英语词汇“black oak”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

And just like that, Mutti packs up everything—the dishes, the pots and pans, the uneven chairs, the brown wooden table, the worn armchair, the scratched-up black oak table lamp, the two wooden bedsteads. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The spear she held was eight feet of black oak, tipped in rusted steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was a chair as well, carved of black oak with a red leather seat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Great beams of black oak supported the high ceilings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Cutwater rummaged around in a black oak chest of stolen goods. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Explosions tear and scar the land, spitting out black oaks and coal mines, street lamps and scorpions. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chestnut oak is a creature of rocky, upland woodlands; the black oak inhabits such places, too, but is most at home in deeper, richer soil. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

If you have the room, why not plant handsome oaks that are often overlooked, such as the swamp white oak, the chestnut oak or the black oak? Dull fall may sharpen our tree planting skills

Those of the black oak had taken two years to form and ripen. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

The black oak belongs to the red oak group, which also includes the more familiar pin oak, willow oak and northern red oak. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

The bark of the black oak is dark and ridged but seems almost smooth compared with the chestnut oak’s deep, blocky ridges. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

The black oak has large, deeply lobed leaves; its companion has lovely tooth-edged leaves, more like those of its relatives the chestnut and beech trees. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

One was a chestnut oak, the other a black oak, and they had grown tall in each other’s shelter over many decades. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

It is in understanding the wild ancestry of garden plants, whether that’s a hay-scented fern or a black oak tree — that the informed gardener is the most successful. Perspective | Botanical illustration is becoming endangered, but the job is essential 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

The shade of the black oak had forced the crown of the chestnut oak to arc away from it, but this gave the pair a sense of movement, as if they were dancing. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

The range of plant life along the creek is phenomenal: Towering ponderosa pines, with bark resembling rose-pink snakeskin, compete in height with coast redwoods, mixed in with California black oaks, cedars, madronas and more. Ashland, Ore., in autumn: Take in a show, bike a mountain, tour a vineyard 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Seen from old roads often lined by black oak trees, the Slovakian countryside was mouse-colored and nude, an ancient settled European landscape almost untouched by the 20th century. | Slovakia Off-Piste 2011-01-24T17:44:21Z

These include several presented to the British monarch: a replica of her favorite colored horse “Tinkerbell”, a dapple gray for her 2002 Golden Jubilee and a black oak horse for her 2012 Diamond Jubilee. Fit for a prince or princess: making rocking horses for royals 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

The California black oak, for instance, is “strong, sturdy, and self-sufficient” — and, by extension, so is Dowd. How to survive a family cult in the Angeles National Forest, according to a memoir 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

Each acorn was painted with colored bands to indicate its species: red oak, bur oak, black oak, white oak, swamp white oak, scarlet oak, pin oak, willow oak. Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z

There’s a massive old black oak tree outside that they sit under and read when the weather is nice. Dispatches from Yosemite: Alone with the bears and beauty 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z

The study, published in the science journal Frontiers focused on insects that eat the leaves of white oak and black oak trees in Missouri. Study: Climate change could threaten bugs in Missouri 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z

“We’re trying to recreate the old black oak savanna,” Anderson said. Old Army depot now teems with wildlife in Iowa 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z

Other species of trees in the study area included ash, tulip poplar, sassafras, red and black oaks, walnut and elm. Southern Indiana land trust gift includes old-growth trees 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

Invasive species like English ivy, Japanese honeysuckle, Norway maples and sycamore maples will be replaced with black oak, dogwood, spicebush and native ferns. In Prospect Park, First the Goats, Then the Shrubbery 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

And in 2015, Dragon Kim and Justin Lee, both 14, were killed when a black oak limb fell while they slept in their tent in the Upper Pines Campground of Yosemite Valley. Woman killed by falling 200-foot tree at Yosemite was a park worker 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z

The study further analyzed data for trees that turn red: red maple, sugar maple, black gum, white oak, red oak, black oak, black cherry and white ash. How a Changing Climate Is Shaping a Leaf Peeper’s Paradise 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

Further south, in the San Bernardino Mountains, the black oak, bigleaf maple and aspen trees were starting to pop with orange and lime green, spotters said. California Today: The Silicon Valley Rent War 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

The boys were sleeping in a tent when a limb fell from a black oak tree about 5 a.m. Campers killed by tree limb in Yosemite were teenage boys 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

The teens were sleeping in their tent at the popular campground when a black oak limb collapsed on them, according to park officials. Two campers killed by falling tree limb at Yosemite were Southern California teens 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said the branch was from a black oak. A loud bang, then a scream in Yosemite when branch kills 2 children 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z

The large limb from a black oak fell on the tent of the two young campers as they slept in the heart of the park on Friday, Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said. Squirrels with plague and tree-limb deaths darken Yosemite summer 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z

The limb fell from a black oak tree about 5 a.m. Tree limb falls on tent killing 2 young campers in Yosemite 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

Gediman says the limb fell from a black oak tree at about 5 a.m. Oak tree limb falls on tent in Yosemite National Park, killing 2 young campers, officials say 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

Among the reasons are habitat loss from land development and suppression of the wildfires that are a necessary part of the ecology of the pine barren and black oak savanna where the insects live. Endangered Karner blue butterfly nears recovery goals in New York; outlook poor in Indiana 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

A young alternate-leaf dogwood grows near an old Florida dogwood, to replace it when it dies; a young black oak will shade the corner when the old Kwanzan cherry goes. A Rain Garden That Even the Neighbors Seem To Like 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

There was but one door, too--that by which she had entered; and the whole of the walls of the room was covered with black oak, of which also the beams overhead were formed. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z

It was a small but somewhat lengthened octangular room, lined throughout with dark black oak, carved in the most exquisite manner. Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:31.930Z

Most of its buildings—except its hall, with black oak roof—are of comparatively modern date. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z

It possessed a heavy door carved in black oak, which door was not set flat in the wall, but placed cross-ways across the corner—evidently a relic of great antiquity. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z

The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z

Red and black oaks and maple-leaved viburnum dominate in drier soils. City Room: Spring Time - Spring Comes to a City Woodland 2012-03-20T15:23:04Z

Kaltsauna’s quiver was a grizzly bearskin; his bows and arrows were made of black oak. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z

The furniture was all of black oak, as also were the bookshelves, and the carpet and hangings were of a deep olive-green. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z

Opposite the windows were two fireplaces, the elaborately-carved black oak mantels reaching to the ceiling. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z

The black oak and other trees were in blossom, and many interesting plants. 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

The polished black oak floor was covered with Eastern rugs, and a fine silver-tip grizzly bearskin lay on the hearthstone. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z

Go north and bring a black oak with the roots. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z

She certainly made a very charming picture, curled up in the great black oak chair, with the firelight playing upon her ruddy golden hair and glistening in her bright eyes. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z

He traversed the whole length of the room, and set down the lamp on a black oak table with heavy claw-feet. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z

In a black oak chest all carven, We found it laid, Still faintly sweet of Lavender, An old brocade. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z

“Scarlet oak, black oak, true red oak,” Dr. Ashton said. Boom and Bust in Acorns Will Affect Many Creatures, Including Humans 2011-12-03T02:56:43Z

Look, this is the best thing in the room,” putting a hand upon an old sideboard of well nigh black oak, and then withdrawing it. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z

Climbing up a black oak are hairy ropes of poison ivy, its fiery leaves impossible to miss. City Room: Autumn Unfolds: Enticements for Migrating Birds 2011-10-21T15:52:32Z

And in the minstrels' gallery you may see how cunningly the carved angels and griffons have been inserted at intervals in the black oak balustrade. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z

The trimness of the leaf is matched by the neat acorn, whose scaly cup has none of the looseness seen in the burly black oak. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z

God grant that he does not abuse it He who has heard it—be careful—is not wood, the black oak of the old confessional; he is a man of flesh and blood. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z

THE black oak, sometimes farther north called yellow oak or yellow-barked oak, usually grows to be about 80 feet in height and 1 to 3 feet in diameter. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z

The forests of sugar pine, yellow pine, fir, cedar, black oak, and other trees are the noblest of their kind. Sequoia [California] National Park 2011-09-21T02:00:31.497Z

Soon they were all gayly chatting at an immense, round table of black oak, so highly polished that it reflected the silver and china and the faces of the guests in its shining board. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z

On the winter twigs, among the characteristic "pins," are the half-grown acorns that proclaim the tree an oak beyond a doubt, and a black oak, requiring a second summer for the maturing of its fruit. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z

At the head of the table Captain Wits is seated in a chair of black oak with a velvet cushion. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z

The jack oak, Quercus ellipsoidalis Hill, is a smaller tree found frequently alongside black oak in the northern third of the State. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z

Opposite this, on the left hand side, is the Hall; its north end is partially closed by massive screens of black oak. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z

She was almost asleep, a slender little figure in a great armchair of carved black oak. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z

Hence the white oak group and the black oak group may be easily distinguished at a glance, by the bark, the leaf, and the acorn crop. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z

The chest was of black oak, rudely carved, and strongly protected by bands of iron. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z

Like all members of the black oak group, the fruit requires two seasons to mature. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z

Bevis cut the staff shorter, not without some difficulty, for the old black oak was hard like iron. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z

In the corner, where, behind her, a piece of fourteenth century tapestry cut a green and pink square against the rich black oak paneling, the Duchess of Breakwater sat waiting. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z

Without a look at the leaves, one might call it a black oak. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z

Squire Thorpe’s pew of black oak occupied one entire side of the chancel; the choir and the barrel-organ were together, far down the side-aisle. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z

Noble workmanship in wood may be found, too, in some of the ancient barns; sometimes the beams are of black oak, in others of chestnut. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z

There we alighted, and, leaving old Hector to drive the carryall around to the stable door, we entered and went up the long grass-grown walk between the black oaks, until we reached the house. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z

The walls of the room are colored a light, cool gray in distemper, with a black oak wainscot about four feet high. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z

The black oak of the vast region east of the Rocky Mountains is the type or pattern species. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z

The timber consists principally of red, white and black oak, sugar maple, tamarack, poplar, elm, elder, and ash. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z

We mounted the staircase, a broad, old-fashioned flight of steps, surmounted with heavy balustrades of black oak. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z

The narrow nail-studded door of black oak yields slowly to the push—it is not easy to enter, not easy to quit the Present—but once close it, and the living world is gone. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z

The old carved black oak dining-table was lost in the vastness of the apartment. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z

The leaf is thin, silky smooth, its lobes separated by sinuses so deep that it is a mere skeleton compared with the black oak's. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z

I sleep in the ghost-room, looking most grim and weird from its black oak with red hangings, and containing a tall bed with a red canopy. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z

The live oaks, as far as structure is concerned, belong to the black oaks, but are much less porous, and are exceedingly heavy and hard. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z

De black oak and cherry made de dyes. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z

A grove of black oaks along the bank waved silently in the clear night; frogs chirped merrily from the fenced in fields, where fireflies sparkled and flashed before a long dark background of foliage. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z

The predominant tree in the primitive forest here was the pine, which attained a gigantic size; but specimens of the black oak were intermingled. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z

The light in the hall was turned out, and the sombre black oak panelling made the great apartment seem darker than it really was. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z

Armor looks splendid against black oak, and there's a Venice glass in the Quai Voltaire, which will suit that high mantle-piece to an inch, sir. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z

She pointed to the groined roof of black oak. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z

She thrust her hand beneath the pillow, and drew out a bunch of very bright-worn keys, before crossing the room to a tall, black oak cabinet in the corner near the bed’s head. The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z

Black oak floor, black oak panelling up to the ceiling; as evening darkened how melancholy this grew! Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z

His black oak furniture was brightly polished by some basement person or other, his saddlebag chairs scrupulously beaten and brushed. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z

Originally made of black oak, the high-security replacement was installed after 1991's IRA attack, in which a mortar launched from a van parked in nearby Whitehall exploded in Number 10's back garden. Spit and polish 2010-05-12T11:57:00Z

At the further side of the table beneath the great crimson shaded lamp sat Charlotte, her fingers drumming a nervous tattoo upon the polished black oak beneath them. The Princess Galva A Romance

Stephen withdrew the pipe from his mouth and dealt the black oak table in front of him a blow with his great fist. The Hillman

The furniture was chiefly of old black oak, with an extraordinary number of chests with various ornamental work round the walls. Deep Moat Grange

It shone on the black oak furniture and the saddlebag chairs, on our two hats on the table, on the neatly curtained recess where the hats should have been. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z

It had heavy black oak paneling midway to the ceiling, which was formed of heavy beams and rafters of the same wood. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas

They sat in the white parlor on tall chairs of black oak among the sounds of ticking clocks and distant bees and a smell of sweet herbs and dryness. Sinister Street, vol. 2

The room is large and sombre, barely lighted with a feeble glimmer of candles; the silver gleams dully on the dressers of old black oak; the frescoes on the walls—sacred subjects—are barely distinguishable. Majesty A Novel

We sat in pleasant conversation under the black oaks until the approaching twilight compelled us to return to the town. The Progressionists, and Angela.

If he could forget that he had authorised me to sell that black oak furniture of his he could forget more vital matters. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z

In middle of northwest slope, in thick branches of broken top of a black oak. Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana

Cathy begged the key from the care-taker at the lodge, and we wandered round the panelled rooms, wondering at the black oak beams of the ceilings, and the delightful ingle-nooks of the wide old-fashioned fireplaces. The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story

The "Fox" was an old-fashioned house, of framed wood, with queer diamond-shaped panes to the windows, and a great armorial coat over the door, where a fox, in black oak, stood out conspicuously. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands

It was a little wing with three gables to the front, the ancient framework, of black oak, quaintly ornamented with many a tasteful device and grim decoration. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day

Sitting brooding among his black oak furniture, I tried to envisage even that merest fragment of it all that was being enacted within a quarter of a mile at that moment. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z

In the woods around were splendid trees, white and black oak and chestnut, for planking, and pine for the decks. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read

Lesbia, passing under a carved doorway and up a black oak staircase, felt as if she stepped into an atmosphere of five or six hundred years ago. Loyal to the School

The timber on this range consists of live oak, and various oaks resembling white burr and black oak, besides various shrubs. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51

The narrow nail-studded door of black oak yields slowly to the push—it is not easy to enter, not easy to quit the present—but once close it, and the living world is gone. The Hills and the Vale

It was all staircases and galleries and halls, black oak darknesses and sudden clear spaces and beautiful chintzy, silky rooms—lots of them, for Mrs. Wrackham—and books and busts and statues everywhere. The Return of the Prodigal

Trinkets of all sorts that they gather in travels in distant seas the tides bring and lay lovingly at the roots of black oak and sweet gum, hickory and stag-horn sumac. Old Plymouth Trails

With a delighted thrill of anticipation she skipped up the black oak staircase to the door of Miss Joyce's studio. Loyal to the School

Upon the diners a luxurious ceiling looks down, a blaze of color upon black oak set off by masses of gold borders. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times

On a small black oak table in the middle of the rich green carpet, stood a crystal ball. The Moving Finger

It was an uncouth sort of implement, with a handle of strong black oak, and a short, compact head, square on the one face and oblong on the other. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education.

Most of its buildings—except its hall, with its black oak roof—are of comparatively modern date. Dickens' London

Like the rest of the Pilgrims' Inn it was a quaint old room, with black oak beams and diamond-paned windows. Loyal to the School

The hall was paved with black and white marble, and the staircase was of black oak, slippery as ice, with a chiming clock and a barrel-organ on the landing-places. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3)

By the table there was, too, an ancient carved linen-press of black oak, Amaryllis' bookcase. Amaryllis at the Fair

Lucy said that she would fetch them for herself, and went upstairs—shallow, broad stairs of black oak, very much admired by the experts. Love and Lucy

They sat at the black oak table in front of the fire. Rosinante to the Road Again

At night, however, Richard Gessner's fine silver set off the veritable black oak to perfection, and the room had an air of dignity and richness neither artificial nor offensive. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar

The woods chiefly consist of black oak, pine, and cedar-trees, which only grow on land of the worst quality. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe

It is in some ways the chief feature of the High Street, with its heavy balcony, supported by monstrous black oak brackets, and its cupola and bell-turret. Highways and Byways in Surrey

A black oak table was on one side of the room against the wall, upon which were to be seen a number of earthen beakers and a great silver jug or tankard. The Panchronicon

The woodwork is all solid black oak, good enough for an earl's mansion. The Toilers of the Field

Following her, they passed through the fine Tudor hall into the library, a long, low room, paneled in black oak, at the end of which was a large stained glass window. Humorous Ghost Stories

The valleys abound in black oaks, ash, palms, and poplar trees. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe

Of the thirty-six oaks, of which probably not less than six or eight are marketed, we can readily recognize by means of their minute anatomy at least two tribes—the white and black oaks. Seasoning of Wood

They contained forty acres, and were thickly studded with big native trees, mainly white and black oak and shag-bark hickory. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865

"They oughter be a black oak about here with a varmint hole in hit." A Tar-Heel Baron

The floor was of polished black oak covered with skins; the ceiling was paneled oak and had a paneled beam. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time

We were now in the midst of the Terre-Tempérée, and were surrounded by white and black oaks. Adventures of a Young Naturalist

The red and black oaks seem to be most susceptible and are often killed within 6 weeks after infection. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952

They ran down an uneven passage, and reached a door of black oak, which was opened with an old-fashioned latch. Girls of the Forest

An enormous black oak chimney-piece of curious design, having an ivory crucifix on the largest of its ledges, covered a part of one side and reached to the ceiling. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti

One table, one chair," said Mrs. Orban, "and a small black oak cupboard against the inner wall—it would have just about held Dorothy on the lower shelf. Queensland Cousins

I can still see Ombos standing like a figure carved in old ivory, with one skinny yellow hand resting on the edge of a black oak table. War and the Weird

So I blocked off the wheels with my axe, from the butt of a black oak tree, and backed home boards for a box, three miles, from the nearest saw-mill. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm

At the other side of the door they found themselves in a long and very low room, with a black oak floor and black oak walls. Girls of the Forest

The house was a queer survival of three centuries, with a pattern of black oak beams let into a white-washed front. The Bishop's Secret

But all was still, and there was no one behind the heavy curtains, nor inside the huge black oak cabinet beside the great mullioned window. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story

There were heavy Chinese tapestries worked in crimson and gold, Tibetan devil-masks, gold candelabra, armour richly inlaid with precious stones, wondrous black oak furniture.... War and the Weird

His Lordship hath an apartment in especial, furnished of polished black oak, that he keepeth for such as you. The King's Daughters

There was an old black oak desk, or sloping board, near the small latticed window in the thick wall. Old Jack

To anyone looking at him from the other side of the choir, he presented a remarkable picture, for which the black oak of Abbot Vinnicomb’s stalls supplied a frame. The Nebuly Coat

Bradwardine took Captain Waverley at once into an old dining room all panelled with black oak, round the walls of which hung pictures of former chiefs of the line of Tully-Veolan. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North

A lamp of pottery, burning wanly on a stone shelf jutting from the wall, showed the door, low, metal-bound, of tough black oak. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain

Among these the black oaks deserve special mention, for in places they form dense groves upon the ridges. The Western United States A Geographical Reader

As well as I could see by the light of the candle, it was floored, and panelled with black oak. A Master of Mysteries

For a moment they both lingered there, irresolute; and then Jervis, stepping forward, lifted the great iron handle of the black oak, nail-studded door. Good Old Anna

Ever I planted acorns, making two black oak trees grow where one grew before. The Acorn-Planter A California Forest Play (1916)

The chairs and couches were upholstered in black-and-white chintz, with a profusion of cushions of both hues, and the pictures on the white walls were etchings in black oak frames. Afterwards

The floors are exquisitely beautiful—some in fine old black oak, let in, in patterns; others are bricks and tiles, in mosaic. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland

The floor was of flags over arches below, and the bare stone walls showed at the windows and above the black oak panelling which reached ten feet from the ground. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers

There was a big round globe lamp on a black oak table, ornamented with the quaint carvings of the Fatherland, on the standard. Frontier Boys in Frisco

Two brigs, the Niagara and the Lawrence, were built with white and black oak and chestnut frames, the outside planking being of oak and the decks of pine. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country

"It certainly is rather a gloomy room," Mr. Murphy remarked, raising his eyes to the black oak ceiling, and then allowing them to dwell in turn on each of the angles and recesses. Scottish Ghost Stories

It was a spacious room, with a low ceiling where black beams crossed and recrossed each other; with wainscoted walls, and a carved chimney-piece of almost black oak. Cobwebs and Cables

The two back seats were of black oak, richly carved. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers

The frame for this portrait was the black oak of the library wainscoting, picked out with the faded gold on backs of books in a uniform binding of brown leather. The Heather-Moon

So low was the ceiling that when Fox arose and drew himself up to his full height the black oak beams were scarce a hand's breadth above his head. A Book of Quaker Saints

Opposite the pew is the pulpit, also of carved black oak, apparently ancient. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2

Our sitting room was the Abbot's refectory, splendid with black oak beams, and a noble ceiling. Set in Silver

I mounted on this carven box of old black oak and directed the rays of electric light into the chasm between it and the wall. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont

The Count opened a door of heavy black oak and stood aside for his Countess to enter. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension

The festoons of interlaced roses and lilies, carved in high relief on the high black oak fireplace, shone out clearly in the glow of two tall candles above their heads. A Book of Quaker Saints

A large old black oak chest bound with iron, bequeathed by Thomas to Bristol in 1466, is still in the possession of the city. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2

The pines were hopeless in this respect, but off a way she saw the naked branches of a black oak, and toward it she rolled, the closed razor in her mouth. The She Boss A Western Story

The bowl was then fixed into a stand of black oak about a foot high and there held securely, and the mouthpiece handed to Platzoff. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891

The only article of furniture in the room was a prie-dieu of black oak. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891

The house, though old—and its black oak panellings, silent staircases, dark corridors, and general air of gloom were certainly suggestive of ghosts—did not affect me in the same degree. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter

It was black oak and hickory—I have some of that myself. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916

Jo showed the men the razor, still propped up as she had left it, held up by the sucker of the black oak. The She Boss A Western Story

We had dined where we often dined when we were alone, in a little room, panelled with black oak, which opens off the hall. The Story of Bawn

The greater part of the type is tilled, while the uncultivated areas are used for pasturage and wood lots, the forest growth being black oak. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia

There was no writing table in the room, nor any signs of industry, but a black oak gate-table was laden with magazines and fashion papers. Nobody's Man

At the base of each of these is a queer little face carved in stone and the mantel is curiously carved in black oak—all of this being the work of the elder Tennyson himself. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland

His four-poster was supported by pillars of black oak, carved into strange forms, and surmounted by the Ashleigh coronet and coat of arms. The Black Box

"Your history's a bit rocky, but your ideas are all right," returned Cleek with a little smile, as he stood looking up at the square of black oak above them. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame

He now led me back into the deserted school-room, and we sat down together on an old black oak locker, at the bottom of the room. A Great Emergency and Other Tales

Low bookcases of black oak ran round the walls, and the shelves were crammed with books piled on one another, many in white vellum bindings, which showed pleasantly against the dark wood. The Half-Hearted

So I was ushered into the long low dining-room, with its old hunting prints and black oak furniture, and, best of all, with its huge log fire. The Betrayal

The blazing wood showed forth the chief Glenfernie gathering-place, wide and deep, with a great chimneypiece and walls of black oak, and hung thereon some old pieces of armor and old weapons. Foes

We adjourned to the shade of the big black oak on the knoll, and discussed the work in hand. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm

Within the cathedral was the side chapel, with its black oak screen, and a tawny-cheeked Belgian priest at the altar beginning the mass. A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg

There stood, large and solid, the mealark of black oak, with the date, 1644, carved just below the heavy lid, more than 200 years old, and as sound as ever. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned

Value for planting: The black oak is the poorest of the oaks for planting and is rarely offered by nurserymen. Studies of Trees

A black oak writing desk stood open, and a huge bowl of violets set upon it was guarded by an ivory statuette of the Venus of Milo. The Lighted Way

We were next shown into the Dining-room, whose roof is of black oak, richly carved. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met

Heaving a deep sigh, the magistrate then repaired to the library, a small room panelled with black oak, and furnished with a few cases of ancient tomes. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest

It was a grand, vast room, paneled in black oak, hung with somber draperies, and carpeted in rich dark Brussels. The Baronet's Bride

The leaves possess more lobes than the leaves of any of the other species of the black oak group, see Fig. Studies of Trees

A round table, before which stood two high-backed, black oak chairs, and which was lit with softly-shaded candles, stood in the middle of the room. The Lighted Way

The bark of the black oak, Quercus tinctoria and its varieties, natives of North America, are used by dyers under the name of quercitron. 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.

Well, then, it was nothing else but a little dirty black oak box, hooped round with iron, and covered with say-weed and barnacles, as if it had lain a long time in the water. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 4, 1841

Lord Newhaven sauntered back down the narrow black oak staircase to his own room on the ground-floor. Red Pottage

The white bark of the gray birch, the dark bark of the black oak, the gray of the beech, the golden yellow of the mulberry and the mottled bark of the sycamore are interesting comparisons. Studies of Trees

On a very ancient-looking black oak stand—cupboard below and shelves above—was ranged a vast assortment of crockery ware, and on the walls hung potbellied metal jugs and cans which shone like silver. A Maid of the Silver Sea

At one side of the house, between two black oak trees, was a hammock, and near it a large stone trough, into which water dripped from a faucet. Jimmy, Lucy, and All

Following her, they passed through the fine Tudor hall into the library, a long, low room, panelled in black oak, at the end of which was a large stained glass window. The Canterville Ghost

In the passage he stopped a moment at the foot of the narrow black oak staircase to the nurseries, which had once been his own nurseries. Red Pottage

How to tell them from each other: There are two groups of oaks, the white oak and the black oak. Studies of Trees

One night in early autumn Christopher was sitting at the great black oak table counting over the proceeds of the Kendal market, and Matt and Sam looked greedily on. Scottish sketches

The desks and benches were rude ones of black oak, and had been hacked by jack-knives. Jimmy, Lucy, and All

A black oak meal-chest stood against the wall and old-fashioned china filled the rack above. Carmen's Messenger

Along the edges of the picture, almost against the black oak frame, a continuous narrative unfolded in unintelligible episodes, intruding one upon the other, portraying Lilliputian figures, in houses of dwarfs. Là-bas

Comparisons: The black oak might sometimes be confused with the red and scarlet oaks. Studies of Trees

The Jacobean library in this house has the same black oak effect for panelling and at the windows, hang long, red silk curtains, with deep borders of gold on which are painted gay flowers. The Art of Interior Decoration

Nouns which denote the genus, species, or variety of beings or things, are always common; as, tree, the genus; oak, ash, chestnut, poplar, different species; and red oak, white oak, black oak, varieties. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures

In the hearth there was a glint of fire and a blue, sweet-scented puff of wood smoke; a great black oak beam roughly hewn crossed the ceiling. The Angels of Mons The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War

On the walls were two looking-glasses in old black oak frames carved with knights at tilt and angels' heads hovering above them. Aylwin

The yellow, bitter inner bark will distinguish the black oak from the other two. Studies of Trees

After ringing the bell and preparing the church for the service, he goes into the vestry, where stood an ancient black oak coffer, the sides curiously graven, and a great rusty key in the lock. The Parish Clerk

It contained only a writing-table, two simple chairs, a straight-backed divan covered with leather, and a large chest of black oak bound with ornamented steel work. In the Palace of the King A Love Story of Old Madrid

Prince Shan rose from his favourite chair of plain black oak heaped with green silk cushions and held out his hand a little tentatively. The Great Prince Shan

Round the walls of the hall, that were panelled with black oak boards, there were many glittering shields and corselets, with hunting horns and various trophies of the chase. The Thirsty Sword

The light-colored, smooth bark of the red oak and the dark, ridged bark of the black oak will distinguish the two, while the bark of the scarlet oak has an appearance intermediate between the two. Studies of Trees

When the detachment arrived at the position of the sentinel, he was found dead, at the foot of a black oak, against which it is supposed he was leaning at the time. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical

For the hall I have four chairs of black oak. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries)

The walls were of black oak, with white inlaid plaques on which a great artist had traced little fanciful figures,—a quaint Chinese landscape, a temple, a flower-hung pagoda. The Great Prince Shan

She held on to the banisters for a minute, but the shadows were so deceiving, with all the black oak, that he was not sure what her expression said. The Reason Why

The buds of the black oak are covered with hairs, those of the scarlet oak have fewer hairs and those of the red are practically free from hairs. Studies of Trees

The round table of rude black oak was set for a meal, and a young woman was feeding a child in a pinafore who sat in a high-chair. Fenwick's Career

It consists of a quadrangle, the S. side of which is formed by a combined hall and chapel of Elizabethan architecture, finely panelled with black oak. Somerset

The afternoon sun fell aslant the black oak parquetry where sat her Grace of Ellswold, Lady Constance and Mistress Penwick, engaged with limning and embroidery. Mistress Penwick

The black oak rafters of the roof, polished as it were by age, meet overhead unconcealed by ceiling. Hodge and His Masters

The buds are large and sharp pointed, but not as large as those of the black oak. Studies of Trees

For example, in some sections, the red and black oaks are replacing the white oaks. The School Book of Forestry

The black oak roof of low pitch has the panels of the western bay only richly carved with vine leaves and grapes. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains

I was much interested in some carved beams of black oak, which I afterwards learnt originally formed part of the magnificent roof of the village church. A Cotswold Village

Following her, they passed through the fine Tudor hall into the library, a long, low room, panelled in black oak, at the end of which was a large stained-glass window. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

My dressing-table was an old-fashioned piece of furniture of black oak, with drawers all down the front. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women

On three sides of the room, to the height of some ten feet, ran a continuous picture, an oil painting, divided into long sections by narrow panels of black oak. The Octopus : A story of California

Father cut a green black oak and sawed off some bolts, took a froe, that he brought from York State, and rived out shakes three inches wide and about an inch thick. The Bark Covered House

The panels behind are hard wood—thick black oak. The Crimson Blind

Now the room was her ladyship's drawing-room, bright with Gobelins tapestry, dazzling with Venetian mirrors, gaudy with gold and colour, the black oak floor enlivened by many-hued carpets from our new colony of Tangiers. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger

The massive chairs and tables were of black oak, with cushions of green velvet. Henry Dunbar A Novel

I forgot to mention a fourth kind of oak, namely the black oak, so called from the colour of its bark. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing

We dug a hole on the north side of a little black oak tree that stood on the hill west of the road, and there we deposited all that remained of those ancient people. The Bark Covered House

At the same moment precisely as she had done any time the last seven years the lady of the house descended the broad, black oak staircase to the hall. The Crimson Blind

The long, black oak corridors were dim in the ghostly twilight—the light carried by Phoebe looking only a poor speck in the broad passages through which the girl led her cousin. Lady Audley's Secret

All the heavier furniture of the room was likewise of black oak, but the chairs and couches were covered with faded tapestry and tarnished gilding, apparently the superannuated members of the general household of seats. The Portent & Other Stories

We have seen two or three pines for the first time, and a few black oaks. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart

In the window, placed slant-wise, was a carved black oak writing-table, a long row of photographs stuck up against the back shelf of it. The Far Horizon

The only ornament in the room was a beautifully carved silver crucifix on the black oak mantelpiece. The Cathedral

She assented, and very soon they were mounting the black oak stairs leading to this old corner of Manchester. The History of David Grieve

Henry Smith had suffered himself to sink mechanically upon a seat of old black oak, and now gazed on the fire, that flashed back a ruddy light over his manly features. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day

We have now got upon a plain slightly undulating with thick scrub and the unceasing mulga, intermixed with a few black oaks; no signs of water, no creeks. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart

The sacred table had disappeared, but two saintly statues, sculptured in black oak, seemed still to guard the spot which it had consecrated. Endymion

The dining-room was high-ceilinged with a fireplace of old red brick fronted with black oak beams. The Cathedral

It could not recover from the telling stroke which rent the black oak--the Emancipation Act. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form

Armour looks splendid against black oak, and there's a Venice glass in the Quai Voltaire, which will suit that high mantelpiece to an inch, sir. The History of Pendennis

The timber about here is very large, consisting of black oaks, mallee, mulga, the native peach, the nut, and numerous low scrubs. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart

He arose as he spoke, and going to another part of the studio, opened a black oak coffer, and took out of it a long object wrapped up in a piece of faded yellow silk. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales

He turned to Hazel, crying in the high armchair of black oak with its faded rose-coloured cushions. Gone to Earth

Their necks grew black, much like black oak in old houses. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies

The old china in the rack had been her mother's; she had brought it and the black oak meal-chest to Mireside thirty years since. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory"

Dip of the country to the east, sand hills to the west; afterwards it became alternate sand hills and grassy plains, mulga, mallee, and black oak. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart

A couple of chairs, a black oak gate-legged table, and a little green sofa made up the furniture. A Rogue by Compulsion

He rose up from the black oak settle in the hall with a jerky movement of irritation, and tramped to the front-door. The Bars of Iron

Bowls of roses, red and white and golden, bloomed delicately in every recess against the black oak of the panels. Peter's Mother

They were very pleasant bachelor rooms, with black oak walls and green hangings, prints upon the wall, a serviceable writing-table, and a deep green carpet. The Cinema Murder

That big black oak chest in the upper hall is English. The Spanish Chest

I remarked here a black oak chandelier, which the guide said was taken from the cathedral of Cologne. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2

Oaks, chesnes, of which several of the larger species may have been seen: as, the white oak, Quercus alba; black oak, Quercus tinfloria; Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea; and red oak, Quercus rubra. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02

A massive door of black oak closed a gate, which much resembled the ancient entrance to a ruined sepulchre, and not a soul appeared to acknowledge or greet their arrival. The Betrothed

This black oak ceiling and wainscoting is not as healthful as plaster; besides, it absorbs the light. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers

She came carefully down the stair to find Mr. Max seated on the big black oak settle, his hat and riding-crop beside him and Mrs. Trott arranging her table before the fire. The Spanish Chest

This choir so darkly bright, its stalls and seats carved in black oak, its flame-like arches, gorgeous with evening light, were a preparation and excitement of mind. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2

"I shall never forget my first experience," said my old friend Jim, as we all lighted fresh cigars—having forgotten the Dutch pictures and the black oak furnishings. Tales of the Road

No lamp had been lit, but the glow from the great turf fire played upon his face as he sat there, watching, waiting, and scheming in the chair of black oak. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch

Scattered between the giants, like subjects around their king, one finds noble fir, spruce, or pines, with some Valparaiso live oak, black oak, pepper-wood, madrone, yew, and cedar. The Valley of the Giants

It is wainscoted with black oak, which some vile wretch of a water doctor painted white, on the ground that it darkened the room. The Recreations of a Country Parson

I sat down with Mrs. M. in one of the little compartments, or stalls, as they are called, into which the galleries are divided, and which are richly carved in black oak. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2

Huge black oak beams curved over their heads, and dim inscriptions of mediæval Latin curled and writhed upon the walls. A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus

Some success has been secured in grafting the chestnut on the chestnut oak, but not, so far as we have heard, on the black oak. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered

The country was still open, and timbered with fine black oak, or what is so called in Australia. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,

To seek him out in his study—that esthetically bare and yet beautiful room, with its tobacco-brown hangings and monastic furnishing in black oak—would be to invite mischief. The Heart of Rachael

Mrs. Studdiford, an exquisite little figure of indecision, in a great Elizabethan chair of carved black oak, didn't really know; they were all so beautiful! The Story of Julia Page

On a small, black oak table at Rosamund's elbow two or three books were lying beside a bowl of dim blue glass which had opalescent lights in it. In the Wilderness

I have 10 to 15 acres of black oak trees which I wish to graft over to chestnuts. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered

Immediately after the start we entered thick scrubs as usual; they were mostly composed of the black oak, casuarina, with mulga and sandal-wood, not of commerce. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,

Within a quarter-of-an-hour the unconscious Paul, clad in a suit of Colonel Winwood's silk pyjamas, lay in a fragrant room, hung with green and furnished in old, black oak. The Fortunate Youth

The portal opened to a hall, such as is now rarely found; with the dais, the screen, the gallery, and the buttery-hatch all perfect, and all of carved black oak. Sybil, or the Two Nations

He passed an old curiosity shop, black and white, with a projecting upper storey, lattice windows with tiny panes, a door of black oak upon which many people had carved their names. In the Wilderness

There was a tall clock, and a big, black oak chest; curled ram's horns and brass candlesticks twinkled on the mantel; an old copper kettle threw back red reflections near the fire. The Girl from Keller's

In the fence was a great gate of black oak, which a black-robed Benedictine presently opened to their summons. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest

From this apartment a corridor floored with black oak led to the more modern wing, where light and air were treated in a less gingerly fashion. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day

In the centre was a table of black oak with cunningly carved legs, on which stood cups of silver and a noble centre piece that seemed to be of gold. The Virgin of the Sun

In some ways it was very like the room they had left, being low, large, and square, and having floors, walls and ceiling paneled with glossy black oak. The Midnight Queen

Wolsey, meanwhile, was received by Doctor Sampson at the doorway of his dwelling, and ushered by him into a chamber on the upper floor, wainscoted with curiously carved and lustrously black oak. Windsor Castle

He lit a candle and went down to the library, an ancient and beautiful apartment with black oak panelling between the bookcases, set there in the time of Elizabeth. A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa

In the dining-room, which was panelled with black oak, was the Christmas-tree. Allan's Wife

With the energy of freshened resolution, he lighted his candle, and walked, with echoing steps, up the black oak staircase, along the broad gallery, up another flight, down another passage, to his own room. The Heir of Redclyffe

This black oak ceiling and wainscoating is not as healthful as plaster; besides, it absorbs the light. Condensed Novels

It was an immense vaulted apartment, wainscoted in black oak, and lighted by three small ogive windows, looking out upon the terrace. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels

The room—a large and lofty one, with an arched roof—had somewhat of a somber character, from being wainscoted and ceiled with polished black oak of a great age. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American

In the middle of the floor of chequered marbles, black and white, stood a carved table of black oak. Scaramouche

Against the black oak of the chimneypiece she had almost the appearance of a framed cameo. The Zeppelin's Passenger

The door itself was studded with iron nails, and formed of black oak; an iron rasp, as it was called, was placed on it, instead of a knocker, for the purpose of summoning the attendants. Chronicles of the Canongate

Turning his head slowly, they wandered over everything about him, the table, the chairs, the plate, and the black oak wainscoting. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels

The pews are of black oak, with high divisions; and the names of those to whom they belong are painted in white letters on the doors. Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1

The massive chimneypiece was of black oak, and above it were carved the arms of the House of Fentolin. The Vanished Messenger

It was a fine place, with antlers, and arms, and foxes’ brushes hung upon the walls, and with carved panels of black oak, and oaken floor and furnishings. A Lady of Quality

It was agreed, and they took careful note of the place, a little hill crowned with a thick cluster of black oaks, a landmark easy to remember. The Scouts of the Valley

