 | 1804 - 620 pages
...blue colour, and alkalis recover it again. The ashes of the wood afford very good potash. The wood has the singular advantage of being nearly as good when young as when old. It is hard and tough, and much used for tools in husbandry. The roots run near the surface, and extend themselvfs to a great-distance,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 pages
...It will give a good, though not a beautiful green, to cloths that have been dyed blue. The wood is nearly as good when young as when old. It is hard and tough, and much ufed to make the tools employed in huibandry. The bark is ufed to tan calf-ikir.. An infufion... | |
 | William Withering - 1812 - 950 pages
...wood is however in this csie but of little value. Mr. WOODWARD. — It will give a good though nut beautiful green to cloths which have been blued. ST....wood hath the singular advantage of being nearly as eooil when young as when old. It is hard and tough, end is much used to make the tools employed in... | |
 | 1823 - 888 pages
...It will give a good, though not a beautiful green, to cloths that have been dyed blue. The wood is nearly as good when young as when old. It is hard and tough, and tmich used to make the tools employed in husbandry. The baik is used to tan calf-skin. An infusion... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 432 pages
...grass is on the decline; the cattle peeling oft' the bark as food. The wood has the singular property of being nearly as good when young as when old. It...the wood afford very good potash. The bark is used in tanning calf-skin. A slight infusion of it appears of a pale yellowish color whemviewed between... | |
 | Jefferys Taylor - 1832 - 244 pages
...serrated is a word of frequent use in botany. " The timber of the ash, unlike that of other trees, has the advantage of being nearly as good when young, as when old : it is hard, tough, and so very elastic, that it may readily be bent round in a circle : hence coopers are glad... | |
 | Jefferys TAYLOR - 1835 - 324 pages
...is a word of frequent use in botany." " The timber of the ash, unlike that of other trees, has the advantage of being nearly as good when young as when old : it is hard, tough, and so very elastic that it may readily be bent round in a circle : hence coopers are glad to... | |
 | Alexander Fletcher - 1845 - 546 pages
...to feed the cattle, which peeled off the bark for food. It is a very singular property, the wood is nearly as good when young as when old. It is hard and tough, and is much used in making tools employed in husbandry ; the ashes of the wood afford a very good description of potash... | |
 | John Keese - 1845 - 152 pages
...serrated is a word of frequent use in botany. " The timber of the ash, unlike that of other trees, has the advantage of being nearly as good when young, as when old : it is hard, tough, and so very elastic, that it may readily be bent round in a circle: hence coopers are glad to... | |
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... as your common Latin had furnished you with the word serra, you knew before ; but your knowledge was not, by quick application, so ready as it might have been. As most leaves are so formed, serrated is a word of frequent use in botany. " The timber... 