Tiller Sentence Examples

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  • In bad years the tiller, moreover, gives up seed corn before beginning harvest.

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  • A brass serpent tiller was fixed to the rudder.

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  • After three days at Braunston getting the boat blacked, anodes replaced and a new tiller bearing we set off up the locks.

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  • The new HE-VA TOP TILLER stubble cultivator is the tool for the large arable farmer requiring high daily work rates.

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  • To steer, the choice was bicycle handlebars, the tiller of a boat or a wheel.

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  • They all carry the standard pair of steering oars at the stern some of which appear to have a tiller arm.

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  • At first the tiller kept running away over the surface then I realized I hadn't lowered the rear skid.

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  • The gig was lowered and manned by Flynn and Jem, the skipper himself taking the tiller, and off they went in pursuit.

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  • Firstly, you can have a tiller installed in the place of the wheel.

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  • Many veteran cars use a tiller rather than a wheel for steering, for example, and most operated at a single speed.

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  • Slowly I edged the nose to the bank, then pushed the tiller hard over to bring the stern in.

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  • Many of the early cars were two seaters, steered by a tiller, not a wheel.

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  • In future, the Bank might want to consider leasing complementary items, for example, a trolley along with a power tiller.

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  • Its skipper, James Kirk, clad only in swim trunks, slouched lazily at the stern, one hand on the tiller.

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  • In bad years the tiller, moreover, gives up seed corn befote beginning harvest.

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  • He was originally a hunter and a tiller of the ground, breathing a pure atmosphere, living on a frugal diet, and exercising his muscles.

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  • Another great line of progress has been followed by tribes passing from the primitive state of the wild hunter, fisher and fruit-gatherer to that of the settled tiller of the soil, for to this change of habit may be plainly in great part traced the expansion of industrial arts and the creation of higher social and political institutions.

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  • It was often made from an old rudder stock, the slot being cut by sawing into the hole for the tiller.

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  • At first the tiller kept running away over the surface then I realized I had n't lowered the rear skid.

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  • Holding the tiller can also give you more stability.

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  • Other features included a padded seat and tiller steering.

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  • Older shells have short wooden handles (knockers) on the tiller ropes.

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  • I have seen several broken tiller extensions this year - all caused by failure of the rubber flexible joint.

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  • I also bought the tiller attachment for my Ryobi brushcutter.

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  • I wrote the final check, Alf adjusted the length of the tiller bar & we said farewell to Alf & co.

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  • And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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  • Use a tiller to till in any grass or other vegetation in the area so that nutrients are kept within the soil.

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  • As long as it is not walked on or packed down in some way you will never have to use a tiller again.

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  • Products are usually divided in equal proportions between the owner and the tiller.

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  • Begin by using a rotary tiller to break up the sod and loosen the soil, then take the following steps to create a perfect garden soil.

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  • Under terzieria the owner furnishes stock, implements and seed, and the tiller retains only one-third of the principal products.

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  • In the famiglio da spesa the tiller receives a small wage and a proportion of certain products.

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  • At harvest-time the produce is placed in the barns of the lessor, who first deducts 25% as premium, then 16% for battiteria (the difference between corn before and after winnowing), then deducts a proportion for rent and subsidies, so that the portion retained by the actual tiller of the soil is extremely meagre.

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  • The several trades, such as that of fisherman, the tiller of the ground, and the builder of canoes and houses, had each their presiding deities.

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  • The propensity to "tiller" is of the greatest importance, as it multiplies the resources of the farmer.

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  • If the tiller receives as much as 45 lire per month, supplemented by other wages in kind, it is said to be boaria a salario; if the principal part of his remuneration is in kind, his contract is called boaria a spesa.

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  • The Damascene, however, still retains his skill as a craftsman and tiller of the soil.

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