He said he couldn't make out anything but a kind of scraping in a door-lock.
Scraping his chin with his fingernail as he stood in front of his big safe, Mr. Dainopoulos felt sure that, out at sea, there would be no trouble.
And as they had moved through the dense throng of little tables surrounded by officers and cocottes, amid a clamour of glasses and laughter and scraping chairs, with music on the distant stage, Mr. Spokesly experienced a new pleasure.
It may have been used for cutting leather, being in the shape of a saddler's knife, or was perhaps more suited for scraping the hides and skins of animals being prepared for use.
Probably these implements were also used for scraping the hides or skins manufactured into useful articles.
The Indian gatherers obtain the balsam from the tree by scraping the skin of the bark to the depth of one-tenth part of an inch, using for the purpose a sharp native knife, or machete.
This scraping is done in small patches, extending to 12 or 15 inches square, the incisions being made both across and along the trunk and the largest branches of the tree.
They slowly pulled out the dashers, scrapingthem off as they did so, and then packed the cream down hard; the covers were put on again, each with a cork where the dasher-top had been.
Slice some white bread thin and butter it; lay a slice of tomato on a slice of bread and on top put a very thin slice of cheese--just a scraping of it; add the other slice of bread, press together and cut into attractive shape.
A small piece of meat, enough for four or five people, can be baked by simply scraping a tolerably deep hole under the bivouac fire; putting in the meat rolled in the skin to which it is attached, and covering it with earth and fire.
It is well to treat your bit of skin as though parchment (which see) were to be made of it, burying the skin and scraping off the hair, before sewing it on, that it may make no eyesore.
The scraping of his chair as he pushed it back from the table drowned the sound of her voice, and before she could call again he was gone.
There was a scraping among the branches and through the parted leaves Tom saw a huge volume hanging on a bough in some mysterious manner.
So she excused herself by saying she was too tired with scraping pots and washing saucepans; and when the others went off, she crept up to her bed.
But that evening Caporushes refused once more to go to the gallery, saying she was too tired with cleaning pots and scraping saucepans.
So the cook began to make the gruel, and Caporushes left scraping saucepans and watched her.
The following morning I was awakened at daylight by a host of grievances,--a scraping above and a scraping below, that set all my nerves in commotion.
While they were still at dinner, Oscar and the other dogs which had accompanied them, had strayed to about a hundred yards distant, and were soon very busy scraping and barking at a large hole.
To prepare mushrooms for cooking, clean them by brushing them carefully with a soft brush, by scraping the surface, and, in some cases, by removing the stems.
The scraping can be accomplished more easily if the vegetables are first plunged into boiling water for a few minutes and then dipped into cold water.
A cold one after a day of scraping paint," he continued, reaching down and handing her the book.
They worked on ladders, scraping a section and then priming it.
But the blind scraping scoundrel yonder,' said Nixon, 'how dared you take such a rascal as that across your threshold at such a time as this?
There was no great harm done; only some marks of scrapingand bumping and the anchor down at the bottom of the river.
The scraping of a chair was heard instantly near at hand, and another door opened, and an old woman appeared, looking out at him.
Charlie saw that it was an old man, who, in the confusion of the moment, had pulled off his hat, and was bowing and scraping before the younger one.
A slight noise grew suddenly and resolved itself into a prolongedscraping along the outer hull of the submarine.
Then I heard a scraping noise on the roof and the noise I had heard at first like a big electric fan.
The same peculiar scrapingat one of the exit ports!
He could only locate the barn door by feeling for it, and above the light scraping of his fingers he could hear, inside, cautious footsteps over the board floor.
Then she heard the scraping of his chair as he drew it to his desk, and vaguely wondered.
A horseman was standing there, booted and spurred, and with his riding whip in his hand, and his steed was snorting, and scraping the ground outside.
There was silence for the space of some minutes, and then the sound of scraping reached Kate's ears.
His skin got very itchy, and he found pleasure in rolling in the mud and scraping his back against some convenient tree.
Only a scrapingof shoes on the mat Anything like the sound of a rat Makes my heart go pit-a-pat!
Presently, as we enter a perfect slough of despond, we see a man before us scraping the mire with a hoe vigorously, as we come in sight.
At last she heard his heavy panting, groaning almost; the creaking and straining of the rope, the scraping of his hands and body.
Bowles came bowing and scraping into the room a few minutes later.
