In large manufactories of papier-mache the pulp of paper is simply mixed with the paste or size, and put into the moulds in large masses, and then subjected to pressure.
Papier-mache casts, when rubbed by hand with brown paint, form perfect facsimiles of old wood-work.
Why, look at our two others yonder: they have papier-mache faces, too!
It is very disagreeable, my dear; you might see to it; you ought not to let our children have papier-mache stomachs!
Fill the lips and nose with papier-mache or clay, and mould into shape.
The cotton can be made into a species of papier-mache by soaking it in flour-paste.
The skin of a snake may be filled with papier-mache by working small pieces downward; then insert a wire and place into position.
Papier-mache used for making ornamental stands is quite difficult to make, but following is the receipt: Reduce paper to a perfect pulp by boiling and then rubbing through a sieve.
If the papier-mache cracks it does not contain a sufficient quantity of glue, or if it shrinks too much, more ashes or plaster should be added.
The legs may be also covered with papier-mache or a thin layer of clay in short-haired mammals.
If papier-mache be used the effect may be heightened by sticking in pieces of quartz or other rock.
Bruce intends to manufacture this device at his papier-mache factory.
It is very extensively applied in the finishing of ordinary iron-mongery goods and domestic iron-work, deed boxes, clock dials and papier-mache articles.
The city has now lost its importance, the only industries surviving being the manufacture of perfumes and papier-mache articles.
In molding a papier-mache matrix, the moist "flong" is laid on the original molding form to be duplicated, the molding form being in place on the table of the molding press.
Hugh Cluis bet me a papier-mache writing-desk that you would not give me a party.
The outer wrappings fell off, and disclosed an oblong, papier-mache case.
Cornelia was sitting in a large cushioned chair by the fire, with a papier-mache writing-desk beside her, covered with letters.
When the Hoe machines were introduced, instead of dealing with the separate columns, the papier-mache matrix was taken from the whole page at one operation, by roller-presses constructed for the purpose.
We cannot abandon ourselves to papier-mache characterization in the theater.
The lucky guesser received a papier-mache jewel box fashioned to represent an orange.
The dampened and plastic papier mache sheets are beaten into the face of the type form by means of brushes, are then removed, dried, and used as moulds to cast the stereotype plate from.
He wheeled about, stooped and caught up the papier-mache tea-tray from the floor and once more stood with his back to the wall.
With his left hand he made cutting strokes with the heavy papier-mache tea-tray, keeping their steel, by those fierce sweeps, away from his body.
Possibly the attraction lay in a sort of companionship which he felt in the society of the blocks, and the tin soldiers, and the little papier-mache lady and gentleman.
Ebonite, xylonite, or papier mache dishes are the best for all operations connected with negative making, since they are not so liable as porcelain or earthenware to break a plate if it is allowed to drop into them.
Moreover, this is not a purely imaginary case, but one that is very real, for the skeleton of this animal which was shown at Buffalo was restored in papier-mache in exactly the manner indicated.
Not far away, however, was a big lump of stone containing several vertebrae of just the right size, and these were used as models to complete the papier-mache skeleton shown at Atlanta, in 1894.
The supernumerary had struggled out of his huge head-gear by this time, and laid the fabric of papier-mache and tinsel carefully aside upon a shelf.
In the preparation of papier-mache for goods on a large scale a beating engine is used in order to break up the old paper or wood pulp into a fibrous condition.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mache" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
