 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1849 - 690 pages
...inches long; its back is inserted in a handle of twice the length. This rude implement is held in (he left hand, its edge which is dull, is raised a line...thus taken off. The hemp then ' rolls up like boiled sinew :' after being wiped dry, it is exposed to the sun for a day, and then assorted, the whitest... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1868 - 618 pages
...hand ; its edge, which is dull, is raised a line above the index finger; strips of hemp (or fibre) are then drawn over the blade from within outwards, and, being pressed upon by the thumb, tie fibrous portion of one surface, and the mucilaginous part of the other, are thus taken off. The... | |
 | US Department of Agriculture - 1868 - 606 pages
...then drawn ever the blade frora within outwards, and, being pressed upon by the thumb, the fibrous portion of one surface, and the mucilaginous part of the other, are thus taken off. The horop then rolls up like boiled tendon. After being wiped dry it is exposed to the sun for a day and... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1868 - 620 pages
...which is dull, is raised a line above the index finger ; strips of hemp (or fibre) are then drawn ever the blade from within outwards, and, being pressed upon by the thumb, the fibrous portion of one surface, and the mucilaginous part of the other, are thus taken off. The hemp... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1868 - 658 pages
...is dull, is raised a line above tho index finger ; Etrips of hemp (or fibre) are then drawn ever tho blade from within outwards, and, being pressed upon by the thumb, the fibrous portion of 0110 surface, and the mucilaginous part of the other, are thus taken off. The hemp... | |
 | 1869 - 470 pages
...left hand ; its edge, which is dull, is raised a line above the index finger. Strips of the material are then drawn over the blade from within outwards,...mucilaginous part of the other are thus taken off. After being wiped dry it is exposed to the sun for a day, and the whitest is then selected for fine... | |
 | Edward Balfour - India - 1871 - 1146 pages
...of a small knife or scraper from within outwards, and being pressed upon by the thumb, the fibrous portion of one surface and the mucilaginous part of the other are thus taken off. The hemp is then wiped dry and the whitest selected for fine cloth. It is afterwards bleached." The directions... | |
 | 1850 - 964 pages
...is about two inches long ; its back inserted in a handle of twice the length. This rude implement is held in the left hand, its edge which is dull, is...outwards, and being pressed upon by the thumb, the pilous portions of one surface, and the mucilagi' nous part of the other are thus taken off. The hemp then... | |
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This rude implement is held in the left hand, its edge which is dull, is raised a line above the index finger. Strips of hemp are... 