As this is similar to a small hoe, the cutting edge will loosen some of the carbon and will draw it toward the opening.
This method has the advantage of providing a certain degree of adjustment if the wrist pin should loosen up after it has been in use for some time.
There is a slight difference in expansion ratio between the head and the stem, and as the stem is either screwed or riveted to the cast-iron head the constant hammering of the valve against its seat may loosen the joint.
Plenty of time yet to make him loosen up, but it ain't goin' to do no good.
Will you promise to be quiet if I loosen up those leg cords a bit?
You want to have me running over after you in an hour to come and loosen it.
He strove to loosen his hold, but the effort gave him agony so intolerable that he could do nothing.
But an energetic attempt to loosen the cleverly-tied slip-loop failed as completely as it had the night before.
There is a watery infiltration from the minute capillaries and the surrounding tissues between the dermis and the epidermis, causing the latter to loosen and if touched to slip and tear away from the dermis or true skin.
With a hook loosen the artery from the surrounding tissues and raise to the surface.
Loosen the artery well from the surrounding tissues with the aneurism hook, raise to the surface and place a bone separator beneath the artery.
She tried to loosen it and in so doing touched the little metallic spring on which her dress had caught.
I waded into the water, and seizing the lobster firmly by the back, managed to make it loosen its hold, and we brought it safe to land.
The struggling colonel, who was already sinking beneath the arm of his foe, felt the rough grasp loosen from his throat at the flash, and the two combatants sunk powerless on their knees, facing each other.
Venning had already sat down with a dogged look in his face, and Mr. Hume had to lift him up to loosen the mat.
The feast was made by us, so that while the people ate we could loosen your bonds.
It bends this way and that, to loosen the bark, to make its body and its arms supple and tough, so that it can bend to the blast and yet spring back straight again.
You will find it is very easy to flop the batch over, if you loosen it first as we directed you.
In loosening this candy before it gets cold, we do not mean to take it off the slab, but just to simply run something under and loosen it, letting it remain on the slab afterward, and you will find that it does not stick.
As soon as it cools a little, run a long knife underneath the batch, to loosen it from the slab; then mark it into squares any size desired, and keep going over the marks with a knife until it is cold, then break up with the hands.
When almost cool, run a knife under the batch to loosen it from the slab.
Nothing is more annoying than to have the hair loosen or the head-dress fall off in a crowded ball room.
If thus used two or three days in succession it will effectually loosen tartar, even of long standing.
It can be loosened around the sides by means of a knife, and usually a slight shaking of the pan up and down or the inserting of the knife a little under the cake will be sufficient to loosen it from the bottom.
The sides of the pan need not be covered, as it is a simple matter to loosen the cake from them with a knife.
Then a knife or a spatula should be run around the edge to loosen each cake from the pan.
After removing from the oven, cover for a few minutes with a moist cloth in order to loosen the macaroons.
The roots which have to bear it loosen the soil, and the loosened soil favours the extension and the growth of the roots.
Whenever one dismounted, it was necessary to loosen his long lariat, and let it trail on the ground.
Sally, who had awakened with the project of building a sheet-house with her fairy neighbor, and was beginning to loosen the upper sheet and dispose the pillows with a view to this species of architecture.
Mara stood in the doorway and saw him loosen his boat from its moorings and float off in the moonlight, with a long train of silver sparkles behind.
His reverence the deacon prided himself on his fluency, which was a great source of vexation to his reverence the priest, to whom the gift of words had not been vouchsafed; even vodka did not loosen his tongue.
Afterwards she clutched it in her weak fingers, and did not loosen them again.
Every little while loosen the tourniquet, then tighten it again, for it will not do to stop the circulation entirely.
Loosen the soil all around and under the roots so that which clings to the plant may be undisturbed and taken up with it.
Or, if the cake is large, loosen it; then lift the pan and quickly toss the cake up into the air in such a way that it will turn over and land safely, brown side up, on the pan.
It will stand a tremendous strain without slipping, but will loosen when held slack, and can be untied by a quick jerk of the two outside ropes forming the bights.
Afterward adjust the roll in the camera and see that it is properly placed and will turn easily, before you loosen the end of the film.
If the hand or foot grows cold and numb before that time loosen the tourniquet and rub briskly to restore circulation.
Putting into operation his knowledge of ropes and knots, and, by using his strength, which was not small, he managed to loosen his bonds.
Nothing but a drunken row," quickly replied one of the men who had attacked Roy, at the same time trying to loosen the grip of the lad.
A little while after this his captor went out, and Roy resolved to attempt to loosen his bonds.
As soon as he was gone Roy tried to loosen the bonds, but they were tied too tightly, and he was too weak to accomplish anything.
As long as he knew he could loosen them at will, he decided to remain as though bound.
Once more Roy tried to loosen the ropes, but the effort was too much, and his head, which was not tied down, fell back.
This is a mere temporary halt, in which the mollusc is miserly with its adhesive product, and the merest shake is enough to loosen the shell and send it to the bottom of the jar.
These last indeed owe their colouring to a layer of pigment which the point of a paintbrush will easily loosen and remove.
Sounds a bit noisy yet," he murmured confidentially to himself, "but it will loosen up when it gets running a while.
It did loosen up, and to such good purpose that several parts fell off upon the road.
One side used as a hammer is called the poll, and is employed to drive in the gads, or to loosen and detach prominences.
Here the boxes are inverted upon a moistened table, so that the gelatinous cake thus turned out will not adhere to its surface; usually the moist blade of a long knife is insinuated round the sides of the boxes beforehand, to loosen the glue.
When this quantity is reeled off, the ends of the binding thread are tied together, to bind each hank fast, and one of the rails of the reel is struck to loosen the hanks, and they are drawn off at the end of the reel.
Such operation will loosen the gluten and colouring matter, for the rinsing and wringing which must follow.
The gas evidently exists in a highly compressed and elastic state; whence it seems to loosen the texture of the coals replete with it, and renders them more easily worked.
Fine clothes require brushing lightly with a soft brush, except when mud is to be removed, then a stiff brush should be used, after garment has been lightly beaten to loosen the dirt.
When trousers are to be lengthened=, loosen them at the bottom measure with tape line, the desired length, from crotch down, making them one inch shorter in the back or according to fashion.
To remove old hard paint or tar, apply the cleaning fluid freely and place the sponge cloth over spot and press with the iron, as there is nothing that will loosen paint or tar as well as steam or heat.
He tried vainly to loosen her hold upon his arm, but he understood quite well that he must give her an answer.
The sound seemed to loosen the paralyzed tongues, and everybody began talking and exclaiming at once.
She managed to pull from her mouth the horrible, fishy-smelling hand of the old woman, and then Betty screamed as she endeavored to loosen the grip the old crone had on her arms.
