| 单词 | brindled |
| 例句 | The wolves’ brindled backs were a sea of matted fur and muscle between her and Pol. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The trees are columns of slick, brindled bark like muscular animals overgrown beyond all reason. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ek and Do each had two rows of eyes, and short brindled fur. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Pax flew at him and bit a mouthful of brindled fur and hung on. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z You see the patina more easily on these wooden ones: there is a faint shine on the spine of the brindled wolf and on the tumbling acrobats locked in their embrace. Small things 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z But her co-star, a brindled hound mix named Tigger, didn’t budge. Ariel Winter Makes Friends at the Animal Shelter 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z In April, the brindled, lanky dog, who was left outside 24/7, according to Rafaela, had again escaped. In a pandemic, these pups have made all the difference Dragonfish have “luminous barbels swinging from their chins”; a Pacific sleeper shark possesses “a body as brindled as old granite.” Today’s Deep-Sea Explorers Are Mineral Miners and Ultrawealthy Hobbyists 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z It was on a mammoth brindled rock, stained with rust, black and orange. In New York’s Shawangunk Mountains, old haunts and old friends 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — On the brindled plains of southern Afghanistan, Malik Abdul Hakim is death’s ferryman. An Afghan Cares for the Living by Carrying the Dead of Both Sides 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Indeed, I never saw such a place for bull-dogs--chiefly brindled ones--as Bordeaux. When Love Calls 2012-03-22T02:00:36.883Z Then Mr. Swainson appeared, leading by a strong chain a brindled bull-dog, of the most ferocious description and about sixty pounds dead weight. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z Then Mr. Swainson appeared, leading by a strong chain a brindled bull-dog, of the most ferocious description and about sixty pounds weight. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z He is not afraid, his little red eyes are aflame with wrath, and as he goes he grinds his tusks till the yellow foam flies off them on to his brindled sides. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z These are of the small southern race, Lepus mediterraneus, weighing only five or six pounds, more brindled in colour and with warmer shades on shoulders and flanks than ours. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The ancient breed was brindled yellow and black, the present is usually deeper or lighter buff with-dark muzzle and ears. 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 Duke was now a yearling—grown to be a sturdy, stocky youngster since Terry had captured him and his brindled cow mother during the buffalo hunt with the Delaware Indians last summer. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z "A brindled bull, very deep in the chest, with two kinks in his tail; has lost one of his front teeth, and snores violently." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:16.737Z And the fat man, being mellow, began to play with the big, gentle, brindled animal. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z The general colour of the wild-cat is a brindled grey, with black stripes. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z She was a bull-terrier with a dull brindled coat—black and grey in shadowy stripes. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z About twenty yards away a couple of white-tailed gnus were feeding, and just beyond three more of the larger and brindled kind, and a little apart from these a fine specimen of the sable antelope. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The walk to Resina, the vineyard, the dairy, and most of all, the brindled cow, were praised by Carlo and Rosetta with all the Italian superlatives which signify, 'Most beautiful! most delightful! most charming!' The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z Fagerlin was the big brindled cow, and at present, being summertime, was allowed to take the air in the garden. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z ON the post-office store porch an old brindled Dane dog, town loafer, was asleep on his back. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z They had a dog, a middling-sized brindled cur, which ran by the side of the stage, his master showing his head and whistling from time to time. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z You don’t meet every day with a young lady who can boast of having shot big game—dropped a fine specimen of the brindled gnu dead in his tracks.” The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The verdant trance lay far and wide; and through it nothing came but the brindled kine, dreamily wandering to their pastures, followed, not driven, by ruddy-cheeked, white-footed boys. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Two masterful little bushy side whiskers bristled out from under his ears, spindling away upwards to merge in the thick curves of his brindled hair. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z It was brindled in some places as if whipped into curds by the wind; but through these continuous streamers were drawn, which were bent into sinuosities resembling a waving flag at a mast-head. