Fires were initially started as backfires to blacken areas adjacent to firelines. |
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It became the most effective typological tool to blacken the Irish character and, through association, declare it unfit for self-government. |
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Children also used to blacken their faces, as Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators might have done. |
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Or could it have been, as he implied, jealous rivals who wanted to blacken his name and damage his business? |
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They burn cork and blacken their faces, painting on big red lips, donning white gloves. |
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Several of my toes commenced to blacken and fester near the tips and the nails worked loose. |
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In battle men may blacken their skin similar to the cassowary's colouration. |
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The chairman of a credit union that fired its two managers for misconduct has been accused of orchestrating a campaign to blacken their names. |
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Use thicker-fleshed chiles, such as poblanos, and allow their skin to blacken and blister without burning through the flesh. |
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And then, once they'd turned their backs for a minute to do something else, we could see my pizza catch fire and eventually blacken to a cinder. |
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Place in a hot oven for 20 minutes or until they just begin to shrivel and blacken on the outside but are still juicy inside. |
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Halve and deseed the peppers and place, with rounded sides uppermost, under a preheated grill until the skins blacken. |
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His blue eyes blacken and I watch aghast, as he buries his face in his hands with a barely stifled groan. |
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First they accused the film writer of plagiarism to blacken her name and destroy her credibility, then attacked the film script. |
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He then proceeded to blacken his face entirely while trying to remember the words to the song. |
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The night before Bonfire Night was once known as Mischief Night, when children would blacken their faces and play pranks. |
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The herb was added as it can blacken hair and it will also add to the astringent quality of the formula. |
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Since then he has done everything possible to politically destroy his opponent and blacken his name through a series of trumped up charges. |
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There seems to be a wild idea revolving around in the heart of government that we were part a devilish clever plot to blacken them. |
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To vote NO to a resolution or to abstain, blacken out the numbered box corresponding to that resolution. |
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Halve and deseed the peppers and grill or roast them until they are beginning to blacken. |
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A canting preacher, Ed of Haverstock, goes about the country to blacken my name among the masterless men and the landless poor. |
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In the times in which we live, it is very easy to blacken the reputation of public figures. |
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They will collapse and soften, and their skin will blacken and blister. |
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This would give too easy an argument for everybody who wants to diminish and blacken EU climate policy. |
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If you wish to vote on any draft resolutions not approved by the Board of Directors, you must blacken the boxes corresponding to your choice. |
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These late-infected shoots also blacken in winter but survive and grow a little in the following spring. |
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Ocean dwelling Chinook have blue-green sides which blacken in summer, and silver undersides. |
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In your desire to blacken the reputation of Indonesia, you have resorted to the dissemination of falsehoods, misrepresentations and innuendos without any factual basis. |
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Fast-acting liquid used by gunsmiths and industry to blacken or antique brass, copper and bronze parts. Easy to apply with no dimensional change. |
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It's a logic game made in Japan in which you have to blacken boxes to leave only precise white islands. |
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Too much knowledge leads to all too frequent interventions, and this could blacken the prospects for the economy. |
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Mail in Vote, blacken the boxes corresponding to the resolutions on which you wish to vote no and follow the instructions. |
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Coal seams blacken the hills on Banks Island and loose chunks of coal are scattered on the beaches. |
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England's skies blacken as coal makes the industrial revolution possible. |
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This is an administration so wedded to spin and manipulation that it is seeking to blacken a decent man's reputation even as his body lies unburied. |
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In your desire to blacken the reputation of this country, you have resorted to the dissemination of falsehoods, misrepresentations and innuendos without any factual basis. |
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To give your proxy to your spouse or other shareholder representing you, blacken here and write the name and address of the person to whom you are giving your proxy. |
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It does not pit, streak or blacken metals such as stainless steel. |
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If fungus spores settle on the surface, a slight surface deterioration can appear, together with a change in color: the wood will become dark gray and blacken. |
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It is also clear that, with only six months to go to the European elections, the aim is to blacken the name of the Vlaams Belang candidate for political motives. |
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Place them under the broiler until their skins swell and blacken. |
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It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack. |
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They are born with pink paw pads, which blacken at the age of three months, and blue eyes, which turn amber after five months. |
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This led to swelling and inflammation of the eyes, attacked tooth enamel, and caused skin to blacken. |
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Similarly, NHS patients have mostly been charged for prescriptions. Increasing such charges would not blacken the NHS's soul assuming Mr Burnham means by that its public-spirited ethos. |
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It is used in both Nubia and parts of Sudan to aromatise the body and to blacken the henna patterns on the skin. |
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These things can blacken the overall picture. |
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We cannot allow a handful of people who, up until now, have seldom been present on a Friday, to make a mockery of us and blacken our public image. |
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During winter, the non-lignified branches blacken and die. |
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Copper, chrome and other metallic surfaces often found on outdoor fireplaces will patina, change color, and blacken with exposure to outdoor conditions, heat, and smoke. |
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