He swore that Judy would be a great beauty, but that she would always be like a monkey with those deep, sad eyes and the bistre stains below them that were the only tinge of colour upon her dark skin.
An expeditious Method to take Stains out of Scarlet, or Velvet of any other Colour.
Boil an ounce of Alum in a gallon and a half of Water, for half an hour, then add a piece of White Soap, and half a ounce more of Alum, and after it has stood in cold infusion two days, wash with this mixturestains in any kind of white cloth.
To take Stains out of Crimson Velvet, and other coloured Velvets ib.
When you want to use it, take a little Brazil Wood Shavings with some Scarlet Flocks, boil them in this Liquor, and when strained off, it will be very good to take spots or stains out of crimson velvet or cloth.
Pour this Liquor on the stains, and rub it well on both sides of the cloth; then wash the stains with clear Water, or rather with the following soap, and when the cloth is dry, they will no longer appear.
Then wash the cloth with fair Water, and the stains will disappear.
Another Method to take Spots or Stains out of White Silk or Crimson Velvet.
Against the wall hung a scourge, with five knotted thongs, whereon the blood-stains denoted the severity of that penance which the abbess frequently inflicted upon herself.
Touch her not scornfully; Think of her mournfully, Gently and humanly; Not of thestains of her, All that remains of her Now is pure womanly.
They saw Boers spit on the beards of Englishmen, and they only take out and use their handkerchiefs to wipe the hateful stains away.
He had speckled, brown-grey eyes, a good deal resembling the colour of the iron stains so plentifully bespattered over his face.
Are you prepared to swear that you will help us to achieve this end, and wipe away the stains which these savages have placed upon that flag?
The mirth came back into the brown depths of her eyes again, and her face cleared itself of tear-stains and the marks of agitation.
The ground was soft with moss and the powdered remains of last year's foliage; the leaves above him were showing the first yellow stains of autumn.
He was over-conscious, too, of the stains on his hands as he held it out.
If the stains are extensive, it is best to roll up each leaf and insert it into a wide-mouthed bottle half full of ether, shaking it gently up and down for a minute or so.
Two or three days of exposure to the rays of the sun will bleach the paper perfectly white, and all kinds of stains except fixed dyes will come out.
Stains which cannot be removed by these processes are of several kinds.
Indian ink stains give way before a camel's hair brush and a cup of hot water, and all kinds of grease marks yield to benzine, turpentine, or ammonia.
Another method of removing surface stains sometimes used by restorers is to cover the paper with a thin layer of fine powdered salt.
Half an hour later Miss Naylor, carrying a candle, found her there fast asleep, with her head resting on the terrier's back, and tear stains on her cheeks.
The table against which her hand rested was covered with red baize, no doubt to keep the stains of mutton from penetrating to the wood.
She kissed him and went up-stairs, and still he lingered, watching the moonlight and the moths, and that unreality of colouring which steals along and stains a summer night.
In one year, while I resided at Ega, this second annual inundation reached to within ten feet of the highest water point as marked by the stains on the trunks of trees by the river side.
This is made, with the addition of water, into a thick, violet-coloured beverage, which stains the lips like blackberries.
In its yellowish glare she saw that the stainsupon his sleeve were red.
It is a pitiful fact that we are such dependent creatures that even the crooked laying of a cloth, and the coffee-stains and milk-stains and gravy-stains thereon, can add to our sense of friendlessness.
The chromatin stains well during the whole growth period of the spermatocytes, but it is impossible to separate the period into so definite stages as in most other forms.
In connection with these insect forms it is of interest to find in the spermatogenesis of Sagitta a body which stains like chromatin and behaves somewhat like the accessory chromosome.
The spireme thread is very fine, stains deeply, and is wound into a dense ball, often concealing one (fig.
Stains that might have been of invaluable service in determining the murderer were washed away almost before they were dry.
The attorney for the defense cross-examined her: "What color were the stains you speak of?
It is far easier to know and honor a poet when his fame has taken shape in the spotlessness of marble than when the actual man comes staggering before you, besmeared with the sordid stains of his daily life.
Nothing indeed, even in the beautiful family to which it belongs, can surpass the delicacy of its blossoms, with their charming mixture of rose and white, relieved by a few deep-crimson stains scattered irregularly over the lip.
She lay beside the well, and the water from her clinging garments crept in dark stains through the dust.
He wanted to beat the mossy-whiskered editor of the Times, who always had white food-stains on his lapels.
Does my conscience need some strong detergent to be laid upon it which shall take out the stains that are most indurated, inveterate, and ingrained?
Salts of lemon is also efficacious in removing ink-stains from the hands as well as from linen.
Stains and spots may be taken out of mahogany with a little aquafortis or oxalic acid and water, rubbing the part with a cork dipped in the liquid till the colour is restored.
Rub the marble well all over with the mixture, and the stains will be removed; then wash the marble with soap and water, and it will be as clean as it was at first.
There should not be stains on the envelope; if otherwise, it is only an indication of your own slovenliness.
It is said that these spots are the stains of the precious blood which flowed from our Lord's wounded body on the cross at Calvary, as this species of Orchis is reported to have grown there.
Yet, such is the injustice of mankind, that none of those acts which are the real stains of his life has drawn on him so much obloquy as this measure, which was in truth a reform necessary to the success of all his other reforms.
He killed her, indeed, in that City which in olden days had seen a noble matron wash away the stainsof shame with her own blood--stains which against her will the son of a king had imposed upon her.
Sidenote: Ink Stains] Ink stains can be taken out of clothing by dipping the cloth in milk, squeezing the blackened milk into one dish and dipping immediately into clear milk until the stain has disappeared.
Sidenote: Fruit and Wine Stains] All stains and spots should be removed as soon as possible.
Sidenote: Blood Stains] Blood stains may be removed by making a paste of starch and applying it to the spot.
Fruit and wine stains may be removed by stretching the fabric over a vessel and pouring boiling water through the cloth from a height of a foot or two.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stains" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
