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Ishmael realized, in the early afternoon, that the sweetish smell coming at him from off the beach was the odor of dead marines. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
A hot wind blew from behind me, bringing the sick sweetish odor, like the smell of some female dogs in season. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
On autumn nights, in some parts of the city, the wind from the lake brings a sweetish smell to shore. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
For the last two weeks lunch has been either spinach or cooked lettuce with huge potatoes that have a rotten, sweetish taste. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
From somewhere came a sweetish smell which reminded him of something painful. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
He smelled the keen, sweetish odor of gin and his nostrils widened with disgust. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
It smelled steamy and damp, like a jungle, and there was another smell, too, sweetish and rotten. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
It tasted good, like cake, with a sweetish and smooth flavor he had never thought bread could have. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
It was sweetish and not at all unpleasant. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
The sweetish scene is cut short by a shootout. Walk of Shame: A Movie That Might Just Offend Everyone 2014-05-07T11:10:35Z
It is, as you may have guessed, a cocktail, though it is also the first of two desserts, sweetish and not especially boozy. Kaiseki, Straight Up With a Twist 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z
In April, I tried to persuade you to ignore any prejudices you might have against lambrusco as the sweetish red your mother may have kept in the refrigerator door. Floral and lush, this $12 South African white wine blend blossoms in your glass 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z
In any other meal, the sweetish, lightly sautéed crustacean dish would have been the standout. An Adriatic Feast on the Italian Coast 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z
But this is not the sweetish bubblegummy wine of the ’80s; rather, it’s a vibrant dry rosé with enough heft to match up with hearty, garlicky dishes or charcuterie. What to drink with your grilled meats: This $20 Bordeaux 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z
The bright, sweetish, clear liqueur is the color of a cat’s eye, and it hits the tongue like a fairy spell, otherworldly and arcane, floral, grassy and herbaceously vibrant. What’s in the green elixir Chartreuse? Only a couple of monks know for sure. 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z
The sweetish, mapley-flavored coconut bacon seemed possibly defensible, but each time was so thin and scant, it shattered and fell out. How many stars for Life on Mars? We review Seattle’s newest vegan restaurant with several demographics in mind. 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z
Even better are the daily specials: sweetish challah on Friday or a three-grain molasses on Tuesday, for instance. What we're into: Village Bread bakes European classics for the Inland Empire 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z
But actually it’s about the bread, which looks sort of like a puffy little canoe and is sweetish, softly absorbent and, perhaps most importantly, has closed ends. Sonora-style hot dogs — with love, from Hermosillo 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z
I catch a whiff of something sweetish, fetid, and rotten, with floral notes. Eight Days of the Corpse Flower: A Diary 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z
The foil packs used to produce a sweetish chemical-y odor when they were first torn open. 11 Smells That Are Slowly Disappearing 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z
I like the fideo with nubs of cotija cheese, crisply fried tortilla strips, and sweetish cilantro chutney, but that could be just me. First impression: Fideo madness at Colonia Publica 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z
Thin, charred, served with a sweetish soy glaze. At Commissary, Roy Choi gets to the essence of veggies 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z
It's got a natural sweetish taste and a lot of health benefits. South Africa fights to protect rooibos tea name after French trademark bid 2013-07-25T15:36:11Z
The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z
This "honey-dew" which the mealy-bugs make and give off from their bodies is a sweetish syrupy fluid of which almost all ants, even those most fiercely carnivorous, are very fond. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z
The chimneys of some of the white clay hovels on either side of the road poured out clouds of sweetish, nauseating smoke. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z
The breath occasionally has a sweetish or purulent odor. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z
It was soft and moist and had a peculiarly sweetish taste. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z
Nectar, the sweetish secretion of the blossom from which bees make honey. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z
Would you prefer English, sweetish cider or more of a French dry version? Geoff Parling: 'Harry Redknapp should manage the England rugby team' 2012-02-10T09:00:05Z
At the lower part of all the trunks, we 199 found small tubes of elder inserted, from which the insipid sweetish juice ran into the troughs placed below them. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z
Tokay, tō-kā′, n. a sweetish and heavy wine with an aromatic flavour, produced at Tokay in Hungary: a variety of grape. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z
The taste is mucilaginous, sweetish and slightly bitter and aromatic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z
The fruit has a sweetish and slightly astringent taste, and is largely eaten in the United States. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z
The lovely, simple flavors of an otherwise beautifully prepared branzino fillet, plated with broccoli rabe and excellent, meaty white beans, were not improved by a sweetish tomato glaze. | Shelton: Il Palio Offers Italian Dishes, Prepared by a Native ? Review 2011-12-24T00:56:31Z
Frankincense we bring him, if we, by diligence of holy prayers, kindle our thoughts on the altar of our heart, so that we may, through heavenly desire, give forth a sweetish savour. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
Fernand spoke English glibly, with hardly more accent than a sweetish thickness. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z
Exercise 48 As above, form words using the following suffixes: en—darken ful—fearful en—golden ly—smoothly ish—sweetish like—childlike less—fearless       some—lonesome Define each suffix. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z
“Oh, yes, Corey, and your codfish made with condensed milk is so—new, and sweetish——” Corene threw a paper box cover at the head of her tormentor but Miss Mackin did not see the deprecation. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z
On the roots there are small, nut-like tubers, of a sweetish taste, and they are eaten by children, either in the raw state or after being roasted. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z
Inside the thick skin, the flesh is mealy and sweetish around a few hard nutlets that contain the seed. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z
The fruit is a pod, 10 to 18 inches long, often twisted, 1 to 1½ inches wide, flat, dark brown or black when ripe and containing yellow sweetish pulp and seeds. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z
They have not a balsamic, but mostly a sweetish or sourish flavor. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z
Another hand put a cloth over his mouth, and he became conscious of a cloying, sickeningly sweetish odor. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z
Large, strong leaves, thin and elastic, silky in texture, small fibers, sweetish taste and light in color. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z
Then he told himself that he had been too long in the fresh air; that was why he suddenly found that subtle, sweetish, devilish, gangrene stench so foul, so trying. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z
Sugar given again; reply, “A little better—a sweetish taste.” Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z
Most insects of this family secrete copiously a sweetish fluid, called the honey dew, which is ejected from two little horns or nectaries, that project, one on each side of their bodies. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z
A sickeningly sweetish smell assailed his nostrils, he felt his body grow limp, there was a roaring in his head that sounded like a distant waterfall, and then he had a sensation of sinking—sinking. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z
It was of a sweetish flavor of licorice that was not unpleasant. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z
Then there seemed to steal into her delicate nostrils a most horrible odour—And it was that now dreadfully familiar smell, that sweetish, sickly, penetrating smell, which brought back full consciousness to Jeanne Rouann�s. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z
If a crust of bread is chewed vigorously until it swallows itself, that is, dissolves in the secretions and gradually disappears, it will be noted that there is a distinctly sweetish taste in the mouth. Health Through Will Power 2011-08-18T02:00:20.367Z
It is strangely soft, as though it had just fallen from a summer cloud, and it has a peculiar sweetish taste. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z
She preferred certain sweetish and heady brands whose correspondingly low cost rendered them more easy to obtain.... Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z
At the beginning, its sweetish taste has a curious reflex effect. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z
In front the fresh-fallen scrub sends forth its characteristic pleasant, sweetish smell. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z
It is brown, the size of a chestnut, of a sweetish farinaceous nature, resembling in taste the common chestnut. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z
In appearance it is much like candied citron, with a sweetish taste too, only firmer and darker in colour. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z
House-made cheese ravioli were good, but blanketed by sweetish vodka cream sauce so thick and rich that they were lost beneath it. | New Haven: A Little Opulent,And a Little Atlantic City 2011-03-20T03:59:32Z
It is a colourless gas of somewhat sweetish taste; it is slightly soluble in water, but more so in alcohol and ether. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z
The sweetish odor now was much plainer than before. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z
Verlaine fled to absinthe to drown out repentance, anguish and weakness; and from this sweetish drink, in which all the evil forces of life seem to be distilled, he drew brutality and feverish disorders. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z
The planting will be the fifth in Gloucestershire and is expected to yield up to 20,000 bottles a year of sweetish white wine once the Ortega vines reach maturity, from 2014. English wine boom takes Co-op to Cotswolds 2010-05-06T14:36:00Z
The fresh oil has a deep orange yellow tint not destroyed by saponification, a sweetish taste and an odor of orris root or violet which is also imparted to soap made from it. Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant.
