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In the middle of this broad and fantastically carved joist there was an old painting representing a cat playing rackets.
AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKETHONORE DE BALZACTwo small forks or bucks-horns fastened to a joist are indispensable articles for the support of the rifle.
A NEW GUIDE FOR EMIGRANTS TO THE WESTJ. M. PECKTo all the woodwork round the prison doors they did the like, leaving not a joist or beam untouched.
LIBRARY OF THE WORLD'S BEST LITERATURE, ANCIENT AND MODERN VOLUME 11VARIOUSThe farmer sat down upon a joist beside a vat in which a bundle of osiers were steeping, his face turned towards the farmhouse.
AUTUMN GLORYREN BAZINJoist is sounded joice in Limerick; and catch is everywhere pronounced ketch.
ENGLISH AS WE SPEAK IT IN IRELANDP. W. JOYCESurely assembled nations Are gathering for a fête Of tournament, sham fight or joist, In pride of strength elate.
HOME LYRICSHANNAH S. BATTERSBYDisplaying greater care than it did when treating the slender roots, the carpenter measures out the requisite length on the joist.
THE LIFE OF THE FLYJ. HENRI FABREFor he set the light very carefully in the crook of a joist so that it illumined the whole hut.
THE PATH OF THE KINGJOHN BUCHANNot a joist had bent, not a girder started in the long course of its two hundred and odd years of life.
IN THE HIGH VALLEYSUSAN COOLIDGEShe began at the door, found the corner of the room and stretched her arms upward until they touched the low, rough joist.
THE FOOLISH VIRGINTHOMAS DIXONWORDS RELATED TO JOIST
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