So far is the Scripture from regarding Pharaoh as propelled by destiny, as by a machine, down iron grooves to ruin.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
Along these the seas had worn grooves leading to a central concavity filled with water.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Their honesty must run in grooves for R. gave a heavy overcoat to one of his men in a cold station, and when he and his servants went to a very hot station, he noticed this man still wearing the thick coat and sweating like anything, so he asked him why he did so, and the man replied that he dared not put it off for a minute or it would be stolen.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch