Its head is as yet undefined and its body may be classed as dumpy, but shut in and protected are a great quantity of knife-like plaits (Plate III, fig.
The hymenium is but an extension of the fibers of the cap, folded up like the plaits and flutings of ruffles, and laundered with exquisite neatness.
Having washed and cleansed them from the earth which is apt to collect between the plaits or hollows of the plant, dry thoroughly in a napkin and put them into a saucepan with pepper, salt and parsley, adding or not a piece of ham.
Gaud began to unbraid her tresses, coiled in the shape of a snail-shell and rolled round her ears, and two plaits fell upon her shoulders like weighty serpents.
He could only catch a glimpse of her auburn plaits now and then as her head bent over her open book.
The old arrangement of dressing the hair in a coil of plaits at the nape of the neck has quite gone out, but it was a far neater one for riding than the "tea-pot handle" and other curious knobs and buns of the present time.
I wished the thing could have fallen, but it was held by the elastic--we wore our hair in plaits at the nape of the neck in those days--and I had securely pinned the elastic with hairpins under my hair.
The fair plaits of hair, as thick as a man's wrist, were twisted round the back of the head in country fashion; a timid smile played on the full-lipped mouth.
Joyce screams, pulls her long plaits round her face to prevent the moths catching in them, and dives for her cabin.
What hope along the hillside, what far bliss Lets the crisp hair-plaits fall so low they kiss Those lucid shoulders?
Besides this, he had no friend to cut off the rough ends for him; nor had he any one to sew the plaits together; and though he could plait quickly, he could not sew quickly; for he was not used to this kind of work.
She removed her bonnet and deftly coiled the long plaits about her shapely head.
It contained two very long, very thick plaits of red-brown hair, each held together by an entwined monogram of M's in brilliants.
All the angels round the throne sway towards her; in their heavy plaits of hair shines a dull red light, and in their wings and on the Madonna's gown are mauve and russet shades like the colours of autumnal oaks.
A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs.
One of the rounded plaits or flutings of such a band.
Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name.
And even as she unclasped her hands, she heard a faint tinkle of coins in the well-worn little bag hanging from her wrist.
Firstly, had she not one sizzling Red Sea day appeared with her hair hanging in two great plaits reaching below her knees?
Mason wind the plaits round my head so as to hang rather low.
That miserable little piece of green and white to adorn the plaits she had arranged?
His hair had never been cut, and it rolled down in seven great plaits over his shoulders, adding to his bulk, fierceness, and terror.
So the house-loom is rolled up, and the shuttle flies backward and forward and the long plaits of hair are woven into a web.
And, as she was opening this paper to see what it was, Panurge very promptly and lightly scattered the drug that he had upon her in divers places, but especially in the plaits of her sleeves and of her gown.
Her flaxen hair falls in two long double plaits in front of her person, reaching almost to the ground; the plaits being first bound singly by a dark ribbon, and each pair bound together by a lighter ribbon.
The plaits of the ruff were occasionally pinned, the rows being sometimes two and three deep.
The Queen has a more formal mantle, resting upon either shoulder, the system of fastening of which is hidden by the two long plaits of hair which fall down on either side, but which was probably some kind of ornamental strap.
All that remains of thee these plaits unfold, Calm hair, meandering in pellucid gold.
Some of the men have their hair done up in small plaitsover the forehead.
They are suspended by strings passing round the crown of the head or from the plaits at the sides of the head.
They are in the case of men usually confined to the plaits at the sides, being also often attached to the side ends of the artificial fringes; but they are sometimes used for the back of the head also.
The string-like plaits in which men and women arrange their hair, and especially those of the women, are often decorated with ornaments.
The tall mulatto woman who came to the door had tiny plaits of white hair that covered her head in no apparent design.
Cheers was made out of oak splits, and cane and rye plaits was used for de cheer-bottoms.
And Kitty was to wear a wig such as she had always longed for, with golden plaits reaching to her knees, and she was almost beside herself with joy.
The old woman took up Poppy's hair-brushes and approached the long ruffled plaits of hair; but the moment she touched them the girl sprang away from her like a white flame.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plaits" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