Wringing her hands, at intervals— But long as mute as phantom dim— She glides along the dusky walls, Under the black oak rafters grim. Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

When the men trooped into the black oak wainscotted dining-hall on the eventful night, they found their audacious young hostess awaiting them in greater and more daring beauty than they had ever before beheld. A Lady of Quality

At the set time he returned to the little hill crowned with the black oaks, and as he approached it from one side he saw Shif'less Sol coming from another. The Scouts of the Valley

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例句	black oak And just like that, Mutti packs up everything—the dishes, the pots and pans, the uneven chairs, the brown wooden table, the worn armchair, the scratched-up black oak table lamp, the two wooden bedsteads. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The spear she held was eight feet of black oak, tipped in rusted steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was a chair as well, carved of black oak with a red leather seat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Great beams of black oak supported the high ceilings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cutwater rummaged around in a black oak chest of stolen goods. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Explosions tear and scar the land, spitting out black oaks and coal mines, street lamps and scorpions. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The chestnut oak is a creature of rocky, upland woodlands; the black oak inhabits such places, too, but is most at home in deeper, richer soil. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z If you have the room, why not plant handsome oaks that are often overlooked, such as the swamp white oak, the chestnut oak or the black oak? Dull fall may sharpen our tree planting skills Those of the black oak had taken two years to form and ripen. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The black oak belongs to the red oak group, which also includes the more familiar pin oak, willow oak and northern red oak. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The bark of the black oak is dark and ridged but seems almost smooth compared with the chestnut oak’s deep, blocky ridges. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The black oak has large, deeply lobed leaves; its companion has lovely tooth-edged leaves, more like those of its relatives the chestnut and beech trees. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z One was a chestnut oak, the other a black oak, and they had grown tall in each other’s shelter over many decades. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z It is in understanding the wild ancestry of garden plants, whether that’s a hay-scented fern or a black oak tree — that the informed gardener is the most successful. Perspective \| Botanical illustration is becoming endangered, but the job is essential 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The shade of the black oak had forced the crown of the chestnut oak to arc away from it, but this gave the pair a sense of movement, as if they were dancing. Plant an oak tree — or better yet, start with acorns 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The range of plant life along the creek is phenomenal: Towering ponderosa pines, with bark resembling rose-pink snakeskin, compete in height with coast redwoods, mixed in with California black oaks, cedars, madronas and more. Ashland, Ore., in autumn: Take in a show, bike a mountain, tour a vineyard 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Seen from old roads often lined by black oak trees, the Slovakian countryside was mouse-colored and nude, an ancient settled European landscape almost untouched by the 20th century. \| Slovakia Off-Piste 2011-01-24T17:44:21Z These include several presented to the British monarch: a replica of her favorite colored horse “Tinkerbell”, a dapple gray for her 2002 Golden Jubilee and a black oak horse for her 2012 Diamond Jubilee. Fit for a prince or princess: making rocking horses for royals 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z The California black oak, for instance, is “strong, sturdy, and self-sufficient” — and, by extension, so is Dowd. How to survive a family cult in the Angeles National Forest, according to a memoir 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Each acorn was painted with colored bands to indicate its species: red oak, bur oak, black oak, white oak, swamp white oak, scarlet oak, pin oak, willow oak. Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z There’s a massive old black oak tree outside that they sit under and read when the weather is nice. Dispatches from Yosemite: Alone with the bears and beauty 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z The study, published in the science journal Frontiers focused on insects that eat the leaves of white oak and black oak trees in Missouri. Study: Climate change could threaten bugs in Missouri 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z “We’re trying to recreate the old black oak savanna,” Anderson said. Old Army depot now teems with wildlife in Iowa 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Other species of trees in the study area included ash, tulip poplar, sassafras, red and black oaks, walnut and elm. Southern Indiana land trust gift includes old-growth trees 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Invasive species like English ivy, Japanese honeysuckle, Norway maples and sycamore maples will be replaced with black oak, dogwood, spicebush and native ferns. In Prospect Park, First the Goats, Then the Shrubbery 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z And in 2015, Dragon Kim and Justin Lee, both 14, were killed when a black oak limb fell while they slept in their tent in the Upper Pines Campground of Yosemite Valley. Woman killed by falling 200-foot tree at Yosemite was a park worker 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z The study further analyzed data for trees that turn red: red maple, sugar maple, black gum, white oak, red oak, black oak, black cherry and white ash. How a Changing Climate Is Shaping a Leaf Peeper’s Paradise 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Further south, in the San Bernardino Mountains, the black oak, bigleaf maple and aspen trees were starting to pop with orange and lime green, spotters said. California Today: The Silicon Valley Rent War 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z The boys were sleeping in a tent when a limb fell from a black oak tree about 5 a.m. Campers killed by tree limb in Yosemite were teenage boys 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The teens were sleeping in their tent at the popular campground when a black oak limb collapsed on them, according to park officials. Two campers killed by falling tree limb at Yosemite were Southern California teens 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said the branch was from a black oak. A loud bang, then a scream in Yosemite when branch kills 2 children 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z The large limb from a black oak fell on the tent of the two young campers as they slept in the heart of the park on Friday, Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said. Squirrels with plague and tree-limb deaths darken Yosemite summer 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z The limb fell from a black oak tree about 5 a.m. Tree limb falls on tent killing 2 young campers in Yosemite 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Gediman says the limb fell from a black oak tree at about 5 a.m. Oak tree limb falls on tent in Yosemite National Park, killing 2 young campers, officials say 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Among the reasons are habitat loss from land development and suppression of the wildfires that are a necessary part of the ecology of the pine barren and black oak savanna where the insects live. Endangered Karner blue butterfly nears recovery goals in New York; outlook poor in Indiana 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z A young alternate-leaf dogwood grows near an old Florida dogwood, to replace it when it dies; a young black oak will shade the corner when the old Kwanzan cherry goes. A Rain Garden That Even the Neighbors Seem To Like 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z There was but one door, too--that by which she had entered; and the whole of the walls of the room was covered with black oak, of which also the beams overhead were formed. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z It was a small but somewhat lengthened octangular room, lined throughout with dark black oak, carved in the most exquisite manner. Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:31.930Z Most of its buildings—except its hall, with black oak roof—are of comparatively modern date. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z It possessed a heavy door carved in black oak, which door was not set flat in the wall, but placed cross-ways across the corner—evidently a relic of great antiquity. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Red and black oaks and maple-leaved viburnum dominate in drier soils. City Room: Spring Time - Spring Comes to a City Woodland 2012-03-20T15:23:04Z Kaltsauna’s quiver was a grizzly bearskin; his bows and arrows were made of black oak. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z The furniture was all of black oak, as also were the bookshelves, and the carpet and hangings were of a deep olive-green. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z Opposite the windows were two fireplaces, the elaborately-carved black oak mantels reaching to the ceiling. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The black oak and other trees were in blossom, and many interesting plants. 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 The polished black oak floor was covered with Eastern rugs, and a fine silver-tip grizzly bearskin lay on the hearthstone. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z Go north and bring a black oak with the roots. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z She certainly made a very charming picture, curled up in the great black oak chair, with the firelight playing upon her ruddy golden hair and glistening in her bright eyes. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z He traversed the whole length of the room, and set down the lamp on a black oak table with heavy claw-feet. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z In a black oak chest all carven, We found it laid, Still faintly sweet of Lavender, An old brocade. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z “Scarlet oak, black oak, true red oak,” Dr. Ashton said. Boom and Bust in Acorns Will Affect Many Creatures, Including Humans 2011-12-03T02:56:43Z Look, this is the best thing in the room,” putting a hand upon an old sideboard of well nigh black oak, and then withdrawing it. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Climbing up a black oak are hairy ropes of poison ivy, its fiery leaves impossible to miss. City Room: Autumn Unfolds: Enticements for Migrating Birds 2011-10-21T15:52:32Z And in the minstrels' gallery you may see how cunningly the carved angels and griffons have been inserted at intervals in the black oak balustrade. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z The trimness of the leaf is matched by the neat acorn, whose scaly cup has none of the looseness seen in the burly black oak. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z God grant that he does not abuse it He who has heard it—be careful—is not wood, the black oak of the old confessional; he is a man of flesh and blood. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z THE black oak, sometimes farther north called yellow oak or yellow-barked oak, usually grows to be about 80 feet in height and 1 to 3 feet in diameter. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z The forests of sugar pine, yellow pine, fir, cedar, black oak, and other trees are the noblest of their kind. Sequoia [California] National Park 2011-09-21T02:00:31.497Z Soon they were all gayly chatting at an immense, round table of black oak, so highly polished that it reflected the silver and china and the faces of the guests in its shining board. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z On the winter twigs, among the characteristic "pins," are the half-grown acorns that proclaim the tree an oak beyond a doubt, and a black oak, requiring a second summer for the maturing of its fruit. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z At the head of the table Captain Wits is seated in a chair of black oak with a velvet cushion. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z The jack oak, Quercus ellipsoidalis Hill, is a smaller tree found frequently alongside black oak in the northern third of the State. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Opposite this, on the left hand side, is the Hall; its north end is partially closed by massive screens of black oak. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z She was almost asleep, a slender little figure in a great armchair of carved black oak. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z Hence the white oak group and the black oak group may be easily distinguished at a glance, by the bark, the leaf, and the acorn crop. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The chest was of black oak, rudely carved, and strongly protected by bands of iron. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Like all members of the black oak group, the fruit requires two seasons to mature. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Bevis cut the staff shorter, not without some difficulty, for the old black oak was hard like iron. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z In the corner, where, behind her, a piece of fourteenth century tapestry cut a green and pink square against the rich black oak paneling, the Duchess of Breakwater sat waiting. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z Without a look at the leaves, one might call it a black oak. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Squire Thorpe’s pew of black oak occupied one entire side of the chancel; the choir and the barrel-organ were together, far down the side-aisle. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Noble workmanship in wood may be found, too, in some of the ancient barns; sometimes the beams are of black oak, in others of chestnut. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z There we alighted, and, leaving old Hector to drive the carryall around to the stable door, we entered and went up the long grass-grown walk between the black oaks, until we reached the house. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z The walls of the room are colored a light, cool gray in distemper, with a black oak wainscot about four feet high. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z The black oak of the vast region east of the Rocky Mountains is the type or pattern species. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The timber consists principally of red, white and black oak, sugar maple, tamarack, poplar, elm, elder, and ash. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z We mounted the staircase, a broad, old-fashioned flight of steps, surmounted with heavy balustrades of black oak. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z The narrow nail-studded door of black oak yields slowly to the push—it is not easy to enter, not easy to quit the Present—but once close it, and the living world is gone. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z The old carved black oak dining-table was lost in the vastness of the apartment. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z The leaf is thin, silky smooth, its lobes separated by sinuses so deep that it is a mere skeleton compared with the black oak's. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z I sleep in the ghost-room, looking most grim and weird from its black oak with red hangings, and containing a tall bed with a red canopy. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The live oaks, as far as structure is concerned, belong to the black oaks, but are much less porous, and are exceedingly heavy and hard. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z De black oak and cherry made de dyes. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z A grove of black oaks along the bank waved silently in the clear night; frogs chirped merrily from the fenced in fields, where fireflies sparkled and flashed before a long dark background of foliage. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z The predominant tree in the primitive forest here was the pine, which attained a gigantic size; but specimens of the black oak were intermingled. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The light in the hall was turned out, and the sombre black oak panelling made the great apartment seem darker than it really was. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z Armor looks splendid against black oak, and there's a Venice glass in the Quai Voltaire, which will suit that high mantle-piece to an inch, sir. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z She pointed to the groined roof of black oak. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z She thrust her hand beneath the pillow, and drew out a bunch of very bright-worn keys, before crossing the room to a tall, black oak cabinet in the corner near the bed’s head. The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z Black oak floor, black oak panelling up to the ceiling; as evening darkened how melancholy this grew! Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z His black oak furniture was brightly polished by some basement person or other, his saddlebag chairs scrupulously beaten and brushed. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Originally made of black oak, the high-security replacement was installed after 1991's IRA attack, in which a mortar launched from a van parked in nearby Whitehall exploded in Number 10's back garden. Spit and polish 2010-05-12T11:57:00Z At the further side of the table beneath the great crimson shaded lamp sat Charlotte, her fingers drumming a nervous tattoo upon the polished black oak beneath them. The Princess Galva A Romance Stephen withdrew the pipe from his mouth and dealt the black oak table in front of him a blow with his great fist. The Hillman The furniture was chiefly of old black oak, with an extraordinary number of chests with various ornamental work round the walls. Deep Moat Grange It shone on the black oak furniture and the saddlebag chairs, on our two hats on the table, on the neatly curtained recess where the hats should have been. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z It had heavy black oak paneling midway to the ceiling, which was formed of heavy beams and rafters of the same wood. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas They sat in the white parlor on tall chairs of black oak among the sounds of ticking clocks and distant bees and a smell of sweet herbs and dryness. Sinister Street, vol. 2 The room is large and sombre, barely lighted with a feeble glimmer of candles; the silver gleams dully on the dressers of old black oak; the frescoes on the walls—sacred subjects—are barely distinguishable. Majesty A Novel We sat in pleasant conversation under the black oaks until the approaching twilight compelled us to return to the town. The Progressionists, and Angela. If he could forget that he had authorised me to sell that black oak furniture of his he could forget more vital matters. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z In middle of northwest slope, in thick branches of broken top of a black oak. Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana Cathy begged the key from the care-taker at the lodge, and we wandered round the panelled rooms, wondering at the black oak beams of the ceilings, and the delightful ingle-nooks of the wide old-fashioned fireplaces. The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story The "Fox" was an old-fashioned house, of framed wood, with queer diamond-shaped panes to the windows, and a great armorial coat over the door, where a fox, in black oak, stood out conspicuously. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands It was a little wing with three gables to the front, the ancient framework, of black oak, quaintly ornamented with many a tasteful device and grim decoration. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Sitting brooding among his black oak furniture, I tried to envisage even that merest fragment of it all that was being enacted within a quarter of a mile at that moment. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z In the woods around were splendid trees, white and black oak and chestnut, for planking, and pine for the decks. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read Lesbia, passing under a carved doorway and up a black oak staircase, felt as if she stepped into an atmosphere of five or six hundred years ago. Loyal to the School The timber on this range consists of live oak, and various oaks resembling white burr and black oak, besides various shrubs. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 The narrow nail-studded door of black oak yields slowly to the push—it is not easy to enter, not easy to quit the present—but once close it, and the living world is gone. The Hills and the Vale It was all staircases and galleries and halls, black oak darknesses and sudden clear spaces and beautiful chintzy, silky rooms—lots of them, for Mrs. Wrackham—and books and busts and statues everywhere. The Return of the Prodigal Trinkets of all sorts that they gather in travels in distant seas the tides bring and lay lovingly at the roots of black oak and sweet gum, hickory and stag-horn sumac. Old Plymouth Trails With a delighted thrill of anticipation she skipped up the black oak staircase to the door of Miss Joyce's studio. Loyal to the School Upon the diners a luxurious ceiling looks down, a blaze of color upon black oak set off by masses of gold borders. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times On a small black oak table in the middle of the rich green carpet, stood a crystal ball. The Moving Finger It was an uncouth sort of implement, with a handle of strong black oak, and a short, compact head, square on the one face and oblong on the other. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. Most of its buildings—except its hall, with its black oak roof—are of comparatively modern date. Dickens' London Like the rest of the Pilgrims' Inn it was a quaint old room, with black oak beams and diamond-paned windows. Loyal to the School The hall was paved with black and white marble, and the staircase was of black oak, slippery as ice, with a chiming clock and a barrel-organ on the landing-places. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) By the table there was, too, an ancient carved linen-press of black oak, Amaryllis' bookcase. Amaryllis at the Fair Lucy said that she would fetch them for herself, and went upstairs—shallow, broad stairs of black oak, very much admired by the experts. Love and Lucy They sat at the black oak table in front of the fire. Rosinante to the Road Again At night, however, Richard Gessner's fine silver set off the veritable black oak to perfection, and the room had an air of dignity and richness neither artificial nor offensive. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar The woods chiefly consist of black oak, pine, and cedar-trees, which only grow on land of the worst quality. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe It is in some ways the chief feature of the High Street, with its heavy balcony, supported by monstrous black oak brackets, and its cupola and bell-turret. Highways and Byways in Surrey A black oak table was on one side of the room against the wall, upon which were to be seen a number of earthen beakers and a great silver jug or tankard. The Panchronicon The woodwork is all solid black oak, good enough for an earl's mansion. The Toilers of the Field Following her, they passed through the fine Tudor hall into the library, a long, low room, paneled in black oak, at the end of which was a large stained glass window. Humorous Ghost Stories The valleys abound in black oaks, ash, palms, and poplar trees. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Of the thirty-six oaks, of which probably not less than six or eight are marketed, we can readily recognize by means of their minute anatomy at least two tribes—the white and black oaks. Seasoning of Wood They contained forty acres, and were thickly studded with big native trees, mainly white and black oak and shag-bark hickory. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 "They oughter be a black oak about here with a varmint hole in hit." A Tar-Heel Baron The floor was of polished black oak covered with skins; the ceiling was paneled oak and had a paneled beam. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time We were now in the midst of the Terre-Tempérée, and were surrounded by white and black oaks. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The red and black oaks seem to be most susceptible and are often killed within 6 weeks after infection. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 They ran down an uneven passage, and reached a door of black oak, which was opened with an old-fashioned latch. Girls of the Forest An enormous black oak chimney-piece of curious design, having an ivory crucifix on the largest of its ledges, covered a part of one side and reached to the ceiling. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti One table, one chair," said Mrs. Orban, "and a small black oak cupboard against the inner wall—it would have just about held Dorothy on the lower shelf. Queensland Cousins I can still see Ombos standing like a figure carved in old ivory, with one skinny yellow hand resting on the edge of a black oak table. War and the Weird So I blocked off the wheels with my axe, from the butt of a black oak tree, and backed home boards for a box, three miles, from the nearest saw-mill. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm At the other side of the door they found themselves in a long and very low room, with a black oak floor and black oak walls. Girls of the Forest The house was a queer survival of three centuries, with a pattern of black oak beams let into a white-washed front. The Bishop's Secret But all was still, and there was no one behind the heavy curtains, nor inside the huge black oak cabinet beside the great mullioned window. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story There were heavy Chinese tapestries worked in crimson and gold, Tibetan devil-masks, gold candelabra, armour richly inlaid with precious stones, wondrous black oak furniture.... War and the Weird His Lordship hath an apartment in especial, furnished of polished black oak, that he keepeth for such as you. The King's Daughters There was an old black oak desk, or sloping board, near the small latticed window in the thick wall. Old Jack To anyone looking at him from the other side of the choir, he presented a remarkable picture, for which the black oak of Abbot Vinnicomb’s stalls supplied a frame. The Nebuly Coat Bradwardine took Captain Waverley at once into an old dining room all panelled with black oak, round the walls of which hung pictures of former chiefs of the line of Tully-Veolan. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North A lamp of pottery, burning wanly on a stone shelf jutting from the wall, showed the door, low, metal-bound, of tough black oak. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Among these the black oaks deserve special mention, for in places they form dense groves upon the ridges. The Western United States A Geographical Reader As well as I could see by the light of the candle, it was floored, and panelled with black oak. A Master of Mysteries For a moment they both lingered there, irresolute; and then Jervis, stepping forward, lifted the great iron handle of the black oak, nail-studded door. Good Old Anna Ever I planted acorns, making two black oak trees grow where one grew before. The Acorn-Planter A California Forest Play (1916) The chairs and couches were upholstered in black-and-white chintz, with a profusion of cushions of both hues, and the pictures on the white walls were etchings in black oak frames. Afterwards The floors are exquisitely beautiful—some in fine old black oak, let in, in patterns; others are bricks and tiles, in mosaic. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland The floor was of flags over arches below, and the bare stone walls showed at the windows and above the black oak panelling which reached ten feet from the ground. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers There was a big round globe lamp on a black oak table, ornamented with the quaint carvings of the Fatherland, on the standard. Frontier Boys in Frisco Two brigs, the Niagara and the Lawrence, were built with white and black oak and chestnut frames, the outside planking being of oak and the decks of pine. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country "It certainly is rather a gloomy room," Mr. Murphy remarked, raising his eyes to the black oak ceiling, and then allowing them to dwell in turn on each of the angles and recesses. Scottish Ghost Stories It was a spacious room, with a low ceiling where black beams crossed and recrossed each other; with wainscoted walls, and a carved chimney-piece of almost black oak. Cobwebs and Cables The two back seats were of black oak, richly carved. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers The frame for this portrait was the black oak of the library wainscoting, picked out with the faded gold on backs of books in a uniform binding of brown leather. The Heather-Moon So low was the ceiling that when Fox arose and drew himself up to his full height the black oak beams were scarce a hand's breadth above his head. A Book of Quaker Saints Opposite the pew is the pulpit, also of carved black oak, apparently ancient. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Our sitting room was the Abbot's refectory, splendid with black oak beams, and a noble ceiling. Set in Silver I mounted on this carven box of old black oak and directed the rays of electric light into the chasm between it and the wall. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont The Count opened a door of heavy black oak and stood aside for his Countess to enter. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension The festoons of interlaced roses and lilies, carved in high relief on the high black oak fireplace, shone out clearly in the glow of two tall candles above their heads. A Book of Quaker Saints A large old black oak chest bound with iron, bequeathed by Thomas to Bristol in 1466, is still in the possession of the city. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 The pines were hopeless in this respect, but off a way she saw the naked branches of a black oak, and toward it she rolled, the closed razor in her mouth. The She Boss A Western Story The bowl was then fixed into a stand of black oak about a foot high and there held securely, and the mouthpiece handed to Platzoff. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 The only article of furniture in the room was a prie-dieu of black oak. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 The house, though old—and its black oak panellings, silent staircases, dark corridors, and general air of gloom were certainly suggestive of ghosts—did not affect me in the same degree. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter It was black oak and hickory—I have some of that myself. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Jo showed the men the razor, still propped up as she had left it, held up by the sucker of the black oak. The She Boss A Western Story We had dined where we often dined when we were alone, in a little room, panelled with black oak, which opens off the hall. The Story of Bawn The greater part of the type is tilled, while the uncultivated areas are used for pasturage and wood lots, the forest growth being black oak. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia There was no writing table in the room, nor any signs of industry, but a black oak gate-table was laden with magazines and fashion papers. Nobody's Man At the base of each of these is a queer little face carved in stone and the mantel is curiously carved in black oak—all of this being the work of the elder Tennyson himself. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland His four-poster was supported by pillars of black oak, carved into strange forms, and surmounted by the Ashleigh coronet and coat of arms. The Black Box "Your history's a bit rocky, but your ideas are all right," returned Cleek with a little smile, as he stood looking up at the square of black oak above them. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame He now led me back into the deserted school-room, and we sat down together on an old black oak locker, at the bottom of the room. A Great Emergency and Other Tales Low bookcases of black oak ran round the walls, and the shelves were crammed with books piled on one another, many in white vellum bindings, which showed pleasantly against the dark wood. The Half-Hearted So I was ushered into the long low dining-room, with its old hunting prints and black oak furniture, and, best of all, with its huge log fire. The Betrayal The blazing wood showed forth the chief Glenfernie gathering-place, wide and deep, with a great chimneypiece and walls of black oak, and hung thereon some old pieces of armor and old weapons. Foes We adjourned to the shade of the big black oak on the knoll, and discussed the work in hand. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Within the cathedral was the side chapel, with its black oak screen, and a tawny-cheeked Belgian priest at the altar beginning the mass. A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg There stood, large and solid, the mealark of black oak, with the date, 1644, carved just below the heavy lid, more than 200 years old, and as sound as ever. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Value for planting: The black oak is the poorest of the oaks for planting and is rarely offered by nurserymen. Studies of Trees A black oak writing desk stood open, and a huge bowl of violets set upon it was guarded by an ivory statuette of the Venus of Milo. The Lighted Way We were next shown into the Dining-room, whose roof is of black oak, richly carved. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met Heaving a deep sigh, the magistrate then repaired to the library, a small room panelled with black oak, and furnished with a few cases of ancient tomes. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest It was a grand, vast room, paneled in black oak, hung with somber draperies, and carpeted in rich dark Brussels. The Baronet's Bride The leaves possess more lobes than the leaves of any of the other species of the black oak group, see Fig. Studies of Trees A round table, before which stood two high-backed, black oak chairs, and which was lit with softly-shaded candles, stood in the middle of the room. The Lighted Way The bark of the black oak, Quercus tinctoria and its varieties, natives of North America, are used by dyers under the name of quercitron. 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. Well, then, it was nothing else but a little dirty black oak box, hooped round with iron, and covered with say-weed and barnacles, as if it had lain a long time in the water. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 4, 1841 Lord Newhaven sauntered back down the narrow black oak staircase to his own room on the ground-floor. Red Pottage The white bark of the gray birch, the dark bark of the black oak, the gray of the beech, the golden yellow of the mulberry and the mottled bark of the sycamore are interesting comparisons. Studies of Trees On a very ancient-looking black oak stand—cupboard below and shelves above—was ranged a vast assortment of crockery ware, and on the walls hung potbellied metal jugs and cans which shone like silver. A Maid of the Silver Sea At one side of the house, between two black oak trees, was a hammock, and near it a large stone trough, into which water dripped from a faucet. Jimmy, Lucy, and All Following her, they passed through the fine Tudor hall into the library, a long, low room, panelled in black oak, at the end of which was a large stained glass window. The Canterville Ghost In the passage he stopped a moment at the foot of the narrow black oak staircase to the nurseries, which had once been his own nurseries. Red Pottage How to tell them from each other: There are two groups of oaks, the white oak and the black oak. Studies of Trees One night in early autumn Christopher was sitting at the great black oak table counting over the proceeds of the Kendal market, and Matt and Sam looked greedily on. Scottish sketches The desks and benches were rude ones of black oak, and had been hacked by jack-knives. Jimmy, Lucy, and All A black oak meal-chest stood against the wall and old-fashioned china filled the rack above. Carmen's Messenger Along the edges of the picture, almost against the black oak frame, a continuous narrative unfolded in unintelligible episodes, intruding one upon the other, portraying Lilliputian figures, in houses of dwarfs. Là-bas Comparisons: The black oak might sometimes be confused with the red and scarlet oaks. Studies of Trees The Jacobean library in this house has the same black oak effect for panelling and at the windows, hang long, red silk curtains, with deep borders of gold on which are painted gay flowers. The Art of Interior Decoration Nouns which denote the genus, species, or variety of beings or things, are always common; as, tree, the genus; oak, ash, chestnut, poplar, different species; and red oak, white oak, black oak, varieties. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures In the hearth there was a glint of fire and a blue, sweet-scented puff of wood smoke; a great black oak beam roughly hewn crossed the ceiling. The Angels of Mons The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War On the walls were two looking-glasses in old black oak frames carved with knights at tilt and angels' heads hovering above them. Aylwin The yellow, bitter inner bark will distinguish the black oak from the other two. Studies of Trees After ringing the bell and preparing the church for the service, he goes into the vestry, where stood an ancient black oak coffer, the sides curiously graven, and a great rusty key in the lock. The Parish Clerk It contained only a writing-table, two simple chairs, a straight-backed divan covered with leather, and a large chest of black oak bound with ornamented steel work. In the Palace of the King A Love Story of Old Madrid Prince Shan rose from his favourite chair of plain black oak heaped with green silk cushions and held out his hand a little tentatively. The Great Prince Shan Round the walls of the hall, that were panelled with black oak boards, there were many glittering shields and corselets, with hunting horns and various trophies of the chase. The Thirsty Sword The light-colored, smooth bark of the red oak and the dark, ridged bark of the black oak will distinguish the two, while the bark of the scarlet oak has an appearance intermediate between the two. Studies of Trees When the detachment arrived at the position of the sentinel, he was found dead, at the foot of a black oak, against which it is supposed he was leaning at the time. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical For the hall I have four chairs of black oak. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) The walls were of black oak, with white inlaid plaques on which a great artist had traced little fanciful figures,—a quaint Chinese landscape, a temple, a flower-hung pagoda. The Great Prince Shan She held on to the banisters for a minute, but the shadows were so deceiving, with all the black oak, that he was not sure what her expression said. The Reason Why The buds of the black oak are covered with hairs, those of the scarlet oak have fewer hairs and those of the red are practically free from hairs. Studies of Trees The round table of rude black oak was set for a meal, and a young woman was feeding a child in a pinafore who sat in a high-chair. Fenwick's Career It consists of a quadrangle, the S. side of which is formed by a combined hall and chapel of Elizabethan architecture, finely panelled with black oak. Somerset The afternoon sun fell aslant the black oak parquetry where sat her Grace of Ellswold, Lady Constance and Mistress Penwick, engaged with limning and embroidery. Mistress Penwick The black oak rafters of the roof, polished as it were by age, meet overhead unconcealed by ceiling. Hodge and His Masters The buds are large and sharp pointed, but not as large as those of the black oak. Studies of Trees For example, in some sections, the red and black oaks are replacing the white oaks. The School Book of Forestry The black oak roof of low pitch has the panels of the western bay only richly carved with vine leaves and grapes. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains I was much interested in some carved beams of black oak, which I afterwards learnt originally formed part of the magnificent roof of the village church. A Cotswold Village Following her, they passed through the fine Tudor hall into the library, a long, low room, panelled in black oak, at the end of which was a large stained-glass window. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories My dressing-table was an old-fashioned piece of furniture of black oak, with drawers all down the front. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women On three sides of the room, to the height of some ten feet, ran a continuous picture, an oil painting, divided into long sections by narrow panels of black oak. The Octopus : A story of California Father cut a green black oak and sawed off some bolts, took a froe, that he brought from York State, and rived out shakes three inches wide and about an inch thick. The Bark Covered House The panels behind are hard wood—thick black oak. The Crimson Blind Now the room was her ladyship's drawing-room, bright with Gobelins tapestry, dazzling with Venetian mirrors, gaudy with gold and colour, the black oak floor enlivened by many-hued carpets from our new colony of Tangiers. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger The massive chairs and tables were of black oak, with cushions of green velvet. Henry Dunbar A Novel I forgot to mention a fourth kind of oak, namely the black oak, so called from the colour of its bark. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing We dug a hole on the north side of a little black oak tree that stood on the hill west of the road, and there we deposited all that remained of those ancient people. The Bark Covered House At the same moment precisely as she had done any time the last seven years the lady of the house descended the broad, black oak staircase to the hall. The Crimson Blind The long, black oak corridors were dim in the ghostly twilight—the light carried by Phoebe looking only a poor speck in the broad passages through which the girl led her cousin. Lady Audley's Secret All the heavier furniture of the room was likewise of black oak, but the chairs and couches were covered with faded tapestry and tarnished gilding, apparently the superannuated members of the general household of seats. The Portent & Other Stories We have seen two or three pines for the first time, and a few black oaks. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart In the window, placed slant-wise, was a carved black oak writing-table, a long row of photographs stuck up against the back shelf of it. The Far Horizon The only ornament in the room was a beautifully carved silver crucifix on the black oak mantelpiece. The Cathedral She assented, and very soon they were mounting the black oak stairs leading to this old corner of Manchester. The History of David Grieve Henry Smith had suffered himself to sink mechanically upon a seat of old black oak, and now gazed on the fire, that flashed back a ruddy light over his manly features. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day We have now got upon a plain slightly undulating with thick scrub and the unceasing mulga, intermixed with a few black oaks; no signs of water, no creeks. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart The sacred table had disappeared, but two saintly statues, sculptured in black oak, seemed still to guard the spot which it had consecrated. Endymion The dining-room was high-ceilinged with a fireplace of old red brick fronted with black oak beams. The Cathedral It could not recover from the telling stroke which rent the black oak--the Emancipation Act. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form Armour looks splendid against black oak, and there's a Venice glass in the Quai Voltaire, which will suit that high mantelpiece to an inch, sir. The History of Pendennis The timber about here is very large, consisting of black oaks, mallee, mulga, the native peach, the nut, and numerous low scrubs. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart He arose as he spoke, and going to another part of the studio, opened a black oak coffer, and took out of it a long object wrapped up in a piece of faded yellow silk. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales He turned to Hazel, crying in the high armchair of black oak with its faded rose-coloured cushions. Gone to Earth Their necks grew black, much like black oak in old houses. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies The old china in the rack had been her mother's; she had brought it and the black oak meal-chest to Mireside thirty years since. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" Dip of the country to the east, sand hills to the west; afterwards it became alternate sand hills and grassy plains, mulga, mallee, and black oak. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart A couple of chairs, a black oak gate-legged table, and a little green sofa made up the furniture. A Rogue by Compulsion He rose up from the black oak settle in the hall with a jerky movement of irritation, and tramped to the front-door. The Bars of Iron Bowls of roses, red and white and golden, bloomed delicately in every recess against the black oak of the panels. Peter's Mother They were very pleasant bachelor rooms, with black oak walls and green hangings, prints upon the wall, a serviceable writing-table, and a deep green carpet. The Cinema Murder That big black oak chest in the upper hall is English. The Spanish Chest I remarked here a black oak chandelier, which the guide said was taken from the cathedral of Cologne. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 Oaks, chesnes, of which several of the larger species may have been seen: as, the white oak, Quercus alba; black oak, Quercus tinfloria; Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea; and red oak, Quercus rubra. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 A massive door of black oak closed a gate, which much resembled the ancient entrance to a ruined sepulchre, and not a soul appeared to acknowledge or greet their arrival. The Betrothed This black oak ceiling and wainscoting is not as healthful as plaster; besides, it absorbs the light. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers She came carefully down the stair to find Mr. Max seated on the big black oak settle, his hat and riding-crop beside him and Mrs. Trott arranging her table before the fire. The Spanish Chest This choir so darkly bright, its stalls and seats carved in black oak, its flame-like arches, gorgeous with evening light, were a preparation and excitement of mind. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 "I shall never forget my first experience," said my old friend Jim, as we all lighted fresh cigars—having forgotten the Dutch pictures and the black oak furnishings. Tales of the Road No lamp had been lit, but the glow from the great turf fire played upon his face as he sat there, watching, waiting, and scheming in the chair of black oak. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Scattered between the giants, like subjects around their king, one finds noble fir, spruce, or pines, with some Valparaiso live oak, black oak, pepper-wood, madrone, yew, and cedar. The Valley of the Giants It is wainscoted with black oak, which some vile wretch of a water doctor painted white, on the ground that it darkened the room. The Recreations of a Country Parson I sat down with Mrs. M. in one of the little compartments, or stalls, as they are called, into which the galleries are divided, and which are richly carved in black oak. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 Huge black oak beams curved over their heads, and dim inscriptions of mediæval Latin curled and writhed upon the walls. A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus Some success has been secured in grafting the chestnut on the chestnut oak, but not, so far as we have heard, on the black oak. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered The country was still open, and timbered with fine black oak, or what is so called in Australia. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, To seek him out in his study—that esthetically bare and yet beautiful room, with its tobacco-brown hangings and monastic furnishing in black oak—would be to invite mischief. The Heart of Rachael Mrs. Studdiford, an exquisite little figure of indecision, in a great Elizabethan chair of carved black oak, didn't really know; they were all so beautiful! The Story of Julia Page On a small, black oak table at Rosamund's elbow two or three books were lying beside a bowl of dim blue glass which had opalescent lights in it. In the Wilderness I have 10 to 15 acres of black oak trees which I wish to graft over to chestnuts. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered Immediately after the start we entered thick scrubs as usual; they were mostly composed of the black oak, casuarina, with mulga and sandal-wood, not of commerce. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Within a quarter-of-an-hour the unconscious Paul, clad in a suit of Colonel Winwood's silk pyjamas, lay in a fragrant room, hung with green and furnished in old, black oak. The Fortunate Youth The portal opened to a hall, such as is now rarely found; with the dais, the screen, the gallery, and the buttery-hatch all perfect, and all of carved black oak. Sybil, or the Two Nations He passed an old curiosity shop, black and white, with a projecting upper storey, lattice windows with tiny panes, a door of black oak upon which many people had carved their names. In the Wilderness There was a tall clock, and a big, black oak chest; curled ram's horns and brass candlesticks twinkled on the mantel; an old copper kettle threw back red reflections near the fire. The Girl from Keller's In the fence was a great gate of black oak, which a black-robed Benedictine presently opened to their summons. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest From this apartment a corridor floored with black oak led to the more modern wing, where light and air were treated in a less gingerly fashion. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day In the centre was a table of black oak with cunningly carved legs, on which stood cups of silver and a noble centre piece that seemed to be of gold. The Virgin of the Sun In some ways it was very like the room they had left, being low, large, and square, and having floors, walls and ceiling paneled with glossy black oak. The Midnight Queen Wolsey, meanwhile, was received by Doctor Sampson at the doorway of his dwelling, and ushered by him into a chamber on the upper floor, wainscoted with curiously carved and lustrously black oak. Windsor Castle He lit a candle and went down to the library, an ancient and beautiful apartment with black oak panelling between the bookcases, set there in the time of Elizabeth. A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa In the dining-room, which was panelled with black oak, was the Christmas-tree. Allan's Wife With the energy of freshened resolution, he lighted his candle, and walked, with echoing steps, up the black oak staircase, along the broad gallery, up another flight, down another passage, to his own room. The Heir of Redclyffe This black oak ceiling and wainscoating is not as healthful as plaster; besides, it absorbs the light. Condensed Novels It was an immense vaulted apartment, wainscoted in black oak, and lighted by three small ogive windows, looking out upon the terrace. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels The room—a large and lofty one, with an arched roof—had somewhat of a somber character, from being wainscoted and ceiled with polished black oak of a great age. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American In the middle of the floor of chequered marbles, black and white, stood a carved table of black oak. Scaramouche Against the black oak of the chimneypiece she had almost the appearance of a framed cameo. The Zeppelin's Passenger The door itself was studded with iron nails, and formed of black oak; an iron rasp, as it was called, was placed on it, instead of a knocker, for the purpose of summoning the attendants. Chronicles of the Canongate Turning his head slowly, they wandered over everything about him, the table, the chairs, the plate, and the black oak wainscoting. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels The pews are of black oak, with high divisions; and the names of those to whom they belong are painted in white letters on the doors. Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 The massive chimneypiece was of black oak, and above it were carved the arms of the House of Fentolin. The Vanished Messenger It was a fine place, with antlers, and arms, and foxes’ brushes hung upon the walls, and with carved panels of black oak, and oaken floor and furnishings. A Lady of Quality It was agreed, and they took careful note of the place, a little hill crowned with a thick cluster of black oaks, a landmark easy to remember. The Scouts of the Valley Wringing her hands, at intervals— But long as mute as phantom dim— She glides along the dusky walls, Under the black oak rafters grim. Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell When the men trooped into the black oak wainscotted dining-hall on the eventful night, they found their audacious young hostess awaiting them in greater and more daring beauty than they had ever before beheld. A Lady of Quality At the set time he returned to the little hill crowned with the black oaks, and as he approached it from one side he saw Shif'less Sol coming from another. The Scouts of the Valley
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