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. They are usually of a darker red; some of them are brown, and even yellow, and a few are brindled; but they are principally distinguished by their white faces, throats, and bellies. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. It was in fact a fair specimen of the brindled gnu, commonly known as the blue wildebeeste. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Hurrying along the brindled walls from the direction of Greenarbor Court was a parson whose walk was perfectly familiar, though he could not affix it to any person he knew. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He is not subject to the varieties of the domestic races, but is uniformly of a brindled or dark gray, inclining to black. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Smith pointed to a huge brindled bulldog, who lay in one corner of the stable absolutely motionless, watching them intently. The New Gulliver and Other Stories Black, brown, or brindled, are colors not recognised among pure-bred Short Horns. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Can any behold, 'Mid the housings of gold In the stables of kings, dyes half so splendid As those on the brindled hide of yon wild animal blended? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 A sleek, white, and brindled pariah thrusts himself into the conversation. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Her polled, brindled mother ran in ungainly fashion to the fence and mooed with great carrying power. Thy Rocks and Rills A fine brindled calf was lying at the dam's feet, and she kissed and licked it with her tongue. Black Forest Village Stories Among these, there have been many brindled cattle widely disseminated, of great merit as workers, and not often surpassed for the dairy and shambles. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. A short oddly-cut beard of brindled gray and black fringed his chin. The Buttoned Sky The antlered shadows of the naked poplar or the tossing arms of the restless pines, the rabbit knows to be harmless shadows unless their dapple of sun and shade conceals a brindled cat. The Story of the Trapper Red and black evenly intermixed and perfectly brindled. The Raising and Care of Guinea Pigs A complete guide to the breeding, feeding, housing, exhibiting and marketing of cavies His father keeps three packs of harriers, one of fox, and another of staghounds,—a kind of brindled devils, three feet eight in height; he won't take them under. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Or, "The large black cow yields daily six pints of milk more than the brindled cow." The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Under the brindled beech, Deep in the mottled shade, Where the rocks hang in reach Flower and ferny blade, Let him be laid. The Garden of Dreams Till, brandishing my well-pois'd javelin high, With this bold executing arm I struck The ugly brindled monster to the heart. The Orphan or, The Unhappy Marriage A good-natured workman had fetched the pretty brindled kitten from the city, and had made an offering of it at the baby's cradle. An Isle in the Water I saw his brindled face; I saw his white tusks. Miss Cayley's Adventures Soon a fat, brindled puppy was installed in the vacant place. Happy Days for Boys and Girls An old peasant was hammering at barrels, in preparation for the vintage; a wild girl with a stick and a savage-looking brindled dog was starting off to fetch the cows in from their morning graze. Angelot A Story of the First Empire One brawny fellow he saw, through the glass, take a herring from a broken box, and stop to feed it to a sleek, brindled mouser. Dr. Sevier Sometimes they were Beorn's camels, sometimes they were timber-wolves or brindled huskies with yellow faces, but more often they were creatures of evil passions, for which there are no names. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin A robin mourned on one complaining note and Anne, wise also in the troubles of birds, looked low for the reason and found, sitting with tail wickedly twitching at the tip, a brindled cat. The Prisoner Why, there he is now, chasing the brindled heifer. Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly There, in the old place, were all her old friends, both four-legged and two-legged; and with great delight she found Dolly had a fine calf and Streaky another superb one brindled just like herself. The Wide, Wide World While they waited his return Sarah Emily beguiled the time with a story of how she circumvented that there Pete, who had determined to sell the brindled cow to a butcher in Cheemaun. 'Lizbeth of the Dale The jackal, too, which is only a smaller wolf, and the common or brindled hyena, inhabit these countries; so that it was difficult to say which of all these ravenous creatures had committed the depredation. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains They are generally of a dark brown colour, or black, though sometimes brindled. Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. Within the pen were seen enclosed a few small antelopes of common species, a pair of brindled gnus, and some wild hogs. The Giraffe Hunters In a dingy office upstairs over the local harness store a lean and rangy gentleman raised a brindled beard above a roll-top desk and in answer to her first question crisply remarked, "Can't tell." Sundry Accounts Now, Grumbo—for such was the name of the brindled dog—was a personage of consequence in his day, and is to play a rather prominent part in our story. Burl I do know one story," she said; "but I'm not sure that it's true, though it was told me by a most respectable brindled gentleman, a great friend of my dear mother's. Pussy and Doggy Tales When we reached the farm, we found the odd-looking little white and brindled heifer tied up at a stanchion in the barn; and Gurney appeared to have doubts about our ability to take her home. