| 单词 | thrasher |
| 例句 | Let’s see, there’s grain, the biggest export—a thrasher goes from farm to farm, and neighbors get together to bundle the shocks. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z In the small town of Donovan the robins had been wiped out, as had the grackles, starlings, and brown thrashers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I stretched back in the sun and hummed the song of the brown thrasher and of Barometer, the nuthatch. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A brown thrasher sits on a twig imitating all the birds in his area. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In spring, the meadows burst into galaxies of yellow-mustard flowers, and robins and thrashers sing in stands of tulip trees and white ash. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Keeping a written list of the visiting birds — goldfinches, yellow warblers, brown thrashers — made him feel connected to the memory of his birdwatching father, who died 11 years ago. Here are some good things about this year 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Granted, you and 9,999 other worms are honored guests each week at a banquet given by cardinals, wrens, nuthatches, and brown thrashers at Wing Haven Gardens and Bird Sanctuary. Beauty Takes Flight 2011-03-03T20:50:12.373Z Over the years, some of those fans even got to join the influential band that misfit drummer-leader-amateur fisherman Bill Stevenson molded into a perfectionist outlet for fiery, complex thrashers with a distinctly emotional bent. 'Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All' has genuine soul 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The key species for this count — the sagebrush sparrow, Brewer’s sparrow and sage thrasher — are small, often hidden in low-lying brush, and sometimes hard to spot. Jump into bird-watching with Sagebrush bird count 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z “Remember, kids, stay in school,” Butler quipped before the band followed with its own thrasher, “Normal Person.” Arcade Fire covers Jane's Addiction, 'Beverly Hills Cop' theme at Forum 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z The Baltimore oriole, for example, is portrayed by a flute, oboe and clarinet, while the California thrasher is represented by the xylophone. At Mostly Mozart, a Menagerie of Bird-Related Works 2012-08-03T18:26:47Z She is the daughter of an entomologist and the younger sister of a neurophysiologist, and her uncle invented various machines, including a bean thrasher. Margaret Atwood, Digital Deep-Diver, Writes ‘The Heart Goes Last’ 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z It helps that farming is done largely without the thrashers and tractors that ravage nests in more industrialized countries. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z The nu metal band turned the jam into one heck of a thrasher, with enough crushing guitar riffs to send a tingle down your spine and raise the hair on your arms. Korn remixed Rihanna track and it's amazing 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Not that he was ever a thrasher or waggler in the way of some. Claudio Abbado at the Lucerne festival; BBC Prom 44 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z A knit doll with long hair becomes a heavy-metal thrasher with the moniker Scary Cheeks. Spare Times for Children for May 2-8 2014-05-01T22:29:43Z From outside would come the resolute tapping of woodpeckers and the morning calls of gray catbirds, brown thrashers, and mockingbirds, all singing their hearts out. Father's Day, every day, with my disabled son 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z During a brutal 2012 heat wave, defunct Washington thrashers Black Breath played an industrial space-turned-punk house that acted like an oven in the summer and an ice box in the winter. Wild concert weekend, ending with Green Day’s Hella Mega firestorm, shows unpredictable power of live music 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z This sage thrasher’s diet, like that of almost all organisms, depends on photosynthesis. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Two teenage thrashers seek a third to form a power trio and enter a “Battle of the Bands” in the 2022 comedy “Metal Lords.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Ten Commandments,’ the Grammys, MLB’s opening day and more 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Populations of American crows, tufted titmice, gray catbirds and brown thrashers dropped below normal during the cicada emergence year—and then increased the following year, after which they stabilized. Brood X Cicadas Could Cause a Bird Baby Boom 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Then as now, the Southern California thrashers deliver a reliably dark and aggressive message, as pure in their chosen genre as the Ramones were in the first wave of punk. Slayer, 'the hardest band in history,' throws devil horns for final time at Forum this weekend 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Georgia picked the brown thrasher, a fiercely territorial bird with a repertoire of more than 1,000 song types. These State