The cat extends his paw between the slats but cannot reach the fish; he pushes his nose between the slats but cannot get through; he bites the slats, claws at anything small, shakes anything loose, and tries every part of the cage.
The water may be poured out in a moment, when the cloth should be spread over the back of a chair to dry, and the slats unlocked and set away in a closet.
The slats are placed upon the floor and the rubber cloth is spread over them (there is no need of fastening it to the slats), forming a shallow square vessel a yard wide.
Thwarts and slatswere then placed in the canoe and the water and stones thrown out.
The natives thrust long poles through the slats of Mappo's box, and, putting the poles over their shoulders, off through the jungle they started to march.
He peered through between the slats of his cage with his queer little eyes, and there was a sad look in them, if any one had noticed.
It would be better for very little children if the strips and slats could be one inch wide.
Sidenote: Purpose of practice mats] [Sidenote: Do not deceive the child] When the purpose of these practice mats is understood there can be no objection to them on the ground that the work is destroyed by pulling out the slats each time.
The slats should be kept in little bundles containing the required number, and secured by rubber bands.
The geometrical forms learned in the sense-training lessons can be reproduced with the slats and will thus be impressed upon the mind during the period of busy work at the desk.
In this case the mats would, of course, be larger, and it might be necessary to have the slats made to order.
The felt and paper mats prepare the way for loom-weaving; the free paper weaving, and the slats and splints for basketry.
After preliminary work with the felt mats and slats the children find themselves able to weave quite independently, particularly if demonstration cards or sample mats are placed before the class.
The slats are easier to handle if they are soaked and cut the required length before dyeing.
Sidenote: Long slat weaving] When the children have learned to weave the small mats, further practice can be had by weaving long slats into a warp of cord on the loom.
These are much thinner than slats and can be obtained at the kindergarten supply stores.
The feeble rays of dawn had passed through the slats of the blinds.
Camors raised his eyes and saw a white hand, resting on the slats of the blind, bathed in sunlight.
The rigging loft is generally constructed entirely of iron slats with open spaces between them.
It is usually made up of parallel iron slats or bars; hence the name.
These blinds were leaning, one against another, and they had already been painted a kind of bluish gray, and each one had whole rows of little slats that you could turn back and forth.
It seemed to be a good deal of trouble to get the slats well painted.
The first Dog-carts had a large and deep boot with Venetian slats in the sides, to contain greyhounds or pointers, and the four passengers sat back to back.
The slatsare just like the bars of a cage, and the animal can look through.
Splash had been most beautifully striped with blue, and, though he did not like being shut up in a box, with slats nailed in front to serve as iron bars, still the big dog knew it was all in fun, so he stayed quietly where Bunny put him.
Underneath the open mouth of the lion peered out Tom's smiling face, and as he looked through the wooden slats of the cage Ben put in a piece of bread and jam, which Tom ate as he knelt there on his hands and knees.
One by one the animal cages, which were just wooden boxes with wooden slats nailed in front, were brought into the animal tent.
The latter was seated near the fire, his arms drawn behind him by a rope which passed through the slats of the chair back.
Upon reaching the washing room the celery is placed upon a rack consisting of wooden slats over a large trough and subjected to a spray of cold water to cool it and to remove the adhering soil.
Beginning at the back of the bin the potatoes are piled to a depth of 30 or 40 inches until the entire floor space is covered and a number of slats are required to be placed across the doorway opening.
Then, somehow, my fingers would get apart, and I found myself peeping through the slats just as shamed as could be, but yet I could not help peeping.
He went up to Mahomet, the double-humped leader of the herd, who was the leader of the sneezers, and kicked him in the slats and told him to hush up his noise.
The zebra is the dude of the family, and the mule looks up to him, when he ought to kick his slats in, and rub out his stripes with a mule shoe eraser.
These discontented wives you hear about--what they need is a man to come home and kick their slats in once a week, and then make it up in kisses, and chocolate creams.
He stood on a camp stool, ripped off the slats above his head and pulled down a number of the life preservers.
Something seemed to be wrong in the chicken house, and when Dorothy looked through the slats in the door she saw a group of hens and roosters huddled in one corner and watching what appeared to be a whirling ball of feathers.
After coughing the water out of her throat and getting her breath again, she managed to climb over the slats and stand upon the firm wooden bottom of the coop, which supported her easily enough.
He turned the slats a little and looked down on the square below.
Enough of light came through theslats of the shutters and the white lace curtains to enable Rose to rise, take the medicine from the stand, cross the floor and pour it in the wash basin, under a spigot.
Her front windows were closed; but through the slats of the shutters she saw that it was still snowing fast.
Fit a false bottom made of a thin board or slats into the bottom of the washboiler and set the jars of grape juice with rubbers and covers on but not screwed down in on this.
The slats may then be ripped apart and dressed to size.
One of his forepaws slipped out through the slats or bars and rested on the bottom of the wagon where the trunks were squeaking, screeching, and jigging.
He had become too unsociable for any such demonstrations; nor did he pattern after the example of some of the sourer-tempered dogs in the room, who were for ever bickering and snarling through the slats of their cages.
At first, I used movable slats or bars placed on rabbets in the front and back of the hive.
I think if I had a few nails and some little blocks of wood I could fix those slats so they'd stay in better; you see they're not quite long enough for the bed.
When the lodger had been warned about the loose slats and the untrustworthiness of the chairs, the girls said good-night.
It was a cell, with heavy bamboo slats over the windows and an ancient wooden latch on the door.
Through the dark bamboo slats of the gate he could now see the Englishman riding toward him, holding his Arabian mare at an easy pace.
Bamboo slats were placed across the doorway to enable the zenana women to watch the ceremony.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "slats" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
