cement

• Followed other staples--cement, plaster, sash and doors, hardware and other builders' supplies; sheet metal roofing and siding, shingles, curbing, culverts, portable granaries, etc.; oil, salt and other miscellaneous supplies; finally, in 1914-15, farm machinery of all kinds, scales, cream separators, sewing machines and even typewriters. —  Deep Furrows
• In addition to these crystalline deposits of silica I believe it exists also as a cement which binds the particles together when in contact It certainly is, however, with this secondary silica that the original sand has become a building stone, and the particles have become interlaced and bound together. —  The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890
• "I don't think it's cargo he's after, though--cement pays all right It ain't cargo," said a small but confident voice You clear out!" —  The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant
• Working at cement is a dry job, and, after hardening his heart for some time, the stout seaman allowed the cook to call him to the galley and present him with a mug of cold coffee left from the cabin table The cook washed the mug up, and, preferring the dusty deck to the heat of the fire, sat down to wash a bowl of potatoes. —  The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant
• It is formed of three consecutive rows of large stones piled above each other without cement, and has stood nearly 2,500 years, surviving without injury the earthquakes and other convulsions that have thrown down temples, palaces, and churches of the superincumbent city. —  Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3)

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