| 单词 | whalebone |
| 例句 | She doesn’t mean to be cruel, she doesn’t know she’s just relegated me to the dust heap along with crank telephones and whalebone stays. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She must have had a pelvic arch of whalebone, for she had big children one after the other. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Alexandra stood up and smoothed the various whalebone ridges running up and down her person. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Then I made braids and fastened them with long whalebone pins. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The drill came up first with topsoil and then with gravel and then with white sea sand full of shells and even pieces of whalebone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Three fine needles of whalebone, an awl for making holes, a good stone knife for scraping hides, two cooking pots, and a small box made from a shell with many earrings in it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t Aunt Ivy get a wrench in her whalebone corset to see me dolled up? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The whalebone knife I used for prying abalones from the rocks was tied to a thong at my waist. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z One had a skirt like a cage carved of whalebone, another a long train made of hundreds of doves’ wings all stitched together. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Making the best of things, he took apart a walking stick made of whalebone discs threaded on a metal rod, and used those as poker chips. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The whalebone archway makes for unforgettable photographs as you stroll along it, perhaps to watch sunset over the Indian Ocean. 10 of the world’s best piers: readers’ travel tips 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The tables include name of the vessel, its class, tonnage, captain, managing owner, whaling ground, date of sailing and arrival, sperm oil / whale oil / whalebone barrels and pounds. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z The stays are a little looser but the whalebone is just as rigid. Motherlode Blog: I Don't Want My Preschooler to Be a 'Gentleman' 2013-01-10T15:22:59Z By the 1960s, faded Victorian buildings were as popular as whalebone corsets. St. Pancras International was London’s Valentine to Europe 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Over the Victorian period, this manners-based culture became as rigid and enclosing as a whalebone corset. The wealth gap: How changing fortunes tear close friends apart 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z But what about those children, forced into whalebone stays, seen not only on tiny mannequins, but also on a group of dolls that reflected the fashions of the day? In Paris, Underneath It All 2013-07-29T10:37:16Z The men made handles for their carving knives out of whalebone, too, and brought home scrimshaw sewing baskets and puzzles for loved ones. Antiques: Scrimshaw in New Book From New Bedford Whaling Museum 2013-01-10T21:54:56Z “We found four or five bows with whalebone or tortoiseshell, and that’s just too difficult to permit,” said orchestra manager Cynthia Steele. Ivory, at the tip of a complex issue for traveling orchestra members 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z In North America, right whales were called the true whale, the whalebone whale, the 7ft bone whale and the rock-nose whale. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Sculptures and carvings are made from whalebone, tusk and soapstone. 36 Hours in Traverse City, Mich. 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Another is bludgeoned with a piece of whalebone. Review: In ‘The North Water,’ a Journey to the Arctic Turns Cutthroat 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z He also bought whalebone corset ribs, pie crimpers, clothespins, picture frames, tools and a bird cage. A Scrimshaw Collector’s Treasured Carvings 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Suspended from the ceiling is a whalebone ark. Robert Wilson Puts on a Show 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z The observed species are classified as baleen whales, which have a large bristly whalebone at the front of their mouth to filter feed, instead of teeth. Why are whales throwing seaweed on their heads? 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The farthingale sleeve is made from a thick cotton material called fustian, stitched with 14 casings of linen each containing a hoop of baleen, also known as whalebone. 'Extremely rare' 500-year-old textiles stun Antiques Roadshow expert 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z A missing whalebone that for decades formed half of a gateway in a market town has been reinstated. March's missing whalebone returns to local jubilation 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Later iterations included girdles and corsets made of whalebone, iron and leather. As life returns, so does Spanx 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z Every day, on board the Pequod, Ishmael looks out for a glimpse of Ahab, with a peg leg made out of whalebone. Herman Melville at Home 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z They needed to shed their whalebone girdles and hoop-reinforced skirts in favour of something simpler and more comfortable. How the bicycle changed the world 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Before beginning these journeys I was given a talisman; a small owl carved from a whalebone by an artist called Steve Dilworth. What lies beneath: Robert Macfarlane travels 'Underland' 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z In October, March resident Mohamed moved into a house that had the other whalebone by it. March's missing whalebone returns to local jubilation 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z His bodies were shaped with muscles and with seams, not with whalebone and horsehair padding. How Azzedine Alaïa changed the way we see women's bodies 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Standing in for the ark is a 19-inch ship’s hull, fabricated from wood and based on an Inuit model made of whalebone, which hangs from the ceiling. null 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z On the mantel were a tail feather from a black vulture, a bracket fungus, and an owl carved from jetsam whalebone that someone had sent to help him see in the dark. Pen Pals Provide Linguistic Curios 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Early wingsuit designs, made of canvas, wood, silk, steel, and whalebone, were unreliable, and more than 70% of jumpers died in the early 1900s, according to World Wingsuit League, which organizes competitions around the world. Wingsuit Test Pilot Has Thrills Galore, No Prospects for Life Insurance 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z "I've promised now not to pursue having the other whalebone removed - now they're a matching pair it seems cruel to have the other one removed." March's missing whalebone returns to local jubilation 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z He makes dazzling scrimshaw pieces – carvings in whalebone that were originally the handiwork of whalers. Duke Riley: the pigeon fancier whose 'avian ballet' enchanted New York 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Daniel inserted the whalebones – his first lesson, he jokes, in applied Euclidean form. Daniel Libeskind Interview: Childhood Bullies, Nazi Germany and the Jewish Museum He Built 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The struggle is symbolized by two massive whalebone arches — formed from the ribs of bowhead whales caught by villagers more than two decades ago — that lie at the entrance to the town from the airstrip. The remote Alaskan village that needs to be relocated due to climate change 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Sarah Buckingham, prosecuting, said pupils in Birmingham were threatened with a rod that "looked like a whalebone" and forced to swim naked. Teacher 'was sadistic sex abuser' 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Before then, women wore corsets stiffened with metal or whalebones for support. Latest News: Midterm Elections, Supreme Court, Virgin Galactic 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z But he is best known for his sculptures made from gigantic whalebones. The whalebone sculptor 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z A Mr. J. A. Sevey of Essex Street, Boston, sold fifty three varieties of whalebone items, including divining rods, tongue scrapers, plait raisers, and policeman’s clubs. How Harmful for Whales Is Shipping? [Excerpt] 2013-08-09T14:15:01.067Z As the American Journal noted in 1898: "No expert can manage either the typewriter or the bicycle while she is held in a close-fitting cage of whalebone and steel." The arrival of women in the office 2013-07-25T01:37:17Z The researchers now want to learn more about how the worms transport and use the nutrients they retrieve from whalebones. Observatory: Boneworms’ Secret Revealed 2013-05-06T19:38:31Z The game operates on a rune-based economy – the whalebone artefacts can be spent on unlocking and upgrading various skills and abilities that broaden Corvo's interactive vocabulary in interesting ways. Dishonored 2012-10-08T12:54:55Z Tremors of Anxiety Over Arctic Drilling Edward Itta, a former North Slope Borough mayor, with a skinboat frame near Barrow’s whalebone arch. Green Blog: Tremors of Anxiety Over Arctic Drilling 2012-05-24T11:52:38Z So, thanks to some clever new analysis, these old whalebones proved worth their salt in helping us understand whale populations in the era before we humans started launching our harpoons. DNA Fingers Real-Life Captain Ahabs for Precipitous Decline of Gray Whales 2012-05-09T22:45:00.267Z For the king there was a "gorgeous coach and seven beautiful horses, twelve arquebuses, six of whalebone and six variegated, and a vase of rock crystal filled with perfumes." Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It was as pliant and elastic as whalebone. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z As a preventative against anything that has once been in my stomach rising and remaining on the tongue, I use a piece of ordinary whalebone to curry it every morning, from end to end. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z The researchers compared contemporary whale DNA to that sampled from whalebones uncovered at archeological digs of indigenous fishing villages that ranged from 150 to 3,500 years old. DNA Fingers Real-Life Captain Ahabs for Precipitous Decline of Gray Whales 2012-05-09T22:45:00.267Z Mrs. Gilson's form swelled until it was a wonder the whalebone stood. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z I've all the rest of the fixin's, 'cause I found some horse-hairs in my 'shop' this morning; but I don't see how I am to get a springy twig or a strip of whalebone. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z They are remarkable for using combs made of whalebone. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z One would suppose that these edges were maintained by whalebone, like the stocks in which a past stiff-necked generation suffered so much. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z They catch small animals with snares, made of whalebone, just like hare-snares. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The whalebone is short, broad and coarse; but the yield of oil from a single whale has been as much as 75 barrels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The bark strips were sewed together with whalebone taken from whales stranded on the beach. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z I amused them to their complete satisfaction by letting them blow my whistle, fill my air-cushion, and put the whalebones into my collapsible basins. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z This month two whalers returned bringing 1,060 barrels oil and 72 cwt. whalebone. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z Don't burn them, for mercy sake, Alec; they are full of whalebones, and will make a dreadful odor. Eight Cousins Or, The Aunt-Hill 2012-01-15T03:00:12.507Z Farthingale, f�r′thing-gāl, n. a kind of crinoline of whalebone for distending women's dress. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The bars are struck by little steel hammers attached to whalebone sticks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z All of him that isn't steel is whipcord and whalebone, and he carries a copper riveted boiler where his stomach ought to be. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z She proved to be the Herald, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, U. S., out 27 months, and expecting to require to remain out 11 months longer, in order to complete her lading of oil and whalebone. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z Their dress much resembles that of the Greenlanders in Davis's Straits, except the women's boots, which are not stiffened out with whalebone, and the tails of their jackets are not more than a foot long. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z In addition to those just mentioned, alpaca, corduroy, gloves, ribbons, plush, whalebone, muslin, linen, biscuits, oilcakes, pepper, yeast, toilet soap, sperm candles, mustard, raisins, &c., are sent by sample post. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Bristolians, proud of their connection with the great discoverer, Cabot, assert that it is a whalebone brought to the city by the illustrious voyager on his return from Newfoundland. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z Fourthly, Salt fish of all kinds, whale-fins, whalebone, oil, and blubber, not caught by and cured on board British vessels, when imported into Great Britain, are subject to double aliens duty. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Occasionally a ship gets loaded within a brief space with oil and whalebone, by which, of course, the owner or charterer makes a splendid profit, and the entire crew obtain a handsome share. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z That was just a few years ago, but bacon as a “breakfast meat” now seems as remote as whalebone corsets or three-martini lunches. The Tyranny of Meals 2011-11-30T10:00:02Z The fat produces a large amount of oil; the whalebone is a productive article of commerce; and most of the remainder of the animal is converted into manure. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z Mr. Slocumb had a slim black cane that looked like a polished and rounded whalebone and ended in the head of a bull-dog, with two white specks of ivory for its eyes. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The species pursued is usually finbacks, though a "black fish" with good whalebone is occasionally captured. The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 2011-11-15T03:00:19.650Z Whalebones, small, thin whalebones, to put in the back of a dress, I remember now. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z A large whale sometimes contains a ton and a half of whalebone. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The whalebone of the mediæval writers, which is described as very white, is doubtless the ivory of the walrus or of the narwhale. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Corset, kor′set, n. a closely-fitting inner bodice, stiffened with whalebone, &c., and laced up: stays. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Four Esquimaux came off to the ship in their kayaks, bringing whalebone, narwhals' horns, etc., to barter. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Into a third and smaller bag she crammed her own dressing-gown and slippers, a comb and a couple of whalebone brushes, and other things. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z In these, the yield of whalebone and oil is so small that they are not thought worth the trouble of catching. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Silk and lace and whalebone, especially a lot of lace in front, was the basis on which I built. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z A little bit of whalebone is the best thing to use, but take care you do not hit her about the head. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z They collect whalebone and narwhal's horns in sufficient quantity to carry on a small barter with the whalers. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Above ground they built with whalebone, because they had no timber, and covered in the roof of it with sealskins, and strewed moss on the floor for a carpet. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z The mouth, instead of teeth, has two rows of whalebone, each of which contains more than three hundred laminae, the longest of which are about ten or eleven feet. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z One authority we have consulted calls this maker a pupil of Amati, and states that he used whalebone purfling. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z “Out with it again?” said Mr Hostler, who now seemed in his element, and who jumped about and flourished his whalebone as if he were riding a race. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z A few years ago, when first this bartering sprang up, an Esquimaux took such a fancy to a fiddle that he offered a large quantity of whalebone in exchange for it. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Yet I actually was; for in the large manufactory where I was born, no stouter whalebone frame or finely carved handle could be found. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z It is for this and the whalebone that this animal is deemed so valuable, and for which it is so much sought by whalefishers. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Pahnawhay was the first to run up into the gallery; at each step she rose on her feet as if walking on whalebone, while Cachakia came on with a quieter but scarce audible step. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Mr Hostler took his whalebone stick in his right hand, made one or two feints, and then delivered a smart blow on the boy’s hand. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z The bargain was soon made, and subsequently this whalebone was sold for upwards of a hundred pounds! In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z In her blissful state she felt she could even go the length of sewing whalebone in her second-best silk skirt to conform to the ridiculous fashion of stiffened skirts, introduced by that lady. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z Two pieces of whalebone smeared with bird-lime formed a pointed arch over the stuffed chaffinch. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The sperm whale tries to bite; the right whale—it is from him your whalebone comes—strikes with his vast flukes. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z He carried in his hand a short black stick, which I afterwards learned was whalebone. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z The latter was very old, and composed of pieces of wood and of large bones ingeniously secured together with strips of whalebone. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z "At length," writes Caudle, "I fell asleep; and dreamt that the sky was turned into green calico, with whalebone ribs; that, in fact, the whole world turned round under a tremendous umbrella!" Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z The Divining Rod is a V-shaped twig, commonly of hazelwood, but sometimes of steel watchspring, whalebone and other substances. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z The introduction of the object into the bag is facilitated by the insertion of a couple of whalebone strips in the silk at the mouth of the bag. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z The other boys that had failed were had up by Hostler in the same manner, and each treated to three cuts on the hand with the whalebone. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z He was apparently about thirty years of age, a little less than six feet high—perhaps five feet eleven; with a form undeniably stout, but rounded like a reed and as elastic as whalebone. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z It is administered by means of a system of lacets and whalebones, which everywhere impinge upon nature. Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z Take off all whalebones and strings around her lungs. Dr. Hardhack's Prescription A Play for Children in Four Acts 2011-05-24T02:00:12.880Z There is no wax in sealing-wax, and not a bit of bone in all the whalebone in the world. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z A certain personage, who afterwards appeared to be a physician, came and stood at his elbow, with a whalebone wand in his hand. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z A rude arch of whalebone formed the entrance to this little enclosure. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z It was formed of circles of whalebone hoops, and protruded more at the waist than the Victorian crinoline. