The film was cut into a long and narrow strip which in the camera passed along at the focus of the objective, and unwound from a supply bobbin, and wound around a receiving one.
The scenery back of the stage is carried by two powerful rollers, and is turned by means of an electric motor so arranged that it may be unwound at any rate of speed.
The films are unwound on to large wooden drums about the same size as the reels, where they are carefully dried.
But who could possibly cry in such a very large room, that unwound itself and escaped at the corners, whenever she tried to seek comfort in tucking the walls close about her like an eiderdown quilt.
Under the microscope each thread of silk is seen to be double: the total length of the thread when unwound from the cocoon is over a thousand feet.
Then, Jones holding him by the neck all the time, I unwound a long sash or belt he had round his waist and bound his arms.
They unwound the cloth which still covered me, and I saw that we were making straight for one of the Patagonian destroyers.
Each cord had a weight at the end, and when the weight was skillfully thrown by a soldier, it wound the cord around anything in the twinkling of an eye and held fast until it was unwound again.
So the men unwound the long cords that were twined around the bodies of our three friends, and set them free.
He unwound the handkerchief and removed it from Joe's head gently.
The general unwound one roll of the cloth, a second, and a third, unwound with increasing haste till at last a package of wafers fell out on the table.
Mary Louise, perched on the soap box, unwound her turban, draped the damp towel over her shoulders, and shook out the wet masses of her hair.
Defn: A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent.
Defn: To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
Defn: A curve from which another curve, called the involute or evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound upon the former, or unwound from it.
Illustration: She was not conscious of the presence of Djala, who silently untied and unwound her long saffron veil.
While I lay flat on my face on the ground, held down firmly, they unwound the ropes from around my wrists, and the iron fetters, joined by a heavy chain, were substituted for them.
As the ropes round my ankles were unwound from the deep channels they had cut into my flesh, large patches of skin came away with them.
She unwound Lily's shawl, pulled off her skirt, and fairly forced her into bed.
As soon as Maria became sure that Evelyn was soundly asleep she gently unwound the slender, clinging arms and got out of bed, and stole noiselessly into Evelyn's own room, which adjoined hers.
Leighton's Psyche unwound herself from long veils of diaphanous drapery on the brink of a marble bath, and immersed herself in azure water without soap--so far as the artist indicates in the picture.
He gently unwound the bloody bandages which enveloped my wounds.
He unwound the bandages from my instep so gently that I scarcely felt it; but his glance said: "If I could only strangle thee!
Thus they walked forward, revolving the heavy spool with the greatest care while the strand of wire unwound behind them.
I supposed you must haveunwound all that red tape long ago!
Carefully he unwound the parchment wrapping, and disclosed a closely packed pile of bank notes.
With his hip he closed the door against the push of the wind, and advancing into the room, shook off his huge bear-skin mittens and unwound the heavy woolen scarf that encircled his parka hood and muffled his face to the eyes.
He watched the drum with fascinated eyes, as the wire cable unwound itself.
Just over his head a heavy iron grating covered the cage, barring him in, but high up he could see the great drum, from which the cable slowly unwound as the car descended.
The line should always beunwound after a day's fishing, as, if it is allowed to remain wet on the reel, it soon rots.
The owner of the kite having unwound a considerable length of string, now turns his face towards the wind and prepares for a run, while his assistant holds the kite by its lower extremity as high as he can from the ground.
She unwound them and they dripped from her hand in milky whiteness.
Keep still while I take it out----" He found the pin and unwound the white cloth.
She went to the hollow tree, took out the wooden box, and unwound the scarlet ribbon.
Rosemary went to a hollow tree, took out a small wooden box, opened it, and unwound carefully a wide ribbon of flaming scarlet, a yard or more in length.
Sidenote: No One Came] Her face transfigured by a passion of renunciation, Rosemary reached into the hollow tree for the wooden box, and, for the last time unwound the scarlet ribbon.
Thinking only of the danger to the already half-benumbed and wearied body of the child, he took off his conical cap, and unwound the many folds of coarse woollen cloth of which it was made, and with it wrapped her limbs and feet.
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