Uphand

the uphand sledge

Girzie, when in her barleyhoods, was apt to enforce her commands with uphand emphases, and Andrew came in for a due share of this practical elocution, and always proved himself as quiet and submissive a disciple as ever fell under a "continual dropping," since the days of the man of Uz.

There was not anything like it either for extraordinary rapidity of pace with the uphand bowling, or accuracy of length and general steadiness.

I called, as soon as the struggle was over, for Poor Tom, but for a long time nothing could be seen of him or his raven; at last a call from John Lee, who, like myself, was unhurt, told me he was found, and close outside the hovel where the women and children who had been carried off by the moor men had been shut up, and who we happily rescued, Poor Tom lay locked close in the arms of a moor man, through whose heart he had driven the Spanish knife, and who had ripped him open by one uphand cut, from the bottom of his belly to the top of his chest.

They sparred heavily for nearly ten minutes, neither gaining the advantage until Kathleen, with one furious uphand stroke, snapped Reed's blade in two near the hilt.

Downhand welding is preferable to uphand welding as it insures better fusion and greater speed.

In uphand welding, the previously deposited metal is used as a step to hold up the molten metal, making possible a heavier deposit. Slag flows away from the molten pool and is less likely to be trapped in the metal during uphand welding.

When welding thick pipe, the weld may be formed from the bottom up by uphand welding.

A man to roll rubber off from that, I think, would find rather an uphand business — pushing his hands against the rubber.

What is desirable is to imitate the calf in sucking; the hand is to be not only sharply closed against the teat, but vigorous uphand pressure against the udder is to be made at the same time.

My land is uphand black loam, which I value at fifty dollars per acre, and three crops is the most I have grown consecutively on the same ground.

Intercropping with cowpea exerted an uphand influence on the soil available N (223 and 236 kg/ha) considerable, build up in the soil available N was noticed with the sorghum + cowpea intercropping system in a ratio of 3:1 which is probably due to the beneficial effect of continuous legume intercropping.

One hundred per cent penetration can be obtained by welding in a slight vertical weld uphand on metal up to eight gages.

It is made uphand, pushing the arc with the torch steeply inclined 15° to 20° to the pipe.

As by a leaf to fling On the glass of wind Or up transparent leaf-sides over and over Uphand to swing Into the airy sockets of light And the broad plates tread like a bird Kissing light.

...noise shifted uphand by the noise shaper) are responsible for the observed filter ripples and a notable roll-off of the ...

To high heaven, all so softly, / The angels uphand him; / In meads of May flowers / Mild Mary will meet him: […]

But she say sho could uphand anything brought befo' her so I asked her to work on me.

Before he had hit, she sprang upright, feinted so that Gull's quick blow whooshed harmlessly past her cheek, and uphanded his chin, stunning him and sending him reeling against Kayser, who had stepped back.

Aweel, Jock, I'se no say but we've had mony an up an mony a doon i' life, but there's ae comfort whilk uphands me aboon ilka ither thocht, an its e'en this: Ye married yer Elsie, Jock, frae doonright sheer love an naething mair nor less, an Elsie gae her hail heart an its life's bluid to ye whan she gae'd awa her hond.

He's nae Moderate, man; and gin I'm no sair mistaen, he's a wild man himsel, and wull uphand the Veto.

Some o' Bible words are no' for every-day use, an' ye might have respected the Holy Scripters mair than to use 'em for uphanding o' yer ain mad clavers.

This conduct may probably be uphanded as injurious to my own views ; if it be so, it is at least the natural offspring of my judgment.

Sire, the will to dare, their weapons weak, In spirit the State uphanded to success.

What signifies keeping the poor lassie in a swither? I'se uphand it's been Robertson that learned ye that doctrine.