2a suit in mahjong composed of eight pieces which have pictures of flowers on them.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

I would, therefore, recommend that straw should be either cooked or fermented before being made use of; in either of these states its constituents are far more digestible [187] than when the straw is merely cut, or even when it is in the form of chaff.
— from The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir

But to return once more to the speculations of our author, — "If we turn our view to the present state of agriculture," continues Dr. Von Schmidt, "in many countries of Europe, it will appear evident, that even the paternal soil in many districts, is becoming too confined to afford nourishment to those who have remained faithful to its bosom.
— from The American Quarterly Review, No. 18, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

After having collected an enormous library, which he threw open to the public, he employed both himself and numerous scribes in making collections of extracts from the principal classic authors.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various

Entre nous , as it is most important you should understand exactly the situation, I must correct one error into which you have fallen; she is not in love with you, Lord Frank; you must expect a little opposition at first; but that will only add zest to the pursuit, and my wishes will be paramount in the end.
— from Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Laurence Oliphant

David H. Cox supplemented his public school education by study in Milliken College of eastern Tennessee and when nineteen years of age he started out in the business world on his own account, going to Texas, where he remained for a year.
— from Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties by William Denison Lyman

But Edgar passed her too, with a sad look, saying, "It must come once, Eda.
— from The Convict: A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Conditions are similar in most countries of Europe, where, of course, the number of infected pigs is considerably smaller, but the disease depends less on this than on the way in which the pork is prepared.
— from The Animal Parasites of Man by Fred. V. (Frederick Vincent) Theobald

With regard to the appearance of something like a phialum , if you examine the hemelytra of most species of bugs on the underside, you will see that the costal nervure at the base is inflexed and covers a kind of channel; if you next take one of Belostoma grandis , where the structure is most conspicuous, or even the common Nepa cinerea , you will find in the same situation, adjacent to the inflexed costal nervure, a hollow tube running from the base of the wing, and terminating, after proceeding about one-fourth of its length, in a hollow cavity, which, as it is covered by a membrane, appears to me to be a collapsed pouch.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 3 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby

(See Induction, Mutual, Coefficient of.) Electro-magnet, Iron Clad.
— from The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering by T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor) Sloane