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Example sentences for "water down"

  • Thence by water down to Deptford, where I met my Lord Bruncker and Sir W.

  • Up, and by water down to White Hall, and there with the.

  • To my Lord Sandwich, who follows the Duke this day by water down to the Hope, where the Prince lies.

  • But after dinner to cards: and about five o'clock, by water down to Greenwich; and up to the top of the hill, and there played upon the ground at cards.

  • Boil slowly in three or four gallons of water down to three quarts; strain, and add six pounds of white sugar.

  • Steep the liverwort in a quart of water down to half the quantity, then throw in the other ingredients while hot.

  • Bruise all, and boil in one quart of water down to half a pint; strain, add four ounces white sugar, dissolve by melting, then add half as much good brandy as there is of the liquid.

  • And after dinner to cards: and about five o'clock, by water down to Greenwich; and up to the top of the hill, and there played upon the ground at cards.

  • At noon dined at home, and I by water down to Woolwich by a galley, and back again in the evening.

  • Make a decoction of one ounce of dogwood root, boiled in one quart of water down to one pint; strain, and give half wineglassful every two or three hours.

  • Chamomile flowers one ounce, marshmallow roots one ounce, bruise and boil in one quart of water down to a pint.

  • Up and to my Lord Sandwich, who follows the Duke this day by water down to the Hope, where "The Prince" lies.

  • To make this, use broom-tops and dandelion roots, of each half an ounce, boiling them in a pint of water down to half a pint, and towards the last adding half an ounce of bruised juniper berries.

  • Oatmeal gruel may be made by boiling from one to two ounces of the meal with three pints of water down to two pints, then straining the decoction, and pouring off the supernatant liquid when cool.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    better condition; blotting paper; broadcast stations; close formation; fresh proof; not fit; said the young gentleman; this school; thought nothing; uniform temperature; water colors; water colours; water evaporated; water fish; water lake; water level; water line; water pollution; water pollution from raw; water pollution from raw sewage and; water river; water supply; water upon; water vapor; waterborne diseases; watering place