Severs in A Sentence

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    A modern glassblower, when making an amphora-shaped vase, finishes the base first, fixes an iron rod to the finished base with a seal of glass, severs the vase from the blowing iron, and finishes the mouth, whilst he holds the vase by the iron attached to its base.

    2

    An enormous gap severs the pre-monarchical period from this age, and while the tribal schemes and tribal traditions can hardly be traced during the monarchies, the inclusion of Judah among the " sons " of Israel would not have originated when Judah and Israel were rival kingdoms. Yet the tribes survive in post-exilic literature and their traditions develop henceforth in Jubilees, Testament of the XII Patriarchs, &c.

    3

    His father was Franciscus Severs, and his mother was of the family of the Alfani.

    4

    Reaping is usually performed by the aid of a curious little knife which severs each ear of grain separately.

    5

    Shigellosis in schools or daycare settings almost always disappears when holiday breaks occur, which severs the chain of transmission.

    6

    The record operator then removes her speaking apparatus from the circuit, and the local operator, receiving a disconnect signal, severs the connexion at the local exchange.

    7

    The Rio Grande de Tarcoles rises close to the Ochomogo Pass and the sources of the Reventazon, at the base of Irazu; and the headwaters of these two streams indicate precisely the depression in the central plateau which severs the northern from the southern mountains.

    8

    Under some conditions cofilin severs actin filaments, providing new plus ends for nucleation of actin filament growth.

    9

    Uskiib occupies a picturesque and strategically important position at the foot of a valley which severs two mountain ranges, the Shar Planina and Kara Dagh.

    10

    When Melissa struck, many companies were forced to take their severs off line.