There it was in a pile of neatly inscribed sheets, numbered, and secured together.

Besides the Arabs, there were numerous blacks, secured together, in the ordinary barbarous fashion, with forked sticks.

The instrument commonly used consists of two heavy beams of wood, secured together at right angles, and loaded with stones.

It was constructed of thick leafy branches, secured together by vines, so formed that it was capable of completely throwing off the rain.

The cuirass, or coat of armor, was made of horizontal rows of metal plate, about an inch in breadth, well secured together by bronze pieces.