It is a colourless liquid with a sweetish burning taste and an agreeable odour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z
I was wide-awake by that time, and it was then, I think, that I noticed a heavy, sweetish odor in the air. The Window at the White Cat
Finally lights penetrated her tired mind and the sweetish smell of the ether assailed her returning consciousness. Janet Hardy in Radio City
In common with many other polyatomic open-chain alcohols, they generally possess a characteristic sweet, or mildly sweetish, taste. The Chemistry of Plant Life
A palm base has a yellowish color, a sweetish odor, and a small quantity added to a tallow base naturally aids the perfume. Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant.
By cultivation and blanching the stalks lose their acrid qualities and assume the mild sweetish aromatic taste peculiar to celery as a salad plant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
A smell of hot tallow and refuse was in the air, mingled with that omnipresent scent of malt that was here stronger and more sweetish acrid than ever. Shadows of Flames A Novel
Sour and sweet sops and custard-apples are all more or less alike—sweetish and rather flat. Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895
It is a crystalline solid, with a faintly sweetish taste, and a specific rotatory power of +148°. The Chemistry of Plant Life
"Go ahead wid de pump," calls a queer voice, and forthwith a sweetish, warmish breath enters the helmet, and I hear the wheeze and groan of the cylinders. Careers of Danger and Daring
As the door swung back he heard the din of many voices and caught a rush of heated air, sweetish with the odor, as it seemed, of tired and fainting flowers. Ewing\\'s Lady
It tasted strong of fish, and was green with a satiny river-weed; but it was hot and sweetish, and he supped it up greedily. The Three Mulla-mulgars
He gave them some roasted bananas and a gourd containing a sweetish drink made from the banana. The Blind Lion of the Congo
This substance, which is familiar to everyone under its common name "glycerine," is a colorless, viscid liquid having a sweetish taste. The Chemistry of Plant Life
The flavor is sweetish rather than the sharp and pungent flavor of cheddar cheese. Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying
Once I got to the window the room stayed put while I gulped down great breaths of warm sweetish air. The Planet Savers
One of them instantly shuffled away and brought him a little gourd of a sweetish juice like Keeri, which greatly refreshed him. The Three Mulla-mulgars
My countrymen Would have dubbed it sweetish beer. Atta Troll
A glass of apollinaris would be far more palatable, and certainly much cheaper and appropriate at this temperature than this confounded sweetish stuff, which gives one a headache fit to split the skull next morning.” A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day
Any abnormal activity of the liver in the production of sugar—more than can be burned up in the circulation—overstimulates the kidneys and produces increased flow of a heavy urine with a sweetish taste. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle
I found myself drawn into the middle of the group of men, accepting one of the small sweetish Darkovan cigarettes, looking over the plan somebody had scribbled down on the top of a packing case. The Planet Savers
As we approached Clamanges, we detected a sickening, subtle, sweetish odor which crept stealthily to us through the air and filled us with an insinuating disgust. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone
A fly had eaten of the sweetish powder. Astounding Stories, March, 1931
In taste it is sweetish, and its effect is that of a slight diuretic. Due South or Cuba Past and Present
The mouth is always parched, and a faint, sweetish odour may be evolved from the breath. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter"
A faint sweetish odor became apparent and he reached for his gas mask. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930
He paused to strip bark from such seedlings of balsam fir as he chanced upon, scraping off and devouring the thin, sweetish pulp that lies between the bark and the mature wood. The Backwoodsmen
An open wine barrel added its sweetish smell to the general odor of smoke and decay. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel
An hour's boiling produces a straw-colored decoction, of a slightly sweetish taste. All About Coffee
If wanted sweetish, add moist sugar to the vinegar, a pound to the gallon. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South
His lean face was streaming with perspiration, and when he took off his overcoat there rose the sweetish sourish scent of a hot goatskin waistcoat. Tatterdemalion
They have a viscid, sweetish pulp, with a relatively large stone. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia
The taste was at first rather sweetish, and engendered a slight feeling of nausea; but, as I continued to chew, it became hot and pungent, producing a peculiar tingling sensation in the fauces and throat. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West
The outer wrapping is a thin, gossamer-like skin which encloses a soft pulp, sweetish to the taste, but of a mucilaginous consistency. All About Coffee
The fellahs suck eagerly the sweetish juice of the sugar-cane cut into short pieces, and the slices of watermelon show within the green skin their ripe, rosy, flesh, spotted with black seeds. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
A specimen the size of a flour-barrel can be made to yield a couple of gallons of sweetish but refreshing water, whereby many a life has been saved in the sandy wastes. The Book of the National Parks
A large bush with numerous harsh leaves, growing along the sea shore, with some other smaller inland shrubs of the same tribe, produces very small white berries of a sweetish and rather herby flavour. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia
The juice yielded was thick and gummy, and of a sweetish taste. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography
Diabetes, that is, a frequent and weakening discharge of pale or sweetish urine. Select Temperance Tracts
At once a strong, sickly, sweetish smell arose, unhealthy, and unpleasant, in contrast to the strong, fresh smells of the sleeping woods. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed
It has an agreeable, and somewhat sweetish flavor, and when boiled in milk it tastes like the chestnut. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests
These fruits have a sweetish pulp with a large stone. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia
Sugars.—This term includes the large number of different substances of a more or less sweetish taste that belong to the group of carbohydrates. Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene
It sometimes has a sweetish smell, or a smell suggestive of mushrooms even when no spawn has run through it. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
Its pulp is golden yellow with a sweetish taste and an odor like that of violets. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
It is watery, and has a sweetish taste; for which reason it is much liked by the Peruvians. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests
There is an old ribbed variety of this name, the ribs having an acid flesh and the furrows sweetish; it is little known and of no special value. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1
The attendant gave him a glass of white, sweetish substance to drink. The Memory of Mars
The boys never knew the name of this bulb, but they found it not unpleasant to eat—rather sweetish and insipid without salt, however. The Young Alaskans
When not entirely ripe it yields a resinous juice that sticks to the lips and affords a disagreeable taste; but when once thoroughly ripe it has a slightly vinous, sweetish taste and is easily digested. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
They are filled with a sweetish, foul odour, and have been laboriously built up out of dilapidated lumber-rooms. The Goose Man
Apples are sometimes found that are sweetish on one side and sourish on the other. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1
When ripe it becomes honeycombed over the surface, and has a slightly sweetish taste, with an odour somewhat like that of a morel mushroom, to which it is allied. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure
The sweetish, starchy liquid that they could suck through a tube from the air-restorers—it was a by-product of the photosynthetic process—might even have sustained them for a considerable interval. The Planet Strappers
The odor is rather unpleasant, the taste sweetish and then acrid, nauseous, persistent, exciting the saliva and irritating the fauces. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
Houston could smell the sweetish, pungent odor in his helmet. The Penal Cluster
The sweetish fruit of the jál, known as pílu, is liked by the people, and in famines they will even eat the berries of the leafless caper. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir
This substance is fragrant, having a warm, sweetish taste, and burns with an agreeable odor. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
In the air there was a scent of newly-split timber and of turned-up woodland earth, and among them a sweetish rough smell. One Man's Initiation—1917
Mr. Baruch smiled while he let the sweetish and violently strong liqueur roll over his tongue and the assertively fragrant coffee possess his senses. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories
Thode's eyes were smarting, his veins on fire and in his nostrils the reek of powder mingled with a strange, new, sweetish odor. The Fifth Ace
This tune occupied a warm place in my Sunday-schoolboy heart, along with other singable airs of the Moody and Sankey type, but as I hum it over in memory now, it tastes sweetish and thin. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
It is as big as a man’s head, with a hard, green rind, and in the inside is what looks like pink snow, with a sweetish taste, and black seeds. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading
At his feet lapped black, thick-looking waves of an underground lake, a pool of viscous substance that gave off a penetrating, poignant odor of acid, sweetish and intoxicating, unlike any acid he knew. The Beast of Space
Honey dew: a sweetish excretion produced by certain insects, notably Aphids and Coccids, and exuding from the surface of some galls. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
Sometimes the water is sweetish, frequently brackish, and generally warm. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa
Even dissonances are used, sparingly but bravely enough to give an idea of the different elements that make music something more than a sweetish impotence. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
The fly had eaten some of the sweetish powder. Beyond the Vanishing Point
It was odorless until burned: then it spread a very pronounced sweetish odor. The Book of the Damned
A white crystalline compound, of a sweetish taste. Practical Mechanics for Boys
There was the glug-glug of a bottle, and again the sweetish, acrid odor of whisky. The Wind Bloweth
How deliciously cool and refreshing it tasted!—no water from the fountain-head of the purest stream could have been more so—though it had a somewhat sweetish taste. Twice Lost
Oil of fennel, a pale yellow liquid, with a sweetish aromatic odor and flavor, is distilled with water. Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses
It seemed to be some kind of passion-flower, and, in spite of Shaddy’s warning, he tasted one, to find it of a pleasant, sweetish, acid flavour. Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco
Chloroform is a heavy liquid having a pleasant odor and a sweetish taste. An Elementary Study of Chemistry
When green, they contain a refreshing, sweetish, jelly-like substance, but when old, the kernel is so hard that it cannot be cut with a knife. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443 Volume 17, New Series, June 26, 1852
The plant louse gives off a sweetish fluid of which some ants are very fond. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition
There was a funny sweetish smell, still; smell of chloroform. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies
There are many kinds of reeds which furnish a sweetish substance. The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns
It is an oily, colorless liquid having a sweetish taste. An Elementary Study of Chemistry
The changing of the starch to sugar is the reason why bread or cracker, after it has been well chewed, begins to taste sweetish. A Handbook of Health
Nectar: a sweetish substance in blossoms of flowers from which bees make honey. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition
These are without odour, rather acid, and sweetish to the taste. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
Hold some powdered starch in the mouth until it completely dissolves and observe that it gradually acquires a sweetish taste. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
It is somewhat soluble in water, and in solution has a slightly sweetish taste. An Elementary Study of Chemistry
Carbon dioxide, which is formed by the complete oxidation of carbon, is a gas with a sweetish odour and taste, having a strong affinity for alkalies, and forming a series of compounds termed carbonates. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
If the sap is boiled down only one-fourth, the drink produced is of a sweetish taste and of a whitish appearance and, in my estimation, is not palatable. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir
The root has a sweetish bitter taste, but no odour. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
And when he came to the May-apple he wrote that the sweetish fruit was “eaten by pigs and boys.” Some Spring Days in Iowa
The mare's milk has a sweetish, almond-like flavor, and is very thin and bluish in hue. Russian Rambles
A characteristic sweetish odour, which has been compared to that of new-mown hay, can be detected in the breath and may pervade the patient. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
After nausea, vomiting or a lung complication, there are headache, delirium, abdominal pain, rapid labored breathing, sweetish odor of the breath, stupor, rapid feeble pulse, coma and death within a few days. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada
The root is faintly aromatic, and has a sweetish taste. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
It has a sweetish flavor and contains a large amount of natural water. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions
Its juice was known to be sweetish, and chemists were not long in discovering that it contained a considerable percentage of some substance giving the reactions of cane sugar. Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888
"Now, in a few minutes, you ought to feel better," urged the surgeon, after the man in the berth had swallowed a sweetish drink. The Submarine Boys and the Middies The Prize Detail at Annapolis
There is also a plant resembling the chokecherry, which grows in thick clumps eight or ten feet high, and bears a black berry with a single stone of a sweetish taste. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.
