a kettle of hot water; remove at once and rub off the skin; chill thoroughly and cut in halves.

  • Turn the whites of the eggs into a well-buttered mould or cup, set upon a trivet in a dish of hot water, and cook until firm, either upon the back of the range or in the oven, and without letting the water boil.

  • When turned from the mould, cut in squares or diamonds with a knife, wiped dry after having been dipped in hot water.

  • Bake on a fish-sheet about fifteen minutes, basting with butter melted in hot water.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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