Word: wateringly
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...class races, after several vexatious delays, have at last taken place. A sharp, cutting north-east wind was blowing during the whole race, and the water was in a bad condition for a race. The race was a plucky one, and from the start was virtually between '82 and '83. The crews crossed the line in the order of their classes, '82, '83, '84 and '85. The official time was as follows...
...began to look around him and take notice of the other passengers in the car. There was the usual young lady in a broad-brimmed hat, with three or four books and a pocket book in her lap, who stared across the river at the back yards across the water in a dreamy way, and a young man opposite who spent his time reading a book upside down, and trying to intercept her gaze. This rivalry between certain young gentlemen and the row of brick houses on the other side of the water is something that has continued for years...
...water is too rough to row today, Mr. Eaton, the referee, will postpone the race until Monday. If the referee is not at the bridge by 7.30 this morning to fix the starting ropes it will be understood that the race is postponed...
...blooming fresh., suspected of being cheeky, was greeted with a copious shower of water as he sallied forth for church in gorgeous attire, some Sundays since. Let the good work go on. [Orient...
...heating of the lower floor is arranged by underlaying the floor with hot water pipes, and by driving the surrounding air by means of a blower through a large number of registers placed in the floor above. The upper stories are heated by air passed over the surface of the steam pipes by a blower...