A hygroscopic material will tend to become damp and " cake " when exposed to moist air ( such as salt in salt shakers during humid weather ).

It was sold in a solid cake form and applied with a damp sponge which offered the advantage of concealing skin imperfections under a transparent matte finish.

The same species, when growing in a half-shady damp location can develop into a flowering bush half as tall as a person, but when growing in a very dry location will only grow into a thin little plant just higher than the ankles, with tiny flowers and a few miniature leaves.

Surrounding all is a ring or horseshoe-shaped layer of raw coal, usually kept damp and tightly packed to maintain the shape of the fire's heart and to keep the coal from burning directly so that it " cooks " into coke first.

Some people, including Aubrey, consider these two contiguous, possibly coincidental events as related and causative of his death: " The Snow so chilled him that he immediately fell so extremely ill, that he could not return to his Lodging ... but went to the Earle of Arundel's house at Highgate, where they put him into ... a damp bed that had not been layn-in ... which gave him such a cold that in 2 or 3 days as I remember Mr Hobbes told me, he died of Suffocation.

Forming the damp paste into corn-sized clumps by hand or with the use of a sieve instead of larger balls produced a product after drying that loaded much better, as each tiny piece provided its own surrounding air space that allowed much more rapid combustion than a fine powder.

A clay pot was made and, while still damp, the potter would take a small stick of a similar object and press the end of the stick into the clay numerous times until the entire pot was covered with small indentations.

This itself is partly a result of the presence of high and low pressures in inland California, with persistent high summer temperatures in the Central Valley, in particular, leading to low pressures, drawing in air moist air from the Pacific, cooling into damp cool breezes and fog over the cold coastal water.

They are found primarily at higher altitudes in the cool, damp montane forests of the Andes and Venezuela, with some into Central America up to southern Mexico.

' Bedell was now into the care of his friend Denis Sheridan and continued to suffer from the effects from being in the drafty and damp castle.

Plaster may be cast directly into a damp clay mold.

After several failures, due to the damp wick and the fact that Elliott's esophagus is squeezed into the lighthouse steps, the light is finally ignited and the ship is saved.

Building a rammed-earth wall involves compressing a damp mixture of earth that has suitable proportions of sand, gravel and clay ( sometimes with an added stabilizer ) into an externally supported frame or mould, creating either a solid wall of earth or individual blocks.

In constructing the pine cone in the bottle display, a closed, damp cone of suitable size is inserted into a narrow-mouthed bottle and allowed to open upon drying.

The bales are complete at this stage, but they may also be wrapped in plastic sheeting by a bale wrapper, either to keep hay dry when stored outside or convert damp grass into silage.

Often misheard as " damp squid ", the phrase " damp squib " has since come into general use to mean anything that fails to meet expectations.

The saucer also provides a convenient place for a damp spoon, as might be used to stir the drink in the cup in order to mix sweeteners or creamers into tea or coffee.

In constructing the display, a closed, damp cone of suitable size is inserted into a narrow-mouthed bottle and then allowed to dry inside the bottle.

She rode 40 miles, more than twice the distance of Paul Revere, into the damp hours of darkness.

Many of the cells there still show hollows licked into the stone walls, as prisoners had only the damp and moss on these stones to sustain themselves.

They grow in woods, damp pastures and rocky landscapes from 500-3, 000 m above sea level, often in hollows which hold snow into late spring and early summer.

Urine and watery faeces from eating spring grass can also lead to Myiasis ( fly-strike ), which occurs when flies lay eggs in warm, damp wool and the fly larvae grow and eat into the sheep.

Rammed earth walls are formed in place by pounding damp sub-soil ( gravel, sand, and clay ) into movable, reusable forms with manual or machine-powered tampers.

One section of the manual satirized a notional recruit named " Josephine Jerk " who does not participate wholeheartedly: " Josephine Jerk is a limp number in every outfit who dives into her daily dozen with the crisp vitality of a damp mop.

If clay is slightly out of shape, square straight sides with guide sticks or rulers pressed against opposite sides, or smooth round pieces with damp fingers.

He recorded his hundredth first-class hundred in 1935 on a damp pitch at Basingstoke, reaching the milestone with ' a flick behind square '.

A box containing damp moss or moistened paper towels is often provided to facilitate this process.

Captive specimens seem to benefit if provided with a box of damp moss in which to occasionally sit.

Initially thought to survive only about 2 hours in a dry environment, and about 48 hours in a damp environment ( such as a litter box ) a new paper published by Cornell vets ( http :// www. vet. cornell. edu / FHC / news /) titled " Can FeLV survive in the environment?

One method is to clean all damp litter out of a standard box after each use ; however, this is sometimes not practical.

there was not a match-width of damp mark to show they were receding.

The wind from the Rhine was damp and chill, necessitating a fire for warmth.

In these damp circumstances, he was an odds-on bet to develop pneumonia.

The event was not a success: the summer was exceptionally wet, making play difficult on damp uncovered pitches, and attendances were poor, attributed to a " surfeit of cricket ".

Miners could place the safety lamp close to the ground to detect gases, such as carbon dioxide, that are denser than air and so could collect in depressions in the mine ; if the mine air was oxygen-poor ( asphyxiant gas ), the lamp flame would be extinguished ( black damp or chokedamp ).

Stephenson demonstrated the lamp himself to two witnesses by taking it down Killingworth colliery and holding it directly in front of a fissure from which fire damp was issuing.

After 1800, instead of forming grains by hand or with sieves, the damp millcake was pressed in molds to increase its density and extract the liquid, forming presscake.

However Lind, like most of the medical profession, believed that scurvy was essentially a result of ill-digested and putrefying food within the body, bad water, excessive work and living in a damp atmosphere which prevented healthful perspiration.

The fossil habitat, near what is now the Red Sea in western Saudi Arabia, was a damp forest area between 28m and 29m years ago.

It was taken out of use due to structural problems and damp and is now maintained by the Redundant Churches Fund, although the building has been stabilised and made safe.

His intent was to keep her from the cold, damp ground.

Hammocks were readily adopted as a convenient means to increase the crew capacity on ships and improved the sanitary conditions of the sleeping quarters ; old straw – which was commonly used for bedding in earlier times, quickly became rotten and infested by parasites in the damp, cramped crew quarters of sailing ships.

This swampy, damp environment was ideal breeding ground for the TB bacillus, which was a major health hazard in the pioneering days.

The town was then referred to as " damp ".

The start of the epidemic was traced to a large damp celler that had been used to store trash and decomposing waste.

Moisture was a problem, since moisture on the frizzen or damp powder would prevent the weapon from firing.

When the fibres have stabilized in place but are still damp, they are turned out onto a felt sheet which was generally made of an animal product such as wool or rabbit fur, and the screen mold immediately reused.

This, says Vasari, was with the view of protecting the painting from damp ; but in course of time the parts executed with this vehicle scaled away, so that the great secret he hoped to have discovered turned out a failure.

As a baseball field, the stadium was best known for the windy conditions, damp air and dew from fog, and chilly temperatures.

" As he tramped with his guide through the damp underground corridors of the dark prison he was greeted by the ravings and the curses of 300 mad men and was deafened by the pounding of their manacles against iron bars.