The roots of this Orchis abound with a glutinous sweetish juice, of which a Salep may be made which is quite equal to any brought from the Levant. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
Its taste is sweetish acid, not particularly pleasant to the palate, but very refreshing in effect, and it is said to be efficacious in allaying fever. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan
The sweetish liquid is contained, like the juices of plants generally, in cells. Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888
As she went forward there floated to her a heavy, sweetish scent which seemed to her to be the very breath of despair. One Man in His Time
They are sweetish and almond-like, and yield an oil, when pressed, not inferior in use and quality to that obtained from the olive. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
When the petals are collected and dried they become of a greenish colour: whilst fresh they have a honey-like odour, and a sweetish taste. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
This they beat with a stick till it becomes pretty soft, when they chew it sufficiently, and spit out the hard fibrous part, the other having a sweetish mealy taste, not at all disagreeable. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time
The liquor tasted like earth and water, sweetish for a moment and then acrid and pungent. White Shadows in the South Seas
Yes, sir, the last thing was this here lady professional, getting up stern and kind of sweetish sad in her low-cut black dress to sing the song of songs. Somewhere in Red Gap
It is then of the consistence of butter, of a golden yellow hue, the odor that of violets, and the taste sweetish. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
A whey cheese, buttery, mild and sweetish with a caramel color all through, instead of the heavy chocolate or dark tobacco shade of Gjetost. The Complete Book of Cheese
A simple form of dextrine may be found in the brown crust of bread—that sweetish substance that gives the crust its agreeable flavor. Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885
The sun had set, the charcoal stove had been carried away, but the pleasant, sweetish smell still lingered in the air. The Duel and Other Stories
Fruit pear-shaped, 1½ in. to 2 in. long, naked, edible, somewhat acid and sweetish. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation
It had a faint, sweetish odor that sickened him. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
Its texture is elastic but not rubbery, its taste sweetish, and it is full of little round holes or eyes. The Complete Book of Cheese
It produces clusters of an oblong fruit, of the size of a plum, and full of a viscous, sweetish juice, rather agreeable to the taste. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2
She flushed, closed her eyes, and forgetting herself, once even pressed her face against the face of the lieutenant, so that there was a sweetish taste left on his lips. The Duel and Other Stories
The 5th, after seven c. we came to three wells, two of them salt and one sweetish. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
Around the root leaves are several little vases lined with spiny hairs, and there were generally found to contain a sweetish water, and also a number of dead ants. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1
When opened it is found to contain a sweetish flour, and the islanders preserve these fruits just as our peasants lay by a store of chestnuts and other similar things for the winter. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera
The Leaves.—These have at first a sweetish taste, which gradually becomes bitterish and roughish. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II
The kitchen was full of a peculiar sweetish smell, by which Keith knew without looking that Granny was dressing the old wound on her left leg that had developed "the rose" and would not heal. The Soul of a Child
But in the heat a heavy, sweetish odor hung; balsam it is called, and mingled, too, with a faint scent like our bay, which comes from a woody bush called sweet-fern. The Maid-At-Arms
It has a peculiar, pleasant, sweetish, slightly bitter, and aromatic taste. Composition-Rhetoric
So we fell to and devoured the whole; and I recollect being somewhat disappointed in the odd, sweetish taste, and thinking that onions were not as nice as I had supposed. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous
D.—The roots are slender, and very long; of a pleasant sweetish taste, which on chewing for some time is followed by a light degree of aromatic warmth and acrimony. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II
I pried open her jaws and smelled the sweetish odor of the cyanogen gas. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3
The large trees yield a great quantity of sweetish sap, which makes a pleasant drink. Among the Trees at Elmridge
He gasped and a sweetish, sickening breath filled his lungs, he tried to struggle, but iron arms held him helpless. Through the Wall
It has a sweetish flavor, and is slightly acid, pleasant, and cooling. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S
L. E. D.—It has little or no smell; a sweetish taste, mixed with a little bitterness. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II
Its farinaceous tubers have a sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q
The taste, sweetish, suggestive of coffee and of brandy and of burnt sugar, was agreeable. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
It is starchy but solid, with a sweetish taste, and is very fattening. Indian Boyhood
Then she turned with that sweetish smile to Mrs. Morel. Sons and Lovers
The Leaves.—Are of a soft sweetish taste, and abound with a mucilaginous juice: its virtues do not seem to differ from those of Althea and other mucilaginous plants. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II
The seeds are separately imbedded in a sweetish pulp. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q
It has a sweetish taste, much like that of a frost-bitten potato, and I found it better boiled than roasted. Walden
A disagreeably sweetish odour which arises impudently to my nose makes me start. The Indian Lily and Other Stories
It is usually made of skim milk, has a yellow color and a mild, sweetish flavor, and contains large holes like those found in Swiss and Emmenthal cheeses, varieties that are very similar to it. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables
Bugloss has a slimy sweetish taste, accompanied with a kind of coolness: the roots are the most glutinous, and the flowers the least so. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II
He heard the tap of his wife's pipe; there was a faint sweetish odor of drugged tobacco and the scent of cloves in which she saturated herself. Java Head
Well, Sir, right there it struck me at the pit of my stomach—sort of sickish, sweetish feeling—that my position needed regularising pretty bad. Traffics and Discoveries
The ground exhaled the sweetish odour of decaying plants. The Indian Lily and Other Stories
Although they are wholesome and nourishing, they have a peculiar, sweetish flavor that is due to the volatile oil they contain and is objectionable to some persons. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables
The flowers are of a different nature, being in taste little other than mucilaginous and sweetish, and of a light pleasant smell. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II
Suddenly aware that his lips were dry, he poured himself a glass of water from the carafe on the table; the drink was lukewarm and sweetish to the taste. Casanova's Homecoming
Its berries are of the shape of a gooseberry, grow single, and are of a blue colour: they taste like a sweetish gooseberry, and when infused in brandy it makes a good dram. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing
"Exactly, dear ingénue!" said Michael, with his most sweetish smile. The Bride of Dreams
Such potatoes, which are characterized by a peculiar sweetish taste, should be used as soon as possible after being thawed. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables
They were, especially, casuarinæ and eucalypti, some of which, in the ensuing spring, would furnish a sweetish manna like that of the East. The Mysterious Island
Potash alum is obtained tolerably pure in commerce in colorless transparent crystalline masses, having an acid, sweetish, astringent taste. Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883
These beans boil tender, and have a tolerable relish, but they are sweetish, and somewhat insipid. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing
The sweetish oil has risen about Nancy relentlessly—it is up to her waist now and still it keeps talking and flowing and creeping higher. Young People's Pride A Novel
The flesh of the fruit is sweetish and aromatic. Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881
He tasted it, and perceived a sweetish savor. The Mysterious Island
She was accustomed to seeing whiskey freely drunk, but the whiskey she knew was colorless as water, and sweetish to the palate. The Call of the Cumberlands
Although I do not much appreciate the sweetish, almost flavourless water of this fruit, they proved very acceptable to my men, as the day was intensely hot for Borneo. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917
All this without a pause, pouring over the numbed parts of Nancy's mind like thin sweetish oil. Young People's Pride A Novel
"No," he said, "the bee gets nectar from the flower, a thin sweetish liquid which the bee, by processes in its own body, turns into honey." My Boyhood
It is slightly translucent when its fragments are thin; and has a sweetish and astringent taste without any bitter mixture. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
Earth and sea began to smell a little; there was a sweetish, rotting smell from the dead leaves in the wood, and the magpies flew with twigs in their beaks, building their nests. Pan
