In French braid, on the contrary, the plait of every two strands over each other.
Russian silk braid is generally narrow, and the plait is of that kind which is termed Grecian--all the strands going from the edge to the centre.
Am I making the most of the red And the bright strands of luminous gold?
His ears were those I'd sung to; His chubby little hands Were those that I had clung to; His hair in golden strands It seemed my heart was strung to By love's unbroken bands.
Now in the mushrooms the threads of mycelium are usually interlaced into definite strands or cords, especially when the mycelium is well developed.
These strands are often seen by removing some of the earth from the young plant, as shown in Fig.
The "spawn" stage, or strands of mycelium, is the vegetative or growing stage of the mushroom.
They grow on the ground or on very rotten wood, and are sessile, often showing the root-like white strands attached to their base.
These strands grow through the substance on which the fungus feeds.
Strands of mycelium extending radially in the wood of the same living hemlock spruce shown in Fig.
In some species these strands become very long, and are dark brown in color.
Sometimes the fibres on the surface of the cap are drawn into strands which anastomose into coarse reticulations, giving the appearance of elevated veins which have a general radiate direction from the center of the cap.
These were formed by the attempt on the part of the mycelium at numerous places to develop strands at right angles to the surface of the door.
The spawn or mycelium is in the form of rope-like strands which are usually much branched and matted together.
When the stems of the mushrooms are pulled or dug from the ground, white strands are often clinging to the lower end.
Mushroom Spawn is in the Form of Strands of Mycelium.
Here the white strands are more numerous than can readily be found in the lawns and pastures where the plant grows in the feral state.
Her hands went up to her hair and she fastened the stray strands more securely.
In the ray of that electric light, the soft, childish outline of her face and the pale, sensuous strands of her hair were probably lent a glamour such as that given by the footlights.
She took it all down and put it up afresh, curling the long strands around her fingers as he had often said he had loved to see them.
Mark carefully on the lapping the exact position of the centre of the nock of the arrow, and overlap with two or three strands of waxed filoselle very tightly for about one-third of an inch, with the mark under its centre.
Now take other three strands of (green) waxed filoselle, of the same length, and wrap them tightly on over all the last wrapping of red; but this time wrap the same way as the worm of the string.
Now take three strands of waxed filoselle of another colour (red), and in length from one yard to four feet.
Pass a small marlinespike or stiletto between each of the three strands of the string, just beyond the other tie at B, and as close to it as possible.
The waste strands will again occupy alternate positions between the other strands.
Wrap two strands nine inches long of waxed (yellow) filoselle tightly upon the string at each nocking-place for the third of an inch, with the pencil-mark under the centre of this third.
Flatten out the three unwound strands of the waste end fingerwise (fig.
If no suitable fuses are at hand, fine strands of copper from an ordinary lamp cord may be used.
If the secondary circuit is badly grounded, current will flow through the ground, and the small fuses or small strands of wire will burn out.
One or more strands should be used, depending on the amount of exciting current, and are connected across the fuse clips in place of fuse wire.
Go to a hardware store and get some rabbit wire and put about five strands of it together, and twist it just enough so that it will stay together nicely.
A--the snare, should be made of rabbit wire, four or five strands twisted together.
Unhooking some loose strands he dashed through, followed by Coronet, who pinned him with his bayonet in the back.
As his lips along thestrands Of her hair went lavishing Tides of kisses, such as swing Love's arms to like iron bands.
Nay, anointing still the strands Of her hair, his kisses flow Flood-wise, as she dreaming stands, With her face between his hands.
The advantage of two strands is the automatic adjustment to changes of temperature.
The larva attaches itself to bark on the tree trunk by a few strands of silk before pupating.
Predatory activities of the spider are limited to an area close to the tubular entrance to the nest and do not extend beyond the trapping strandsnear the entrance.
Moreover, this of itself speedily came to be, through the mingling of the clans from one to another in the strands of marriage.
Thou wearest the sacred shells and strands of K‘yäk´lu wherewith he was ever wont to count his talks in other days when days were new to men.
They had a weave similar to this and the same in general effect in the common mat used for beds and on which to sit, known as the floor mat, but the strands were woven and not stitched.
The only pierced matting made there as far as they have ever known is the tule tent mat,[250] but the strands of this were not twisted, being like those shown in Fig.
The cord is a two-strand string, the vegetable fibre of the individual strands not seeming to be twisted.
The beads on the longer string are strung upon coarse plant fiber twisted into a two strand string while the shorter string is upon a much smaller fiber also of two strands which are twisted.
She stared at the fire through mist and strands of hair, and slowly the mist gathered itself into drops that fell with a little crack on her silken petticoat.
She wanted to feel the wind's fingers at the roots of her hair, and she liked the tug and the sound as the strands were whipped this way and that.
She felt the cold firmness of her cheeks, and she kissed them through strands of wind-blown hair.
He lifted the dead dog's head, and pointed at the strands of wool between his teeth.
From the town, as a centre, white turnpikes radiated in every direction like the strands of a spider's web.
Both are represented as bearded, with the strands arranged in the same fashion.
The structure of the umbilical cord as a series of strands would account for designating it by a plural form abunnâti, as also for the fact that one could speak of a right and left side of the appunnâti.
The enraged and hungry Pixinee drank up his blood, and left the dry carcass hung against the wall by broken strands of web-work, to moulder into dust with the silken ornaments of Aranea Hall.
A Dead Orbweaver Hanging by Broken Strandsof Web-work.
The Brownies would climb the piers and cut the strands under us; or would send their cavalry up to do it, and attack parties crossing.
Instead, small rings are bent out of wire, with pieces of small rubber-tubing slipped over the wire, and the ends of the rubber strands are looped through these rings and bound in place with thread (Fig.
I to the hook on the propeller-shaft; then form three more strands of this same length, and slip the end loops of all four strands over the hooks.
It is only necessary to put a few drops of the glycerine upon a clean cloth, and rub it over the outside strands; then wind the motors, and it will work over the surface of the inner strands until all parts are covered.
The finished strands she placed under the bench upon which she sat, pretending the while neither to see nor hear his Grace as he walked about from bush to bush, singing softly.
As he stood, black-gowned, on the rostrum, some strands of the whispering confusion of knowledge that filled the whole place seemed to be singled out and woven together by him, till they became a lecture.
Then softly, oh softly, so softly that she seemed to faint away, his lips touched her cheek, and she drifted through strands of heat and darkness.
The conducting strands in the leaves show the same tissues as in the central strand of the stem, and in the Polytrichaceae and some other mosses are in continuity with it.
If the covering of a lamp cord becomes worn so as to permit the bare wire of the two strands to come together, a “short” is produced.
The strandsof fine copper wire are made to correspond to the gage numbers by which the various sizes of wire are designated.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "strands" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
