August 15th, 2007 at 1: 27 am dangerous place, if the baluster is not high enough! mx2 Says. From Wordnik.com. [Online Flash Tennis] Reference
England had what was known as a baluster stem and a seal head; the assay mark was in the inner part of the bowl. From Wordnik.com. [Home Life in Colonial Days] Reference
Leaning over the baluster was a young woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Voice in the Fog] Reference
Then, of course, I stopped on the baluster to look. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860] Reference
Arline darted out of the room to hang over the baluster once more. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College] Reference
The little French maid, peering over the baluster, laughed softly. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times] Reference
One broken baluster is placed on the pediment like a fractured leg. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
Arline whisked out of the room and peered anxiously over the baluster. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College] Reference
A staircase with a massive oak baluster winds up toward the second floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Side of Dark] Reference
The term "baluster shaft" is given to the shaft dividing a window in Saxon architecture. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
He is wrapped in a cloak, and is supported by a baluster, round which are emblems of spears. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828] Reference
Even now the girl hesitated, and stood awkwardly balancing herself against the baluster-rail. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
Jimmy called out from the baluster, over which he was leaning at imminent risk to life and limb. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
He appears to be in the act of descending some stairs, and his right hand is placed on the baluster. From Wordnik.com. [Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt.] Reference
Over the baluster she flung cushion after cushion, until Arabella's curiosity forced her to question. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times] Reference
The baluster molds were made in two parts; this proved a mistake -- three parts would have been better. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The young girl became yet whiter; a moment she clung to the baluster; then started to descend the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
A full size wooden pattern of the baluster was set up and the three sections of the box were set around it. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
To cast a baluster, the sections were assembled and a ½-in. corrugated bar was set vertically in the center. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Gwen had leaned over the baluster in the upper hall, and drank in every word of praise that had been uttered. From Wordnik.com. [Princess Polly's Gay Winter] Reference
The inside lateral dimensions of this box were made 6 ins. greater than the largest dimension of the baluster. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
After a little she went up-stairs holding tight to the baluster with one hand and to Mrs. Herrick with the other. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
"Well, it won't," said Abby, pausing in the hall to glance back at him, as he perched upon the baluster above her. From Wordnik.com. [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference
"Come!" repeated Lucy, who forthwith tripped on ahead, and looked over the baluster to see why she did not follow. From Wordnik.com. [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference
A baluster marked the entrance to the staircase, near the fissure. From Wordnik.com. [The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin] Reference
"Thou hast been in trouble," she said, leaning on the baluster above him. From Wordnik.com. [The Armourer's Prentices] Reference
"No, you don't!" said Miss Colishaw, taking a firmer grasp of the baluster. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Country Girl] Reference
Some girls who were peeping over the baluster hurried away at their approach. From Wordnik.com. [What Katy Did at School] Reference
The girls are together, standing by the baluster rail, with eyes bent upon the street. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Shot A Story Retold] Reference
Above is a close up of one of the baluster sections from the upper part of the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [The Petch House] Reference
This stairway had no baluster, and was not safe in the dark for strangers to the house. From Wordnik.com. [The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times] Reference
When they reached the top of the stairs, Dr. Staines paused and leaned against the baluster. From Wordnik.com. [A Simpleton] Reference
Presently their faces showed over the baluster rail, and another step brought them upon the roof. From Wordnik.com. [The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley] Reference
"Now let us sit here a while and listen," said Kenelm, seating himself on the baluster of the bridge. From Wordnik.com. [Kenelm Chillingly — Complete] Reference
Fred took his place, and shook the baluster, then the other -- its fellow -- but there was no result. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story] Reference
She went down the steep servants 'stairway, clinging to the baluster, and reached her mistress's apartments. From Wordnik.com. [Germinie Lacerteux] Reference
Grant was seated on the upper "stoop," resting his chin on his folded arms, which were on the rail of a baluster. From Wordnik.com. [Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865] Reference
Fred was quite willing, for his curiosity was excited; so, seizing the baluster with both hands, he gave it a twist. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story] Reference
Along three sides ran a verandah gallery, raised a step or two above the pavement, with a baluster and railing between. From Wordnik.com. [The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley] Reference
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