Pasting down a catalogue to be done by the librarian, 61.
The older method of pastingthe backing upon the book itself is still followed, although it does not produce the firm arch nor give such a good shape as the former method.
When only one finger is required for pasting it must be the middle finger, so that the forefinger is free from paste and ready to take hold of anything.
When at all practicable, the tracing itself is pasted twice, the first pasting will make the paper stretch and the second ensures a proper coating of paste.
The practice of pasting the backs at the edges only does not seem satisfactory, because on the one hand it does not give sufficient spring, and on the other the single sections easily work loose.
Before the folded sheets are arranged or gathered, there is frequently still some pasting to be done.
The practice of doing the coloured end papers at the same time as the book is not so good as subsequent pasting down, as they are then less likely to be injured during trimming and colouring the edges, &c.
The narrow margin is pasted; to avoid pasting more than the proper margin of the top sheet, a piece of waste paper should be laid on top at the right distance from the edge.
Tears in the back (if outside) leaves are mended by pastingthem down on to the following inner leaf; afterwards the glue makes this place still stronger.
Make a balloon, bypasting together gores of bank post paper; paste the lower ends round a slender hoop, from which proceed several wires, terminating in a kind of basket, sufficiently strong to support a sponge dipped in spirit of wine.
They started, but they got so much of the sticky stuff on their hands and faces that Nan feared they would soil their clothes, so she insisted on being allowed to do the pasting for them.
Freddie took several little narrow strips of paper, and pasting the ends together, made a lot of rings.
In pasting the last sheet, observe not to wet the last turn or two in that part where it is to be pinched; for if that part be damp, the pinching cord will stick to it, and tear the paper.
They are generally formed of thick pasteboard, made by pasting together six or eight sheets of paper, of two inches interior diameter, three inches exterior diameter, and fifteen inches long.
Then a dry sheet is put on, and the pasting is renewed.
Then secure the mortars, by pasting paper over their tops.
Very tender skins may have tears mended by pasting tissue-paper neatly over the holes from the inside.
Mrs. Boyd, now mostly confined to her room, spent much time in searching for these notices, and then in painfully cutting them out and pasting them in a book.
That was what the eternal cutting andpasting meant.
These stripes can be painted in red, white, and blue water colors, or may be formed by pasting on narrow strips of bright-colored paper.
Before pastingon the brown paper, dampen it well to avoid its wrinkling.
Finally, cover the whole thing with some dark-colored paper, pasting it carefully over the surface, and your telescope is completed.
Before pasting on the dress make eyes and mouth in the little black head, by folding it perpendicularly and cutting out the mouth, then horizontally for the eyes.
Trades and Wages Sample mounting is pasting or gluing samples of all kinds of material on cards or in books to be used by salesmen in selling goods.
The flaps of the cloth are left for pasting inside the face; now cut two more holes for the arms to pass through (Fig.
When pasting in the false face, first cover the flaps, left at the opening for the face with stiff paste; then paste these flaps down into the inside of the false face, which will bring it up close against the sheet.
We must fasten on a piece of tape by which to hang the mirror, by pasting down the ends of the tape on the frame (letter T, Fig.
They were made by cutting heads from colored picture cards or from magazines and pastingthem on cardboard bodies.
Another lady made a clown of her pipe, using orange paper for his clown suit and pasting white circles all over it.
In his study, ma'am, pasting the last of the cuttings into the new album.
When last heard of he was seated in the magnificent library of the corner house in Park Lane next to the Duke of Ebury's, busily engaged in pasting the newspaper notices of Mrs. Greyne's greatest work into a superb new album.
They are so small, however, as to give occasion for considerable patience in pasting them, and are rather difficult to arrange with regularity without first drawing the design.
Above the fireplace was a fine mirror, and Hugo was personally engaged in pasting on the mirror a fine and effective poster, which ran as follows: 'Interesting.
Then another girl ran in, and she, too, had to pretend that the spectacle of Hugo pasting posters on mirrors was one of the most ordinary in life.
On the edges of this sheet I found him pasting others of equal size, so that the whole when complete made a single sheet about eight feet square.
One day I found him in his room busy on the floor pasting large sheets of brown paper together.
This is to cover up the inside board by pasting down the end papers to the boards.
Removing the waste-paper, and paring away any superfluous leather upon the inside, preparatory to pasting down the end-papers.
If the joints are to be of cloth, it may be added either when the ends are being put on, or when the book is ready forpasting down.
All advertisements may be placed away from the sheets into a pile; these will be found very handy for lining boards, pasting on, or as waste.
When pasting in any single leaves or plates, a piece of waste paper should always be placed on the leaf or plate the required distance from the edge to be pasted, so that the leaf is pasted straight.
Even the pasting of a picture when the feelings are deeply stirred could give them sufficient expression so that they would be satisfied without further action.
The pasting was not a work of art, but it was effective.
The two men who had done the pasting assisted in this.
Before pasting on the paper the men looked closely at the joinings of the box.
This is done either by erasing words and printing others in their place, or by pasting on the original bill a piece of counterfeit work or a piece taken from some genuine bill.
The removal of characters from a paper is effected either by erasure (seldom by pasting some opaque objects over the characters, painting over them, or affixing a seal, wafer, etc.
The pasting is done so neatly that not one person in a hundred, or even a thousand, unless an expert, would notice the difference.
In pasting nine genuine bills in this manner nine pieces are obtained, which, with one piece of counterfeit, will make a tenth bill, which is the profit.
The remedy commonly resorted to, of patching up the book by pasting in the loose leaves, is a mere makeshift which will not last.
All torn leaves or plates in books should be at once mended by pasting a very thin onion-skin paper on both sides of the torn leaf, and pressing gently between leaves of sized paper until dry.
The way to do it is to have your paste as thin as that used by binders in pasting their fly-leaves, or their leather, or about the consistency of porridge or pea soup.
The majority of leather workers consider that the pasting completes the piece, while others feel that it is necessary to machine stitch along the extreme edge of the cutting.
In pasting this paper on the work, take care that the paste does not touch that part which is to burn.
The cases, which are about 6 inches long, are made by rolling strips of stout cartridge paper three times round a roller, and pasting the last fold.
The boxes are made of pasteboard, the corners being made tight by pastingpaper over them, but leaving the top open until they are filled.
We probably won't get as far as pasting anything today, as it is so nearly night now, but we will have everything ready for the time we shall need it.
He spent hours cutting and pasting just for his own pleasure and amusement; but without realizing it, he also stored away much useful knowledge in his brain while he was waiting impatiently for the leg to mend.
The women of the house then remembered that the pin had been used in pasting together the various layers of the soles of shoes, and, when night came, had been carelessly left on the table.
It is celebrated by racing with long narrow boats shaped to represent dragons and propelled by scores of rowers, pasting of charms on the doors of dwellings, and eating a special kind of rice-cake, with a liquor as a beverage.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pasting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: thrashing; whitewash; whitewashing; whopping
