I would say you can tell if its been repaired if it has no stress cracks in the deck around the stanchion base. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
His stanchion was a clumsy weapon. From Wordnik.com. [The High Crusade]
The sideways gull listened from up on the stanchion. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
Apparently Shell had set his torch in a wall stanchion. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
MILITO: He said, well, he ` s in that stanchion over there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 17, 2006] Reference
Yet keeps the body confined to a very few feet of stanchion. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2] Reference
And holding to a stanchion, he seemed like a man in a dream. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
He had a thirty stanchion barn, and he had another one known as. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with George Watts Hill, January 30, 1986. Interview C-0047. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
He had fixed the stanchion and a broken hinge on the barn door. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of Creation]
He says, I killed him and he's over there in that stanchion (ph). From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2006] Reference
She took hold of a stanchion and nodded, all at once grown serious. From Wordnik.com. [The Burning Bridge] Reference
Venera merely had her wrists fastened to a stanchion near the door. From Wordnik.com. [Sun of Suns] Reference
His own arm was slipping from the stanchion, as he reached for her. From Wordnik.com. [Fantastic Voyage]
One seaman threw him the line and he made it fast around a stanchion. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
We fastened him securely to a stanchion and tagged to his destination. From Wordnik.com. [California, 1849-1913; or, the rambling sketches and experiences of sixty-four years' residence in that state] Reference
Now both flap and stanchion were twisted and the lip of the casket was dented. From Wordnik.com. [Salvage for the Saint]
I saw the girl standing braced beside a stanchion, staring over the ship's side. From Wordnik.com. [The Winged Men of Orcon A Complete Novelette] Reference
His body ricochets off a steel stanchion, sending him into an uncontrollable spin. From Wordnik.com. [High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace] Reference
I saw Virginia Crane clinging desperately to her stanchion beside the light switches. From Wordnik.com. [The Winged Men of Orcon A Complete Novelette] Reference
He reeled over to her and held her against a stanchion with the limit of his strength. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
He took one step to the side when a gull swung down and nicked onto a light stanchion. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
Sitting on the stanchion of this life-boat I look seaward and let my hair blow and shine. From Wordnik.com. [Tender is the Night] Reference
The legs kicked a few times, then were still before the line was tied off on a stanchion. From Wordnik.com. [Clear and Present Danger]
Annabelle stood slumped against a stanchion, clutching the Smith and Wesson in both hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
The stanchion in this case was iron and its failure to give way had caused the boat to tilt. From Wordnik.com. [In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians] Reference
He held up the torch to show them who he was, then stuck it in a stanchion next to the door. From Wordnik.com. [Morgawr]
She was still there on Friday afternoon, when a gust of wind sent some paper flying from its stanchion. From Wordnik.com. [Sharon Glassman: What Is Work? Finding Your Path by Laying the Bricks] Reference
I saw the tins of guava jelly and the bunch of bananas hanging from a stanchion, I had that dinner all mapped out. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Impression of the Philippines] Reference
In order to accomplish this, the animal must be placed in a stanchion, the head twisted and the eyelid turned back. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
He nodded to the man crouched down beside the SVTT tube, then stepped back into the doubtful protection of a stanchion. From Wordnik.com. [Joint Operations]
He moved through the air like an uncouth fish, banking off stanchion, floor plate, and overhead as suited his convenience. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
The next breath brought both men heavily against a gaunt, charred stanchion, and Leyden's terrified cry pealed over the water. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
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