Matter enough," said Uncle Tom, turning to scowl up at the overcast sky.
Excitement because of the great advent; fear, because the sky had been overcast since early morning and it looked as if the whole thing might have to be postponed on account of rain.
Fortunately, though the moon was all but full, the sky was so overcast that only the faintest yellow glow broke into the darkness of the hill-tops.
The face of nature seemed to be a mirror of our fortunes, for when I woke the freshness had gone out of the air, and in the overcast sky there was a forewarning of storm.
Artie Jenkins's eyes lighted up with cunning; then an expression of doubt overcasthis face.
Thus she should find it, and the discovery would let in the sun upon an existence now overcast with clouds.
The frown of authority left his brow, and his whole face became overcast with a look of surly submission.
The rain had been succeeded by a storm of wind that howled around the house with the most savage impetuosity, and the heavens were overcast in such a manner that not one star appeared, so that all without was darkness and uproar.
In a little time all the happiness of the family was overcast by a sad incident, which hath left such an unfortunate impression upon the mind of the young gentleman, as, I am afraid, will never be effaced.
The sky had been overcast that day, and it was gloomy and cloudy when we reached Stonehenge.
The sky was overcast and the night very dark, and although there was a new moon, it was only three days old--too young to be of any service to us.
That afternoon, however, the skies became overcastand the wind rose.
The sky, that had been so cloudless early in the evening, became somewhat overcast by eleven, and the moonlight was dim and vague as he reached the landing.
The stitches used in it areovercast and buttonhole.
This usually consists of fine holland or linen, which is first stretched in the frame and then has the surface material securely stitched to it with overcast stitches, care being taken that both materials are equally strained.
This figure shows also the two usual ways of making firm the raw edges in cut work--the square shape is bound by an overcast stitch, and the round one by buttonholing.
The band is outlined on both sides with an overcast stitch, which always makes a particularly neat edging for anything of this sort.
Overcast stitch in embroidery is practically a very short raised satin stitch.
Lay the prepared patches on a table and put them in place by referring to the design, and then commence sewing the edges together with an overcast stitch on the wrong side.
Then, with an overcast stitch that must not be allowed to pierce the under surface, join all the edges together, and cover the stitches with a finishing cord or braid.
They can be clustered in bunches in different ways with ornamental stitches added, or be entirely covered over with darning or overcast stitches in such a way as to form a pattern.
The threads are covered with an overcast stitch, and alternate squares of those that recur over the space are decorated with a cross.
The pattern is followed out by round holes pierced in the linen with a stiletto and then overcast round the edges.
The other parts of the work are carried out in either buttonhole or overcast stitch.
Thick clouds of smoke overcast the sky, shrouding the morning with sombre gray.
One of those transformation scenes that sometimes follow on an overcast and rainy day, was happening in the west.
The month was June, but the weather was March, or at best, a sullen and overcast April.
It was already night, cold and cheerless, the heavens being overcastwith clouds which seemed to threaten snow.
Clouds were rising from the east, and already overcast a part of the heavens.
The radio truck was parked at the end of the runway and when I came down out of the overcast I was about ten feet above the truck lined up with the runway And able to make a perfect landing.
When we got over Denmark the weather turned very bad and we couldn't avoid the overcast so were forced to fly on instruments.
If the wind direction changed while the planes were over Germany it would affect the compass heading we were given to return to England and if it was overcast we could have blown off course, missed England entirely and gone out to sea.
Another time when our flight was returning on instruments as the overcast was so thick, we came down to 1000 feet and broke out to find ourselves over London with the barrage balloons all around us.
I gained altitude when I thought England was near, went back on instruments in the overcastand called the base for a heading.
At times we would come down through a thick overcast sky and wouldn't see the ground until we came out from beneath the clouds.
Near them a few objects were distinguishable when the eye became accustomed to the darkness, but overhead the sky was quiteovercast and black; and though there was no wind, yet the cold air of night was chill and piercing at that height.
It had rained all day Tuesday, and Wednesday was overcast but dry and, by contrast with what had been, cool.
This is objectionable, because it prevents the leaves from opening right to the back, and it fails in the object aimed at, by merely transferring the strain to the back of the overcast section.
The custom with binders is toovercast the backs of the leaves in sections, and to sew through the overcasting thread, but this, though an easy and quick process, makes a hopelessly stiff back, and no book so treated can open freely.
The morning was overcast by heavy clouds, and the air was balmy and mild, reminding us of the spring season near Sydney.
In the afternoon, the sky became overcast with dark, round, heavy clouds, and in the evening, slight showers fell.
The sky was overcast with thunder-clouds in the afternoon, and the mercurial column was low; but no rain fell, and a clear starry sky, at 9 P.
After sunset, the sky was overcast with very heavy clouds; the air was sultry, and we expected rain.
I have obtained my desire: and whatever clouds may overcast my days, I can now walk here among the rocks and woods of my ancestors, with an agreeable consciousness that I have done something worthy.
It was a slightly overcast day, about half intermixed of shade and sunshine, and rather cool, but not so cool that we could exactly wish it warmer.
It was an overcast morning, such as in New England would have boded rain; but English clouds are not nearly so portentous as American in that respect.
Day before yesterday I took the rail for Southport,--a cool, generally overcast day, with glimmers of faint sunshine.
The sky of the October night was overcast by thin clouds which, gray at first, turned bright silver as they flew beneath the risen moon.
The sky, which had sparkled a cold, frosty blue for days, was overcast with gray clouds, the atmosphere was saturated with a chill and penetrating moisture.
Brussels needlepoint lace is often worked with meshed grounds made on a pillow, and a plain thread is used as a cordonnet for their patterns instead of a thread overcast with buttonhole stitches as in the French needlepoint laces.
An idea of the minuteness of the work can be formed from the fact that a side of a hexagon would be overcast with some nine or ten buttonhole stitches.
The day was mild for mid-winter, but the sky was overcast with clouds, emblematic of the gloom that filled the hearts of the unnumbered thousands who thronged the streets and covered the house-tops.
