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A. in irons ( into the wind ); B. close hauled ; C. beam reach ; D. broad reach ; E. running ; Shaded: " no go zone "
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Seven of the prisoners were sentenced to be confined in irons for as long as it pleased the court, set to work and, if they broke jail or proclaimed heresy, to be executed if convicted.
Then he played nine imaginary holes of golf, choosing his handicap, his irons, his stance, his opponents, and his weather in detail, but the green of the links seemed faded in the light of his business worries.
During one reading an image appeared of a prisoner in irons.
Followin' such an event there was usually a harvest of `` fallen hides '', and the ranchers needed skinnin' knives instead of brandin' irons.
When the mast was raised, Alexander gave the order for Small and Cromwell to be placed under arrest, and now three figures in irons sprawled upon the open deck and terror stalked the Somers.
Spencer's potential followers were openly sullen and morose, missing muster without excuse, expressing in ominous tones their displeasure at the prisoners being kept in irons, communicating with the three by glance and signal.
There was good fortune and there was bad and Philip Spencer, in handcuffs and ankle irons, knew it to be a truth.
An exception to their overall decline is their use in small precision-shaped components where their specific properties are required, such as molded disc brake cylinders, saucepan handles, electrical plugs and switches and parts for electrical irons.
Antony's ships were often furnished with grappling irons, which were effective if hurled successfully ; but, if they failed, were apt to damage the ship, or to cause so much delay as to expose the men on board to the darts from the smaller vessel.
Xerxes is then said to have thrown fetters into the strait, given it three hundred lashes and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water.
He analyzed a number of meteorites, and for many years wrote the digest on the literature of meteorites in the Jahresberichte über die Fortschritte der Chemie ; he possessed the best private collection of meteoric stones and irons existing.
The earliest clear written record of iron horseshoes is a reference to " crescent figured irons and their nails " in AD 910.
From the known atomic mass of iron he calculated the molecular mass of hemoglobin to n × 16000 ( n = number of irons per hemoglobin, now known to be 4 ), the first determination of a protein's molecular mass.
He was placed in irons for three days.
The Nantan irons, a witnessed fall in 1516, have a composition of 92. 35 % iron and 6. 96 % nickel.
Prisoners transported to Siberia in the late 19th century were sometimes branded on their foreheads with irons with the letters VRNK meaning V thief, R robber, and NK punished by the Knout.
and 1948's Nous irons à Valparaiso Going to Valparaiso are among some examples of this specific style.
The addition of silicon will produce cast irons, while the addition of chromium, nickel and molybdenum to carbon steels ( more than 10 %) results in stainless steels.
Much effort has been placed on understanding the iron-carbon alloy system, which includes steels and cast irons.
Cast irons, including ductile iron are also part of the iron-carbon system.
" Eventually, the hot irons were thrust into his eye sockets and down his throat.
The stirrup irons are heavier than most, and the stirrup leathers are wider and thicker, for added safety when the player stands in the stirrups.
Isaac surrendered and was confined with silver chains because Richard had promised that he would not place him in irons.
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He picked her up, sliding one hand under her shoulders, the other under her knees, and carried her into the house.
He put her down on the couch, and going into the kitchen, saw that the boy had dropped into a chair beside the table.
Morgan filled the dipper from the water bucket on the shelf, went back into the front room, lifted the girl's head, and held the edge of the dipper to her mouth.
Morgan returned to the kitchen, built a fire, and carried in several buckets of water from the spring which he poured into the copper boiler that he had placed on the stove.
When the meal was ready, he told Jones to wash up, and going into the front room, woke the girl.
He caught her by an arm and helped her into the kitchen.
He nodded and, going into the bedroom, brought a needle, thread, and scissors.
Jones followed him into the front room, closing the door behind him.
Gavin sank down again into his chair and began to rock.
He got into a fight with Tom English, your brother's son.
He burst from the hot confinement of the room into the cold night air.
The stallion had smelled the mare coming into heat and began to paw the turf, shaking his head.
Clayton lifted him gently into the saddle, like a child.
Clayton swung into the saddle and whacked the stallion's rump.
The two horses broke from the yard, from the circle of light cast by the lamp still burning in the house, into the darkness.
The two men whipped their horses into town and flung themselves up the steps of the saloon, crying their intelligence.
Cabot turned back to the men and he was drunk with the thing they would do, wild to break from the cloying warmth of the saloon into the cold of the ebbing night.
He tried to veer the rifle around to fire into Mike's body.
Dean still hesitated, but Mike lifted him almost bodily into the saddle and thrust the reins in his hand.
`` McLish '', he said as he kicked the horse into motion, `` I'd be a mighty sad man if we never met again ''.
The animals thundered away into the moonlight, heading for the ridges.
Its force spun him around, but he recovered and got into stride again.
The three of them floundered through the door into the interior and fell in a heap.
She crouched aside as bullets beat at the portal, chewing into the planks.
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