A double-stepped bottom reduces the wetted surface area while above the water a fin at the rear stabilises the boat against cross-winds. |
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Disaster threatened until Captain Hull astutely towed, wetted sails, and kedged to draw the ship slowly ahead of her pursuers. |
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With these applicators, the herbicide is applied by rubbing the weeds with a rope wetted with the chemical. |
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Fill or slightly overfill the crack and then smooth it with a wetted trowel or block of wood. |
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The root was fixed in position with a small quantity of plaster of Paris, and the whole seedling was covered loosely with the wetted soil. |
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Organisms with wetted areas exposed to moving air can cool via evaporative water loss, provided relative humidity is not too high. |
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Then they are fitted out with ignition-protected electrical components, as well as raw-water cooling and water-cooled and wetted exhaust systems. |
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Her short black hair had been carefully wetted down, and her usual leathers covered the intense fighter's form. |
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Sand was deposited by wind or water, and briefly wetted by liquid water that evaporated, forming the sulfate cement. |
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She wetted the tip of her finger, counted out five tens and dropped them into the metal money scoop. |
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Wheat also contains two other proteins, albumin and globulin, which are soluble in water and dissolve when the flour is wetted. |
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He closed them tightly, feeling the bittersweet sensation of stinging dryness and strain wetted with fresh tears beneath the lids. |
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So, I took a palette knife to it, scraped all the paint off, and then wetted a tissue with thinner and wiped the canvas as clean is it'd get. |
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To add a sheen, polish the eggs with a paper towel or cloth wetted with vegetable oil. |
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Under hot, dry conditions the spatterdash should be wetted to ensure satisfactory hardening. |
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They were germinated axenically in jars containing vermiculate wetted with culture medium of Ingestad. |
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The method of testing is to immerse the strips in the liquid for one second so that both the reaction zones are fully wetted. |
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Bridge abutments should be located outside the normal wetted stream perimeter. |
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The empty pipe detection features a zero flow output when the sensors are not completely wetted. |
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To increase levels of those bacteria, sprinkle the wetted edamame seeds with commercially available inoculant powder before planting. |
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In a heavy sea, the bergs' smooth wetted ice surfaces produce a low radar cross section. |
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Promptly change clothing which becomes wetted by accidental spillage or drift from spray. |
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The sporangia are equipped with a sticky mucilaginous ring that adheres to vegetation when wetted by the propelling fluids. |
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To fill the channels with the aqueous buffer solution, the hydrophobic surface of PDMS was wetted with ethanol, which was gradually replaced by water. |
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Explosive samples which are wetted or desensitized shall be limited to 25 kg. |
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This is followed by a stronger jet of water to wash the wetted dust off the assembly. |
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The wetted parts are made from a variety of materials, depending on the degree of corrosion resistance required. |
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The fine hull lines of the Havana 72 reduce the wetted surface and provide a smooth glide through the water. |
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A list of the wetted materials can be found in the speci¿cations on page 1 of this manual. |
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This surface film can blister or peel if the wood is wetted or if inside water vapor moves through the house wall and wood siding because of the absence of a vapor barrier. |
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The drums are constantly wetted to keep the fabric stretched. |
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Fog drip, water that drips to the ground from trees and other objects wetted by drifting fog droplets. |
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The fire bricks may be wetted in order to guarantee the same test conditions for each successive test. |
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Explosive samples which are not wetted or desensitized shall be limited to 10 kg in small packages as specified by the competent authorities. |
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Usually used with an open invert, the Dur-A-Span culvert can promote fish passage even during the construction period if footings are prepared outside of the wetted perimeter. |
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Claystones that are massive and blocky are sometimes called mudstones, but some geologists class as mudstones partly hardened muds that slake when wetted, reserving the term claystone for fully hardened material. |
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Skin should be wetted with SANIGEL for two minutes for full effect. |
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Footings for open bottom culverts should be installed outside the normal wetted perimeter of the watercourse and tied into the bedrock or sufficiently stabilized to prevent erosion around the footing or undermining. |
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Oil wetted surfaces are protected against rusting through the use of an effective surface-active rust prevention additive which forms a barrier against water. |
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Wet-sanding is done either with regular sandpaper that's been wetted or with a dampened sanding sponge. |
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The highest elevation is only wetted by the tops of sea spray, the lowest is several meters deep. |
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I crept silently up the hill-road, but the fuse of my matchlock was wetted with the rain, and I could not slay Daoud Shah from afar. |
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If a concrete mixer is used, the product should be allowed to blend for at least 3 minutes to allow it to become completely wetted and to fully develop its characteristics. |
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Then he went to the scullery, wetted his hands, scooped the last white dough out of the punchion, and dropped it in a baking-tin. |
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The hardened photosensitive substance and the lacquer are both removed at the same time by dissolving and brushing, exposing the metal of the nonprinting surfaces to be wetted. |
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That quake was followed by a massive fire that destroyed the centre of town and burned for four days, until the smouldering ashes were wetted down by rain. |
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In cumulonimbus clouds during conditions where graupels are repeatedly wetted and then injected back toward high altitudes by strong updrafts, very large graupels called hail result. |
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As she heard him sousing heartily in cold water, heard the eager scratch of the steel comb on the side of the bowl, as he wetted his hair, she closed her eyes in disgust. |
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The rounded sections gave maximum displacement for the lowest wetted surface area, similar to a modern narrow rowing skiff, so were very fast but had little carrying capacity. |
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The floor was of ant-bed, the stuff of the termites' or white-ants' nests, which when crushed and wetted and beaten hard makes serviceable cement. |
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