Birds May Be Forced Out of Their States as the World Warms 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z This was a brown thrasher, he told me, describing its attributes with a mix of precision and fondness — “rufous brown, speckled on the breast, yellow eye, curved beak, long tail.” How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The thrashing thrasher refuses to be seen further, so we push on to observe a downy woodpecker - “love a woodpecker”, Franzen mutters – and stop for a few moments to discuss his feelings on ducks. Jonathan Franzen: 'Climate change isn't only reason for bird decline' 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z He was a self-taught musician who played in thrasher bands and did some of the New York scene. Perspective | ‘The last time I held her’: How a homeless musician reclaimed the love of his life 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Cactus wrens, curve-billed thrashers, black phoebes, Lucifer hummingbirds and greater roadrunners are among the year-round avian inhabitants. The essential guide to all 59 U.S. national parks 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Previous research suggests that gray catbirds and brown thrashers may also suppress West Nile transmission. When It Comes to West Nile, Robins Do It, Cardinals Don't 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z The new disc features thrashers like “You Gotta Believe,” which instantly transports you back to the mid-‘80s, the burning metal of “Monster at the End” and the all-out attitude of “Suzerain.” Scott Ian of Anthrax says people who tell him he’s too old to rock are ‘idiots’ 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z He said the understory plants cleared for fairways are important habitat for wood thrushes, brown thrashers and other birds. Proposed disc golf course ruffles feathers of birders 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z What differentiates the thrashers from the consistently high performing corporations? What Makes High Profits Sustainable? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Now, thrashing is usually done by contract—at so much the bushel—in this country, and I've reason to believe that the thrasher boys will charge me considerably more than the average rate. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z An improved machine for Cutting the Bands of Gavels or bundles of grain, and feeding the same to the cylinder of a thrasher, has been patented by Mr. James M. O'Neall, of Fort Worth, Texas. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z Then came the 'Statute of Labourers,' of 1351, to regulate wages; and this statute enacted what should be paid to haymakers, and reapers, and thrashers; to carpenters, and masons, and tilers, and plasterers. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z It was not so with most of his neighbors, and when the strain of forced effort slackened, and the smoke of the thrasher no longer streaked the stubble, there were anxious hearts at Allenwood. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z It is worth mentioning that in addition to thrashers and sustainable effective organizations, there were firms that were consistently low performers. What Makes High Profits Sustainable? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z "We'll start right away as soon as the thrashers can give us a load, and in my opinion you should have a reasonable surplus after clearing off Nevis's claim." A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z The thrasher is also a vocalist of some quality; he likes to sit where he can be seen when he is singing, generally high up in the tree. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z Like his cousin, the catbird, the brown thrasher likes to live in bushy thickets overgrown with vines. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z His eyes caught a glimpse of every bird on the ground, in the trees and in the air above, and he would rejoice saying: "I hear the thrasher somewhere!" Rambles with John Burroughs 2011-10-22T02:00:31.317Z However, thrashers and poor performers typically lack the ability to execute at least three of the four repeatedly as the environment changes. What Makes High Profits Sustainable? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Thoreau says the Massachusetts farmers, when planting their seed, always think they hear the thrasher say, "Drop it, drop it—cover it up, cover it up—pull it up, pull it up, pull it up." Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z For unknown reasons, the number of horned larks rose with well density in one gas field, and sage thrashers appeared unaffected by the industry, the study showed. Songbirds decline as Wyoming oil and gas soars: study 2011-10-14T00:45:25Z Do you think the brown thrasher looks any more like a cuckoo than he does like a thrush? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The Agency thrasher has more than once refused to thrash his crop until all others were attended to. The Discards 2011-08-27T02:00:23.603Z Firms with one or two of these agility routines were found to be 9 times more likely to be thrashers and under-performers with respect to ROA and profitability. What Makes High Profits Sustainable? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Bevis made good use of the moment’s breathing time he thus obtained, punishing three of his hardest thrashers. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z It was alive with birds; the brown thrasher, the robin, the blue-jay, poured forth their music to the very top of their lungs. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z From his restlessness alone you might know he is the cousin of the catbird and brown thrasher and is closely related to the wrens. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z At dusk the big automobile got away from Silver Ranch, surrounded by a gang of wall-eyed ponies that looked on the rattling machine about as kindly as they would have viewed a Kansas grain thrasher. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z Instead, they are what Worley, Williams, and I call “thrashers” in our new book, The Agility Agility Factor. What Makes High Profits Sustainable? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Not many rods from the vireos' cedar-tree was a brown thrasher's nest in a barberry bush. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z The thrasher, with his brown dress and very quizzical look, absolutely revelled in a luxury of melody. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z The brown thrasher is considerably larger than a thrush and his habits are quite different. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The whale dived deep to save its life, But thrasher eager for the strife, Knew whale must rise for to get breath, Then it would thrash the whale to death. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z We looked at their performance over 32 years and found clear differences between the consistently high performers and the thrashers. What Makes High Profits Sustainable? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z When a thrasher had the impertinence to alight in her oak she ordered him off in high dudgeon, dashing back and forth above him, and snapping spitefully as she passed. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Unbuckling his beloved shilalah, which had accompanied him, fastened to his back, he now stood like a thrasher on the barn-floor. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z The cuckoo glides through the air as easily as if he were floating down stream, whereas the thrasher's flight, like the wren's, is tilting, uneven, flapping, and often jerky. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Thus united foes soon do prevail, And quick there floated a dead whale, The thrasher now victorious winner, From off the whale expected dinner. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z What captured our attention is the way in which the consistently high performers were managed relative to the thrashers. What Makes High Profits Sustainable? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z We eat like thrashers, sleep like guinea-pigs and wake like larks. My Little Boy 2011-03-12T03:00:27.087Z The air tastes of straw and hay; the rhythmic beat of the thrashers' flails resounds from the peasants' small barns. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Moreover the cuckoo's notes sound like a tree-toad's rattle, while the thrasher's song—a merry peal of music—entrances every listener. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z But thrasher high in air did leap, And fell on monster of the deep, The sword fish then it did advance, And assaulted it with its lance. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z The "thrashing crowd," of some seven or eight hands, which accompany the thrasher, have a busy time. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Brown thrashers by twos and fours flitted back and forth across the big road, leaving one green wheat-field for another of still richer verdure. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z The glass was focused on the digging thrasher, but a goldfinch came into the picture and pulled at some stems for its nest and a cottontail ran rapidly across from rim to rim. A-Birding on a Bronco Away off, the cannon thundered; we at home heard nothing but the measured beat of the thrasher, and that lasted a long while, for we lacked men at home. Waldfried A Novel The coincidence is no stranger than the well-known fact that sword-fish and thrasher—two different fish—always league together to attack the whale. The Story of the Trapper "HEADERS" AND "SELF-BINDERS."A great wheat-field of a hundred acres, with headers and thrasher going at once, is a lively scene. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z By running to him when he was caught in a thrasher and my boy stepped on a scythe as he ran and he was many weeks in bed while I nursed him. