| 单词 | coiling |
| 例句 | During danger she fanned out her dragon claws and riffled her red sequin scales and unfolded her coiling green stripes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And for a moment Harry saw Snape’s profile: His eyes were fixed upon the coiling snake in its enchanted cage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A single bit of sediment coiling in the jar on some slow hydraulic axis. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “No,” she shrieked, coiling a bandage around a circular, sucker-shaped bruise on her calf—an injury sustained wrestling the mirror tentacles. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Inside my head, I heard a voice, slithering into one ear and coiling around my brain: I am the spirit of Delphi, speaker of the prophecies of Phoebus Apollo, slayer of the mighty Python. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A golden ray of light escaped her like a ribbon, like a snake coiling in the air before it lashed across Fedu's cheek. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z One of the women was embroidering a wedding sari, coiling gold thread along its borders and fastening it with the tiniest stitches imaginable. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He’s coiling up some wire from the school display monitor and sees my smile, frozen, when I see him so close to Tats. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z To some suddenly it seemed that they saw a snake coiling itself to strike. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But it had to be done in one continuous and unbroken cycle of uncoiling and coiling the body. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Two Guardians have moved forward and are coiling up the thick rope, getting it out of the wav- Others move the cushions. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The only things that moved were the flames and the snake, coiling and uncoiling in the glittering cage behind Voldemort’s head. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A snake began to draw itself, coiling upward. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z What she wanted was to be lost to the unfolding of an irresistible idea, to see the black thread spooling out from the end of her scratchy silver nib and coiling into words. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I asked the girl as I began to pull up the rope that had saved me, coiling it around one arm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She did, and saw what looked like a wide, fearsome snake, blue-green in color, coiling through the woods. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She rolled on her back, black smoke coiling from her mouth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He started to writhe, coiling around the axle like a spring. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z From the banks of Lake Carnegie, the boys, their oars, and the Husky Clipper looked like a single thing, gracefully and powerfully coiling and uncoiling itself, propelling itself forward over the surface of the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Until then, I had never known anger, the kind of coiling rage that slid sharp through my gut. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z A man naked to the waist was coiling down a line on the fo’c’s’le head. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z His torso was disfigured by an old burn scar that stretched across his spine and midsection, coiling like a shed snakeskin around his left hip. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He looked almost solid now—a pale bearded king with cold eyes and tendrils of Mist coiling off his robes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She was standing in the middle of a verdant field, one blossom threaded through her fingers, another threaded in her long, coiling hair. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z More goodbyes, Dicey thought to herself, coiling up the last rope into a dark brown hoop, piling loop upon loop. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I wince, useless fury coiling in my belly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The iron doorknob made a coiling creak as I turned it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Katz eased into his chair as fluidly as a coiling viper. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She sits in front of the fire in her bedroom, drinking a cup of nettle tea from a clay mug shaped like a snake, its tail coiling to make the handle. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As the ball floated in the air, Penelope twisted her hips and back and swung her right arm back over her shoulder, coiling like a really pretty snake. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He took a step forward, his hands coiling into fists, close to tears. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For a moment Jon could almost see them too, coiling in the night, their dark wings outlined against a sea of flame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The head of a snake emerges, and the creature winds itself through the legs of the bird, coiling up around it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z There were faint colors in it: slight streaks of azure and emerald coiling through the silver. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The basilisk’s head was falling, its body coiling around, hitting pillars as it twisted to face him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Holly toyed with a strand of her hair, coiling it around her little finger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The maelstrom was coming undone, with little twisters coiling sideways out of the water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A green mist poured from the mummy’s mouth, coiling over the floor in thick tendrils, hissing like twenty thousand snakes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Upwards it wound, coiling like a snake, boring its way across the sheer slope of rock. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Now Roberto Vega was bouncing his head as if jazz were being played somewhere not far away and the congregation was coiling slowly like a snake, waiting for the Holy Spirit to strike. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z His dark eyes were still fixed upon the coiling serpent in its protective sphere. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Seconds later the two-headed snake emerges, coiling itself around the elephant’s leg. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z But the object that had frightened me half to death, standing right in the middle of the room, was the golden silhouette of a fetterling, poised to attack, with legends coiling around its chain body. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Second: It held Gum Baby fast, its cuff-head snapping around her neck like a collar, the long chain attached to it coiling around her tiny wooden body. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A tangle of golden-brown snakes writhed among one another, twisting and coiling in an indistinguishable mass. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The current grew stronger, coiling like a gray serpent about Taran’s legs. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Many coiling arms seized the doors on either side, and with horrible strength, swung them round. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The room beyond was dimly lit, but he could see Nagini, swirling and coiling like a serpent underwater, safe in her enchanted, starry sphere, which floated unsupported in midair. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I’m coiling as he floats by, I won’t get another chance. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z They sat on the broken abutment of the road and watched the river backing upon itself and coiling over the iron trelliswork. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He felt his old anxiety coiling at the base of his skull. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Behind his head, still swirling and coiling, the great snake Nagini floated in her glittering, charmed cage, like a monstrous halo. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He could close his eyes and see them still: flames whirling from brick pyramids larger than any castle he had ever seen, plumes of greasy smoke coiling upward like great black snakes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She stood there before me panting, with her hair shaken loose and coiling about her shoulders. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z June and August, sopping wet, stooped on either side of her, while mosquitoes sang in our ears and the river went on about its business, coiling off into the darkness. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With a start I realized that the bedposts and the legs of the chair were growing out of the floor, thick at the base like roots, and coiling together. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She loved the updrafts and coiling winds, and she loved ‘Vaiting on,” hovering above Sam until he kicked up game. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The thought did not elude me when I spotted a drawing at the diner of a bald entity with a giant eyeball connected to a coiling intestine — a frequent motif in his edible work. What’s for Lunch? Soup, With a Side of Art 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Then she recognises his tattoo: "I gave him hell when he came back with that new tat./He was just sixteen but adamant./A coiling dragon,/its tail wrapped about his arm." Pink Mist by Owen Sheers – review 2013-05-26T10:00:01Z In the disaster movie “Moonfall,” the moon goes out of orbit and starts coiling its way toward Earth, causing environmental disasters and setting the clock on humanity. ‘Moonfall’ Review: Out of Orbit 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Once they get past the metal detectors, ticket holders are herded like sheep in a long, coiling line. Want to See the Mona Lisa? Get in Line 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Soon Brandon Alley joins him; like two coiling strings, they circle in a hypnotic display of two bodies finding a single pulse. Bodytraffic Performs at the Joyce Theater 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z His works, known for their vivid explosions of color, their fluid, coiling lines and their aerial perspective, have sometimes invited comparisons to Australian Aboriginal art. John Olsen, Who Helped Revolutionize Australian Art, Dies at 95 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Darting, birdlike movements alternated with luxuriant, liquid preening and the occasional coiling crouch or springing leap, before the same proud walk carried him offstage. Alvin Ailey Company Offers Asadata Dafora Work From 1932 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Yet I also sensed strange notes forming, coiling within a small wound that would not heal. Haruki Murakami’s ‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage’ 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z The coiling fullness of Mr. Brooks’s choreography, brimming with detail, frequently mesmerizes; you wonder how the dancers keep up. Review: Brian Brooks Moving Company Keeps Things Off-Center at the Joyce Theater 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Real or imagined, the serpent slithers through the public imagination, coiling around each resident’s private guilt. The most delightful heroine since Elizabeth Bennet 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z And Mr. Muñoz astonished with his timing and clarity, lunging his body through luxuriant, coiling poses that never quite settled. Dance Review: Reveling in the Rapid Fires, Then the Retreats, of Flamenco 2010-10-10T21:43:00Z She threw one arm away from the other — tossing and releasing, flailing and returning — and hopped into one-leg kicks before sticking her tongue out and coiling it into a tunnel. Hysteria or Healing? Examining the Power of the Shaking Body 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z There was a phone receiver over one of her eyes and some cord coiling across her forehead. Beyoncé, the Past is Calling, and It’s Lady Gaga 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z She took her place on the floor in front of the stage, bending backward and coiling and jogging in place; she whooped and ululated words and syllables. Music Review: Guardian Alien at Shea Stadium - Review 2011-09-26T22:17:56Z I liked especially the flicking "through books in bed / until we found you", and "the evolution of your signature / coiling, uncoiling". Poetry workshop: Names 2011-07-12T10:04:43Z The coiling slats of Benefiel’s “Opportunity, Obstacle and Ordeal” define a cone or tunnel, hung from the ceiling with steel hooks and nylon cord. In the galleries: Deconstruction that’s