At this signal instance of arch selfishness Cecilia felt her heart tighten and her temples grow cold as if fillets of fire had been exchanged for ribbons of snow.
In adjusting the crank-shaft bearings, tighten them one at a time and revolve the shafts each time one of the bearing caps is set up to insure that the newly adjusted bearing does not have undue friction.
I give the hankycher a good tighten up, and that hot him, so that he had to howd his tongue.
Something in his eyes disturbed her, and he felt her little, gloved hands tighten spasmodically within his own.
After a few minutes he felt her soft hand tighten within his.
To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so as to tune it.
This can only be done where there is room to swing the stick around, as, for example, to tighten the rounds of a chair by drawing the legs together (Fig.
Do me the favour to tighten the jacket and then get out of here.
This method consists of putting the horse in a long narrow place like a stall in a stable, through the bars of which the boys can reach in, throw on the saddle and tighten it.
She made a swift effort to wrench herself from him, then, feeling his arm tighten to frustrate her, she struck him across the face in frantic indignation.
Westray felt his companion's hand tighten on his arm.
Cut down the jiggers, shut up the pantry, tighten the belt!
After the band has been applied, a person is placed on each side to tighten it gradually by steady pulling at the ends, which are carefully crossed behind.
Take a good sleep; then tighten your belt, and ply that bit of iron to bore our passage.
A sharp bend brought them upon a sight that caused them to halt, peer nervously upward and in front, and tighten their grasp upon their rifles.
Move the blade until it strikes equal distances on the arms (this is shown at four inches in the drawing) and tighten the screw while it is in this position.
The wedges used to tighten or lock-up a form of type.
Dem cords, criss-crossed from one side of de bed to de other, was our springs and us had keys to tighten 'em wid.
If us didn't tighten 'em evvy few days dem beds was apt to fall down wid us.
The correct thing to do was to tighten the nuts, and I got a wrench for that purpose.
This makes it possible to tighten nuts or remove them as occasion may require.
Every bolt would turn with the nut, and it was impossible for me to tighten anything.
But before Woofer could tighten it Ted managed to wriggle out of it, and again Woofer drew it in.
The wolf leaped into the air as he felt the rope tighten around his neck, and threw himself here and there with a violence inconceivable, snapping at the rope and trying to sever it.
In driving the other pins, it looks well to have them on a line, if possible; also try to have the wall of the tent set square: to do this you must tie the door just right before you tighten a guy-line.
You cantighten this line by pulling inwards the foot of one pole before tying the line, and then lifting it back.
You can now catch and tighten the corner guy-lines on the four pins previously driven.
Now tighten the cinch, pull up the slack, giving strong heaves where the hitch pulls forward or back along the left of the horse, ending with a last tightener at the end (b, Fig.
Mary shook her head, and seemed to tighten up her face, buttering the bread she had before her the while.
While we were in a state of doubt, it fell to my lot one evening to become Linny's escort to a distant part of London, and we were on our way back, when suddenly I felt her hand tighten upon my arm.
The police surgeon came soon after with the inspector I had seen, asked me a few questions as he examined the injuries, and then I saw him tightenhis lips.
Each hour of their association he felt the cords he dare not try to break tighten about his heart.
Instead of being permitted to subside into hopeless imbecility, her lord must be aroused,--must be exhorted to tighten the cords of his nervous system, in preparation for a sudden strain.