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Get something with plenty of whalebones ready and a good tough lacer. Dr. Hardhack's Prescription A Play for Children in Four Acts 2011-05-24T02:00:12.880Z P�naud also substituted india-rubber under torsion for the whalebone and clock springs of the smaller models, and the steam of the larger ones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Being compelled by his weak health to return home, he there amused himself with making a clock having wooden wheels and a whalebone spring. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z He had no whalebone; furs he showed and also tusks. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Our airs, and graces, and dignities, and compliments, and beauties, and dandies—our metal coronets, and lawn sleeves, and whalebone wigs—fun, ma'am, lots of fun! The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z Thus the Eskimo canoe is made of seal-skin stretched on a wooden or whalebone frame, with a hole in the centre for the paddler. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z There is too much whalebone about them at close quarters with their object, too much whalebone and not nearly enough slippers. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z The poke is made on a whalebone skeleton. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z They had been touched and polluted by the influence of those whalers who found it easier to allow the natives to secure the whalebone than it was to go out to sea and get it. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z The yearly average, inclusive of the year of unavoidable failure, was no less than 18�8 whales, producing 162�4 tuns of oil, besides the fair proportion of whalebone, sealskins, etc. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z When, at the head-centre, the lady demonstrator, armed with a Brobdingnagian whalebone needle, threaded with a bright red cord, executed herringboned fantasias on a canvas frame resembling a violin stand, it all looked easy enough. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z The veins in it stood out like strips of whalebone. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z Corsets of pierced steel are seen in France from the late 16th and 17th century, and may have been in use here, though wood, cane, and whalebone were the chief supports. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z Native girls, old women, men and children brought trade stuff of varied character—salmon, walrus tusks, small whalebone, carved idols, feather coats, skin caps, and hoods. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z The gross receipts of that year, on account of a cargo of 190 tuns of oil, and about ten tons of whalebone, amounted to the extraordinary sum of about 11,000l.! Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z Steel and whalebone was dispensed with, and narrow draperies displayed the form they were supposed to conceal, and were girdled just below the shoulders. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z Lady Paramount of Castile or Flanders, she remained seated in a starched ruff and a body lined with whalebone with big puffs. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The traffic must now have been considerable in this little island; such was the avalanche of boats, harpoons, cordage, whales’ teeth, whalebones, beef, pork, tobacco, soap, and jack-knives that I had thrown on shore. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Closing his jaws and forcing out, through the interstices of the whalebone, the water which he has taken together with his prey, he retains the captured animals, and swallows them at his leisure. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z The hair over all the body was harsh, more resembling split whalebone than hair; but that which covered the neck was longer than the rest, and stood out all around like a mane on end. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z They capture prey using a giant sieve in their mouth of baleen or whalebone. Observatory: Blue Whales With Pearly Whites, Once Upon a Time 2010-10-04T21:31:00Z In addition, whalebones could be used to stiffen corsets, skin could be cured for leather, and ambergris, the aromatic digestive substance, could be incorporated into perfumes. The Ahab Parallax: ?Moby Dick? and the Spill 2010-06-12T17:36:00Z The captured ship proved to be the Ocmulgee, of Edgartown, Massachusetts, whose master was a genuine specimen of the Yankee whaling skipper; long and lean, and as elastic, apparently, as the whalebone he dealt in. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The whalebone whistled through the air, and, in spite of every effort, the cut which fell upon the bare shoulders elicited a low wail of suffering. A Little World The whalebone, or busk, is absolutely necessary to keep the dress in its proper place. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress But the branches were still green and tough, the bamboo like whalebone, and the shrunken creepers held the frame together as though the joints were lashed with wire rope. Into the Primitive They marshalled their money and bought made-up bow-ties of purple and pink that were twisted round the stud with elastic and held in position by a crescent of whalebone. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The bottom was a large, flat stone, with other stones and whalebone put about the edge to keep the fire from getting out into the room. Olof Krarer, The Esquimaux Lady A story of her native home I’ve a great mind to!” she exclaimed again, looking sideways at little Pine, and making a dash at the whalebone; “but I don’t know which deserves it most.” A Little World Moya shuddered in every member except the hand that gripped her whalebone switch. The Shadow of a Man The right whale furnishes the common oil, and in larger quantities; sometimes one fish will yield two hundred and fifty barrels of oil, as well as many pounds of whalebone, now very scarce and valuable. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document "Look here," he went on, "you know my bat with the whalebone splice?" Sinister Street, vol. 1 Scientists recognize two suborders of living cetaceans: the whalebone whales, suborder Mysticeti, and the toothed whales, suborder Odontoceti. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification Come around next week and I’ll give you a couple of pounds of whalebone for Mrs. Ananias, and all the oil you can carry.” Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder A personage, who it appeared afterwards was a physician, placed himself standing by his side, with a whalebone wand in his hand. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Commercially these animals are of importance on account of the oil yielded by the blubber of all of them; while whalebone, spermaceti and ambergris are still more valuable products yielded by certain species. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The wagon humped up in the middle as if it had been made of whalebone. The Black Watch A Record in Action These animals are called whalebone whales because when fully formed instead of teeth they have up to 800 or more plates of baleen or whalebone depending from the roof of the mouth. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification Rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans are no slight source of wealth: they yield food, oil, whalebone, sealskin, &c. Political economy Of these things one strikes the eye most curiously—the canvas petticoat with whalebone hoops. English Costume The palate is furnished with plates of baleen or whalebone; the skull is symmetrical; and the nasal bones form a roof to the nasal passages, which are directed upwards and forwards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" "My faith!" said I, looking at the dusty blouse, grey hat, soiled leather accoutrements, and whalebone poise of the wearer. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Historically, this whale was nearly exterminated by hunters, who took advantage of its slow speed and who knew that its carcass floats, to harvest these animals for their great yield of whalebone and oil. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification On the evening following that of the encounter with wolves, Phil, leaving the work of preparing camp to the others, unpacked the Eskimo wolf-traps of compressed whalebone that he had procured at Makagamoot. Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 Now comes the moment when they are about to fasten on her whalebone hips the great farthingale—over which her voluminous petticoats and skirts will fall. English Costume The whalebone is shorter and coarser than in any other species. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" A pair of stays with whalebones close together, of a thickness sufficient to turn a musket ball, forced back the arms and shoulders and threw the chest forward. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) The colossal sperm-whale, undisputed lord of the ocean, never came into these cold northern waters; and the huge, blundering whalebone whales he despised. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Mr. Overdale was learning "juggling without a master," and was endeavoring to spin plates on his whalebone cane. The History and Records of the Elephant Club A quilted Petticoat of the largest size, and one of Canvas, with whalebone hoops. English Costume The whalebone is long, slender, elastic and white. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" By 1750 the hoop-petticoat ringed with whalebone is so vast that architects begin to allow for its passage up London stairways by curving the balusters outward. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" His legs are no longer stiff; on the contrary, his knee-joints seem to be made of whalebone. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 He never lectured without a small whalebone rod or pointer. The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University I straightened up like a piece of whalebone! My Lady of the Chimney Corner He accomplished this feat without grumbling, although his knees were scarified by the whalebones which surrounded him. The Witches of New York One who bears with him an umbrella—such a complicated structure of whalebone, of silk, and of cane, that it becomes a very microcosm of modern industry—is necessarily a man of peace. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Their income, however, is mainly in the tribute that the Finns pay them—animals’ skins, birds’ feathers, whalebone, and ship-ropes made of the hide of whale and the hide of seal. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose "Well, come along you great greedy creature," said Concha putting the book and whalebone on the chair, and going in a petulant way to the dresser. The Grandee It was as though he were made of whalebone springs. Gold The whalebone snaps, the saddle seat is bare, And the Knight, in mazy circles, is flying thro’ the air! Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign She sat near him now in a snug satin dinner-dress full of whalebones and hooks and eyes. Aurora the Magnificent My friend Lady Francis is made of whalebone and india-rubber in equal proportions, very neatly and elegantly fastened together with the finest steel springs, and is incapable of fatigue from exertion, or injury from exposure. Records of Later Life Every time the child hesitated or forgot a word, it cost her a blow from the whalebone on her face, hand, or neck; and as her memory was not very strong the pounding was incessant. The Grandee I 13 saw Ward, his eyes narrowed calculatingly, his body swinging forward like a whalebone spring, delivering his attack with nice accuracy. Gold That cap had never come to the cottage under a bonnet; no, it had been brought in a vast bag, or rather a middle-sized balloon of black silk, held wide with whalebone. Shirley The pink parasol had tender whalebone ribs and a slender stick of cherry-wood. Very Short Stories and Verses For Children These pteropods are small, active, oceanic, surface-swimming creatures, many of which live in delicate glass-like shells, and some of which form a large part of the food of the whalebone whale. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 Concha took a seat and drew with unfeigned delight the fatal whalebone from her bosom, for the administration of blows seemed a physical pleasure that day. The Grandee A little farther on sleds were found, one made of wood and sawn boards, the other of whalebone. Adventurers of the Far North A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas It is also certain that whales, although they have whalebone instead of teeth, have descended from cetacea provided with teeth, which in their turn descended from terrestrial mammals. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Added to these stays, they wore hoops or petticoats well stiffened with whalebone. The Fairchild Family It’s a rare bird, it’s tougher than whalebone and possessed of a wise little devil. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine In a few moments, zas! a blow with the whalebone and a cry of pain. The Grandee All fancy-caps with whalebone, falling tops, angular projections, &c., are utterly abominate; we pin our faith to the quiet, unsophisticated, gentlemanlike cap worn by our officers: it beats almost any other head-dress in the world. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 At another time, he purchased a large quantity of whalebone for ships' stays,—the article rose in value upon his hands, and he sold it to great advantage. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. The sleeves were made short and tight, with long lace trebled ruffles at the elbows; and there were peaked stomachers pinned with immense care to the peaked whalebone stays. The Fairchild Family That little devil is made of whalebone for toughness. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine At the same time she drew from her stays one of the formidable whalebones then in vogue. The Grandee The nature of a hat, we flatter ourselves, is something independent of cotton and whalebone; and instead of the umbrella claiming precedence over the hat, the hat, we take it, should be above the umbrella. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 To the scolloped portion, the apron is to be fulled on, so as to sit as neat as possible; leaving the space beneath the whalebone plain. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet As the party stood around a chest, upon which these whalebone toys, and other curiosities, were displayed, Antonia dropt a bouquet from her bosom. An Old Sailor's Yarns I was unarmed, with the exception of a good sized whalebone cane, but my anger was so great that I at once sprung at the scamp, who at the instant made a pass at me. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 And she gave him a blow on the fingers with the whalebone. The Grandee This consists of whalebone, sometimes bleached or dyed, and is practically indestructible. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. Its ribs were whalebone, its cover green gingham, and the handle ended in a knob nearly as large as a door-knob. Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Were it not for Caspian's feet, I'm afraid dear Pat wouldn't have cared a whalebone to go and stare at the harbour because New London had been a big whaling centre. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America They had no regular wages, but shared in the profits from the sale of the oil and whalebone. Bremen Cotton Exchange 1872/1922 Then the whipping recommenced; a whalebone blow now and then, then oftener and oftener. The Grandee Many of them have a thin tense ribbon of whalebone at the top of the kite which vibrates in the wind, making a loud humming noise. Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories In a few minutes the heat of his body thaws the blubber and releases the whalebone. Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly When its mouth is full, it ejects the water, while the whalebone fringe with which it is provided catches all the little sea-creatures, which serve as food for the monster. Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly I still stood weeping, not knowing what to do, when a woman exclaimed: 'As I am alive, here comes Mother Smith with a great whalebone; now, girl, you'll be cut to pieces.' Forgotten Tales of Long Ago Josefina meanwhile sobbed in a corner, putting her wounded hands to her mouth and patting her cheeks, contused with the whalebone blows. The Grandee But the buckskins were sinewed with whalebone and used to desert work. Rimrock Trail In young children, the deformity is corrected by wearing a light splint fixed with strips of plaster, or a piece of whalebone or steel inside the finger of a glove. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. The principal articles of export, obtained from the coast of Labrador, are cod-fish, salmon, oil, whalebone, and furs of various kinds. 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 "Now it's your turn," she said, handing the whalebone to Winnie. Harper's Young People, January 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly There were several reasons why Ben Brace should mount up to the summit of that mountain of whalebone and blubber; and, as soon as the raft had been safely secured, he essayed the ascent. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea The ivory knob, the brass crampet, the bamboo, the whalebone, the silk, were no sooner adverted to, than they were scientifically described. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education For some purposes, such as pushing onward an impacted bolus of food, the sponge probang—which consists of a small round sponge fixed on a whalebone stem—is to be preferred. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. The roofs of our mouths are made of whalebone, in broad pieces from six to eight feet long, arranged one against the other; so they make an immense sieve. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. BACKSCRATCHER, a long slender rod of wood, whalebone, tortoiseshell, horn or cane, with a carved human hand, usually of ivory, mounted at the extremity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" A hundred years ago whalebone fetched only £25 a ton, now the same quantity fetches more than £1,500. More Science From an Easy Chair Her tongue is just like a new whalebone whip with a silk snapper on it. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Few whaling ships now arrive with profitable cargoes of oil or whalebone. Conservation Reader He had too much whalebone in his composition, not enough steel, but he was improving. The Pools of Silence Amongst them were some clubs, most of them made of casuarina wood, skilfully carved, or embossed in an artistic manner with mother-of-pearl or with whalebone. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century The whales of to-day are divided into the toothed whales and the whalebone whales. More Science From an Easy Chair They sometimes serrate the edges of two strips of whalebone and whirl them round their heads, just as p. 163boys do in England to make the same peculiar humming sound. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage Many are made of whalebone, and are covered with catgut, their special advantage being that their flexibility greatly facilitates the process of cracking. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. The trouble was renewed; Judge Cone denounced Mr. Stephens, who rapped him over the shoulders with a whalebone cane. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage For the latter is the unfailing source, every summer, of the vile concoction known as whisky, for which a Tchuktchi will barter his existence, to say nothing of whalebone and walrus tusks. From Paris to New York by Land Of late years a single large Greenland whale would bring £900 for its whalebone and £300 for its oil. More Science From an Easy Chair We hardly saw a ship the whole way, but we saw plenty of whales, not, however, the kind which go to Dundee, where the whalebone fetches from £1200 to £2000 a ton. A Girl's Ride in Iceland A species of whalebone whale, the Megaptera longimana, which attains to 45 or 50 feet in length, and is distinguished by its low rounded dorsal fin. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Before a whale can be flensed, as the operation of taking off the fat and whalebone is called, some preliminary measures are requisite. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. There is now a brisk and increasing export trade in furs, fish, lumber, and whalebone from these ports, the imports chiefly consisting of American and Japanese goods. From Paris to New York by Land The whalebone whales have, when first born, very minute teeth hidden in their jaws; they disappear. More Science From an Easy Chair A thin old man, with a rag-bag in his hand, was picking up a number of small pieces of whalebone, which lay on the street. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. A name applied to the whale with a very large head and no dorsal fin, which yields the whalebone and train-oil of commerce, in opposition to the fin-backs or rorquals, which are scarcely worth catching. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Joel Shore sat in the whalebone chair, at the table, reading a book. All the Brothers Were Valiant Jock Gilmour had been dashing water on the paved floor, and was now sweeping it out with a great whalebone besom. The House with the Green Shutters But the whalebone whales are in a parlous state. More Science From an Easy Chair Formerly ribs were made out of cane or whalebone; but these materials are now seldom used. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls The scientific term for the whalebone of commerce, derived from balæna, a whale. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Still they have dogs and snares set with whalebone. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Gilmour made to go at him with the head of the whalebone besom. The House with the Green Shutters The whalebone is of great value commercially, as is also the fat or oil. More Science From an Easy Chair Seeking shells and seaweed on the sands of Monterey, Watching all the mighty whalebones, lying buried by the breeze, Tiny sandy-pipers, and the huge Pacific seas. A Child's Garden of Verses A whale, of which the whalebone blades are six feet or upwards in length; the harpooner gets a bonus for striking a "size-fish." The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Horn and whalebone were favourite materials for the handle, although some were of ebony and other woods. Chats on Household Curios He came into the path of the whalebone. The House with the Green Shutters Wiping Cloths.—The wiping cloths made of whalebone ticking make good, serviceable, and lasting cloths. Elements of Plumbing Under his left arm was a long, black whalebone riding-whip, with a red lash, and an immense silver knob. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' They are very active and difficult to harpoon, yield comparatively little oil, and their baleen, or "whalebone," is almost worthless; consequently, they suffer much less than the right whales from the persecutions of the whalers. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Yea, sometimes with iron plates, with whalebones, and other such trashy implements, that their very skin and quick flesh is eaten in and consumed to the bones, whereby they sometimes work their own death. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics But was I to blame for that?—ye maun walk wide o' a whalebone besom if ye dinna want to be splashed. The House with the Green Shutters Cloths made of whalebone ticking are inexpensive and make the best for ordinary use. Elements of Plumbing In the same year twenty-two vessels arrived in Sydney from the various grounds, their cargoes of whalebone, sealskins, and sperm and black oil valuing altogether about �150,000. The Beginning Of The Sea Story Of Australia 1901 “Dessay you could, my lad, but I wouldn’t advise you to try a sixpenny fishing-line with a cork float and a three-joint hazel rod with a whalebone top—you know that sort, eh?” The Golden Magnet She bit and thrashed and tore at him, her bare little body hard as whalebone and slippery with sweat. The Stars, My Brothers The hissing whalebone sent a splatter of dirty drops showering in front of it. The House with the Green Shutters Kayaks are very light and handy, as the frame is made either of whalebone or spruce. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways A personage, who, as it afterwards appeared, was a physician, took his stand at one side of his chair with a whalebone rod in his hand. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote Next came an offer of twenty feather cloaks, with stone axes, ivory, and whalebone; but this, too, was rejected. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate But Miss Parker struck Nancy with a piece of whalebone, and hurt her a good deal. Little Prudy Suspend successively little rods of lead, copper, silver, brass, wood, glass, ivory, or whalebone; the magnet produces no sensible effect upon any of the substances. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 They all stood in a row, and each was as straight up and down as the big whalebone over the grave Omnok, the hunter, had made for his father. Little White Fox and his Arctic Friends “Quite well, sir, and my back is like whalebone.” Japhet in Search of a Father Bone or ivory hooks were used in fishing through the ice, the line being made from strips of whalebone or spines from the feather of the gannet. Short Sketches from Oldest America But in this instance the apparatus provided is said to act more like the whalebone sieve possessed by the whale. Mamma's Stories about Birds When the thicker part of the piece of whalebone is struck against the edge of the drum-skin, the other end whips against the middle, and the skin is thus struck twice at the same time. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Little White Fox ran up to the whalebone and looked up at the big white owl. Little White Fox and his Arctic Friends And Miss Nares arranged four pieces of whalebone on the table in the shape of a long, narrow letter X; there could not have been a better exemplification. Deerbrook The bow was made from selected pieces of driftwood, reinforced by strips of whalebone, and bound with deer sinew. Short Sketches from Oldest America No tight lacing; no casing in whalebone—nothing like a hoop. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance The drumstick consists of a splinter of whalebone 300 to 400 millimetres long, which towards the end runs into a point so fine and flexible, that it forms a sort of whipcord. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II So he hurried over to the foot of the whalebone and said, "Please, Mr. White Owl, won't you tell me the way home?" Little White Fox and his Arctic Friends You're as tough as a piece of whalebone, and a little nick like that can't put you on the retired list. Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California It is one of the large members of the whale family, sometimes attaining a length of sixty feet or more and yielding whalebone sometimes over twelve feet in length. Short Sketches from Oldest America The first operation of butchering a whale—if it be a baleener—is to secure the whalebone. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers The drum is beaten with a light stick of whalebone. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Little White Fox looked all around at the tundra and the hills, and sure enough, that was the very same whalebone, sticking up out of the ground! Little White Fox and his Arctic Friends I have often gone to Lemberg togged up like a swell, with a fine jewelled pin in my scarf, a gold chain and a little whalebone stick in my hand. The Day of Wrath When she got to rolling right, she would snap a careless sailor overboard as quickly as you could snap a bug off the end of a whalebone cane. The U-boat hunters It is estimated that in two centuries America, England, and Holland obtained from the arctic regions products amounting to one thousand million dollars, the greatest items by far being whale oil and whalebone. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania They also caught them with whalebone snares set on bare spots on the beach, generally between two vertebræ of the whale. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II It was then under Thompson’s arm, with its full proportions of whalebone and gingham. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire There were also five oomiaks or women’s boats, of considerable size, formed of a framework of wood and whalebone, covered with deer-skins, and having flat sides and bottom. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold New York, for example, had no manufactures "that deserved mentioning;" the trade there "consisted chiefly in furs, whalebone, oil, pitch, tar, and provisions." A History of the Four Georges, Volume I I saw on the cut whalebone ten hidden letters carved, that have caused the woman a very long sorrow. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery The different parts of the sledge are not fastened together by nails, but are bound together by strips of skin or strings of whalebone. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II So I made her a tail of whalebone and India-rubber and yarn. A British Islander From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 Mistress Margery’s attire comprises a black dress, so stiff, partly from its own richness of material, and partly with whalebone, that it is quite capable of standing upright without any assistance from Mistress Margery’s person. Mistress Margery From it we get the whalebone, oil and also a fertilizer to help our farm crops to grow. Where We Live A Home Geography He also burned the whalebone, and had Helga's clothes carried into the open air. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery The different parts of the frame-work are bound together with thongs of skin or strings of whalebone. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II This is a long India-rubber tube, with a whalebone stillet running through it, so as to stiffen it when in use. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure One sees great signs announcing cocoanut and whalebone or such unusual wares; there is a fine tang of coffee in the air round about the corner of Beach Street. Pipefuls They were particularly eager to exchange all that they apparently possessed, and hastily bartered with the Eddystone, blubber, whalebone, and seahorse teeth, for axes, saws, knives, tin kettles, and bits of old iron hoop. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. Then Egil examined the bed, and found a piece of whalebone with runes on it. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery These are of a different construction from the Greenland sledges, commonly very light and narrow, made of some flexible kind of wood, and shod with plates of whales' jawbones, whales' ribs, or whalebone. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II We always wore hoops and mine were of black whalebone, covered with white cloth. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Name's Mervin; all whipcord and whalebone; springy as a bent bow. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The great whale is dying; the monster who ranged the deep must go because men must have oil to cast up their accounts by the light of it, and women must have whalebone for stays.... The Wind Bloweth A further difference between Amati and Jacobs lies in the circumstance that the latter invariably used a purfling of whalebone. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators Home-made vessels of wood, bone of the whale, whalebone, and skin of different kinds. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II "I say a gentleman, Squire Egan," cried Murtough fiercely, roused to gallantry by the presence of a lady, and smarting under a sense of injury and whalebone. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes They were straining forward in the harness, their bellies almost level with the ground, their muscles standing out like whalebone. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Half of him was whalebone, half of him was steel, Fightin' weight eleven ten, five foot nine in height, Always ready to oblige if you want a fight. Songs Of The Road The purfling is of whalebone, like that of most of the Dutch makers. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators Cut out the whalebone too, it will be of use to us; and don’t forget that there may be enemies lurking in the woods near you. The Norsemen in the West After a brief moment lost in apparently searching for his hind-legs, he began to dance and frisk about the room as if all his limbs were whalebone and his spirit quicksilver. My Doggie and I In a former chapter I have partly described the head of a right whale, which has whalebone instead of teeth, with its blow-holes on the back of the head. Fighting the Whales Round their fireplaces were found scattered pieces of whalebone, and spots were observed where train-oil had been spilt. The Pioneers Just the locating of a bit of whalebone. The Blue Envelope How could Patty come here, and dressed in silk and whalebone too? Life And Adventures Of Peter Wilkins, Vol. I. (of II.) The timbers or ribs, which are five or six inches apart, and the stem and stern, are of whalebone; and they are covered with the skins of the seal or walrus sewed neatly together. Peter the Whaler Then came the fins, and after them the upper-jaw, with the whalebone attached to it. Fighting the Whales Either way would do, he thought, or better still, if he could fly by a wide-spread membrane stretched upon steel or whalebone ribs or fingers like a bat. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias You know the rest, except that this letter gives the location of the whalebone. The Blue Envelope The travellers consisted of an old French lady and gentleman; Madame in a high crimped cap, and stiff long whalebone stays. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 These tents were supported by a pole of whalebone, about fourteen feet long, placed perpendicularly in the ground, with four or five feet projecting above the roof. Peter the Whaler The lower edges of these plates of whalebone are split into thousands of hairs like bristles, so that the inside roof of a whale’s mouth resembles an enormous blacking brush! Fighting the Whales The lower edges of these plates of whalebone are split into thousands of hairs like bristles, so that the inside roof of a whale's mouth resembles an enormous blacking brush! Fighting the Whales Little use has she for whalebones and furbelows. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 "Do you suppose that's a whalebone whale, Hank?" asked the boy, turning to a lithe Yankee sea-dog with a scraggy gray beard who had been busily working over the mechanism of the whale-gun. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Cetacea might with some propriety be divided into whales with whalebone, and whales with teeth. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Oh," said the owl, as she chanced upon these whalebones, "I know the very thing which will please my dear friend the raven! Stories of Birds Then came the fins, and after them the upper jaw, with the whalebone attached to it. Fighting the Whales And as to the two sets of teeth in whalebone whales, which never even cut the gum, is there any alternative but to regard them as relics of useful teeth which ancestral forms possessed? The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told "But I thought whalebone was what you were after!" said Colin in surprise. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries The teeth or whalebone, as natural-history characters, lead to no results; the whole structure of the interior defies all à-priori reasoning. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology But before the raven saw her she hid the whalebone boots among the grasses, that she might surprise him later. Stories of Birds In a former chapter I have partly described the head of a right whale, which has whalebone instead of teeth, with its blowholes on the back of the head. Fighting the Whales Another illustration of the literary chaos is presented, even more vividly than in the contents of Hauk's book, by the whalebone casket in the British Museum. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature "Well, if the oil is replaced and whalebone has no value, what is to be got out of whaling now, then?" the boy queried. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Those with whalebone have rudimentary teeth in both jaws in the fœtal state. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology So delighted was the owl that for a moment she had forgotten the whalebone boots. Stories of Birds A thin old man, with a rag-bag in his hand, was picking up a number of small pieces of whalebone which lay on the street. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The bow was of some dark bone, I thought,—possibly whalebone; the bow-string of sinew; and the arrows of wood, but provided with rough iron heads. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' The whalebone which we use, the oil which we burn in lamps, comes from the bodies of those enormous creatures which wander in the far seas like floating houses, ten thousand miles away. True Words for Brave Men The whole set extends like a huge grate round the whale's mouth, the bars of whalebone being long in the middle of the sides of the jaws, and growing shorter near the back and front. Chatterbox, 1905. The raven came, but so delighted was he with the whalebone boots that he could not stand still. Stories of Birds He just shook himself like a dog out of the water, placed his bundle of whalebones and gingham in a quiet corner, rubbed his numbed hands together, and went smiling on to the platform. Little Abe Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow If a sufficiently flexible band of metal or a stiff piece of whalebone be fixed at one end in a vice, and then sharply pulled to one side and suddenly let go, a sound results. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) I'm all rawhide and whalebone, and it isn't in you to hurt me. Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor The roof of the whale's mouth is covered with smaller pieces of whalebone hanging down like bristled quills. Chatterbox, 1905. I will make for him a pair of beautiful whalebone boots! Stories of Birds I wonder if he thinks I buy the best whalebone for him to court with. Dixie Hart Over the whalebone frame was stretched the wet elastic hide of walrus or sea-lion. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward Br, brain cavity; J J*, upper and lower jawbones; the arrows indicate narial passages; S, spout-hole; W, whalebone; t, tongue in dotted line; n, nerve aperture in lower jaw; bo, bone sawed through. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon If you can learn what whalebone is, and what is its use, you will know a good deal about the habits of the whale itself. Chatterbox, 1905. The raven slipped his tired feet into the whalebone boots. Stories of Birds He thought at first it was only a black crow sitting on a whalebone. A Truthful Woman in Southern California It was made of oiled walrus hide stretched like a drum completely round whalebones, except for two manholes in the top for the rowers. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward They are the most valuable of the cetacea, except perhaps the cachelot or sperm whale, as producing the greatest amount of oil and whalebone. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon There are altogether about three hundred of these whalebone planks or blades in the whale's mouth. Chatterbox, 1905. She had been making most elaborate preparations all the while, stretching and retracting her claws, squirming her whalebone body flatter and flatter, her tail assuming majestic proportions, while her ears disappeared in inverse ratio. Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters The rope he brought was made of plaited bamboo, was as thick as the middle finger, and as tough as whalebone. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Its mineral exhibits are lead, copper and tin ore; silks, whalebone; skins, those of the numerous species of kangaroo and of the dingo or native dog predominating. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. The object of this vast amount of whalebone is to strain from the huge gulps of water the mollusca, &c., on which this animal feeds. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon What can be the use of such a large mouth and tongue, and such large bars of whalebone to a creature which has so small a throat? Chatterbox, 1905. Some articles left by the Esquimaux attracted our attention; we found a winter sledge raised upon four stones, with some snow-shovels, and a small piece of whalebone. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 "You are to be an angel, Daisy," Theresa repeated, "with wonderful wings made of gauze on a light frame of whalebone." Melbourne House In Martha Wallingford's character there was an element partaking of the nature of whalebone, yielding, but practically unbreakable, and sometimes wholly unyielding. The Butterfly House And then there wuz a big collection of nets made by the Indians from seal sinew, seal-skin braided, roots of willow tree, and whalebone. Samantha at the World's Fair The Greenland whale, on the other hand, which is the one most sought after for its oil, has no teeth, but abundance of whalebone, which hangs from the sides of its upper jaw. Chatterbox, 1905. It was glossy like the gown, but seemed to be stiffened either by whalebone or some other material. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural Any attempt at conversation was painful, but I managed at last to stammer: "You must be a whalebone man, or I 'd have broken every rib in your body." When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country I had that loaded whalebone in my pocket, and my sword, but no pistol. The House by the Church-Yard She was, indeed, a tireless creature and supple as a whalebone. The Black Pearl The strips of whalebone, which reach from the upper jaw to the lower one, must, therefore, be very large. Chatterbox, 1905. A single word from her convulsed the whalebone market of the world.—J.G. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age The same trap may be constructed of a pasteboard box and whalebone, for the capture of small birds, and used with good success. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making There was some blood on the whalebone, and on my fingers. The House by the Church-Yard True, they might sometimes have broken a bone, or plucked out an eye, and been silent; but they never grappled iron and whalebone into the very nerves and life-blood of their system. The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies The perils and hardships of whaling expeditions are braved in order that we may be supplied principally with two things—whale-oil and whalebone. Chatterbox, 1905. The boom buckled up and bent like a whipstick, and we looked every moment to see something go; but, being of the short, tough upland spruce, it bent like whalebone, and nothing could break it. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Into this plug were inserted two strips of whalebone, and these he grasped, as he had clutched the "legs" of the apple-tree wand. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul It had been in the fire, and the wood or whalebone was burnt completely away. The House by the Church-Yard To prevent the pocket from curving, cover a narrow piece of whalebone the length with scarlet ribbon, and sew it across the centre on the wrong side. The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. There are numerous kinds of whales, and they do not all yield the substance which we call whalebone. Chatterbox, 1905. Whaling vessels were fitted out in Sydney, and it was found that money could be made by oil and whalebone as well as by rum. 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 When Mr. Bodge advanced and stood astride over the money, the cow's horn turned downward and the whalebone strips twisted. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul His mother, however, lay with her mouth half open, a vast cavern of a mouth, nearly a third the length of her body—and it looked all whalebone. Children of the Wild In the seam of one of the remaining divisions is inclosed a piece of whalebone, which is drawn over the head, and forms a perfect arch, leaving the head and neck bare. Miss Caprice The sperm whale, or cachalot, has teeth in its lower jaw, and no whalebone whatever. Chatterbox, 1905. Nathan's bow was a pliant whalebone, And his arrow a white-pine stick; Such a life as his archery practice Led the cats and each wretched chick! The Nursery, Number 164 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers He's luggin' it into the woodshed, and three sticks at a time make his legs bend like corset whalebones. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Every little while the whale would lazily close her mouth, thrust forward her enormous fat tongue, and force the water out through this whalebone sieve of hers. Children of the Wild I must needs go sometimes to buy whalebone, and other trifles which I must have for my business here. New National Fourth Reader In order to get some idea of what this whalebone is like as it hangs in the whale's mouth, we must try to picture what the whale itself is like. Chatterbox, 1905. I stand and look at this stone and believe it is all rubber and whalebone inside. Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy Not a prolific breeder, the whales soon showed the effect of Europe's eagerness for oil, whalebone and ambergris, and by the beginning of the sixteenth century the industry was on the verge of extinction. American Merchant Ships and Sailors She kept it sewed inside the lining of her bodice, all among the bits of whalebone that made her stand up straight. Captivity "Wife," said he, "the whalebone's nearly gone, and I must have some more at once." New National Fourth Reader The substance which we call whalebone is not true bone. Chatterbox, 1905. Only three buttonholes and the whalebones which would keep the collar well up behind the ears lay between her and the triumphant rearing of her shirt waist. New Faces Each man was prepared with a long strong cord line, with a couple of hooks fastened to the ends of about a foot of whalebone, with a small leaden plummet in the centre. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities The irksomeness was added to by a horrible harness largely of whalebone. The Real Adventure Ludowika was singing softly: "Last Sunday at St. James's prayers —dressed in all my whalebone airs." The Three Black Pennys A Novel Closing its mouth, it drives out the water through its plates of whalebone, and the little creatures are caught in the bristles as in a net. Chatterbox, 1905. The best drum sticks are of whalebone, each terminating in a small wooden button covered with sponge. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 I made a crossbow out of a piece of whalebone, and did very well without him. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader He soon found how to get them: he made the mainspring out of a piece of whalebone. McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader Tortoiseshell and whalebone can be softened and worked in the same way. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Some of them sit down on a piece of whalebone and give up. Around The Tea-Table She showed a dainty waist when dressed In jacket; true, the size confessed That whalebone had its shape compressed. Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 16, 1892 They sometimes serrate the edges of two strips of whalebone and whirl them round their heads, just as boys do in England to make the same peculiar humming sound. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 For thirty-six hours these riders, whose muscles seemed tough as whalebone, had been almost steadily in the saddle. A Man Four-Square Out of these ten whales, six were cut up for their blubber and whalebone. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries There is a little trade in walrus teeth, mammoth tusks, whalebone, and oil. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Their only missile weapons, except stones, which they merely throw from the hand, are short spears, made of hard wood or whalebone, and pointed at one extremity. John Rutherford, the White Chief Their canoes were made of skins and whalebone, and bits of wood; but they were large, and capable of sustaining great weight. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 7, August 12, 1850 Their principal commodities were oil, sea-horse teeth, whalebone, seal-skin dresses, caps and boots, deerskins and horns, and models of their canoes; and they received in exchange small saws, knives, nails, tin-kettles, and needles. The Journey to the Polar Sea From the appearance of the whalebone, it might have been lying there for four or five years. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 Only she wanted one, lined . . . with real whalebone . The Darling and Other Stories But the sledges had good whalebone keels, and were made with great care to resist such difficulties. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850 A fringe of whalebone hangs down from the roof of the whale's mouth, and he strains the water out through this and swallows the fish. Stories of California Some articles left by the Esquimaux attracted our attention; we found a winter sledge raised upon four stones, with some snow-shovels and a small piece of whalebone. The Journey to the Polar Sea Their figure has never been tortured by stays and whalebone; indeed, I do not recollect having met with an instance of deformity in the shape of any inhabitant of a zeenahnah. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society These are not reed or steel, but real whalebone. The Darling and Other Stories "You are to be an angel, Daisy," Theresa repeated,—"with wonderful wings made of gauze on a light frame of whalebone." Melbourne House, Volume 2 Are not oil and whalebone drugs in the market? The New North Well, at least it is certain that the witness has seen with his mortal eyes the fat weary woman, and heard the mighty report of her umbrella, "wry and flapping, a wreck of whalebones." Robert Browning Trifling variations in the ingredients, in the proportions, and in the heating, made it either as pliable as kid, tougher than ox-hide, as elastic as whalebone, or as rigid as flint. Famous Americans of Recent Times Aunt Anastacia was very large; in fact she nearly filled the doorway; she also disdained whalebones and walked with a slight roll. The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California I now know what this is—it is whalebone. Clairvoyance and Occult Powers A whalebone horsewhip costs from fifteen to eighteen dollars and will outlast a dozen cheaper persuaders. The New North More than five hundred men were employed, and the oil and whalebone they sent away in the year were worth at least £50,000. The Long White Cloud Then into the hollow goes the whalebone, so, tightly coiled, and another piece of blubber is fitted over the whalebone. Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories Chosen and Edited By Franklin K. Mathiews There were, however, others, smaller and of a special character, made in ivory of the walrus and elephant, of horn and whalebone, besides those of metal. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time What are you made of, young man, all spring and whalebone? Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio Flexible steel has taken the place of whalebone in many of the arts; but new avenues of usefulness open up to baleen. The New North A black petticoat envelopes the form from the waist, and over that is thrown a singular veil, gathered into a hood, and kept out with a piece of whalebone. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay He picked up a thin strip of whalebone and showed it to them. Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories Chosen and Edited By Franklin K. Mathiews But she had not her full number of barrels of oil, of coarse whalebones nor of fine. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen These steel ribs and this whalebone make it more like a piece of harness than anything else I can think of. The value of a praying mother Be calm, you man of gunpowder, steel, whalebone, and gutta-percha! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 Yet he was as lithe as a boy, and he was as tough as whalebone, walking all day over the hills or rowing on the sea without turning a hair. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales The cuirass of steel, whalebone, kid, and linen which molded her body to a fashionable figure seemed to be closing in on her heart and lungs with a stifling clutch. The Second Generation The reason of this whimsical distinction, as assigned by our ancient records, was to furnish the Queen's wardrobe with whalebone. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 There was a long, low shed at Seal Cove, where all the fish oil, whalebone, blubber, ivory, skins, and other produce of the sea harvest were stored pending ocean shipment. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods To see or work with whalebone in your dreams, you still form an alliance which will afford you solid benefit. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition The wings are made of catgut and whalebone, and covered also with the same parchment and feathers, and each wing is folded in three seams. A History of Aeronautics The spring of his leap was as whalebone. Arizona Nights I was able to attack such early necessities of verification as arose with quite little models, using a turntable to get the motion through the air, and cane, whalebone and silk as building material. Tono Bungay Then into the hollow goes the whalebone, so, tightly coiled, and another piece of blubber is fitted over the whale-bone. Love of Life and Other Stories Otherwise it would dry as stiff as whalebone. The Mountains The bat sprung, as if it were whalebone. The Redheaded Outfield One who bears with him an umbrella—such a complicated structure of whalebone, of silk, and of cane, that it becomes a very microcosm of modern industry—is necessarily a man of peace. Lay Morals The one seemed made of whalebone, the other of dough. Tono Bungay He picked up a thin strip of whalebone and showed it to them. Love of Life and Other Stories But on his ribs the whalebone stung, A madness it did seem! Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses And "Banker for choice" is the cry, and one voice Screams "Six to four once upon Banker;" "Banker wins," "Banker's beat," "Cadger wins," "A dead heat"— Ah! there goes Fred's whalebone a flanker. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon Rataplan's certain to beat you, unless you can give him the slip; Sit down and rub in the whalebone now — give him the spurs and the whip! The Man from Snowy River There sat Colonel Adams, still unaffectedly dressed as a pantaloon, with the knobbed whalebone nodding above his brow, but with his poor old eyes sad enough to have sobered a Saturnalia. The Innocence of Father Brown Better armed than the whale, whose upper jaw is furnished only with whalebone, it is supplied with twenty-five large tusks, about eight inches long, cylindrical and conical at the top, each weighing two pounds. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea In the south, too, hoop iron or whalebone is used for runner shoeing. The Long Labrador Trail MONTGOMERIES!" exclaims Mr. BUMSTEAD, opening the umbrella between them so suddenly that each is grazed on the nose by a whalebone rib, "I command you to end this Congressional debate at once. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 All side in parties, and begin th' attack; Fans clap, silks rustle, and tough whalebones crack; Heroes' and Heroines' shouts confus'dly rise, And bass, and treble voices strike the skies. The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems The figure is still the figure of his youth, the hickory a little better seasoned, perhaps, and the steel and whalebone a little harder, but they have lost none of their spring and vitality. The Under Dog All side in parties, and begin the attack; Fans clap, silks rustle, and tough whalebones crack; 40 Heroes' and heroines' shouts confusedly rise, And bass and treble voices strike the skies. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 In structure it was composed of a strong flexible frame of whalebone and steel, covered with silk, strengthened and rendered air-tight and water-proof by a coating of India-rubber. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 The thought of De Malfort's ridicule cut her like a whalebone whip. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Hamish had caught up a bit of whalebone, which happened to be lying on the drawers, and was twisting it about in his fingers, glancing at Arthur from time to time. The Channings These mincing women, all paint and dye and whalebone, these apathetic men who looked as much alike as the figures that children cut out of a folded sheet of paper? The Greater Inclination It was not, however, with her proper quota of oil-barrels full to the brim, nor yet with an ample cargo of cut and uncut whalebone, that she was thus far on her way back. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain Every one around me insisted, however, on my pulling a piece of whalebone from the blade of the poor captured creature, one of those little bones which are used for women's corsets. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt I call it next my heart; but there is a stout fortification of whalebone between heart and picture. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger He found Miss Huntley alone; a tall, stiff lady, who always looked as if she were cased in whalebone. The Channings Mrs. Swift was a tall, wiry, angular person, who seemed made of equal parts of iron and whalebone. What Katy Did Next The warmth will thaw the ice, and the whalebone, springing back, will pierce the stomach.” The Mysterious Island Just now walking awnings, barber's poles, whalebones, etc., are the rage. The Secrets of the Great City And, trembling and looking fearfully about her, she put her hand inside the whalebone of her bodice and drew out letters. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty In his hand he used to flourish an ivory-headed whalebone cane, and his boots were of feminine delicacy and dimensions. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee To a woman like Florence, who had trained herself as tough as whalebone by years of scrapping with her father and occasional by-battles with aunts, it was as easy as killing rats with a stick. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories The colonists were therefore supplied with an abundant supply of stearine and glycerine, and there was, besides, the whalebone, which would find its use, although there were neither umbrellas nor corsets in Granite House. The Mysterious Island Oh, yes, I put a piece of whalebone in my skirt, and me calico gown looks as big as the great ladies. The Canadian Elocutionist Some had hummers, made of whalebone, which hummed musically in the wind as they rose; and as for fighting kites, they were abroad in squads and battalions. Peeps at Many Lands: Japan Must not the jewelry, and then the lace and the bustles and whalebone All of it come off entire, if he's to learn how she feels? Erotica Romana The handle was some fifteen inches long, made of thick strips of black whalebone, curiously bound with silver, and butted with narwhal ivory. Hereward, the Last of the English What one saw was not buckram, whalebone, paint, and false hair. The Eustace Diamonds At half-past midnight the wind blew feebly from the east; the thermometer rose to 23.2 degrees, the whalebone hygrometer was at 57 degrees. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 This bag should be distended by whalebone hoops, for a close mask and gloves would be perfectly insupportable. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Elasticity -- N. elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy. rubber, India rubber, Indian rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber; neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-S, plastic. flexibility, Young's modulus. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases These trays were heaped pell-mell with her mother's personal belongings--small garments, odd indeterminate trifles, a muff, a bundle of whalebone, veils, bags, and especially cardboard boxes. Hilda Lessways Instead of having teeth in his mouth, as many Whales have, the Greenland Whale has this sieve of "whalebone." Within the Deep Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VIII. The arrows, a little under a yard in length, are tipped with a well-polished piece of whalebone. American Big Game in Its Haunts The great puffs were held out by whalebones and rolls of cotton, and "tiring-sleeves" of wires, a fashion which has obtained for women at least seven times in the history of English costume. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Can he who has discovered only some of the values of whalebone and whale oil be said to have discovered the true use of the whale? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 It was whalebone of his bone, or something of that sort. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 05, April 30, 1870 So, when man came, hunting the Greenland Whale for oil and "whalebone," he found an easy victim. Within the Deep Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VIII. Think of the number of stays that could be furnished from the whalebone plates of one whale! The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals They fed on cream and sweets until the proper curves of bust and hips were achieved, and those that appeared in the wrong place were held flat with a broad "wooden whalebone." Sleeping Fires: a Novel She did herself up into knots to break whalebone, and untied them like a pop of a cork. The Belted Seas At first sight almost everybody said that he must have been a soldier, at a time when soldiers were made of iron, whalebone, whip-cord, and ramrods. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale It is the pendant of that sort of beauty which a woman seeks from her toilet-table, reinforced with rouge, white paint, false ringlets, pads, and whalebone. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller You know what is called the whalebone used in stay-making, &c. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Dear heart, the only reason that they had not done so before was because the little dears hadn't heard that the worst people were using ribs instead of whalebone that season. Nonsenseorship The stretchers were of cane, and the ribs of cane or whalebone. Umbrellas and Their History Then, delicate whalebones can be used to stiffen the jacket, so that it will take the proper shape, when the corset may be dispensed with. American Woman's Home Here he found the whalebone as described by the natives, and brought it on board after an absence of four days. Schwatka's Search It could be made "as pliable as kid, tougher than ox-hide, as elastic as whalebone, or as rigid as flint." The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism “At length,” writes Caudle, “I fell asleep; and dreamt that the sky was turned into green calico, with whalebone ribs; that, in fact, the whole world turned round under a tremendous umbrella!” Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures Mr. Fox's Paragon frame, simple in its construction, half the weight of whalebone, but equally strong, is admitted to be the greatest improvement yet introduced in the manufacture of an Umbrella. Umbrellas and Their History This was done too without the use of corsets, the stiffening being delicate and yielding whalebones. American Woman's Home Captain Barry got a quantity of whalebone, reindeer and fox skins, walrus ivory, a bear-skin, and about a hundred and fifty pounds of fresh reindeer meat. Schwatka's Search |
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