Abrade

Usage examples of grate.

Eager and anxious, the beasts of Tarzan sniffed the familiar air of their native island as the small boats drew in toward the beach, and scarce had their keels grated upon the sand than Sheeta and the apes of Akut were over the bows and racing swiftly toward the jungle.

Spoon and Dirty Sock, she all ashiver, he irritated by a piece of wood shaving that had caught in his threads, perched on the ledge before the grate.

She leaned forward, caught at a backstay, and snatched her legs from the water in a final spasm of terror before swivelling round and rolling over on to the cockpit grating deck.

Arithelli cleaned the doorsteps and the kitchen stove, blackleaded the grates and prepared the meals, which more often than not consisted only of potatoes and tea.

A servant fresh from the blackleading of a grate opened the door to them, grinning with recognition at the sight of Mutimer.

Niello, after a few seasons polishing up fire irons and blackleading grates had driven me demented with boredom.

I only went to the parlour of the lazaretto, where, placed behind a grating, you can speak to any person who calls, and who must stand behind another grating placed opposite, at a distance of six feet.

Place onion, celery, peppers, parsley, green onion and grated carot in and saut until onion starts to turn clear.

They would have to squat or lie on the grating and lean downward to nail the cleats across the canvas.

A teacupful of this Chamomile tea, into which is stirred a large dessertspoonful of moist sugar, with a little grated ginger added, will answer the purpose now indicated.

The timbre of his voice was harsh and grating, yet it was a very interesting, even a seductive, voice, and, Domini thought, peculiarly full of vivid life, though not of energy.

Darwin speaks of the hissing of certain snakes, the rattle of the rattle-snake, the grating of the scales of the echis, each of which serves to frighten or terrify the enemy.

Add finely chopped shallot, two eggs, salt, pepper, and grated nutmeg.

Working together, with hands extended through the grating, Theseus and Daedalus turned the log endwise and pulled it through, a process delayed by the necessity of hacking off one more branch.

It was a resonating, loud, grating voice, obviously from someone with an im-m ense chest, and something told Wind Made by Wings, even while his whole body and soul were concentrated in combat, that this -was the voice of the Alengwyneh king himself.