He may mould that ball into a bottle; he may draw it out lengthways into a pipe; he may cut it open into a cup; he may open it with shears, whirl it round with the edge in the fire, and thus make it into a circular plate.
Therefore, the rollers of the mill should be always placed horizontally, and upon passing the trees lengthways through the mill, the pressure will be uniform and the fibre uninjured.
Across the east end was the high table for the principal members of the convent: the others sat at two or more tables set lengthways in the body of the hall.
Then dip the brush into the mixture, and with it go all over the silk, lengthways of the texture; beginning at that part of the silk which is least seen when worn; and trying a little at a time till you have ascertained the effect.
Having pared your cucumbers, cut them lengthways into pieces about as thick as a dollar.
Clean the heart, and cut itlengthways into large pieces.
Cutting it lengthways spoils the flavour, and renders it comparatively insipid.
When this active little plant is about to increase it either divides into two lengthways or becomes surrounded with a firm wall within which it breaks up into a number of young forms which are released later by the bursting of the wall.
We must tear it to pieces lengthways with a needle and we shall find many threads--this is not their correct name but it expresses our meaning--running the whole length of the stem.
Then, a hole being bored lengthways through each, large enough to admit a wire, whipcord or large thong, they are strung like beads, and the string of wampum is completed.
Double the cardboard or leather lengthways down the middle, and then cut first to the right, nearly to the end, and then to the left and so on to the end of the card; then open it and cut down the middle, except the two ends.
This board should be placed lengthways upon the cross bars of the front portion of your sleigh and should be fixed very securely in position with long screws.
Then roll it up lengthways and tightly in a cloth and place it in saucepan to boil for an hour, then take it out and remove the cloth carefully.
Flatten the fillet with a cutlet-bat, and cut it lengthways into slices as thin as possible; divide these into neat pieces about three inches long.
A chain of mountains, with peaks of varying elevation up to 6500 feet, runs lengthways of the island, much nearer to the western coast than to the eastern.
In some of the mixed materials a beautiful effect is produced by running stripes of silk, either white or of the most brilliant colours, lengthways through the piece.
Also bore holes lengthways into the arms, from the ends next the body, and into these holes tightly drive the ends of a stiff metal rod long enough to also pass through the body at the shoulders (Fig.
If you look lengthways along the edge of a panel-saw that has been properly filed and set, an angular trough or groove will be seen along the whole length, so that you can slide a needle along in it from one end of the saw to the other.
This boat, as shown in the illustration, is planked across the bottom like the other flat-bottomed boats already described, but the bottom boards can run lengthways instead, if preferred.
Scratch them lengthwayswith the toothed-plane, or with the edge of a file.
Such a cleat should not be glued unless the width is very slight, on account of the expansion and contraction across the board being so much greater than that lengthways of the cleat (see pages 50-53).
Care must be taken not to jam the chisel down lengthways of the grain until the hole is practically cleared of wood, or the side of the mortise may be split off.
They are got out in short pieces, lengthways of the grain, and can be freely used in places where they will not show, as inside of the base-board in Fig.
Balance the skis lengthways on a stick or your finger and put stout leather straps just forward of the balancing point.
Sighting lengthways will of course show these defects.
To spread the tenons themselves, one or two or even three saw-cuts should be made in the tenon, lengthwaysand farther than the wedges will extend (Fig.
The mitre is sometimes strengthened for box work and the like by fitting a spline or tongue with the grain running across and not lengthways of the joint (Fig.
The skin is to be cut lengthwaystwo inches, deep enough for the blood to start, but not to bleed much.
The bilateral or bilateral-symmetrical body is stretched out lengthways and compressed at the sides (Figures 1.
The board may be placed either across or lengthways between the players.
The end of the tape should be slipped through the eye of the bodkin, and pushed lengthways through the lemon in such a way that it is passed through the ring.
A large flake has been taken lengthways off the hollow face, and it may be mainly to this circumstance rather than to original design, that the gouge-like character of the implement is due.
A hard particle of the flint has interfered with the regular convexity of the worked face, but in some specimens the form is almost as regular as a slice taken lengthways off a lemon, though in others the outline presents an irregular curve.
It is polished nearly all over, both faces are ridged, so that it is almost rhomboidal in section, though the angles are rounded; one face is curved lengthways much more than the other, which is nearly straight.
The curvature lengthwaysto some extent resembles that of the Eskimo arrow-flakers engraved as Figs.
When quite cold, cut each egg lengthways into four or six pieces, taking a bit off one end of each piece or slice.
Cut each of them lengthways into four pieces; lay them for an hour in a pan of cold water.
To keep your thin, light slippers in shape, when you put them away, fold them ever lengthways or sideways, and tie the strings round them.
Rub themlengthways of the satin, with a piece of new white flannel dipped in spirits of wine.
Next separate the brisket, or short bones, by cutting lengthways along the breast.
Make a cross incision on the fore-part of the shoulder, and serve slices from both sides of the incision; then cut slices lengthways along the shoulder-blade.
From the upper part, whether hot or cold, the slices should be cut lengthwaysfrom top to bottom, so that the fat and lean may be distributed in fair proportions.
The enormous blocks of granite and alabaster, laid lengthways across other blocks, on which we look down, gives to it the appearance of the crypt of a cathedral.
The railway-carriages are painted a dismal grey, and two doors lead to the three seats running lengthways down the carriage, the additional one being placed in the centre.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lengthways" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
