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Example sentences for "putty"

Lexicographically close words:
puttin; putting; puttinge; puttis; putts; puttyng; puzzle; puzzled; puzzledly; puzzlement
  1. If the countersunk bolt heads are carefully modelled over with putty or "mache" and colored like the antlers no one will know they are not attached to a 'bony' fide forehead.

  2. After placing the wires and bulbs and testing, the grooves are filled with "mache" or putty colored to match the other surface.

  3. Aw wonder what dang'd sooart o' putty that lumpheead used 'at put this winder in.

  4. I slep putty well, considerin' thet the scratch the eagle had gin me had got to be soreish, an' war wuss torst the mornin'.

  5. A few--there's a putty considerable drift comin' down.

  6. I thort I ked niver take the thing from my lips, an' I feel putty sartin thet while I war drinkin', the Massissippi must a fell a kupple o' feet in the clur.

  7. While most of these decorations are carved in wood, some of them are made in French putty and applied to the surface of the wood with glue.

  8. This carving is done in wood and not in French putty glued on, as is the case with many ornamentations.

  9. The studding which was placed around the window opening when you erected the framework of the house forms a frame for the sash to set in.

  10. The sash should fit the frame with but enough space around it to allow it to open freely.

  11. First cover the roof with boards placed about one inch apart.

  12. The rubber tubing should be cut just long enough to reach the funnel, and the bottom of this filter should come within an inch or two of the sink, which will be set in the shelf below.

  13. A spring-catch should be screwed to the bottom rail of the sash with the latch-pocket counter sunk in the window-sill, and from the knob of the catch a cord should be attached and run through a screw-eye placed in the wall near the ceiling.

  14. Vines trained over the outside will help to hide the roughness of the boards.

  15. Nail a strip of wood, half an inch wide, around the tops of the chimneys for caps.

  16. The Guide-wires= are made of very heavy wire that will not easily bend.

  17. Chapter I, to see that they are perpendicular, continue laying the side and end logs alternately.

  18. The glass should be fastened in the first and second story windows by means of putty and strips of cigar-boxes (see Figs.

  19. As the basement is to represent stone, there will be no finish around the openings, and the glass will have to be held in place with cigar-box strips on the inside and putty on the outside, as shown in Figs.

  20. Fill in the spaces between the glass and strips with putty to hold the glass firmly in place.

  21. The holes made by the heads should be filled up with putty before the finish is put upon the wood.

  22. If the woodwork is to be finished in its natural color, by varnishing or oiling its surface, color the putty to match the wood.

  23. Putty was then used, but that failed to hold with the tenacity required, as there was a constant tendency of the shade to fall out by its natural weight when hanging up.

  24. Turn, therefore, the bags of the skin of the eyelids inside out, and, filling them with putty or clay, shape them and return.

  25. Putty balls should be used, and blown with a quick puff, which is easily acquired by practice.

  26. This second wire partly supplies the place of the small bone and muscles of each leg, and its natural appearance is considerably enhanced by the application of putty or clay to pad parts of the animal's legs and feet.

  27. Sawdust or bran may be used for stuffing the fish, which, with the addition of putty and tow to certain parts, will shape it up very fairly.

  28. Supposing the stand to be ebonized, or of mahogany or any other fancy wood, the putty or plaster can be coloured to any required tint, or if the stand is gilt the cement can be gilded over.

  29. Putty can be used in any part with this colouring.

  30. Fill up the orbits also with putty or clay to receive the eyes, packing up above and below them to show the various depressions and ridges.

  31. Fill this up with sufficient putty to allow for shrinking, sewing it to the outer skin.

  32. In order to make the joints watertight, care must be taken to get a proper aquarium putty or cement.

  33. I've known many a putty good hunter to get the shakes when he see a bobcat a-glarin' at him from a tree.

  34. He's putty close, you must remember, and it costs money to entertain.

  35. I like his preachin' putty well, but he don't use near as much brimstone as old Mr. Howe does.

  36. Now, putty soon you'll see some more answerin' of 'em.

  37. I heered 'em callin' agin and agin; putty soon I jist looked out'er ther corner of my eye, and see the bar was gone.

  38. Well, I reckon, by the looks round, thet maybe they'll have ter huff it putty lively themselves, ef they git away from it.

  39. Putty soon I heered somebody down in the woods a-callin'.

  40. My shoulder's putty sore, but I kin git along all right with it.

  41. I never smelt anything so good as that dinner smelt, less 'twas a good venison steak on the coals, when you're putty hungry.

  42. We shall probably need everybody in camp putty soon," said Jerry.

  43. They was havin' a big time that night, gittin' ready for another expedition, and I knew they'd be putty busy.

  44. Illustration: 0340] I replied to him enigmatically that putty was a very good servant, but a very bad master.

  45. It had been patched often enough before, goodness knows, and its wounds had been poulticed with putty until in some places it seemed to be suffering from an irrepressible attack of mumps.

  46. In the morning they would putty up the cuts made in the door during the night.

  47. Say," he went on, "thet looks like a putty good sized cave!

  48. But the State has settled putty fast in the last twenty-five years.

  49. No, although I come putty nigh to it," was the answer, and the old miner pointed to a hole through the brim of the hat he wore.

  50. We looked over the rocks and the dirt putty well, too," explained Tom Dillon.

  51. I thought the senator was putty well fixed.

  52. We know some things about Nater, but there's others she keeps putty well hid.

  53. It will be hard work, but putty safe--if we are careful.

  54. An' some putty stiff travelin', too, in some spots, believe me!

  55. As soon as he laid eyes on Claude and observed him assisting Charlotte Beecher in a feverish effort to save her putty models, his rage reached its climax.

  56. I must keep my wits about me today, or I shall be as putty in my mother's hands.

  57. She was making impromptu busts in putty of all who could afford a contribution, no reasonable sum being refused.

  58. In his usual insidious fashion, he had taken French leave while the circle of spectators was absorbed in the ritual of weaving gossip amongst themselves or blessing Miss Beecher's next putty statuette with lavish adjectives and exclamations.

  59. But I stood by and let our poisoned age conform that putty into the shape of a crazed beast, because it took that form as readily as any other, and in taking it, best served my selfish ends.

  60. For you and all your kind are so much putty in the hands of circumspect fellows such as I.

  61. There is going to be trouble putty quick, to my way o' thinkin'!

  62. And when it comes I allow as how it will be putty heavy," replied Luke Striker, casting an eye to the westward, where a small dark cloud was beginning to show above the horizon.

  63. The boss of this house went over to Stipbitts last night to see his mother, and I expect him back putty soon, and I guess he'll let ye have his hoss.

  64. Indeed, anyone must have had a soul of putty not to have laid criticism aside; not to have forgotten all that had been said before, and all that might be said afterwards, in the enchanting moment.

  65. A complaining woman is worse than a leaky house, because with paint and putty you can stop the dropping; but how can one find the source of constant complaints?

  66. Her face pleaseth me," said Samson, who, although he could conquer lions, was like putty in the hands of women.

  67. It air a rare colour, an' a putty colour.

  68. Putty said he wood pay us but when we asked him for our pay he said we cood have all the horse chesnuts we wanted.

  69. Fatty Melcher wirked all the afternoon puting leafs in old Putty Lowjys barn.

  70. It has in front of it as much earth as it can wish for; it keeps putty in a back-shop; and the factory which produces it never slacks work.

  71. Eph sot great store by the old lady, and I expect he was putty mad with Eliphalet that night.

  72. Prob'ly it sounded then like a putty piece on a seraphine; but I allers cal'lated she'd git her fill of it, sooner or later.


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