We could have wished to find a spring in the Baraguan, for the water of the river had a smell of musk, and a sweetish taste extremely disagreeable. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2
Its properties are a pungent odour, very much resembling that of bitter-almonds, with a hot but sweetish taste, and extremely volatile. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 325, August 2, 1828
So we fell to and devoured the whole, and I recollect being somewhat disappointed in the odd sweetish taste, and thinking that onions were not so nice as I had supposed. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe
We of the twentieth century are not going to accept the sweetish, faintly nasty slops of Rousseauism that so gratified our great-great-grandparents in the eighteenth. A Modern Utopia
The column was moving again; as they reached the brow of another hill Chrisfield felt a curious sweetish smell that made his nostrils smart. Three Soldiers
From the centre of the circle of flowers is suspended a number of pitcher-like vessels, which, when the flowers expand, in February and March, are filled with a sweetish liquid. The Naturalist in Nicaragua
"D' you know, Blonde, I shouldn't wonder if old T. A.'s sweetish on you," he said as he came over to the window. Roast Beef, Medium
They exuded a peculiar sweetish odor, that seemed to wash the eyeball like water, and when the afternoon was half spent, Jack remarked that his eyelids had ceased to smart. The Shagganappi
The thing slid down, leaving a sickish, sweetish taste behind it. Uncle William: the man who was shif'less
He met all these objections with a sweetish smile, like a great artist who hears an ignoramus criticise his work. The Clique of Gold
Nothing is drunk except wine—and by wine I mainly mean champagne of the most sweetish and sickish brand obtainable. Europe Revised
To-day, October 21, I found the air in the bushy fields and lanes under the woods loaded with the perfume of the witch-hazel,—a sweetish, sickening odor. Winter Sunshine
Directly with milk may be taken any sweetish, alkaline fruits such as melons, sweet pears, etc., or the dried fruits, such as prunes, dates, figs, and raisins, also vegetable salads. Nature Cure
She sat with Gerald drinking some sweetish liqueur, and staring with black, sullen looks at the various groups of people at the tables. Women in Love
Some of the wines are cloudy, sweetish, with a good deal of asperity. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken
Things have such a sickening, sweetish taste, or they are bitter, or sour; not a thing is as it used to be. A Daughter of the Land
Harbinger was aware in his every nerve of the sweetish, slightly acrid, husky odour of the loosebox, mingling with the scent of Barbara's hair and clothes. The Patrician
The effect of the sweetish glue upon my inner man is singularly nauseating. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan
The exultation in his voice was like a sweetish, poisonous drug to her. Women in Love
It was beautifully clear, cold, and sparkling, with a slightly sweetish taste, yet unlike the brackish "alkali" of the plains. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation
In the meantime I had thought over that sweetish odour, and it flashed on my mind that it might, after all, be a case of poisoning. The Silent Bullet
The memory of the Pole's sphinxlike, sweetish face, and eyes that seemed to know so many secrets, always affected Gyp unpleasantly. Beyond
The market sometimes affords the ecrivisse de mer, which is a lobster without claws, of a sweetish taste; and there are a few rock oysters, very small and very rank. Travels through France and Italy
A green or unripe cocoa-nut contains about a pint of a sweetish water. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
They knocked at the door, and Cyril followed his aunts into grandfather's hot, sweetish room. The Garden Party and Other Stories
"What do you suspect was the cause of that sweetish odour?" asked Kennedy. The Silent Bullet
Rosek began playing, his eyes fixed on the girl, and his mouth loosened from compression in a sweetish smile. Beyond
Similarly necessary are valuations like flat, sweetish, contractile, limey, pappy, sandy, which are all dictated by almost momentary variations in well-being. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students
There, too, was the strange, sweetish, sickly smell. Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera, or, Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures
And they emitted a sweetish scent that lay heavily athwart the path. The Research Magnificent
Rosek's pale, suave face, with the eyes behind which there were such hidden things, and the lips sweetish and restrained and sensual—he would never forgive! Beyond
And he thought of little, of nothing; but a sweetish sensation beset his heart, a kind of quivering lightness his limbs. Beyond
Rosek stood looking down at her; his stillness, the sweetish gravity of his well-cut lips, his spotless dandyism stirred in Gyp a kind of unwilling admiration. Beyond
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