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine The colour of the dogs varies from a white, through brindled, to black-and-white, or almost entirely black. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage They are, however, to be found of a yellowish or sandy hue, brindled, or even white. Anecdotes of Dogs Giving a loud, fife-like whistle, he was instantly joined by a huge brindled dog of grim and formidable aspect. Burl A dreamy look came into the brindled cat's eyes. Pussy and Doggy Tales One was a collie, another a mongrel bulldog, and a third a large brindled dog of no known pedigree. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine A surnameless Miranda, whose only possessions were a chest of money, a few pieces of old mahogany and a brindled hound! Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Comhstri's colour is grey, with a white chest; but we have had them of different colours at Glengarry, such as pure white, black, brindled, and sand-colour. Anecdotes of Dogs “I have sense enough to be engaged before I’m seventeen, and to know what it means to be embraced, which is more than any other girl in this school can boast,” brindled Petty. A Dixie School Girl "I was born," said the brindled cat, "in a barn." Pussy and Doggy Tales From the first the brindled mongrel had no ghost of a chance; and the struggle was over in three minutes. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Then he was on the bed before I saw his good brindled head, almost, and in my arms. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty One strong brindled pup she seemed to lament over the most. Anecdotes of Dogs The “brindled gnoo” is the other species that inhabits the South of Africa. Popular Adventure Tales "You can't have too much of a good thing," said the mother, looking down at her long brindled tail. Pussy and Doggy Tales For my pet, my brindled fighter, my own El Toro, whom I combed so delicately with a bent nail, for whom I gathered buckets of bruised but fat Californian pears, is now no more. A Tramp's Notebook As he stared at the house a great hound crept around the corner of it, baying monotonously, but as he saw Margarita he left off and ran to her, arching his brindled head. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty The brindled tiger and the bear My mangled limbs for food will tear. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse There are a great many different kinds of cows; some red, some black, some brindled, white or spotted. The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations Instead, as I advanced, he gradually fell back, and I noticed that another dog, a vague rough brindled thing, had limped up on a lame leg. Kerfol 1916 Malo was staying at the chateau all alone, with the farmer's wife to come in and cook her dinner: not a soul in the house at night but herself and her brindled sheep dog. Coming Home 1916 He was a Danish hound, beautifully brindled and very massive. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty The Master said of Chung-kung, If the calf of a brindled cow be red and horned, though men be shy to offer him, will the hills and streams reject him? The Sayings Of Confucius The man was large, raw-boned and brindled, and he, also, walked in, complacently and condescendingly. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills I do not suppose the brute will find me; and perhaps, you know, it was not a lion after all I saw: it might have been a buffalo or a brindled gnu.” Adventures in Africa By an African Trader But presently she lifted up her eyes along the snow, And sees a witch in brindled shawl a-frisking to and fro. Songs of Childhood All chatted together for a minute, looking down at the ring, which Vivillo was just leaving with the big, brindled cabestro. The Car of Destiny In another instant that little live, warm bundle of brindled satin sewed on to steel wires was in my lap, and it did seem as if he knew that he was mine. Lady Betty Across the Water A large dog, brindled and lean, walked complacently and condescendingly in, followed by his master. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills Think of it, in a garden of inert clods A brisk, brindled little tortoise, all to himself— Croesus! Tortoises Every billow hurries quicker, Every surge runs up the strand; While the brindled eddies flicker, Scourged as with a levin brand. Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse We plunged forward, heaved aloft, and the black, moss-stained walls brindled past us. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The domestic cat is, however, often white, black, gray, and brindled; some leopards are black, and there is a small, beautiful wild cat, marked like the panther. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals Without changing the attitude he found himself in when he hit the ground, the brindled dog went on with his luncheon. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills On their right there were gnus, or wildebeestes, as the Boers called them, brindled and the blue—curiously fierce-looking little animals, partaking both of the character of the deer and the buffalo. