The drawer stuck, the wrought-iron handles rattled. From Wordnik.com. [Creatures: A Memoir] Reference
Boys are at carpentering, raffia, or wrought-iron work. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
There will be "no Spanish moss or wrought-iron" fixtures. From Wordnik.com. [David Guas to open Bayou Bakery in Arlington] Reference
A wrought-iron box was substituted for the double cast-iron headers. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
Above the exit an old wrought-iron clock, ticking, ticking. From Wordnik.com. [Ticket To Ride] Reference
The cast iron broke more readily than did the later wrought-iron plows. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
It has steel jaws with a spread of 11-3/4 inches and a wrought-iron pan. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
A wrought-iron stand held a black earthenware pitcher over a candle flame. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
Tavenner plow has a cast-iron moldboard and a wrought-iron share and colter. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
A soft, or wrought-iron, nail is best, but a short, thick wire-nail will do. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity] Reference
It has steel jaws with a spread of 6-1/2 inches, a wrought-iron pan, and a double spring. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
She stops at a wrought-iron door whose bars are bent into the outline of flowers in a vase. From Wordnik.com. [The Sound of Barcelona] Reference
Canvas is ordinarily placed over the covering, held in place by wrought-iron or brass bands. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
John Deere made this plow, with steel share and polished wrought-iron moldboard, at Grand Detour. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
Unions are to be preferred to wrought-iron couplings wherever possible to facilitate dismantling. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
The gates are worthy of notice as originals, and as specimens of wrought-iron work of that period. From Wordnik.com. [Ely Cathedral] Reference
The wrought-iron cylinders are 70 feet in diameter at the cutting-edge, and have a taper of about 1 in 46. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
All soil and waste pipes must, whenever necessary, be securely fastened with wrought-iron hooks or straps. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference
He used wrought-iron tubes connected at the front and rear with standpipes through intermediate connections. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
The fancy wrought-iron one that hasn't been used in decades looks as though it came from the Sun King's Versailles. From Wordnik.com. [Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Man to the Mansion Born] Reference
The wood and wrought-iron staircase, an original feature of the home, was another appealing feature, Mr. Hoffman says. From Wordnik.com. [St. Louis Classic] Reference
For example, the living room, just off the entry, has a wrought-iron fireplace screen with magnolias by David Wiseman. From Wordnik.com. [Going Glamorous Zen] Reference
The screen is of carved oak, and consists of a central door, with wrought-iron gates, and on either side four openings. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
Heavy pine rafters spanned the ceiling; the floor was sprinkled with sand; from a chain hung a wrought-iron frame for candles. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
At intervals are strong bronze banner-rings and torch-sockets, while at each corner is a curiously-shaped lamp of wrought-iron. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Difficulties were encountered in this boiler in securing reliable joints between the wrought-iron tubes and the cast-iron headers. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
Along the top of it sharp spikes are set; and near one corner is a wrought-iron gate of great strength, which is kept securely locked. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
Water tubes were expanded into both sides of wrought-iron boxes, openings being made for the admission of water and the exit of steam. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
In the vertical header boilers large wrought-iron doors, which give access to the rear headers, are attached to the rear supporting frame. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
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