For the carriage of turves to cover the king's kitchen, 7s. 6d. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828] Reference
Ender scrambled up, the turves coming away from his feet in the soft ground. From Wordnik.com. [Ender's Game]
It's pay-off time and will counter the girlie brigade when he turves-out Hewitt Jowell etc. From Wordnik.com. [Who Will Follow John Reid Out of the Cabinet?] Reference
As for Bulls Cross - that ragged wildness of wind-bent turves - I still wouldn't walk there at midnight. From Wordnik.com. [Cider With Rosie]
It was newly raised: the raw earth was covered with fresh-cut turves: about it were planted fifteen spears. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
At nightfall he brought them to his ent-house: nothing more than a mossy stone set upon turves under a green bank. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
Just as I realized that this effect was the result of the mound's being covered in cut turves, the whole thing blew up. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
'Could you not use magic?' asked Cormac, wiping sweat and dirt from his face as Revelation packed the roof with turves. From Wordnik.com. [Last Sword Of Power]
He cut out some turves at the foot of the bank just outside the fern-brake, and made a shallow hole and laid his fuel in it. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
The thick turves now damping it down were almost fresh, though neatly placed, and the fire beneath them live and comforting. From Wordnik.com. [The Raven In The Foregate]
“You intend to pass the night here,” I said, not as a question, for Holmes was already laying a fire with the dry peat turves. From Wordnik.com. [The Moor]
'Now,' said Cadfael, tickling the brazier to show a gleam of red through its controlling turves, 'sit down and be easy, the both of you. From Wordnik.com. [The Potter's Field]
Earth was shovelled into the holes, the grass turves carefully replaced so that to a casual eye there were no visible signs of the burials. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Eagle]
Lay the turves out in a frame, grass side downwards, and give them a soaking with water in which a very small quantity of salt has been dissolved. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
And keep out of his reach! 'said Cadfael warmly, and turned to bed down his brazier again with fresh turves, to smoulder quietly and safely until morning. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Eyton Forest]
The oldest kind were, indeed, no more than built imitations of smials, thatched with dry grass or straw, or roofed with turves, and having walls somewhat bulged. From Wordnik.com. [The Fellowship of the Ring]
"It may well be the last time he has to turn about-face," said Cadfael, feeding his brazier with a few judiciously placed turves, to keep it burning with a slow and tempered heat. From Wordnik.com. [The Raven In The Foregate]
He crept along again, and the turves upon his back crept with him. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Native] Reference
Further orders are made as to digging turves: none are to be dug beyond "le southe gate.". From Wordnik.com. [Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform]] Reference
Now this house was roofed with turves, and the windows were barred so that none could pass through them. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Brighteyes] Reference
Moreover, fifty yards off stood a hut, built of clods and covered with thin turves, but now entirely disused. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Native] Reference
As day began to break, the old man picked himself up, yawned and lounged out, returning after a time with fresh turves for the hearth. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Spur] Reference
Below the pin is a large sack filled with shreds of cloth, fastened by strong ties, and resting on heaped-up turves or mounds of brick. From Wordnik.com. [The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens] Reference
With which she turn'd, dealt the old man a cuff that stretch'd him senseless, and gathering up the turves, piled them afresh on the hearth. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Spur] Reference
But glad would I be if he came from Eri, and I would feast him here for a night, and sit round a fire of turves and hear of the deeds of the Red Branch. From Wordnik.com. [Imaginations and Reveries] Reference
It chanced that Eric had bidden the men who stayed with him to build a stone hut upon the flat space of rock before the cave, and to roof it with turves. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Brighteyes] Reference
They stepped out into the dark -- for night had fallen -- and plashed along the flagged path which glimmered like a white streamlet between the dark turves. From Wordnik.com. [The Nebuly Coat] Reference
Little rest had I that night; but lay awake on my bracken bed and watched the burning peat-turves turn to grey, and drop, flake by flake, till only a glowing point remained. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Spur] Reference
She'll find plenty o 'turves doon alangside o' ta bilberries. ". From Wordnik.com. [Steve Young] Reference
He held out the turves. From Wordnik.com. [Puck of Pook’s Hill] Reference
Sche tok up turves of the lond. From Wordnik.com. [Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins] Reference
He lifted the turves and arose. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Native] Reference
Went on collecting turves and clods. From Wordnik.com. [Songs from Books] Reference
This relates to digging turves. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform]] Reference
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