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The baskets used for holding lint were twice as large as those used in the picking process, and they were never taken from the gin house.
The horse was gone, but the case was lying not far away, on the ground where it had fallen, and there were bandages and lint in it, as she hoped there would be.
The throat and eyes are terribly affected, and it is necessary to work with the head bound up, and to comb the lint from the eyebrows.
I was little and not very strong, and had a cough, caused, perhaps, by the hard steady work, and the lint in the air of the factory.
As soon as it is cut, apply a little cotton or lint to the place to keep it warm, lest the cold enter into the body of the child, which it most certainly will do, if you have not bound it hard enough.
Exclaimed Mary, instantly producing some lint and bandages which she had prepared in anticipation of such an event.
From morning to night she sat at her wheel, spinning the finest lint, which suited well with her pale hands.
"I've brought lint and bandages," she said, "let me bind it up as well as I can in the dark."
The lint in the air she breathed so filled her lungs that she was unable, in her short daily leisure, to counteract its effect.
At the end of five years, as she was coughing and raising particles of lint, she was obliged to rest for a year.
The lint fibers are constantly brushed and wiped up by the workers, but there is still considerable lint in the air.
It is very possible that the dust and lint present in the mill have been credited with effects which are due in part to these atmospheric conditions.
Then hurrying thither himself, got out lint, bandages, instruments, whatever might be needed for the dressing of a wound.
He now proceeded with the aid of the instruments, bandages, lint, etc., I had brought to prepare him for removal.
I didn't know whether saints made good lint, but I thought I knew one who'd get scraped a little.
For years past whenever she had had occasion to put anything up there, showers of dust and rolls of lint had come tumbling down upon her head.
Doctor Warren, rubbing his hands to get rid of the lint from the warden's towel, came along settling himself into his coat which he had removed the better to examine the body of the East Indian.
There they opened their cases of lint, plaster and bandages, spreading them out upon the sand, and were soon engaged in administering aid to an occasional victim of the battle.
Grease must never be poured into the sink, nor dish nor cleaning cloths used after they are worn enough to shed lint.
The lint of cotton was on his wagon, for he was hauling his crop to the gin when the sad news reached him; and he came in his shirt sleeves, his wife on the wagon seat with him.
Again, the ax is found to be wrapped in lint that was in my possession, according to the fisherman.
It is very pleasant for the patient at least, and for the face it is well to make a mask of lint which can be covered with oiled silk.
"Just the same ... but, let's have a look at your medicine chest, and give me the lint quick."
Toole, bustling up from the coach where his instruments, lint, and plasters were deposited.
All waste pipes, from that of the kitchen sink to that of the refrigerator, become foul with grease, lint, dust and other organic matters which are the result of bacterial action.
Your nose also strains, or filters, out of the air the dust, lint, and germs that may be floating in it.
Last week I attended a meeting of the lint society to hand in the small contribution of linen I had been able to gather.
Surgeons and physicians were invited to meet with them and instruct them how to make lint, prepare bandages, and educate nurses.
Then she collected all the pieces of old sheets to make some lint out of them, but she will do that in the kitchen when the wounded are sleeping, so as not to worry them.
A few handfuls of lint thrown into the air just as the curtain rises, will float about and appear like falling snow.
After another dressing you may be able to ride, provided that your barber attends to dressing it with ointment and a little lint every day.
These hands must be relaxed, and all the lint, dirt, and perspiration be thoroughly washed away.
If her spinning pleases you, you may keep her till she spins all your lint: or, if you have any wool to spin, you may employ her.
An attendant, a sort of hospital assistant, was allowed to accompany the doctor to the cell, carrying his lints, drugs, and instruments.
He said, taking off his glasses and thrusting his hand into his pocket for his handkerchief to wipe them, but bringing out something soft and white, which proved to be a piece of lint.
I took no heed, but did as he suggested; and, finding the lint and a bandage, roughly bound up the wound, which had long ceased bleeding.
All four of us therefore sat down on the sands, and Dick, pulling out some lint and bandages from his pockets, our seconds, under his directions, bound up our wounds.
The softest rags or surgeon's lint should be cut up into small pieces that will just cover the eye.
Venous bleeding may generally be stopped by putting a pad of lint dipped in cold water on the wound and tying it on with a bandage.
Get your lint ready, if it will do your dear hearts any good, though I don't believe myself that it will ever be needed.'
See, John, I have put the lint I scraped between two layers of the linen; for though the bark is certainly best for the flesh, yet the lint will serve to keep the cold air from the wound.
Todd, laying down the probe with the air of a man who had assumed it merely in compliance with forms; and, turning to Richard, he fingered the lint with the appearance of great care and foresight.
At the oil mills machines are ready to clean the cotton seeds of lint, hull them, separate hull from kernel, and press the oil from the kernel itself.
Hester's cupboard contained a small case of plasters, lint, ointments, etc., for childish cuts and bruises.
Anyhow, she could see well enough at five-and-forty to detect a bit of dust or dirt, or lint left on a plate from the towel, or a chair that was a trifle out of its rightful place.
He was not long over the operation of getting a pad of lint on the wound and binding a rough bandage round Rube's head.
"Well, anyhow, we've seen an' done a good deal, an' had a few adventures," Rube concluded, holding himself so that Kiddie might apply a fresh pad of lint and a new bandage to his wounded cheek.
At the present day the devices for separating the lint from the seed are of two classes: roller gins and saw gins.
He could scarcely hear her in the tumult and din, but he understood and nodded, watching her busy with her lint and bandages.