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers Sometimes it was Farmer Tallington’s Hips, the brindled cow, when she was fetched from the end of the home close to be milked. Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp And indeed it was like a vast prison, and those peaks that brindled in the sunset glow were like bars to hold us in. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance In the chase, he still thought of her solely, and the gray coat of the deer and the brindled skin of the fierce panther were laid at her feet. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 A brindled cow, with a pretty calf scarcely three days old, attracted his attention, and for some minutes he gazed upon the pair in silent ecstasy. Rabbi and Priest A Story A brindled cat made a dash past us and upstairs. The Adventures of Harry Revel With a catch of her breath Flame jumped to her feet and turned to greet the biggest, ugliest, most brindled, most wizened Bull Dog she had ever seen in her life. Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs Before him were two brindled white-breasted greyhounds, having strong collars of rubies about their necks, reaching from the shoulder to the ear. The Mabinogion Vol. 2 Directly below them crouched a Great Dane, brindled, enormous, one eye fixed sternly on the window. While Caroline Was Growing But right ahead the great North-east sends up evermore his grey brindled dawn: from dewy branch, birds here and there, with short deep warble, salute the coming sun. A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools Kinloch writes: "The prevailing colour is brownish-grey, varying in shade on the back, where it is darkest, so as to give the animal a mottled or brindled appearance." Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Crossing genially to the table the Master of the House reached down and dragged out the Bull Dog by the brindled scuff of her neck. Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs “Though thou get this, there is yet that which thou wilt not get; the yellow and the brindled bull yoked together do I require.” The Mabinogion Vol. 2 He appeared to be a mixture of brindled bull and Irish terrier, with long side-whiskers on a bull-dog face. Set in Silver She seemed full of redheaded men of all ages and was steered by a brindled patriarch who wagged his vermilion beard at us and cackled loudly. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 When he reached the castle-yard, he saw the horses and brindled hunting-dogs lying asleep, and on the roof the pigeons were sitting with their heads under their wings. Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm She was far too troubled to notice that she was followed by two guardian angels in the shape of a small boy and a brindled bull-terrier. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World There, in the old place, were all her old friends, both four-legged and two-legged; and with great delight she found Dolly had a fine calf, and Streaky another superb one, brindled just like herself. The Wide, Wide World They came to the festivities in robes made from the skins of brindled cows, and wearing their long hair flowing and entwined with holly. Yule-Tide in Many Lands Old Darby rose and seized the broom, And whirled the dirt about the room: Which having done, he scarce knew how, He hied to milk the brindled cow. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) As the flame mounted up, he made out an animal with round ears and brindled hide, staring nervously at the fire. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa A brindled cow stood in the middle of the street, jangling a discordant bell, and lowing dolefully. Westerfelt He got Ishmael Deadeye, the poacher, transported last year, and took the prize for Devons at the Great Mesopotamian Agricultural with a brindled bull. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' I'd rather be a brindled dog and trot under the wagon. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II The brindled cow whisked round her tail In Darby's eyes, and kicked the pail. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Some were gray, some white, some brindled like pepper and salt, and others had large stripes of yellow and blue. Pinocchio The Tale of a Puppet She looked down at a brindled cat that came into the room and rubbed its side against her skirt. Westerfelt But at last he found a brindled animal in the corner which allowed him to sit down and begin. The Voyage of the Rattletrap Oblong blossoms white as froth; Or mottled like the tiger-moth; Or brindled as the brows of death; Wild of hue and wild of breath. Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses The cat, a great brindled Tom, arched his back a yard high, and made a sort of back jump up to his Master's hand, where he rubbed his head with a sociable miaw. Bluebell A Novel He had a dog, Grip, a big brindled cur, of whose prowess in killing "varmints" he was always bragging, calling him the best "lucififer" dog in all Canada. Wilderness Ways A sleek calf was running back and forth in a little lot, and a brindled cow was bellowing mellowly, her head thrown up as she cantered down the road, her heavy bag swinging under her. Westerfelt Old Erin was described as a bear of monstrous size, brindled coat, ferocious disposition and evil fame among the hunters of the Sierra. Bears I Have Met—and Others I do not know how far he had gone when just before him he saw a brindled cow. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Before him were two brindled white-breasted greyhounds, having strong collars of rubies about their necks, reaching from the shoulder to the ear. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 The colour of the dogs varies from a white, through brindled, to black and white, or almost entirely black. 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 It was about the dogs that Petie liked best to hear; of the wonderful feats of Monsieur George, the great brindled greyhound, and the astonishing sagacity of Coquelicot, the poodle. Marie A more interesting denizen of the pen was a fawn, a waif found there one morning, having prudently adopted as a mother a large red cow, and a heavy brindled calf as a foster-brother. The Frontiersmen His brindled tail stood straightly and aggressively in the air, and twitched with short, quick twitches, at its very tip, truly as burly an old buccaneer as I ever saw. Stage Confidences "Mark the brindled tan buck," whispered one keeper to the other. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 537, March 10, 1832 I know not how far Cadmus had gone, nor could he himself have told you, when at no great distance before him, he beheld a brindled cow. Tanglewood Tales Three were left to struggle still; But against the red horizon flamed a horn of brindled hill! The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens The companionship of the cat had no more charm for him; and even the brindled calf, which had caused such an excitement when he first arrived, had become an old story. Boyhood in Norway Nothing was stirring except a brindled, grey cat, which crept from the ashes, and saluted me with a querulous mew. Wuthering Heights On Mr. K. going out, he found, instead of our "calico" cow, a brindled one that had been dry since the spring! A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains In colour it was a kind of brindled red, and the hair on its back grew against the lie of the rest of its coat. Prester John "The company coming, and the accident to the brindled cow, was all the news I had to take to the farm." The Woman in White Always the brindled mule, wrapt in admiration at his companion's cleverness, crashed along after. The Mountains Two masterful little bushy side-whiskers bristled out from under his ears spindling away upwards to merge in the thick curves of his brindled hair. Round the Red Lamp The brindled dog's condition was not so good as the other's. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories Instead, as I advanced, he gradually fell back, and I noticed that another dog, a vague rough brindled thing, had limped up. The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1 There's sixty pound screw," Jimmy answers thoughtfully; "and you mind, master, last March, when the brindled bull broke out o' the paddock. The Captain of the Polestar Sullenly the brindled savage Tears and tosses up the sand; Horns that rend and hoofs that ravage, How shall man your shock withstand? Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon And there in the middle of it was the man himself, his face twisted like a lost soul in torment, and his great brindled beard stuck upwards in his agony. The Return of Sherlock Holmes And there, in the middle of it, was the man himself—his face twisted like a lost soul in torment, and his great brindled beard stuck upward in his agony. The Return of Sherlock Holmes He was a magnificent brindled Persian gelded cat, six years old, who enjoyed the plaudits of the multitude just as well as though he had taken first prize. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others This is the supremacy of the flesh, which devours all, and becomes transfigured into a magnificent brindled flame, a burning bush indeed. Twilight in Italy In strength and endurance, the brindled dog, or the brown or fawn-coloured one, is the best. The Dog With a growl like that of a lion he quickly seized his foe by the throat, and in a fierce struggle of only a few seconds he threw the brindled dog upon his back. The Elson Readers, Book 5 So she went on a bit further, till she came to a brindled cow, which walked there with a milking-pail on her horns. Popular Tales from the Norse "That brindled ox, old Logger, is not more willing to come into his yoke, than is the four-year-old to yield her milk." The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish This, for the information of the "unjockeyed," I may add, was a species of brindled gray. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 Both keep their pace that nothing can provoke Followed by brindled dog that snuffs the ground With urging bark and hurries at his heels. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript Find in the Glossary the meaning of: alert; mission; dejected; besmeared; brindled; docile; relaxed; crestfallen. The Elson Readers, Book 5 A little while after they came to a great, great herd of fine brindled kine, who were all so sleek the sun shone from them. Popular Tales from the Norse Poor Archie toddled after, his baby heart filled with mourning for the brindled cat that had been buried in the back garden seven years before. Archibald Malmaison However, the flood was there before me, and the wall of water dashed on to the plains, with a brindled comb behind it. Erema — My Father's Sin He was old and gray and brindled; and his hair short, hard, and close, like a lion's. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room His full height was 30 inches, girth 33-1/2 inches, and weight, 95 lbs., his colour bluish fawn, slightly brindled, the muzzle and ears being blue. Dogs and All about Them He is not much like the dove-eyed setter over whom we shot woodcock this afternoon, but to me he is the fairest object on the face of the earth, this gaunt, brindled Ulm. The Wolf's Long Howl A minor instance, but interesting as must be all evidence in a case so strange as this, is that of the brindled cat that was buried in the garden. Archibald Malmaison The young are of a pale yellowish tint, irregularly brindled with light brown. The Book of Household Management It's Murdo Ban, the luckless man, Against her would prevail; And first her eye was on his churn, Then on the milking pail; When she would praise the brindled cow, The cow began to ail. Elves and Heroes Red fawns, blue or slate coloured, black, brindled of various shades, and these colours intermingled with white, are most to be met with, however. Dogs and All about Them The animals were of the brindled variety, and each was garnished with a steel spiked collar. In the Quarter His coat is brindled, dark brown and black—just like Magic's—and fine as the softest satin. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 What pleasure can it be to me to have the feeling of a four-legged, brindled, lop-eared, toad-mouthed thing always between what seem to be my legs? Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face Dark shall the night be round the byre, And dark as we drive the brindled kine;Dark and dark round the beacon-fire, Dark down in the pass round our wavering line. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale Stead, however, accepted the offer from Tom Gates of a young dog, considerably larger and stronger than poor old Toby, yellow and somewhat brindled, and known as Growler. Under the Storm The triumvirate had accordingly tied up their brindled bulldogs, ``Spit,'' ``Snap'' and ``Tug''; had donned their white ties and collars of awful altitude, and were fully prepared to please and to be pleased. In the Quarter The little dog is a limp bunch of brindled satin this morning, wrapped in flannel, but we hope he will soon be well. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 And he disappeared among the crowd, who made way respectfully enough for his dagger and his brindled companion. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face The one was a brindled bulldog of the largest size, a most formidable and powerful brute; the other a staghound, tawny, deep-chested, and strong-limbed. Roughing It in the Bush Rilla yielded, and Sir Wilfrid, with his tail curled at a saucy angle over his brindled back, trotted triumphantly up the stairs before them. Rilla of Ingleside The walk to Resina, the vineyard, the dairy, and most of all, the brindled cow, were praised by Carlo and Rosetta, with all the Italian superlatives which signify, "Most beautiful! most delightful! most charming!" The Parent's Assistant First came three fine brindled cows, each with a bell as big as a bucket hanging from her neck and a wreath of flowers about her horns. The Swiss Twins Old man Prindle's contribution to the pack consisted of two immense brindled mongrels of great strength and ferocious temper. Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches In the first object we succeeded well, as "the bags" we made counted two brindled gnu, four water-boc, one pallah-boc, and one pig,—enough to feed abundantly the whole camp round. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile “Poor fellow! noble dog! what shall I do to help you?” and he gently smoothed the dark brindled head. The Little Duke The MS. reads: "There hung the wild-cat's brindled hide, Above the elk's branched brow and skull, And frontlet of the forest bull." The Lady of the Lake Brown by nature and instinct, he is now brindled with dirt and dust. Cabbages and Kings Every morning at eleven o'clock, he would come down to the Place, followed by a brindled German boarhound, walk once or twice round it, and seat himself on a bench facing the casino. Villa Rubein, and other stories A fine brindled cow with a large udder was attached to the cart behind. War and Peace Its color is variegated much like our large brindled bulls. Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 Choice of all places for deer-hunting Are the brindled rock and the ridge! Chronicles of the Canongate That brindled gang of conspirators shoved back their chairs and advanced in force. Cabbages and Kings Oh, George Washington, father of your country, what a brindled litter have you sired! The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories After enduring a woman hater and a brindled dog and the early disorder of that house—and coming off best with all three—smallpox seemed rather insignificant. Chronicles of Avonlea An' half way up you'll see the hide Of Hogan's brindled bull; Well, mind and keep the right-hand side, The left's too steep a pull. Saltbush Bill, J. P. But right ahead the great North-East sends up evermore his gray brindled dawn: from dewy branch, birds here and there, with short deep warble, salute the coming Sun. The French Revolution Therefore, to you, the rhymes I strungWhen even this ‘brindled’ head was youngI bring, and later rhymes I bringThat flit upon as weak a wing,But still for you, for yours, they sing! Grass of Parnassus Alexander Abraham made a frantic lunge at the brindled streak as it whirled past him, with the result that he overbalanced himself and went sprawling on the floor with a crash. Chronicles of Avonlea With each circuit he went faster and faster, until he looked like a brindled streak with a dash of black and white on top. Chronicles of Avonlea |
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