A cloudless sky now extended over them, gray at the horizon's edges, bulging in the center like a gigantic cupola, silent and calm.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
When the structure is completed, a candle is lit and the cracks are stuffed by cutting the edges off the nearest blocks, and pressing the broken snow into the cracks with the mittens.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
With the axe Percival cut away the jagged edges of the timbers at the opening, and then he and Jack pushed forward, using the axe now and again as rubbish of various kinds came in their way.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh