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Cheese cloth   Listen
noun
Cheese cloth, cheesecloth  n.  A thin, loosely-woven cotton cloth of a gauze texture, such as is used in pressing cheese curds.






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"Cheese cloth" Quotes from Famous Books



... if a physician can be secured, for unskilled handling will do more harm than good. The thing to do is to make the boy comfortable by placing him in a comfortable position with the injured part resting on a pad, keeping him perfectly quiet. If there is an open wound, cover it with cheesecloth or gauze which has been dipped in boiling water, to which baking soda has been added. Then wrap absorbent cotton around it. If the boy has a fever, put wet cloths on his head, swinging them in the air ...
— Camping For Boys • H.W. Gibson

... scale and clean it; then cut off head and tail. If you have a piece of new cheesecloth to wrap the fish in, it can be stuffed with dressing made of dry crumbs of bread or biscuits well seasoned with butter, or bits of pork, pepper, and a very small piece of onion. The cloth covering must be wrapped around and tied with white string. When ...
— On the Trail - An Outdoor Book for Girls • Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard

... stored against a rainy day. "I thought it was something like that, but I didn't know for sure. There's an old red dress that b'longed to me, and here is my old flannel petticoat. I don't b'lieve we will ever use this mess of cheesecloth again, either; it is so dreadfully streaked. But there is enough red ...
— At the Little Brown House • Ruth Alberta Brown



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