The rice should only be eaten aftermoistening it with this perfumed dew which called to mind the image of an oriental garden.
He embraced his mate, moistening his neck with tears.
Like the hygrometer, it is composed of a wet-bulb and a dry-bulb thermometer but no water cup is attached to the instrument formoistening the wick of the wet bulb.
When a hot-air furnace is provided with the customary reservoir for moistening the discharged air, it may be made to produce excellent conditions of atmospheric humidity.
A premonitory moistening at the same time overflowed his nether lip.
The moistening of the Keppeler paper with hydrochloric acid before use is essential, because if not acidified the paper is marked by acetylene itself.
Cartridges or "sticks" of carbide are also made without wrappings, either bymoistening powdered carbide with oil and compressing the whole into moulds, or by compressing dry carbide dust and immersing the sticks in oil or molten grease.
The books of Keppeler papers are put up in a case which also contains a bottle of acid for moistening them as required and are obtainable wholesale of E.
He hesitated, moistening dry lips with the tip of a nervous tongue.
Lanyard inserted four on top of the cylinder, moistening the lowermost slightly to make it stick, recorked the phial, and returned it to its compartment.
However, it may be done, even without moistening the leather, by using the skill and patience which both come from practice.
I knew that I was remaining for some time, and that my little cousin Bella was sitting by my side fanning my face, and now and then moistening my lips, or giving me a slight portion of food.
I sat down, therefore, by the side of my poor young companion, moistening his fevered lips every now and then with water, and bathing his forehead.
Samaritan was found amongst these three; they all passed by on the other side, without alleviating his pain, moistening his parched lips, warming his shivering limbs, or aiding him in any way whatever.
After moistening their mouths with water, we made gruel for them with flour and water, and gave it to them warm: this they drank readily, and appeared much revived by it, so that I fully hoped we should save both of them.
But flowers bloom in those forests," said Acte, dipping her hand in a vase filled with verbena, and moistening Lygia's hair with it.
Canned or fresh peaches may be used in place of apples in the same manner, moistening the tapioca with the juice of the canned peaches in place of the cold milk.
Pound the slices separately in a mortar, moistening with butter as you proceed; then pack it in a jar or pail, mixing it in alternate layers; first the tongue and then the veal, so that when cut it will look variegated.
As o'er some granite wall Soft vine-leaves open to the moistening dew And warm bright sun, the love of that young wife Found on a hard cold breast the dew and warmth of life.
I cannot promise as much for the nitric acid; pray apply it very carefully, merely moistening the glass stopper and applying it with that.
The Doctor attended to his patients; Isobel sat by the side of her uncle, giving him some broth that they had brought with them, from time to time, or moistening his lips with weak brandy and water.
Rub through a colander, moistening if necessary with a little cold milk.
He sighed again and went on, moistening his lips: "I was walking along the Strand one day, very disheartened, when I heard my name called.
His voice ceased, and in place of it rose the sound of his tongue moistening his palate.
There, very still, he sat, not reading a word, continually moistening his dry lips and sighing, to relieve the tension of his heart.
The moistening of the cotton-wool with glycerine was a decided improvement; still the respirator only enabled us to remain in dense smoke for three or four minutes, after which the irritation became unendurable.
Care is, however, necessary, in moistening the wool with glycerine.
Dust and a high wind are useful allies, but rain is treacherous, for, by moistening the soil so as to retain foot-marks, it favours the pursuit.
He has chased the onager, the buffalo, and the ostrich, without once pulling up, and without a single drop of sweat moistening his coat.
Mix all thoroughly, moistening it with a quart of bottled or sweet cider.
Having boiled and skinned two fine smoked tongues, cut them to pieces and pound them to a paste in a mortar, moistening them with plenty of butter as you proceed.
Season it with pepper, salt and nutmeg, and having mixed the whole very well pound it to a paste in a marble mortar, putting in a little at a time, and moistening it frequently with yolk of egg that has been previously beaten.
Pound in a mortar six large anchovies, moistening them with their own pickle.
Put a hook through one end, and roast the pork before a clear brisk fire, moistening the skin occasionally with butter.
Ah," said the doctor slowly, as he took up the bottle, removed the stopper, and smelled the contents beforemoistening one finger and tasting it.
The cake is once more mashed up with water, and squeezed, when it yields a liquor which may be used instead of water for moistening fresh ground apples.
Mending; that is moisteningany broken points with a brush, and applying bits of gold leaf to them.
Dipping the leather, which consists in moistening it with water, and beating it with the mace, or a mallet upon the hurdle.
This alternate moisteningand exposure to air is performed six or eight times, at regular intervals of about a week.
Flax has been for a long period spun wet in the mills; a method no doubt copied from the practice of housewives moistening their yarn with their saliva at the domestic wheel.
It is destroyed by complete desiccation, and cannot be restored by moistening it again.
Moistening their surface with dilute muriatic or nitric acid, will answer the same purpose.
After it dries to a certain degree on the plaster mould, the workman replaces it on the lathe, by moistening it on its base with a wet sponge, and finishes its form with an iron tool.
By drying in the air it becomes brittle, and may be powdered; but its viscosity may be restored by moistening it.
To make good bread, it is necessary to have good flour, fresh yeast and the liquid used in moistening must be neither too hot nor too cold or the bread will not rise properly.
A novice had better try this pudding plain, omitting the wine, brandy, almonds and citron, moisteningwith water instead of wine before baking.
The moistening of the food with saliva is likewise important to good digestion.
No other real digestion occurs in the mouth, although the chewing and moistening are of very great importance in preparing the food for the digestion that is to come further along.
The saliva is primarily for the purpose of moistening the food, but besides this it is also a definite digestive juice, because it contains one of the digestive enzymes.
The process begins in the mouth; here the food is chewed and moistened with saliva before being swallowed; both the chewing and the moistening are important to insure good digestion later on.
One can easily prove that insufficient moistening prevents swallowing by eating a rather large quantity of a very dry food, like crackers.
Having first mixed it with a spoon, knead it well with your hands; moistening it with a little milk or water, if you find it too stiff.
Pound the whole in a mortar, moisteningit with raw yolk of egg (well-beaten) as you proceed.
Mix the whole well, moistening it with cream or white wine.
Another Saffron of Mars is also prepared in a much shorter manner, by mixing filings of Iron with pulverized Sulphur, and moistening the mixture, which after some time ferments and grows hot.
In this case it must be softened bymoistening it with hot water.
The cheat is easily discovered, by moistening a linen rag with the Oil supposed to be thus falsified, and then holding the rag a little before the fire, which presently dissipates the odorous part of the falsified Oil.
For although an immense quantity of Water exists in the bowels of the Earth, moistening all its contents, it cannot be thence inferred, that it is one of the principles of minerals.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "moistening" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
