Sentences with phrase «sailors used»

It became known as the Chinese Crested because Chinese sailors used it on board their ships to catch rats.

Spanish Sailors used Bichons as barter as they moved around the world.

- Sailors used to pass the time by banging on the edge of coins with the heel of a spoon, then cutting the middle out of the thickened rims to make rings for their loved ones.

Sailors used chants to help time the speed of their ships.

To gauge the direction home, they keep track of the sun's motion across the sky — just like sailors used to do.

Back in the day, sailors used to smooth out their high - proof rum ration with spices, and we follow that same tradition.

In addition to this work, the exhibition will include photographs, made by the artist as he accompanied the clock on a ship from London to New York, as well as a group of large - scale drawings of the night sky, based on the star charts which sailors use to navigate.

Taught sailing skills to beginner sailors and racing techniques to more advanced sailors using demonstrations and verbal instruction / communication

Sailors use a different line — smoother, white with color strands to tell the crew what's the purpose of the line (halyard, sheet, etc).

Not exact matches

Local lore suggests the pastel - colored exteriors made it easy for drunk sailors to recognize their guest house, while others suggest shops used the hues as a form of advertising.

I'm for a President that uses swearwords like a sailor.

BTW (before I show you the picture below): I used to work at the National Naval Medical Center and met a sailor who got a tattoo in Japan bragging: «I picked up this chick one night and she helped me pick it out, it means «Brave!

Niebuhr used the simile of the sailor climbing the mast, looking at the heights above and staring at the abyss below to describe the human condition of living at the juncture.

Paul warned the centurion and the soldiers that unless the sailors remained with the ship none could be saved, so the soldiers cut the ropes and set the lifeboat adrift before the sailors could use it.

I used «Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum» which contains 46 % alcohol instead of the traditional 35 - 40 % in other brands.

I used Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, but some Captain will be just fine!

They are distinct from dolphins, although the word «porpoise» has been used to refer to any small dolphin, especially by sailors and fishermen.

This «smart dust» may someday be used to warn of a chemical or biological attack: «It could be stuck to paint on a wall or to the side of a truck or dispersed into a cloud of gas,» Sailor says.

When the Benares departed several days later, it sailed past Mount Tambora, which had been one of the highest peaks in the archipelago, often used by sailors as a landmark.

According to a famous hypothesis, Viking sailors could navigate along the latitude between Norway and Greenland by means of sky polarization in cloudy weather using a sun compass and sunstone crystals.

Early sailors and aviators gave anecdotal reports of using odors to navigate, but there have been no experiential scientific studies on this until now.

Sailor Stripe Reusable Market Tote — It's super cute and can be used as a beach bag, grocery bag or shopping tote.

Christopher Columbus is credited with completing the lemon's global tour, as he brought it with him to America in 1493, and a few centuries later, in 1747, James Lind used it to cure scurvy in vitamin C - deficient sailors, though information about lemon and its nutritious properties were still misunderstood.

The first use of modern scientific methods to assess disease treatment was when the British navy used foods containing vitamin C (although the vitamin itself would remain undiscovered for nearly two centuries) to prevent scurvy among sailors.

When Coco Chanel went to the coast, she got so inspired by the sailor outfit that she used it for her 1917 collection.

Sailor Blue, Harbor Mist, Warm Sand and Coconut Milk are the perfect colors to either use as a foundation for an outfit or to accent a more colorful outfit with accessories.

(c / o) / J.Crew Toothpick Jeans and Pearl Earrings / Daniel Wellington Watch (c / o — Use code «kellyinthecity15» to take 15 percent off your order until March 31st) / Kate Spade Bangle (Old, but LOVE this sailor's knot bangle!)

Today I teamed up with Carlisle to show four outfit ideas using four pieces: a updated tee, a white linen skirt, an off - the - shoulder top and sailor pants.

Musician, singer, Sailor (used to be) poet, good omelet maker, good coffee man.

I used to watch sailor moon when it came on at 6 30 in the morning.

There are moments of personal magic (the boy «talks» with his sailor father as he passes their Cliffside home using signal lamps), natural magic (schools of fish become literal waves curling upon the shore in the search for the missing Ponyo) and imaginative magic (Ponyo turns a toy boat into a watercraft sized just right for a couple of kids), but the film's real magic is in the generosity and love on display from humans and spirits alike.

It's a time when one could wander a studio lot, open the door to any given soundstage, and discover some sort of wonder: a cowboy as adept with a six - string as he is with six - shooter, a giant pool where mermaids perform a water ballet to the music of a live orchestra, a tavern where sailors about to ship out sing in lament of the absence of dames at sea and dance with each other (since — wink — they're going to have to get used to that situation — wink again), or a lavish bacchanal hosted by a Roman centurion who's on the verge of accepting a new kind of faith.

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Block used kites built by Lieutenant Paul Garber to practice shooting at moving targets and to pass important papers from ships to flying aircraft.

A 4th - grade English class dissects How My Parents Learned to Eat, the story of an American sailor learning to use chopsticks to impress his Japanese girlfriend.

Read the Sailor's Diary - A recount entry, highlight key information then use the database of information to cross reference the key geographical observations to match the Sailor's account to which island he is on.

Chalk was used all the way back in prehistoric times to draw on cave walls; and, paired with a piece of slate, had been used for centuries as a temporary way to record information, not just for students but also in other situations such as tracking goods and by sailors to calculate their location while at sea.

His story - telling education continued as service station attendant, pants folder, folk singer, used car salesman, sailor and electronics technician in the U.S. Navy, tugboat deckhand, traveling used tire salesman, carpenter, building contractor, real estate salesman, purveyor of collectible automobiles, magazine editor, newspaper columnist, teacher, lecturer, coffeehouse manager, bookseller, publisher, and, lately, novelist.

With all that being said, I find that more animes are beginning to incorporate more CGI in their animes nowadays, such as Sailor Moon Crystal using 3D models to revamp the transformation scenes, Etotama for utilizing CGI for their fight scenes and various mech animes that makes us of 3D models as well.

The U.S. Navy is now rolling out an e-reader to sailors that they can actually use while deployed at sea.

As we used to say in the Navy, «There are no bad sailors, only bad leaders.»

The Navy is rolling out an e-reader to sailors that they'll actually be able to use while deployed at sea.

No problem, says the United States Navy as it introduces an e-reader for sailors that can be used as reading devices while they are out at sea.

I'm certainly not advocating diving straight into stocks, sectors & markets you know nothing about, but clinging rigidly to your comfort zone may be just as / if not more dangerous for your health — being the best sailor on a ship ain't much use if it's sinking fast in the middle of the Atlantic... Stocks change, valuations change, markets change, economies change — to avoid risk, and to seek opportunity, you need to change also... The more flexible & varied your investment approach — in terms of perspective & analysis — the more you'll stack the deck in your favour.

It is believed that Spanish and Italian sailors discovered these dogs and carried them around the world on their voyages, sometimes using them to barter for other goods.

It was used for centuries on Spanish and French sailing ships to keep sailor's spirits up on long voyages, and later became a favorite among Italian nobility.

(4) Today dogs are rarely used to pull carts of goods to market, gather fishing nets, rescue drowning sailors, guard the king's forests from poachers, or keep kitchens and shops free of vermin, so many breeds that had those jobs have faded almost into oblivion.

He parlayed his vast experience in sailboat racing and long distance ocean passage making into Voyager Ocean Passage LLC, making use of his standing as a world class sailor.

Many people envision the traditional rough, braided, natural fiber rope that is used by sailors, farmers, and others for tough jobs.

As they were happy dogs, sailors started to use them to move from one continent to another.

Its proximity to the river means it used to be popular with sailors looking for a good time.