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Coffee on drying floors
246 Early English coffee peeler 246 Group of English cylinder pulper s 247 Copper covers for pulper cylinders 248 Granada unpulped coffee separator 249 Hand-power double-disk pulper 249 Tandem coffee pulper 250 Horizontal coffee washer 251 Vertical coffee washer 251 Cobán pulper, Venezuela 252 Niagara power coffee huller 252 British and American coffee driers 253 American Guardiola drier 254 Smout peeler and polisher 254 Smout peeler and polisher, exposed 255 O'Krassa's coffee drier 255 Six well-known hullers and separators 256 El Monarca coffee classifier 257 Hydro-electric installation, Guatemala 258 Preparing Brazil coffee for market 259 Working coffee on the drying flats 260 Fermenting and washing tanks, São Paulo 260 Drying grounds, Fazenda Schmidt 261 Preparing Colombian coffee for market 262 Old-fashioned ox-power huller 263 Street-car coffee transport, Orizaba 264 Coffee on drying floors, Porto Rico 264 Sun-drying coffee 265 Drying patio, Costa Rica
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

chymical oil drawn from
The chymical oil drawn from the leaves and flowers, is a sovereign help for all the diseases aforesaid, to touch the temples and nostrils with two or three drops for all the diseases of the head and brain spoken of before; as also to take one drop, two, or three, as the case requires, for the inward griefs: Yet must it be done with discretion, for it is very quick and piercing, and therefore but a little must be taken at a time.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

cause of disgust from
When they told David this, he was wroth, and commanded four hundred armed men to follow him, and left two hundred to take care of the stuff, [for he had already six hundred, 24 ] and went against Nabal: he also swore that he would that night utterly destroy the whole house and possessions of Nabal; for that he was grieved, not only that he had proved ungrateful to them, without making any return for the humanity they had shown him, but that he had also reproached them, and used ill language to them, when he had received no cause of disgust from them.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

case of Doctor Fell
You never saw him any way screwed but still and for all that she would not like him for a father because he was too old or something or on account of his face (it was a palpable case of Doctor Fell) or his carbuncly nose with the pimples on it and his sandy moustache a bit white under his nose.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

colour of dissimulation for
"And now forasmuch as I am come to the last end of my life, whereupon hangeth all my life past, and all my life to come, either to live with my master Christ for ever in joy, or else to be in pain for ever with the wicked in hell, and I see before mine eyes presently, either heaven ready to receive me, or else hell ready to swallow me up; I shall therefore declare unto you my very faith how I believe, without any colour of dissimulation: for now is no time to dissemble, whatsoever I have said or written in times past.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

chill of definite fear
With her poor narrow thoughts, no longer melting into vague hopes, but pressed upon by the chill of definite fear, repeating again and again the same small round of memories—shaping again and again the same childish, doubtful images of what was to come—seeing nothing in this wide world but the little history of her own pleasures and pains; with so little money in her pocket, and the way so long and difficult.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

cargo of dried figs
Now her coming was of very great advantage to the people of Jerusalem; for whereas a famine did oppress them at that time, and many people died for want of what was necessary to procure food withal, queen Helena sent some of her servants to Alexandria with money to buy a great quantity of corn, and others of them to Cyprus, to bring a cargo of dried figs.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

chief of division Flamet
Jules Desmarets, who died in 1820 or 1821; also of the chief of division, Flamet de la Billardiere, who died in 1824.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

commanders of divisions fell
Three commanders of divisions fell, three Members of Parliament, and many who had distinguished themselves in civilian life as scholars or as captains of industry.
— from The Children's Story of the War Volume 4 (of 10) The Story of the Year 1915 by Edward Parrott

crime of disobedience for
He had held up his sovereign to the execration of mankind for rejecting an authority which had rewarded him with an act of enormous injustice; and to plead his consciousness of innocence before the world against his spiritual sovereign, would be to commit the same crime of disobedience for which he had put to death Cranmer, and laboured to set Europe on fire.
— from The Reign of Mary Tudor by James Anthony Froude

couple of dozen feet
What is the good of trying to fly on a plane that won't rise more than a couple of dozen feet?
— from The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps by James R. Driscoll

