(n.) A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands.
(n.) A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.
Example Sentences:
(1) But some wise old heads sniff into their handkerchiefs because they have sat through too many costly "happy ever after" ceremonies that ended in acrimony.
(2) Other possible causes of I-131 contaminated handkerchiefs are also discussed.
(3) Standing on stage next to Toback and festival boss Thierry Frémaux, Tyson, a bulky figure in a suit, looked a little uncomfortable, dabbing at his forehead with a handkerchief.
(4) A DNA profile was obtained from a stain of nasal mucus on this handkerchief and found to match a suspect later arrested for an attempted rape in the same locality.
(5) She would tramp to the village phone box and wait for some ringing and then quiz me about eating greens and clean handkerchiefs and comprehensively diss my dad, who had left home to "find himself" – in the arms of a local paramour.
(6) Then I got two handkerchiefs with the Anarchy cover printed on them, but I gave one to Sid Vicious because he said, "Those bastards won't give me one!"
(7) He appears to move back and forth with a handkerchief in his hand, as if mopping the brow of, and comforting, the woman.
(8) Ronald Reagan's survival rested on a knife edge, and a handkerchief may well have saved George W Bush.
(9) Moscow was veiled in acrid smoke from such fires this morning as landmarks disappeared from view and commuters clutched handkerchiefs to their faces.
(10) He said anyone who develops flu-like symptoms should go home, protect their mouths when coughing, and throw away used handkerchiefs.
(11) In a multivariate model that adjusted for age range, profit status and liberal fecal policy, towel or handkerchief use (OR 5.5, 95% CI: 1.1, 30) was the only variable independently associated with case facilities.
(12) Brooker turned the screw on the Lib Dem leader right from the start of the live show, warning him: “This ain’t going to help your poll ratings.” When Clegg grabbed hold of the presenter’s pocket handkerchief, Brooker, who has a disability, told him: “You’ve done enough bad things to the disabled.” In making a pitch to get the sceptical interviewer to cast a vote at the upcoming general election, the party leader said not voting would be like going into Nando’s, not putting in an order and then complaining if you were unhappy with what you were served.
(13) His new colleagues thought the tall, well-built young man with a silk handkerchief in his breast pocket looked like a 'successful young brigadier'.
(14) Due to the smoke, you couldn't see two metres in front of you, but, covering their faces in wet handkerchiefs, they all went to work nonetheless.
(15) Factors associated with the risk of transmission of HBV infection included sharing of various personal and household articles, such as toothbrush, towel, handkerchief, clothing, razor, comb, bed and bedding.
(16) Tomás lived up to his reputation as a hero to Barcelona bullfight fans with his first bull – being awarded the gory trophy of the bull's ears as cheering fans waved white handkerchiefs to express admiration.
(17) He looks like he should be hawking handkerchiefs on the Home Shopping Network with Joy Mangano or Suzanne Pleshette.
(18) His outfit could almost be a store-bought costume: the bright red braces, the wide polka-dot tie, even the carefully folded red handkerchief protruding from the left breast pocket of his suit.
(19) To carry a clean handkerchief is becoming oldfashioned (Table 3).
(20) "Little shrines erected in some university library around the handkerchief in which Graham Greene blew his nose in 1957."
Monteith
Definition:
(n.) See Monteth.
(n.) A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor.
Example Sentences:
(1) In fact, only a month after the opening night Monteith wrote to Osborne saying, “I haven’t enjoyed an evening in the theatre so much for a very long time indeed,” and going on to ask if he might be interested in writing a novel.
(2) Elizabeth also produced a scan of the letter from Charles Monteith explaining that Faber was unaware that those were Sylvia's wishes.
(3) Thus, there was no correlation in the study sample, which is consistent with the results reported by Karkazis and Polyzois, but in disagreement with those published by Monteith.
(4) Anita Monteith from the ICAEW's tax faculty said: "The charge will increase complexity and compliance costs, and we are worried we are going to see the same operational problems arising that we saw for tax credits – especially for those with fluctuating incomes."
(5) It was not a funeral but a reinterment, the dean of Leicester, David Monteith, reminded his congregation, because in 1485 Richard III did have a funeral, albeit hasty and improvised.
(6) The company has appointed Herbert Monteith, a member of the finance team, as interim head of finance, a non-board position.
(7) And Charles Monteith [the longstanding chairman of Faber] then wrote to me and said that he was really sorry – they didn't notice this.
(8) But when I put this to Charles Monteith he wrote back and said: 'I'm a little surprised, I confess, at some of Olywn's remarks.
(9) Tax manager Anita Monteith said: “The 3% rise in stamp duty land tax for purchasing buy to let and second homes will affect individuals but not it would seem corporate investors.
(10) In our sample, the occlusion plane could not be oriented in the articulatory space or in toothless mouth by means of the method proposed by Monteith.
(11) When Sigmund wrote back to Monteith to ask him about this, he wrote: "That seems to me to be completely meaningless."
(12) The other was the decision by a young Faber editor, Charles Monteith, to ask Osborne’s permission to publish the play at a time when few stage scripts achieved that kind of permanence.
(13) But for Monteith to say that he'd certainly never heard that – it just seems that they were keeping it from Faber."
(14) The Authors have experimentally verified Monteith's mathematical formula validity for determination of occlusal plane in edentulous patients in order to realize some complete dentures.
(15) David Monteith, the dean of Leicester, said: "This is a tomb which reflects the era in which it is designed as well as the solemn purpose for which it is commissioned.