Standing thus, superficially observant and stirring the sawdust on the floor meditatively with the toe of his boot, he was roused by a musical and familiar voice behind him, accompanied by a light touch upon his shoulder.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
If we looked into the matter more closely, we should find that what has happened is that the starch and the sawdust have changed into quite different substances.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
In both of these cases-that of the starch and of the sawdust-what we call a chemical change would have taken place between the acid and the starch, and between the strong acid and the sawdust.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson