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The dirt on the soiled objects is mechanically held by surface irregularities to some extent.
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I started looking on the splintery truck bed for a piece of board, a dirt clod -- anything I could throw and with better aim than I had thrown the beer bottle.
Blood dripped down the front of his sweater, soaking into a dark streak of dirt that ran diagonally across the white wool on his shoulder, as though the bright V woven into the neckline had melted, running a darker color.
She was personally sloppy, and when she had colds would blow her nose in the same handkerchief all day and keep it, soaking wet, dangling from her waist, and when she gardened she would eat dinner with dirt on her calves.
He noticed a speck of dirt on the sill and swiped at it with his finger.
From the equilibrium sorption data which are available, it seems logical to expect that polyphosphate ions would be strongly sorbed on the surface of the dirt ( especially clay soils ) so as to give it a greatly increased negative charge.
Now the dirt highway was bordered on either side by a fairly deep drainage ditch, too broad to leap over unless you were an Olympic star.
Got a heck of a buy on this, dirt cheap ''.
The Orioles got a run in the first inning when Breeding, along with Robinson, the two Birds who got a pair of hits, doubled to right center, moved to third on Russ Snyder's single to right and crossed on Kunkel's wild pitch into the dirt in front of the plate.
He got back into the batter's box and on the next pitch dropped into the dirt again.
Drivers unused to dirt roads should be especially cautious – it is recommended that drivers reduce their speed, drive with extra care, and avoid driving at night because animals can stray on to roads.
In settling the American west it was generally faster to navigate down River from Brownsville, Pennsylvania, to the Ohio River confluence with the Mississippi and then pole up river against the current to St Louis than to travel overland on the rare primitive dirt roads for many decades after the American revolution.
* Calcium chloride ( CaCl < sub > 2 </ sub >) is used in ice removal and dust control on dirt roads, in conditioner for concrete, as an additive in canned tomatoes, and to provide body for automobile tires.
: Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt ;
Most mountain biking takes place on dirt roads, trails and in purpose-built parks.
It was at this time that Hawks first met Victor Fleming, allegedly when the two men raced on a dirt track and caused an accident.
Also, an efficient routine has been reported for making polyethylene superhydrophobic and thus self-cleaning — 99 % of dirt adsorbed on such surface is easily washed away.
The story says that a third French man walked in to see an ear on the dirt floor of the tavern and shouted " Who ' sh ear?
* 1990 – George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of New York Yankees for hiring Howie Spira to " get dirt " on Dave Winfield.
Midget racing was a category for small open-wheel cars racing on dirt ovals.
On January 19, 2010, Wyandotte County approved the bonds to help finance the stadium, and on January 20 the groundbreaking ceremony was made, with Wizards CEO Robb Heineman using heavy machinery to move dirt on the construction site.
After regurgitating the gastric pellet, it rubs its face in the dirt or on bushes to get rid of the mucus, suggesting that it, like humans, does not relish the scent of its own excretions.
Puns on the " wet dirt " meaning of " mud " are endemic, as with, for example, the names of the ROM ( Rivers of MUD ), MUCK, MUSH, and CoffeeMUD codebases and the MUD Muddy Waters.
dirt and soiled
In addition, dirt particles can be held onto a soiled surface by sticky substances or by the surface tension of liquids, including liquid greases.
Natural fibers such as wool, cotton, and silk of lighter colors should not be left in dirty or soiled condition for long amounts of time as they absorb dirt in their texture and are unlikely to be restored to their original color and finish.
Guigues du Pin, or Guigo, the architect of the order, cautioned, " Let the brethren take care the books they receive from the cupboard do not get soiled with smoke or dirt ; books are as it were the everlasting food of our souls ; we wish them to be most carefully kept and most zealously made.
The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra describes the tathāgatagarbha as " by nature brightly shining and pure ," and " originally pure ," though " enveloped in the garments of the skandhas, dhātus and ayatanas and soiled with the dirt of attachment, hatred, delusion and false imagining.
dirt and objects
Extracting foreign objects such as insects, leaves, dirt, twigs and parasites, are all forms of grooming.
In order to simulate the combat wounds of German soldiers fighting in the war, Herta Oberheuser rubbed foreign objects, such as wood, rusty nails, slivers of glass, dirt, or sawdust into the wounds.
Socrates replies that he has no doubt about the existence of mathematical, ethical and aesthetic Forms ( e. g., Unity, Plurality, Goodness, Beauty ), but is unsure of Forms of Man, Fire and Water ; he is almost certain, though admits to some reservations, that undignified objects like hair, mud and dirt do not have Forms.
Young children are at the greatest risk of infection because they play outside and tend to place contaminated objects and dirt in their mouths.
This product picks up small objects such as nuts, bolts, dirt, and debris from a workshop or similar floor.
His followers called him a martyr and the spot where he was hanged became a daily place of gathering ; objects associated with his execution were venerated, and even the dirt at the spot where he died was collected, resulting in the creation of a pit.
Dead skin and foreign objects such as insects, ectoparasites, and leaves, dirt and twigs, are some of the items typically removed.
A cupboard is a type of storage cabinet, often made of wood, used indoors to store household objects such as food, crockery, textiles and liquor, and protect them from dust and dirt.
A pressure washer is a high pressure mechanical sprayer that can be used to remove loose paint, mold, grime, dust, mud, and dirt from surfaces and objects such as buildings, vehicles, concrete surfaces, etc.
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If there is time after the warning, the basement shielding could be improved substantially by blocking windows with bricks, dirt, books, magazines, or other heavy material.
Much of the dirt and leaf stain is easily removed when damp, but requires dynamite if allowed to dry.
However, a major factor in binding dirt is the attraction between surfaces that goes under the name of Van der Waal's forces.
He did, however, understand that there is a risk over using leech, and advised patients that leech need to be cleaned before being used and that the dirt or dust " clinging to a leech should be wiped off " before application.
Travelling in remote areas in northern Australia is not advisable during the wet season ( November to April ), as heavy tropical downpours can quickly make dirt roads impassable.
The location and treatment of the primary lesion also crucial, as is the removal of any foreign material ( bone, dirt, bullets, and so forth ).
Either the body of the canal is dug or the sides of the canal are created by piling dirt, stone, concrete, or other building materials.
It is in effect creating a Nurse log, however, covered with dirt.
A solid base is a must for any successful course, and where early courses had plain dirt pads, modern courses use concrete, or more cost effective materials such as mulch, decomposed granite, or other natural materials.
In the case of the ears, this is to keep grass seeds, dirt, and other matter from entering the ear canal.
Thus, a practical fallout shield is ten halving-thicknesses of packed dirt, reducing gamma rays by approximately 1024 times ( 2 < sup > 10 </ sup >).
Usually, an expedient purpose-built fallout shelter is a trench ; with a strong roof buried by c. 1 m ( 3 ft ) of dirt.
It is analogous to a bulldozer pushing a pile of dirt, where the bulldozer is the overriding plate.
The term is sometimes used to specifically refer to the spreading of dirt and misinformation, as ( for example ) through excited discussion of scandals.
The eyelash is to humans, camels, horses, ostriches etc., what whiskers are to cats ; they are used to sense when dirt, dust, or any other potentially harmful object is too close to the eye.
This is also symbolic of washing one's dirt or karmas.
Maroger medium which is not made properly may contain a large amount of dirt and impurities from improperly filtered mastic varnish, or the black oil may be overcooked, both of which would contribute to darkening and weakening of the work.
Like membrane keyboards, they are reported to be very hard to get used to, as there is little tactile feedback, and silicone will tend to attract dirt, dust, and hair.
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