River in Somerset and Devon

Usage examples of culm.

Inside, wrapped in the waterproof sheath of a bamboo culm, was her new travel permit.

She buried the blade in the top of the culm, and tapped it, pushing it down and slicing off a thin strip.

He drew back his head, put the few remaining stones in place, chinked the crevices with dirt and culm, and then, trembling and faint, he fell to the floor of the old mine, and lay there, panting and exhausted, for a long time in silent thought.

Here he lay down on a place soft with culm, to take his contemplated rest, and, before he was aware of it, sleep had descended on him, overpowered him, and bound him fast.

Threads of smoke were still curling in through the slate and culm, and the air that crept in was very bad.

Those prisoners with boilers hexed to them are issued enough culm and low-grade coke to work.

For each culm, my father demanded and got a number of gems of beryl or lapis lazura, of which stones this land is the chief source in all the world, and those were worth a great deal of coin indeed.

At present immense quantities of fuel are left at the mines, in the form of culm and slack, which, in quality, are much below the average output.

The investigations include the possibility of making satisfactory commercial fuels from lignite or low-grade coals which do not stand shipment well, the benefiting of culm or slack coals which are wasted or sold at unremunerative prices, and the possibility of improving the efficiency of good coals.

Here they were seated to-night, a glowing fire of culm balls filling the large grate, and throwing a light which was but little helped by the home-made dip standing in a brass candlestick on the middle of the table, round which they were all gathered while Gethin displayed his presents.

The mixture of ore and culm is either transferred to a black-lead crucible before the latter is put into the furnace, or, as some prefer, it is carefully swept into a crucible which has been imbedded in the fire.

Those on the upright culms simply rise up vertically at night, so that their tips are directed towards the zenith.

At its several long tables his numerous apprentices sat hunched over boxes full of what looked like the culms of crocus flowers, doing something to them with very tiny knives.

Those on the upright culms simply rise up vertically at night, so that their tips are directed towards the zenith.

Strephium floribundum: culms with leaves during the day, and when asleep at night.