Word: damp
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...weights take up one side of the room, and when in use, the men on the flying rings have to stand aside. In fact, there is so very little room anywhere that pneumatic machines have to be used by the oarsmen, instead of hydraulic. The air is noisome and damp, and the room is unpleasantly dark. Having jotted these things down mentally, we turned to go; and the last thing that sang in our ears was the voice of the stroke saying,-"Ready deah boys, eye-glasses in place, row her fahst now, there's a Hahvahrd man looking...
After spending a delightful afternoon,- for callers, and especially Harvard callers, are not received in the evening-the visitor must tear himself away, thanking the Lasell authorities for their kind care over him in so cautiously seeing that he is far away before the damp chilly evening air has set in. He leaves Auburndale and goes happily home, rejoicing in his opportunity, and saying, "Long live Lasell...
...large limb was yesterday broken from a birch tree near the library, by the weight of the damp snow upon...
...legged book-mark which rides a-straddle on the page, one leg on the page below and two on the page you wish the book to open at. Never put in a soiled playing card, or a stained envelope, or a bit of dirty string or a piece of damp newspaper...
...this New Haven weather? No! it is snow, rain, slush, fog, mist, puddles, glare ice, falling avalanches from the caves, falling snow-balls from the open windows. No walking, no driving, no sleighing, wet feet, damp clothes, no appetite, Lenten housekeeping, everything gloomy, papers publishing about the "Suicide Club," men grumpy, money scarce, and your umbrella stolen. [Courant...