I kept shooing her over the fence, thinking I was helping her to meet up with the flock (or "rafter") down the road. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
He was a backpacker, canyon trekker, river rafter. From Wordnik.com. [Durango Honors Dentist Slain In Afghan Aid Attack] Reference
Suddenly the figure on the rafter gave a low whistle. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Waking the household gods -- how rang each shouting rafter!. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
One come in under the roof and knocked out a rafter for me. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
An 'they seeked him in the rafter-room, an' cubby-hole, an 'press. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Hallowe'en] Reference
I was then pinned down to the floor by a heavy rafter or something. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
Till the candle lights the cradle and runs dark along the rafter. From Wordnik.com. [England over Seas] Reference
The rafter in my own eye troubles me even more than the speck in theirs. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to His Friends] Reference
A projection from the face of a wall, supporting an arch or rafter above. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School] Reference
The rafter-table is found on the back of the body of the square, Fig. 197. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
In later years his rafter-shaking power diminished-but never his intensity. From Wordnik.com. ['I'm Able To Reach The People'] Reference
An old dried-up Christmas wreath hanging on a rafter attracted her attention. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanna Stirs the Fire] Reference
Among the cut, the Air Force's F-22 rafter and 23 new presidential helicopters. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2009] Reference
Then he began to drag posts, pieces of rafter and other wreckage over to the cave. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Icelandic Short Stories] Reference
I ain't no pot-rack, I ain't no rafter, en I ain't no bed-cord, but, please gracious!. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
There is a fine example of this trained along a rafter in the Succulent-house at Kew. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
Spenser resumed his seat, while a whirl of echoing applause waved from floor to rafter. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere, Personal Recollections] Reference
Cut a 4 by 1 inch notch at the bottom of each rafter, on the outside, for the base piece. From Wordnik.com. [Things To Make] Reference
All novices should be trained by an experienced rafter, and no one should ever ride alone. From Wordnik.com. [Hey Dude, Let's Catch Some Rapids] Reference
The construction worker ` s body was found hanging from a rafter on the construction site. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2008] Reference
During our first winter, we had a deer hung on every rafter on the north side of the house. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
The walls are entire, the roof is of wood, and some of the rafter work is in fair preservation. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 331, September 13, 1828] Reference
REICHERT: On August 15, 1982, so three days later, two additional bodies were found by a rafter. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 18, 2004] Reference
The old gentleman did not repeat his question; he held fast to the rafter on which he was leaning. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig] Reference
While he was thinking over his troubles, he saw a spider trying to get from one rafter to another. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878] Reference
Another style, instead of an Essex board-measure, and the hundredths graduation has a rafter-table. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Joel Friedman says he always had a snoring problem -- of the "rafter-rattling, window-breaking" kind. From Wordnik.com. [Time for Bed] Reference
To find the length of a rafter by the use of the table, first find the required pitch, at the left end of the table. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
SIMON: Sir Tom is what you call him now, and he's back with a somewhat new sound, but that same rafter-rattling voice. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Jones Still Sings To The Back Rows] Reference
You see, Pa Cudjo, he been work down to de swamp a heap of de time en been run boat en rafter up en down dat river all bout dere. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2] Reference
The once ubiquitous Elian T-shirts that Cubans proudly donned in the early stages of the rafter-boy saga have also mostly vanished. From Wordnik.com. [Letter From Havana] Reference
(While it might seem strange to allow air into your attic via a rafter vent, a cold attic can reduce the chances of ice dams forming.) 10. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend Project: Weatherize your attic to save money and boost comfort at home year-round] Reference
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