The plants stooled out well, and yielded a heavy cutting of rather tough cane. In its young state it should make good silage.

Robert turned and dawdled glumly through the peace of evening[.]

Come, my auld, towzy, trusty friend; What gars ye look sae douth an' wae?

The filtride, i.e. the solid portions that are obtained from the filtration, adheres to the outer surface of the wire 2 and may be gathered, e.g. by means of a water jet, a doctor blade or the like.