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  1. Denitrification Components found in dishwasher detergents can chemically, scour ,the glass, causing tiny crystals, which can precipitate further crystal growth
  2. Its opinion that, with women's equality," the lords must wash the dishes, scour ,up, be put to the tub, handle the broom, darn stockings. " Further conventions
  3. To stalk enemy waters, patrol local harbors for national security threats and, scour ,ocean floors to detect environmental hazards. Science ROVs are also used
  4. From a wartime Washington Post editorial which called for" ... an eagle to, scour ,the seas and pounce upon and destroy every German submarine. " However, the
  5. Their equipment. He also availed himself of the New York City Public Library to, scour ,the scientific literature for prior work on polarizing substances. His
  6. Created a barrier at a right angle against the currents of the Silent. Two, scour ,pits, large underwater ditches, formed on either side of the wreck while silt
  7. Phase of the geologic story, an enormous discharge of water caused local deep, scour ,features (e.g. the Potholes at Little Falls),and extensive sand and gravel
  8. Saga Mission, for the Apache Indians. *1830’s, James Bowie and Resin P. Bowie, scour ,the San Saga valley seeking a silver mine that the Spanish had believed to be
  9. Caused much turbulence in the water, spawning a wave of at least that would, scour ,the shore of one side. One survivor, Joseph Twain from Sebum, described
  10. Stream beds are stable, possibly rich, with organic matter and exhibit minimal, scour , These streams support a rich iota. Where conditions produce unnatural levels
  11. A clear description of gold mining, which includes large-scale use of water to, scour ,alluvial gold deposits. The description probably refers to mining in Northern
  12. Vein was then washed away, again by using the wave of water from a full tank to, scour ,the waste away. Pliny actually recommends a particular size of tank (200 by
  13. Men?: I waked the Interwar, : bade Valkyries rise up, : to strew the bench, : and, scour ,the beakers, : wine to carry, : as for a king's coming, : here to me, I expect:
  14. Nature. Hard rock veins could be worked by fire-setting with the water used to, scour ,away the rock debris. The same water supplies were probably used in a
  15. From changes on the bed of the watercourse, which is referred to as, scour , Erosion and changes in the form of river banks may be measured by inserting
  16. Several other wrecks. The charted position coincided with a trench (one of the, scour ,pits) that had already been located by McKee's team, and a definite location
  17. Used to shore up the levees, and the age of the levees contributed to these ", scour ,holes" found at many of the sites of levee breaks after the hurricane. "
  18. The tide out of the Fens and twice a day, allowing the water from the upland to, scour ,the Haven. Not far away, in the opposite direction, was the boyhood home of
  19. Be above. While the higher water pressure employed by a glucometer valve does, scour ,the bowl more efficiently than a gravity-driven system, and while fewer
  20. The flow in the main river. It was thought that the river's velocity would, scour ,off bottom sediments, deepening the river and decreasing the possibility of
  21. 1768 John Colborne advised the narrowing of the river and the increasing of the, scour ,by the construction of rubble jetties and the dredging of sandbanks and shoals.
  22. With the duration of bonds tailwind on the wane, investors must literally, scour ,the globe for opportunities, seeking coins and jewels rather than treasure
  23. Her, after having vowed to her distraught parents in Boston that he would, scour ,the American West until she was found. In November 1849,Carson and Major
  24. Collapsed. The timbers and contents of the port side were deposited in the, scour ,pits and the remaining ship structure, or carried off by the currents.
  25. Stream. This can be localized, and simply due to small obstacles: examples are, scour ,holes behind boulders, where flow accelerates, and deposition on the inside of
  26. Louis has been controlled by building rock dikes to direct the river’s flow and, scour ,out sediments, sealing and cutting off meanders and side channels, and dredging
  27. Of years, internal flow within the ice sheet caused the base of the glacier to, scour ,the bedrock terrain across which it moved, thus plucking large and small blocks
  28. By secret and in right fair and soft wedder (weather),' six horsemen would, scour ,the countryside two miles roundabout for intruders. Poets wrote his own nursery
  29. Who have found the coca (Erythroxylum coca),become seriously addicted and, scour ,the ship looking for it. International prohibition of coca leaf is
  30. In the early days of jet transportation, crushed walnut shells were used to, scour ,the compressor airfoils clean, but when engines with air cooled vanes and
  31. The ship until 1522. She served briefly on a mission with other warships to ", scour ,the seas" in preparation for Henry VIII's journey across the Channel to the
  32. Ward Hill Lemon and remarked that his speech, like a bad plow," won't, scour , " According to Garry Wills, this statement has no basis in fact and largely
  33. Reduced because of the inability of the sand to cross riverbeds, the winds also, scour ,the land to form large gravel plains. In many areas of the Namib Desert there
  34. Such as occurs below roads, the stream beds will exhibit a greater amount of, scour , often down to bedrock and banks may be undercut. This process greatly
  35. Reduced because of the inability of the sand to cross riverbeds, the winds also, scour ,the land to form large gravel plains. In many areas within the Namib Desert
  36. Historian Michael Antonelli, every five years the Turkish administrators would, scour ,their regions for the strongest sons of the sultan's Christian subjects. These
  37. Men?: I waked the Interwar, : bade Valkyries rise up, : to strew the bench, : and, scour ,the beakers, : wine to carry, : as for a king's coming, : here to me, I expect:
  38. Was extensively modified by continental glaciation. As a result of glacial, scour ,and deposition, the surficial deposits in much of the watershed are poorly
  39. England has need of thee, and so have I — She is a Fen. Far as the eye can, scour , League after grassy league from Lincoln tower To Stilton in the fields, she is
  40. Prospective residents, some of whom became characters in his books. He would, scour ,prisons and workhouses for potentially suitable candidates and relied on
  41. Charged £149,259 for the channel. Once the old channel was dammed up, the tidal, scour ,in the new channel was sufficient to remove silt deposits, and large volumes of
  42. Some people forget its literal meaning and seem to imagine a connection with ", scour ," -to clean something by scrubbing it vigorously.: The homophone hook can
  43. To see if it is sound. Whereupon the lover jumps out, and causes the husband to, scour ,the barrel for him while he has his way with the wife, and afterwards has the
  44. Withal was dated 1762. A sluice, called for in the Act, was designed to help, scour ,out The Haven. The land proved to be fertile, and Boston began exporting
  45. Was one of the many agents sent out by Florence's ruler, Cosimo de'Medici, to, scour , European monasteries for lost ancient writings. Leonardo, searched for the
  46. But BANK’s mission no longer involves friendly exchange. Instead, its members, scour ,Websites for“ errors” about Korea, then barrage violators with protest
  47. And turbulent bursting, and they play a critical role in terms of sediment, scour , accretion and transport in rivers as well as contaminant mixing and dispersion
  48. Soak the skins in water to clean and soften them. Then they would pound and, scour ,the skin to remove any remaining flesh and fat. Next, the tanner needed to
  49. It may come to rest on the seabed in shallower water, causing ice, scour ,(also known as ice gouging) or becoming an ice island. Etymology The word "
  50. Willow trees. In the fourteenth century, Spalding was charged with failing to, scour ,and repair the river, causing damage to the King's liege people, but argued

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