The wires are thus twisted and tightened over a pad of lint or wood, drawing together the edges of the opening in the tendon.
The vessels being tied, one point of suture is put in on the dorsal aspect, and the fingers on each side tied together at their extremities, with a pad of lint between them.
Those who grew it were compelled to separate the seed from the lint by hand, and this was so tedious that few people would grow it.
Cotton was the only product of the farm for which there was any constant demand; but, owing to the labor of separating the lint from the seed, it could not be raised at a profit.
We took a quantity of old linen rags along, and during the whole drive, our fingers were busy making lint.
I write, touch my guitar, talk, pick lint, and pray so rapidly that it is hard to say which is my occupation.
Nancy did not sit down as he had asked her, but stood awkwardly; she was picking a scrap of lint to pieces, nervously, and with twitching fingers.
It was Johnny, born with the pounding, crashing roar of the looms in his ears, drawing with his first breath the warm, moist air that was thick with flying lint.
He had coughed that first day in order to rid his lungs of the lint; and for the same reason he had coughed ever since.
He noticed some lint on his shirt and flicked it off, but really it was the stranger whom he now wanted to flick away.
This is to be applied as a plaster, spread on strips of lint, and changed every twelve or twenty-four hours.
They are simply pieces of fine thread netting, edged with cords adapted to the extent of the lint.
He unfolded the paper and put it down on the table, displaying a small mass of what looked like dust and lint.
Carefully placing Hendricks' package of dust and lint in a drawer of the table, he set out for the Eleventh street boarding house.
Then, taking a pile of old linen out of a cupboard, she began to cut it up, to make lint and bandages.
There, in anticipation of some casualties, a sort of emergency dressing station had been laid out, with water, lint and bandages.
Electra was engaged in tearing off and rolling bandages, while Irene slowly scraped lint from a quantity of old linen, which filled a basket at her side.
I did think the hall was rather dirty when I dropped my coat and took it up covered with lint.
There were a great many wounded soldiers, and the people used to send bandages and lint for their wounds.
The doctor Vincenzo had brought in rose from his knees and stood thoughtfully wiping his hands on a piece of lint.
There the seed is dropped into what are known as 'linting' machines, and as much as possible of the lint or fiber left upon the seed is removed.
I called for a better bed, the medicine chest, lint, and bandages; every thing was instantly brought, and I did my best to soothe my sufferings.
With the instinct of the soldier he instantly climbed to the top of the pile, tore away the burning bunches of lint cotton, and threw them to the ground, thus preventing further harm.
Tow, raw cotton, lint, or sponges may be forced into a wound and held or bound there with bandages.
Plants for seeds should be sown in drills four feet apart, and separate from that designed only for the lint.
If stacked after a while, and allowed to remain for a year, the improvement in the lint is worth more than the loss of time.
He brought his box of lint and bandages, and asked Angelo to feel and see how soft and comfortable they were.
No one dared descend to arrange them in any useful fashion, and in a few instants they were mere heaps of lint.
Now at eighteen she was grown to a tall maid, with a great blowing mass of lint white hair that shone like gold with the sun on it.
To the immediate place I apply a piece of wet lint, over which is put some oil silk, and the rag is kept constantly moist.
The seat of the disease being exposed, with a piece of lint or soft rag the fluid is passed over the surface.
Every one knows that carrying off the straw will exhaust the land, as will also carrying off the stalk of the lint.
It is entirely possible, therefore, that cotton may ultimately be grown as much for these parts as for the lint.
Carefully selecting three of his instruments, he put the case back in his pocket, and commenced to cut a sheet of lint into small strips.
John was now quite certain that if he had not put the lint in his ears he would have become deaf forever.
I shall make lint of my paint rags, and sacrifice my heart's blood for the cause in another way.
He may sell the lint from his cotton, but he can not dispose of it (as is frequently done here) in the seed.
Josephine gave large relief, promised to put all in train to have her supplied with linen for the sick, and that she would help to prepare lint for their wounds.
Four wee Brownie women are busy with retorts, jars, boxes, lint, bandages, and various other articles of the healing art.
Wherefore I will keep my sting and my claws free from the cotton bags; the only merit of which is, that when a man is wounded in them, he has lint ever ready at his fingers.
Keep the face of iron smooth by rubbing wax over the surface frequently, thereby removing any lint or dirt that may accumulate from time to time.
Then the Queen, with one of her bright smiles, asked Pauline and Marianne if they could not come and assist in making lint for the soldiers.
Carl and Otto and the Princes were often together, and Marianne and Pauline assisted with the lint.
There was much need of lint and the ladies were always occupying themselves with making it.
"And it is all because of our good Queen," she assured him, and related how Marianne now adored her instead of Goethe, and of how she had gone all winter to make lint and to read aloud to her Majesty.
"Oh, my child," answered Joan, "if I look sad, it is not on account of your jokes, but the result of thoughts suggested by the sight of men shaping weapons, and women preparing lint for the wounded."
Apparently the bear had pulled up handfuls of the soft moss and used it in the same manner that a surgeon uses lint.
The doctor, taking an old handkerchief, quickly prepared a little lint, which he spread over the wounds, after having washed them.
After the blessing, he requested the ladies to meet and make arrangements for lint and bandages for the wounded.
This last, a thin cotton affair, left a trail of fuzzy, lint-like debris behind it and disclosed on removal a canvas cover that had been spread underneath.
I filled up my small chest, and took a good roll of adhesive plaster, a number of bandages, and a packet of lint.