Binding

(noun.) the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; 'the book had a leather binding'.

(noun.) strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration.

(noun.) the capacity to attract and hold something.

(adj.) executed with proper legal authority; 'a binding contract' .

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• In 1890 this was increased to 3,000 self-binding harvesters, 4,000 reapers, and 2,000 mowers. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• At least he thought that the binding was secure. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Once on such an occasion Caroline had said to him, looking up from the luxuriant creeper she was binding to its frame, Ah! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Man was binding himself into new and larger and more efficient combinations indeed, but at a price. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• As to fitfulness, I have never learnt the art of binding myself to any of the wheels on which the Ixions of these days are turning round and round. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The paper industry, with book binding machines, and paper box machines, is a fertile field of invention. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• These antique guns were made by welding longitudinal bars of iron together and binding them by iron rings shrunk on while hot. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• When we were about to sign the above-mentioned articles, which were to be binding on us, our heirs, &c. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It is said that the self-binding reaper has reduced the cost of harvesting grain to less than half a cent a bushel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The binding fact we must face in all our calculations, and so in politics too, is that you cannot recover what is passed. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Payne put a wire in the binding-post of the battery, the motor started, and an assistant began sawing a heavy oak log. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The copper mould or medal, _c_, is suspended in the solution by a wire, which is held tight by the binding-screw, _d_. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• A porous tube, _b_, holds a rod of amalgamated zinc, to the top of which a binding-screw is soldered. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• You'd better go back to binding edges, she said drily. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• She was the last tie binding us to the ancient state of things. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• With a man on each side holding these ropes, the mule was released from his other bindings and allowed to rise. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A couple of glazed book-cases were here, containing standard works in stout gilt bindings. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The gilt bindings of the seven handsome little volumes caught the old lady's eye. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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