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Example sentences for "soft linen"

  • Second dressing--pure lard or mutton suet spread evenly and thinly on a soft linen rag.

  • Apply to the eruption with a small mop, made by tying a soft linen rag to a stick.

  • Spread lightly on a soft linen rag, apply to the breast, and the relief is almost instantaneous.

  • The dressing of the cord is the next duty, and this is done by taking several pieces of soft linen, oiled a little, and cutting a small round hole in the middle of each, through which the cord is passed.

  • When this is done another layer is laid over the cord, and then a bandage of soft linen, about four or five inches wide, is passed two or three times over it, and round the body.

  • In some infants it swells out very much, in which case a pad should be made of soft linen, and laid upon it, over which the ordinary bandage may be drawn.

  • When the afterbirth is brought away, a bandage should be passed round the body of the female, made of soft linen, twelve or fourteen inches wide.

  • Dip a soft linen rag in turpentine, and place it over the corn night and morning.

  • Make a roller of list, put a little of the polish upon it, and cover that with a piece of soft linen rag, which must be lightly touched with cold-drawn linseed oil.

  • Rub with a soft linen cloth, and in a few minutes they will disappear.

  • Where the polish is gone off, let the articles be first rubbed on the outside with a little sweet oil laid on a piece of soft linen cloth.

  • When a burn or scald is trifling, and occasions no blister, it is sufficient to put a compress of several folds of soft linen upon it, dipped in cold water, and to renew it every quarter of an hour till the pain is entirely removed.

  • A compress of lint or soft linen is dipped in it and applied to the part.

  • He next encloses the rubber in a soft linen cloth, doubled, the rest of the cloth being gathered up at the back of the rubber to form a handle.

  • Use a piece of absorbent cotton or soft linen on your little finger or small round piece of wood and dip in solution and apply.

  • Spread the ointments or oil over the burn thick and cover with lint or soft linen, and change frequently to keep from smelling badly.

  • Rub into it a little white soap; then dip in the corner of a soft linen towel, and wash your head with it, thoroughly; dividing or parting aside the hair all over; so as to reach the roots.

  • Afterwards wipe it off, entirely, with a soft linen rag, and then proceed to polish the plate with a soft buckskin, and some dry magnesia.

  • A certain remedy is, to pour a little sulphuric acid into a saucer; wet with it a soft linen rag; and rub it on the blackened silver, till the stain disappears.

  • What you do next, is to take as much of it out of the basin as you may require, lay it on a piece of soft linen, and let it be about a quarter of an inch thick.

  • If any lime has got entangled in the eyelashes, carefully clear it away with a bit of soft linen soaked in vinegar-and-water.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another generation; around him; camp equipage; certain varieties; closely resembling; deep wound; emigration from; fixed upon; mile off; pack train; perceive them; soft ball; soft brush; soft cloth; soft dough; soft ground; soft iron; soft linen; soft palate; soft parts; soft pine; soft snow; soft water; soft wood; veined leaves; when calling