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Example sentences for "small iron"

  • Then let this ring be supported by a small iron, at some distance from the post or stand, to which it is fixed; and have another ring fixed in the same manner, to receive and guide the small end of the stick.

  • Kneeling on Contarini's shoulders he took out a small iron instrument, shaped exactly like a pear, but which by a screw, placed where the stem would be, could be made to open out in four parts that spread like the petals of a flower.

  • I thought it wiser to bring this over at night," he said, setting a small iron box on the table.

  • When he entered, Zorzi was introducing a new mixture, carefully powdered, into one of the glass-pots with a small iron shovel.

  • The other end of the jack at I, is tapered to a point; and when the jacks are in their horizontal position, they are secured by small iron springs, one of which is represented at I, fig.

  • Then in order that the cupel may be equally heated by the fire, turn it around with a small iron hook, whose handle is likewise made of iron and is a foot and a half long.

  • Procure a bundle of small iron wire, say 1/4 in.

  • A coil of insulated wire is wrapped around a small iron core, leaving a few inches of each end free for connections.

  • For the crank a bent piece of stout wire or a nail will serve, though a small iron wheel is better, as it gives steadiness to the motion.

  • Small iron or copper tacks, used for nailing the leather on the pump-boxes.

  • It consists of a number of small iron balls, varying in weight and number, packed in a cylindrical tin case fitting the bore of the gun from which it is to be fired.

  • In fire-arms, is a small iron cavity of the old flint lock, adjacent to the touch-hole of the barrel, to contain the priming powder.

  • You may experiment with either large or small iron works, and either in air or in water.

  • Illustration: "'COULD YOU LEND ME A SMALL IRON POT?

  • Have the chocolate cut in fine bits, and put it in a small iron or granite-ware pan; add the sugar and water, and place the pan over a hot fire.

  • Chocolate, and put it in a small iron or granite-ware saucepan, with two tablespoonfuls of confectioners' sugar and one tablespoonful of hot water.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    small angle; small animals; small arms; small bodies; small building; small caste; small circular; small dimensions; small dose; small doses; small force; small holdings; small house; small letters; small library; small octavo; small onion; small part; small particles; small people; small pinch; small room; small screw; small stature; small wares; small work