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Example sentences for "stiff brush"

  • The first is performed with a stiff brush made of hog's bristles, dipped in the colour; the brush being held in the one hand, and the hairs moved with the other, so as to scatter the colour in minute drops equally over the surface.

  • The above fluids are rubbed on the barrel (previously well polished and cleaned off with whiting to remove the oil), and allowed to remain on for some hours, or until the next day, when they are rubbed off with a stiff brush.

  • It is next to be beaten, and passed once or twice over an ordinary heckle or stiff brush.

  • This process requires in tools, merely a stiff brush made of swines' bristles, and a smooth board, 3 feet long and one foot broad, in which a wooden pin is made fast.

  • The barrel is then to be rubbed with that solution, applied to linen rags or a sponge, till the whole surface be equally moistened; it is allowed to stand 24 hours, and is then scrubbed with a stiff brush.

  • When a file becomes clogged with wood-dust or other substances, soak it in hot water a little while and then brush with a stiff brush.

  • A good brush for glue can be made by soaking one end of a piece of rattan in hot water and then pounding the softened part, when the fibres will separate, making a stiff brush.

  • Then apply with a brush or cloth and rub in and clean off the excess with a stiff brush or cloth, scrubbing the work as you would a stove.

  • Have for one a mop, for the other a stiff brush—a toothbrush is best.

  • Next morning wash hard with a coarse cloth or stiff brush, and put on to boil with plenty of cold water.

  • Lay in cold water for twelve hours; wash very thoroughly, rubbing with a stiff brush, to dislodge the salt and smoke on the outside.

  • Before finishing a mouth with wax, the teeth must be washed clean with a stiff brush.

  • For this it is good to have a stiff brush with a handle and a soft cloth.

  • For this work one needs a pail for waste water and a newspaper or some such thing for it to stand on; two cloths; a stiff brush; and some sort of soap or powder which has been found good for cleansing toilet china.

  • Neither of these floor coverings, nor paint, should be washed with very hot water or with any strong or gritty cleaning substance, nor should they be scrubbed with a stiff brush.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    force their; good confession; having the; high voltage; highly probable; into his; know also; last obliged; might give; milk diet; much concerned; small branch; speaking broadly; stiff batter; stiff breeze; stiff brush; stiff clay; stiff dough; stiff enough; stiff froth; stiff paper; stiff paste; stiffnecked people; then another; weighed quantity; would sell