choice of design for
E., 38 , 42 , 52 , 59 Baryta: chromate of, 66 Bed-furniture: leather, 84 Belleville: Mons., author of Le cuir dans la Décoration Moderne , 62 , 71 Bénard: Pierre, author, 84 Bérain: leather decorated in style of, 84 Blacks, 66 Blues, 67 , 74 Bookbinding : carved leather, 14 : choice of design for, 77 : crushed morocco for, 17 : first use of leather for, 14 : gold-tooled leather, 14 : mosaic leather, 14 : pigskin in, 17 - 18 : report of Committee on leather for, 90 - 95 : vellum in, 18 Boudaroy: Fougeroux de : remarks on leather hangings, 84 - 86 : recipe for golden varnish, 86 - 87 Bronzes, 35 , 68 , 73 , 74 , 78 Browns, 65 Brush : couch-grass, 70 : flannel, for rubbing leather, 73 for gold leaf, 74 for powder colours, 74 for sprinkling, 70 for stencilling, 72 for tree marbling, 70 Buckthorn berries, 67 Burgundy: leather decoration in, 14 Burnishers, 63 , 75 Calf leather, 16 : characteristics and methods of decorating, 17 : colouring, 69 , 72 for modelling, 29 for mosaic, 43 , 56 : monochrome mosaic on, 45 138.png 97 Canson paper, 45 , 58 Cape morocco, 17 , 42 , 78 Cardboard for use in cutting out inlay, 48 padding, 34 Carpets: leather, 81 Carthamine, 66 Carthamus Tinctorius, 66 Carton Jacquart, 45 , 51 Carved leather, 16 , 27 - 28 bookbinding, 14 : choice of design for, 27 : gold on, 27 in Dijon Museum, 14 , 27 Carving : leather for, 17 mosaic in relief, 61 , 62 : tools for, 27 Cassaigre tannin, 16 Catechol, 65 Cathedral style, 27 Chairs: leather, 84 Chamois leather, 16 : use and methods of decorating, 18 Chestnut tannin, 16 Chinese vermilion, 74 Choice of design and colour, 76 - 79 Choice of skins, 15 - 18 Chromate of baryta, 66 Chromate of zinc, 66 Coal-tar, 66 Cochineal, 66 Coffers: leather, 77 - 79 , 82 : choice of design for, 78 : mosaic for, 78 : mounting leather for, 78 : outlining design for, 78 : padding relief for, 78 : punched groundwork for, 78 Colour : applying, to leather, 68 - 69 : choice of design and, 76 - 79 : combination of, 76 - 77 : for groundwork, 68 , 77 : influence of light on, of leather, 16 , 64 : influence of tanning process on, of leather, 15 - 16 , 64 : introduction of, into decoration of leather hangings, 81 Colouring absorbent leather, 69 calf leather, 69 , 72 cut leather, 26 - 27 hollows of cut and punched leather, 27 , 35 , 65 , 68 , 73 - 74 , 78 : leather for, 69 leather for mosaic, 42 , 69 leather: methods of, 68 - 75 modelled leather, 71 - 72 monochrome mosaic on calf, 45 morocco leather, 69 mosaic in relief, 62 oxhide, 69 pigskin, 69 sheepskin, 16 split sheepskins, 69 tinfoil to give it the appearance of being gilt, 89 Colours based on albumen, 67 based on glycerine, 67 for leather work, 64 - 68 for stencilling, 72 : oil, 67 , 83 : powder, used with varnish, 73 - 74 : spirit, 67 : water, 67 Composition of ornament, 77 - 79 Copper nails: leather ornamented with, 84 Copper-plate etching on leather, 39 Cordouans, 80 Cordwainer, 14 Cork padding, 34 Cotton cord padding, 34 Couch-grass whisk, 70 Cowhide, 16 : characteristics and methods of decorating, 17 for mosaic in relief, 61 Cuir bouilli, 28 Cushion for gold leaf, 74 Cut leather, 16 , 25 - 27 : colouring, 26 - 27 : colouring hollows of, 27 68 , 73 - 74 139.png 98 : opening the outline of, 23 , 25 - 26 Cutting : leather for, 17 stamped leather, 39 Cutting out incrusted mosaic, 62 - 63 inlay: cardboard for use in, 48 inlay for mosaic, 46 - 49 inlay for mosaic in relief, 61 inlay for polychrome mosaic, 58 - 59 open-work leather, 40 Cutting-out knives, 40 , 46 - 48 Damping leather, 19 - 20 Decolorants, 70 - 71 , 76 on modelled leather, 71 - 72 : tracing design for, 71 Design based on chestnut tree, 76 based on sea subjects, 76 : detached portions of leather in, 77 : choice of, for bookbinding, 77 : choice of, for carved leather, 27 : choice of, for coffers, 77 : choice of, for large surfaces, 79 : choice of, for marbled leather, 77 : choice of, for modelled leather, 77 in leather hangings and furniture, 82 - 84 : Japanese school of, 79 : study of, 79 Design and colour: choice of, 76 - 79 Dijon Museum: examples of carved leather in, 14 , 27 Dollage de gants padding, 34 Dyes, 64 - 74 : aniline, stability of, 64 : superposed, 65 , 68 , 76 : uncertain effect of, on leather, 77 : vegetable, stability of, 64 Embossed leather, see Modelled leather Encaustic: rubbing leather with, 65 , 72 - 73 England: manufacture of leather hangings and furniture in, 83 , 85 Engraved leather, see Cut leather Europe: introduction of decorated leather into, 13 , 14 , 80 Flanders: manufacture of leather hangings and furniture in, 83 , 85 France : introduction of gilt or silvered leather hangings into, 85 : manufacture of leather hangings and furniture in, 85 : popularity of leather hangings and furniture in, 84 Garlande: Jehan de, author, 80 Germany: leather decoration in, 14 Ghadames: leather industry at, 80 Gilding, 74 - 75 , 80 - 81 , 83 , 86 : bookbinders’ tools for, 75 : decline of art, 84 - 86 outline of incrusted mosaic, 63 : process described by Theophilus, 80 - 81 Gilt leather chairs, 84 Gilt or silvered leather hangings and furniture, 84 , 85 - 86 Gilt panel for painting on, 87 - 88 Gloves for protecting hands from dyes, 68 Glycerine : colours based on, 67 inks, 72 Gobelin tapestries: leather hangings and furniture replaced by, 84 Gold, 68 , 83 groundwork: origin of, 87 leaf, 28 , 74 - 75 , 83 140.png 99 leaf: brush for, 74 leaf: cushion for, 74 leaf first employed on leather hangings and furniture, 83 leaf: knife for, 74 : liquid,
— from The Decoration of Leather From the French of Georges de Récy by Georges de Récy

