Sentence example with the word 'staves'

staves

Last update: August 15, 2015


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Common throughout the northern and middle states and Canada, the red oak attains a large size only on good soils; the wood is of little value, being coarse and porous, but it is largely used for cask-staves; the bark is a valuable tanning material.   [Please select]

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They sent the staves and other sorts of timber to other countries to be sold.   [Please select]

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It came from one or two torches carried by wild fellows with long staves who drove their way into the heart of the mob.   [Please select]

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The articles of importation from the United States were principally timber, staves for sugar-casks, flour and other provisions, and furniture.   [Please select]

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And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves.   [Please select]

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It had staves such as were used in ancient times, but they had evidently been allowed to remain for some special purpose.   [Please select]

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Then they beat their staves against the ground one against the other, as if there had been a hundred sheep between them.   [Please select]

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