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp Then came the thrashers, with their loud rollicking songs; and when they had pitched down into the brush, out rang the clear bell-like tones of the wren-tit, filling the air with sound. A-Birding on a Bronco Our long-tailed thrush, or thrasher, like its congeners the catbird and mocking-bird, delights in a high branch of some solitary tree, whence it will pour out its rich and intricate warble for an hour together. A Year in the Fields He has not perhaps so fine an organ as his more celebrated relative, the thrasher; he cannot, or at least he does not, usually produce so clear and ringing a tone. Upon The Tree-Tops There is lively competition to get the thrasher as soon as the grain is cut. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Here the brown thrashers hide, The chat and cat-bird chide; The blue kingfisher houses Above the stream, And here the heron drowses Lost in his dream; The vireo's flitting note Haunts all the wild remote. Weeds by the Wall Verses Instead of scratching up the leaves and earth with her feet as chewinks and sparrows do, the thrasher used her bill almost exclusively. A-Birding on a Bronco I have also heard a robin that sang to perfection the song of the brown thrasher; it had, no doubt, caught it by imitation. Ways of Nature When I turned my steps that way, I came first upon the feeding-ground of another party of Young Americans,—thrashers. Upon The Tree-Tops They travel from farm to farm, setting up the thrasher in a central spot, and "hauling" the sheaves to it. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z In the South and West the thrasher also nests in the vicinity of houses, but in New York and New England we must look for him in remote, bushy fields. Under the Maples The thrashers of Twin Oaks have bills that are curved like a sickle, and this bird used her tool most skillfully. A-Birding on a Bronco But I have yet to hear of a robin building a nest like a brown thrasher, or of an oriole building a nest like a robin, or of kingfishers drilling for grubs in a tree. Ways of Nature Later in the day I often found the thrasher singing, a little beyond the alders, on the breezy heights of Raspberry Hill. Upon The Tree-Tops As soon as the header-wagon is filled, it is driven off to the thrasher, whirring away in the center of the field, and an empty one takes its place. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z But in the choir of our best singers, like the catbird, thrasher, and mocking bird, there is unending variation of notes. The Meaning of Evolution While I was sitting in the crotch of an oak a thrasher came out of the brush into an open space in front of me. A-Birding on a Bronco And in the barn the thrashers were thrashing the wheat, and the little pot skipped right out on the thrashing floor. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales After passing the home of the thrashers, on my usual morning walk toward the north, my next temptation to linger came from a fern-lined path to the spring, abode of other Young Americans. Upon The Tree-Tops Last year the great attraction was the Osborne twine-binder, for every one was interested in getting rid of the wire that has been injuring the thrashers and hurting the digestion of the stock. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z We love the mellow notes of the woodthrush, and of the veery, the clear, rollicking outpourings of the bobolink, the musical love song of the brown thrasher, the cheerful scolding of the wren. The Meaning of Evolution The thrasher's curved bill gives a most ludicrous look to the bird when singing. A-Birding on a Bronco So they exert themselves to provide a variety, and load their tables with rich food, insomuch that "goin' with the thrashers" means to farm-workers in this section a round of sumptuous living. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 One cool October day, as I sat at my window I heard a strange bird note, and my ready glass in a moment revealed a rare visitor indeed,—a thrasher. Upon The Tree-Tops The night before the three big brothers left with the thrashers, the string of gopher-tails was so long that she brought it into the kitchen and gave it proudly to the eldest brother to count. The Biography of a Prairie Girl I can hear a brown thrasher warbling to me how much we love you! Sunlight Patch But the king of the chaparral was the great brown thrasher. A-Birding on a Bronco When she left school she was apprenticed to a thrasher, with a yearly wage of four thalers, besides two chemises and two aprons as a Christmas present. Home Life in Germany The sea was dyed in blood from the stabs inflicted by the saw-fishes under the water, while the thrashers, watching their opportunity, struck at the unwieldy monster as often as it rose to breathe. Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He was too young to work, but about the time the war was over, he was allowed to drive the horses that pulled the thrasher of wheat. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Finally, just as a distant whippoorwill began to call, a towhee sang once from the woods; and a moment later the stillness was broken by the sudden outburst of a thrasher. Birds in the Bush There was one dense corner of the thicket where a thrasher lived, and I used to urge Canello through the tangle almost every morning for the pleasure of sharing his good spirits. A-Birding on a Bronco The killer, the sword-fish, and the thrasher trouble us at home. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. Jasper, however, possessed one of the antiquated kind which bound the sheaves with wire, and occasionally led to wild language when a length of springy steel got mixed up with the thrasher. Lorimer of the Northwest The thrasher is silent in the berry pasture, and the bobolink in the meadow. The Foot-path Way After that all was quiet for another interval, till a thrasher from the hillside began to sing. Birds in the Bush After that morning the thrasher came daily to the place, and a dessert of strawberries invariably followed the more substantial meal, but never again did he bring more than one of his family with him. Little Brothers of the Air Not far from this time, "the thrashers" would make their appearance, with "horse-power," "beater" and "separator," which were set up in the west barn floor. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Then, drawn by many sturdy oxen, the big thrasher rolled in, and the pace grew faster still. Lorimer of the Northwest The long-tailed brown thrashers, lovers of the undergrowth, are still more thrush-like in look, but in our classifications they hold the position of giant cousins to the wrens. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year He has a most irascible temper, also, but, unlike the thrasher, he does not allow his ill-humor to degenerate into chronic sulkiness. Birds in the Bush This restless young thrasher, excepting that he was perhaps somewhat lighter in color and a little less glossy of coat, looked at that moment as old as he ever would. Little Brothers of the Air Outside, in the smoky, warm dusk, a thrasher still sang. Penguin Persons & Peppermints Besides, you’ll have had your fill of cooking before you have finished with the thrashers.” Lorimer of the Northwest Considering the size of the birds, their nests are quite small, not so large as those of the brown thrashers, though the cup is deeper and the architecture more compact and elaborate. Our Bird Comrades This is a savage cetacean, probably the same with the "thrasher," about fifteen feet in length, blunt-nosed, strong of jaw, with cruel teeth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 The young thrasher and the robin chirped in the grove; sweet bluebird and pewee baby cries came from the shrubbery; the golden-wing leaned far out of his oaken walls, and called from morning to night. Little Brothers of the Air The thrasher and I had the woods all to ourselves, except, of course, for Spring, who sat beside me singing mezza voce, to herself, a song curiously like the ripple of a brook. Penguin Persons & Peppermints Our long-tailed thrush, or thrasher, delights in a high branch of some solitary tree, whence it will pour out its rich and intricate warble for an hour together. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Now let us look at the upper end of this wonderful pneumatic pipe, which so often throws Pan and all his coterie into a transport when the thrasher and the wood thrush flute their dithyrambs. Our Bird Comrades The oats were all stooked and stood in silvery sheaves, ready for the thrasher; the great stretch of wheat had melted down to a narrow oblong, round which the binders were working. Prescott of Saskatchewan Like many another bird, however, the thrasher, although not afraid of sparrows, disliked a continual row. Little Brothers of the Air "Flutterbudget" is the one expressive word that exactly characterizes a certain brown thrush, or thrasher, the subject of a year's study. In Nesting Time The thrasher's nest I found was thirty or forty rods from the point where the male was wont to indulge in his brilliant recitative. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs It sounded very like the song of the brown thrasher, much modulated and partly uttered under its breath—a sort of flowing, rythmical melody. Our Bird Comrades One day my attention was arrested by the angry notes of a pair of brown thrashers that were flitting from bush to bush along an old stone wall in a remote field. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers The mocking birds had ceased, but a thrasher was singing in a tangle of Cherokee roses under the western windows. Special Messenger The thrasher was exceedingly wary, and nothing was droller than his manner of approaching anything, whether a worm I had thrown on the matting for him, or the bathing-dish. In Nesting Time It is not a bird that skulks and hides, like the catbird, the brown thrasher, the chat, or the chewink, and its nest is not concealed with the same art as theirs. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs First, and most gifted of all, were a couple of brown thrashers, whose tones were as strong and sweet as those of a silver cornet, making the echoes ring across the hollow. Our Bird Comrades They are the swordfish, the thrasher, and the killer. Fighting the Whales At first he seemed to consider himself as my servant only; consequently, he was continually thrashed, and I, on his appeal, taking his part, had to endeavour to thrash the thrasher. Rattlin the Reefer When I talked to the thrasher, he answered me not only with a rough-breathing sound, a sort of prolonged "ha-a-a," but with his wings as well. In Nesting Time “Bad enough,” said the captain; “they agree together like a whale and a thrasher.” Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer It is wonderful, anyway, with what an ecstasy the thrasher will sometimes sing. Our Bird Comrades Look,” continued he, pointing with his finger in a direction under the land, “there’s a battle between the whale and the thrasher.” The King's Own The word "chipping," when used for "chirping," is incorrect English; and "thrasher" is incorrect in point of fact. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 They are: the swordfish, the thrasher, and the killer. Fighting the Whales “He’s a thrasher,” I replied, jumping up, too, on the top of the nettings. Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy Falling a little behind the thrashers in vocal power and technical execution were the catbirds, which sent up their cavatinas from the bushes in the hollow. Our Bird Comrades The thrasher is the port-admiral of the station, and his blows are so many guns to enforce his orders to sail forthwith.” The King's Own There were two thrashers, and the head thrasher used always to go before the reapers. Highways and Byways in Sussex We saw whales, sharks, porpoises, rays and thrashers. Ranching, Sport and Travel All through the wheat season, she told us, Ambrosch hired his sister out like a man, and she went from farm to farm, binding sheaves or working with the thrashers. My Ántonia The case of a pet thrasher was almost as striking. Our Bird Comrades The West Indians assert, that at the same time the thrasher attacks him above, the sword-fish pierces him underneath—if so, it must be very annoying.” The King's Own The thrasher and the killer whale both attack it, and sailors assert that the sword-fish and thrasher combine against it, the latter stabbing from below, whilst the former leaps on it with stunning blows. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon They ran all gins and thrashers by horse power and the running gear was all made out of wood. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 But, dear me, what a life she’s led, out in the fields with those rough thrashers! My Ántonia In this part of the thicket the catbirds congregate, but over yonder the brown thrashers are calling to each other. Some Summer Days in Iowa May it not be that the whale, being so enormous an animal, and not able to employ the same means of relief, receives it from the blows of the thrasher?” The King's Own We get too near the thrasher for his liking and he slips down into the brush. Some Spring Days in Iowa An escort of 'thrashers,' or grampuses, accompanied me. Tales of the Chesapeake A daring brown thrasher, his wings a fair match for the ruddy-golden glow in the girl's eyes, hopped into her haunt, and twittered his counsel of courage. The Clarion It is almost his last summer service; soon, like the thrashers, he will be drooping and silent. Some Summer Days in Iowa In April look for the brown thrasher, catbird, wren, barn, eave and tree swallows, martins, king birds and chipping sparrows. Outdoor Sports and Games Suddenly a brown thrasher breaks into a melody from the top of a wild cherry, and then it is as if a famous operatic coloratura soprano had joined the village choir. Some Spring Days in Iowa "Who ever hearn tell of a good teacher that wasn't a fine thrasher in the bargain?" Judith of the Plains The Homesteader Mother England, I am coming, cease your calling for a season, For the plains of wheat need reaping, and the thrasher's at the door. England over Seas Let me hear the sibilant sounds of the thrashers as they settle to sleep in the thicket. Some Summer Days in Iowa "That's a red bird, and if thee listens thee can hear a brown thrasher over there in the woods." The Redemption of David Corson It was rudely broken when the thrashers arrived and from early morning the clatter of the engine filled the air with sound. Ranching for Sylvia When they have been opened, the "feeder" throws the contents by armfuls into the "thrasher." A Book of Exposition All the wise old whales, they take to deep water when they see a thrasher hunting trouble. Wide Courses Nesting done, the brown thrasher ceased his long and brilliant solos from the treetops after the first week of July. Some Summer Days in Iowa My steam factotum, that, Sir, doing all I have to do, My ploughman and my reaper, and my jolly thrasher, too! Grain and Chaff from an English Manor "Bad enough," said the captain; "they agree together like a whale and a thrasher." Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer The "thrasher" is a great cylindrical receptacle, revolving rapidly, which is supplied with long wooden beaters or arms passing through a wooden cylinder and driven by power. A Book of Exposition Now, if you knew more about some things, you'd never called yourself a whale, but a thrasher. Wide Courses Near these rocks were two whales; and one or more of what seamen call thrashers were engaged in a furious combat with them, at a less distance than half a mile from the ship. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 And then think of the thrashers and silo fillers comin' in hungry as bears, what would they say? Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition They could not have bought even the heap of brush back of my wood-pile, where the brown thrashers build. A Kentucky Cardinal One man has thrashed 300 bushels of oats per day, and on windy days says the mill would run a thrasher of double this capacity. Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 There's the best fighting fish of them all—the thrasher. Wide Courses At last the whistle of the squire's steam thrasher sounded three miles away, and then the owner came into the barn. The Forged Coupon Cuckoos, jays, robins, bluebirds, thrashers, orioles, sparrows, and vireos, nested there, singing on wing, among the trees, on the fences, and from bushes in the corners. Michael O'Halloran They were the thrashers, carters, and other labourers, of our Cornet, and, as they well knew the errand upon which we were going, they eyed us with no slight degree of suspicion and ill-will. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 The same tenant occupied the same cottage; the same carter drove the same team; the same ploughman held the same plough; the same thrasher occupied the same barn; and the same shepherd attended the flock. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 Reading the poem one seems to hear the brown thrasher on a twig of the wild-apple tree, pouring his heart out over the thicket which his mate has just chosen for a nesting place. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived It was not the thrasher but it was a new bird to me and the picture of it is in my mind as if made only yesterday. My Boyhood Even the brown thrasher, whose ordinary performance, is so full-voiced, not to say boisterous, will sometimes soliloquize, or seem to soliloquize, in the faintest of undertones. A Florida Sketch-Book There was always one boy, larger and also naughtier than the rest, who thrashed the thrashers and took their pennies away from them. Hawthorne and His Circle A friend told me of a small party of blue jays that she saw playing this kind of a joke on a flock of birds of several kinds, robins, catbirds, thrashers, and others. Types of Children's Literature That poor thrasher, now, that you scared last week! Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites From a tree-top near the roadside a brown thrasher will sing a song of rejoicing. Friends and Helpers Now, however, on this St. Augustine road, I suddenly became aware of a bird singing somewhere in advance, and as I listened again I said aloud, with full persuasion, "There! that's a thrasher!" A Florida Sketch-Book The moment I heard it I was reminded of our brown thrasher, though the song, or whistle, was much finer and richer in tone than that of our bird. Time and Change The killer or thrasher, about thirty feet; they often kill the other whales with which they are at perpetual war. Letters from an American Farmer The thrashers sing in the hedgerows beyond the garden, the catbirds everywhere. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography The thrasher's nest I found thirty or forty rods from the point where the male was wont to indulge in his brilliant recitative. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers All praise to the mocker and the thrasher! A Florida Sketch-Book The glimpse I got of the bird showed it to be of about the size and shape of our thrasher, but much brighter in color. Time and Change They are very mischievious, but the second enemy is much more terrible and irresistible; it is the killer, sometimes called the thrasher, a species of whales about thirty feet long. Letters from an American Farmer The flail of the thrasher does not fall more swiftly upon the corn. Burlesques In the Wheeler family a new thrasher or a new automobile was ordered without a question, but it was considered extravagant to go to a hotel for dinner. One of Ours In the drier and more open parts of the way cardinals, mocking-birds, and thrashers were singing, ground doves were cooing, quails were prophesying, and loggerhead shrikes sat, trim and silent, on the telegraph wire. A Florida Sketch-Book Nero does not sound like a pea thrasher! Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! Thoreau says the Massachusetts farmers, when planting their seed, always think they hear the thrasher say, "Drop it, drop it — cover it up, cover it up — pull it up, pull it up, pull it up." Bird Neighbors The water had been drained off and the reaper and thrasher were going through the fields before dawn. The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa A steam thrasher didn't last long; a horse outlived three automobiles. One of Ours The two songs have about as much in common as those of the hermit thrush and the brown thrasher, or those of the song sparrow and the chipper. A Florida Sketch-Book And they will bury her and Fyodor the thrasher with his curly beard full of chaff and his shirt torn on his white shoulders—they will bury him. Anna Karenina I have at command a springy mare, with ankles like a Spanish girl, upon whose back I go darting through the green overgrown woodpaths, like a thrasher about his thicket. A Biography of Sidney Lanier |
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