His hired man had taken the old rotten planks off it that evening, intending to put the new ones on at once.
Emily coolly lifted up one of the planks, knelt on the others and peered down.
At the expiration of two months and a half the ribs had been set up and the first planks adjusted.
The building of the vessel was hastened as much as possible, and, by means of the waterfall on the shore, Cyrus Harding managed to establish an hydraulic sawmill, which rapidly cut up the trunks of trees into planks and joists.
During this time his companions employed themselves in felling and carting trees to furnish the ribs, timbers, and planks.
A few things from the wreck floated on the surface of the water, a raft could be seen consisting of spare spars, coops of poultry with their occupants still living, boxes and barrels, which gradually came to the surface, after having escaped through the hatchways, but no pieces of the wreck appeared, neither planks from the deck, nor timber from the hull,—which rendered the sudden disappearance of the "Speedy" perfectly inexplicable.
The hut had been built of planks, and it was easy to see that these planks had been obtained from the hull or deck of a ship.
In the twilight it was just possible to see that it was built of planks and covered with a thick tarpaulin.
For calking the seams they made oakum of dry seaweed, which was hammered in between the planks; then these seams were covered with boiling tar, which was obtained in great abundance from the pines in the forest.
Directly the trees were chosen, they were felled, stripped of their branches, and sawn into planks as well as sawyers would have been able to do it.
Trees were selected, cut down, stripped of their branches, and cut into beams, joists, and planks.
There was no want of wood, cut up into planks, in the storeroom, and little by little they completed their furnishing; constructing the most solid of tables and chairs, for material was not spared.
It is always interesting to watch people working, especially when they work with such interesting things as spades and picks and shovels and planks and barrows, when they have cindery red fires in iron pots with round holes in them, and red lamps hanging near the works at night.
Specific moves that will target the behind specifically include, donkey kicks, squats, deadlifts, lunges, bridges and planks.
According to celebrity personal trainer Nicola Addison, owner of Eqvvs Training in Knightsbridge, the secret to getting rid of a tummy lies in weights, planks and even the kitchen.
From side squats and planks to boxing with former champion boxers, in the run up to this year's Victoria's Secret show, which took place in Paris on 30th November, the Angels have been hitting the gym hard.
Since coming to power in 2014, Modi has made the fight against corruption one of the central planks of his governing platform.
I'd never managed an unsupported handstand in my life before, but Zoe started me off gently with stretches and planks to help me learn technique.
I'd never managed an unsupported handstand in my life before, but Zoe started me off gently with stretches and planks to help me learn technique.
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