These should be well weeded and dug at least for three or four years, during which time an occasional trimming of a wild shoot here and there with the knife will rightly direct a more even growth.
In leases there are usually inserted covenants obliging annual trimming of fences and scouring of ditches; but, generally speaking, the tenant does just as much as he likes, and the landlord knows but little about it.
The following points should be carefully considered in handling and trimming lamps: (1) Be sure that you understand your system and know whether it is a constant-current or a constant-potential system of distribution.
The only advantage in using arc lamps lies in the first cost of wiring, and this is more than balanced by the difficulties of trimming lamps located in such places.
Then a black dress caught my eye which had an embattled trimming of black and gold, continued round the waist and completed with a large gold buckle.
It must take a great deal of coffee to wash down all that," said the doctor, lazily trimming his sweetbriar.
No machine has yet been invented that will take the place of the deft fingers of women in certain lines of ornamentation, as in final completion and trimming of their hats.
Who invented the scissors and shears for cutting and trimming it when soft?
The Inventors of Blowing, Cutting, Trimmingby Shears and Diamond Cutting, Ancient and Unknown.
Mrs. Kittridge and Sally were soon accommodated with seats, and Zephaniah Pennel and the Captain began trimming sail.
Well, I suppose it has a hussar kind of look with that furtrimming and that broad braid.
She chatted with Olive or the elder sisters, while Mrs. Halleck drove Cyrus on to the work of tying up the vines and trimming the shrubs, with the pitiless rigor of women when they get a man about some outdoor labor.
Left to herself, Mrs. Day would have loaded it with bead trimming and cut-steel ornaments.
The beautiful old trees were everywhere, however; only some of them needed trimming badly, and many overhung the roofs, their dripping branches having rotted the shingles and given life to great patches of green moss.
A purchase attached to the main-yard for trimming it to the wind.
In this case progress is made by frequent tacking, and trimming sail as near as possible to the wind.
A vessel hauls her wind by trimming the yards and sails so as to lie nearer to, or close to the wind, and by the power of the rudder shaping her course accordingly.
To gratify her, the blue flannel suit with its white trimming was put on, and Mamma was just buttoning the stout boots when Jack thundered at the door, and burst in with all sorts of glorious news.
Pagoda sleeve of jaconet, with under-sleeves; trimming relieved with small plaits.
Foundation of crepe; trimming of blond and satin; the curtain of crepe, edged with narrow blond.
Jilly was usually a placid baby and she settled down contentedly to trimming up her doll with dandelions.
The girls completed this modest design by trimming up the gate posts with boughs.
For the one built by the writer, green burlap was used, and by trimming the door and window frames along the edges with white paint a very pretty effect was produced.
Shape, by careful grinding, the part A for cutting and trimming sheets.
The lower corks will need a little trimming to fit the taper of the butt cap so that it may fit snugly in place.
In the place of a trimming board I now use a piece of glass cut a little smaller than the desired print.
He will now see what can be done by private contract at home, without the cost of journeys, with fresh keep and trimming and docking into the bargain.
The third floor provides three departments: that of silk and felt hat trimming, straw hat trimming department, and that very valuable and necessary auxiliary to business, the printing department.
The first suggestion made by the Baltimore firm was an improvement in the appearance of the hat by trimming it with wider bands.
Of that lovely self-trimming on that cashmere dress of the lady that came with Miss Manners.
She spent the leisure of her mourning period in long hours before her mirror fussing with her hair, in trimming and retrimming hats, or in the fastidious care of her hands and body.
They were full of their own concerns, Nina's coming maternity, the wrapping of packages behind closed doors, the final trimming of the tree in the library.
Trimming and everything, it won't cost you more than thirty shillings; you'll want something fresh now that summer's coming on.
Oh, I know; she wants me to reline the skirt and put new trimming on the bodice for seven and sixpence; we can do without her custom.
To this outrigger the shrouds are fastened, and it is essentially necessary in trimming the boat when it blows fresh.
In stormy weather, however, when the ship rolled much, great difficulty was experienced in trimming the lights, which often required the assistance of all hands.
