The instrument often is highly decorated, with a carved animal ( usually a dragon or the Lion of Norway ) or a carved woman's head as part of the scroll at the top of the pegbox, extensive mother of pearl inlay on the tailpiece and fingerboard, and black ink decorations called ' rosing ' on the body of the instrument.

The laces were broken at the bottom of the eyelets but there was still a bow knot at the top.

She was a top horsewoman and one of the city's most gracious hostesses.

He was sitting on top of a log which was spinning round and around in the water.

The last thing in the world that resembled a war was our line of farmers and storekeepers and mechanics perched on top of a stone wall, and this dashing rider made us feel a good deal sharper and more alert to the situation.

The head was wrapped in a turban and on top of the turban rode a great hamper across which a piece of poncho had been flung.

Beethoven's Fifth was the one on top.

in an instant the doctor was stalking across the room with an antique ledger in his hands, thoroughly eared and big as a table top.

`` To Be Left Behind '' was printed at the top in Miss Ada ; ;

( opposite page, right top ): Stoneware clay was used.

( opposite page, top left ): Red clay was used, rolled 1/2'' '' thick.

Mold was used as pattern and clay cut by holding knife at about 45-degree angle, to form an undercut, making base smaller than the pattern top.

After trimming off the excess on the frames and transom which was used to fasten them to the jig at a working height, the top of the side planking is installed.

The maximum suction was 3.25'' '' of test fluid measured from the top of the block, and steady states were apparently reached with these fluids.

The top of the sample was nearly flat and the bottom hemispherical.

The bubble was filled to the top and special precautions were taken to prevent any sample from remaining in the capillary.

She was still in the play for pay business when she died, a top trollop who had given the world's oldest profession one of its rare flashes of glamour.

This might be applied to the top of the nose or the back of the neck, pressed on the upper lip, or inserted into the nostril ( cotton was usually used in this last ).

This mountain was known as The Black Reef and it rose almost perpendicularly for about two hundred feet, honeycombed with caves, top covered with dense scrub and creepers and tall grass.

It was dark inside the room but enough light spilled from the restaurant behind her to enable her to make out a round table with a green cloth top.

The stairway on the right was dark, but there was a wall-switch at the bottom which lighted another dim bulb at the top, and they went up.

Last year's volume was at the top a couple of inches below the ceiling.

Near it was a metal ladder on casters attached to the top shelf.

It was that oddly shaped space at the very top of the house, where ceiling heights had to accommodate themselves to the varying angles of roof slope.

He often donned their tribal costumes, such as the one featuring a tall, black sheepskin hat from the top of which dangled a little red bag ornamented by a chain of worsted lace and tassels ; ;

And to top it all I am often sentimental on purpose, trying to prove to myself that I am not afraid of sentiment.

Large programs were often written with the most-used subroutines at the top of the program to reduce the processing time for calls.

Between 1980-1985 a few Dutch Hip Hop records had already been released, but in 1986 Dutch rap duo MC Miker G & DJ Sven ( Lucien Witteveen and Sven van Veen ) had a major top 10 hit ( often # 1 ) across Europe with their " Holiday Rap ", which sampled Madonna's " Holiday ".

His top gums are often exposed due to a small upper lip and he speaks nasally with a deep voice and a slight lisp.

There is often an indehiscent beak at the top of the style and one or more seeds may be borne there.

* Cheesecake is often baked in a bain-marie to prevent the top from cracking in the centre.

If organized as a division then the top manager is often known as an Executive Vice President ( for example, Todd Bradley who heads the Personal Systems Group in Hewlett Packard ).

While it ’ s true that the top television and film actors have become movie and television stars, musicians and pop singers that become pop stars, or athletes that become sports stars often become celebrities, the other professionals that play a more peripheral role in the entertainment sphere, such as television, music, and film directors and producers, screenwriters, playwrights, and animators are less likely to attain celebrity status ( albeit there are some exceptions, such as directors Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and animator Seth MacFarlane ).

The guitar top, or soundboard, is a finely crafted and engineered element often made of spruce, red cedar or mahogany.

The top, back and sides of a classical guitar body are very thin, so a flexible piece of wood called kerfing ( because it is often scored, or kerfed so it bends with the shape of the rim ) is glued into the corners where the rim meets the top and back.

Despite the move away from the Valley, Charlton were promoted to the First Division as Second Division runners-up at the end of 1985 – 86, and remained at this level for four years ( achieving a highest league finish of 14th ) often with late escapes, most notably against Leeds in 1987, where the Addicks triumphed in extra-time of the play-off final replay to secure their top flight place.

Eisenhower is now often ranked as one of the top ten U. S. Presidents.

In recent surveys of historians, Eisenhower often is ranked in the top 10 among all U. S. Presidents.

The " lightest " products ( those with the lowest boiling point ) exit from the top of the columns and the " heaviest " products ( those with the highest boiling point ) exit from the bottom of the column and are often called the bottoms.

The materials most often used in double-bass construction are maple ( back, neck, ribs ), spruce ( top ), and ebony ( fingerboard, tailpiece ).

Alice now discards three of her own cards, and replaces them with three from the top of the deck ( Note: in a player-dealt casino game there is often a rule that the dealer must discard before picking up the deck, but this is a home game so we won't worry about such details ).

They are often used in pairs, the bottom fuller has a square shank which fits into the hardy hole in the anvil while the top fuller has a handle.

On the day of painting, a thinner, smooth layer of fine plaster, the intonaco, is added to the amount of wall that can be expected to be completed in a day, sometimes matching the contours of the figures or the landscape, but more often just starting from the top of the composition.

The national flag of the United States of America is often simply referred to as the American flag, consisting of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red ( top and bottom ) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton ( referred to specifically as the " union ") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars ( top and bottom ) alternating with rows of five stars.

Archtop guitars are steel-string instruments in which the top ( and often the back ) of the instrument are carved from a solid billet in a curved rather than a flat shape ; this violin-like construction is usually credited to the American Orville Gibson ( 1856 – 1918 ).

Because deeper rock is often older, as noted by the principle of superposition, this can result in older rocks moving on top of younger ones.

It is wise to write out descriptive text ahead of time, and since the gamemaster cannot rely on his acting skills to get the personality of NPCs and monsters across, the need for music ( often considered a distraction in a normal table top game ) becomes much greater, as background music helps to set the mood for other players.