certain oils derived from
—A further example of the breaking up of a film is furnished by certain oils derived from coal-tar, the result in this case being the formation of a network or cellular structure.
— from Liquid Drops and Globules, Their Formation and Movements Three lectures delivered to popular audiences by Charles R. (Charles Robert) Darling

composition of Der Freischütz
The composition of "Der Freischütz" affords a remarkable confirmation of this statement.
— from Chopin and Other Musical Essays by Henry T. Finck

cloak of dignity for
The senior officer forgets his seniority; the most dignified lets fall the cloak of dignity for a few exhilarating hours.
— from Captain Desmond, V.C. by Maud Diver

case of delicate finishes
One result of this rigidity is that the cloth has to be forcibly thrust by the plaiting knife under the upper gripper bar, and in consequence of the violence involved the fold just made at the opposite end is dragged out from the grip, making a short fold, and further, in the case of delicate finishes, giving rise to damaged goods.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various

carrying out directions faithfully
At the Arena Chapel the picture stood out at a glance, every superfluous detail giving instant place to the main spirit of the scene; here the treatment is much more elaborate, but a considerable portion of the earnestness and oneness of the Arena frescoes is gone; the work, though beautiful, is not striking, not that it is exactly confused, but seems rather to be that of a conscientious workman carrying out directions faithfully, with a little painful effort.
— from Giotto by Harry Quilter

can only deduce from
And if you are serious I can only deduce from it that this year of business worry and responsibility has been too much for you.
— from Roast Beef, Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney by Edna Ferber


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