carefully constructed 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Cope, after years of coiling her hair in a bun, had the same instinct. A Parisienne in America 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The serpents from the underworld who take cues from Armida look like devilish cat people from “Batman,” complete with coiling tails. Music Review: Rossini?s ?Armida? Has Its Premiere at the Met 2010-04-13T20:20:00Z Second place receives a classic “hand boiler,” which, relax, doesn’t boil your hand; it’s a steampunk-looking plaything consisting of two feather-light glass bulbs with a tube coiling decoratively between them. Style Invitational Week 1421: Alternaugural Address ’21 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Later that day I enlisted Kip and we rode the Boulder Bike Path, a jewel of urban engineering whose 300 coiling miles extend from the city center to the hinterlands. To Ride Again Another Day in Colorado 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Our children went straight for the tall, coiling water slides. Cobblestones? Check. Castles? Check. Budget? Check. Why Romania Is Worth the Trip. 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Wave upon wave of mountains stretched to the horizon, mist coiling in threads above the valleys. A backcountry refuge in Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The essence of Seshadri’s writing is conversation, and that conversation is coiling and liquid, not diffident. A Poet Who Mesmerizes by Zigs and Zags, Hopping From Idea to Idea 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z She looks a strange mixture of sad and emboldened, as if coiling herself back inwards. Arlene Phillips: Why I'm still haunted by Strictly 2010-10-04T07:00:00Z “A lot of people in this town have terrible taste,” Mr. Buterbaugh said last week as he sat in his office coiling a $1,400 Jade Jagger necklace around his neck. Scene Stealers: Meet the Behind-the-Scene Oscar Stars 2014-02-21T22:45:13Z Each of the jars has a spiraling shape that culminates in a coiling lid. Review | In the galleries: Artistic reflections on what mortality leaves behind 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Standing 6 feet 3, hair coiling past a strong jaw line, he wears makeup and calls himself the Queen Diva. Rapper Big Freedia's career bounces in various directions 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z In some instances, the painted additions leap from plane to plane, like the coiling black lines that corral “Not in Any Recent Moment.” Ernesto Burgos: ‘Monotony of Type’ 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Ms. Versace wisely turned the detail into abstract swirls set into coats and mini sheaths, sometimes interpreted with a coiling bit of colored python on a knee-length black or white sheath. On the Runway: Versace: New Baroque 2011-02-25T23:33:36Z Conveyor likes its vocal-harmony oohs and ahs, its staggered and coiling two-guitar patterns and its odd meters: 5/4, 7/4, 9/4, all played as if their little rhythmic hiccups were smooth and unremarkable. ArtsBeat: CMJ: A Promising Start With Brooklyn's Conveyer 2012-10-17T10:01:38Z After parking, I stretched my legs for a couple of blocks, admiring the twinkly lights coiling up palm tree trunks and eyeing a bright orange rotary phone in the window display of a design store. Beyond the green in Palm Springs: The desert is Coachella Valley’s true oasis 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The vista beyond her, with its coiling road, arched bridge, rocks, rivers, lakes, mountains and sea, is as much part of her as she is. Leonardo or Michelangelo: who is the greatest? 2010-03-30T07:00:00Z As the show developed, coiling itself around Streisand’s offbeat, aggressive, once-in-a-lifetime talent — not to mention her Brice-like nose, which shows up repeatedly in Bob Merrill’s lyrics — the odds of a truly successful successor diminished. Review: Broadway’s First ‘Funny Girl’ Revival Shows Why It Took So Long 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z El Cocinero, a swinging 2013 addition to the culinary scene, is located in a defunct factory, its entrance staircase coiling up the complex’s smokestack. A Design Lover's Guide To Cuba 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Even if he no longer paints, he uses his hands to help manipulate the coiling armatures of his sculptures. The Whitney Taps Frank Stella for an Inaugural Retrospective at Its New Home 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Winding paths, just wide enough for two, meandered south, coiling along the waterfront, weaving through thickets of tall bluestem grasses, wetland pools and flowering rose bushes. 3 Lush Parks Drastically Remake the East River Waterfront 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Slowly they rose, from bended knees, legs coiling and flicking as if kicking away some very precise fly. Season 10 of 'Dancing With the Stars' spins to a close 2010-05-21T22:23:00Z Liquid inks are bound by the rules of fluid dynamics, which means when they fall from a height, they become unstable, folding and coiling in on themselves. Reverse engineering Jackson Pollock 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The coiling composition grounded the visual building blocks and movement. How those opening frames create imaginative worlds to draw viewers into a series 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Behind where they sat, I could see the 20-foot border wall with coiling razor wire on top. The real border surge: The end of Title 42 and the triumph of the border-industrial complex 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z When the baker Scott Cioe wanted to lure crowds to Lafayette, a Manhattan restaurant, he turned to croissant dough, coiling it into a photogenic swirl he called the Suprême. Obamacare Keeps Winning 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Spalding plays no bass, just sings, and not the coiling, electroacoustic songs she’s become known for with Radio Music Society, but acoustic standards such as “But Not for Me” and “Some Other Time.” Get a jazzy start to 2023 with these musicians coming to Seattle 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z With a key role at the pyramid’s center, Alvarez takes a few minutes to practice on dry land, coiling her body, springing up and extending her arms. 'This is crazy if you think about it, no?' Inside the world of artistic swimming 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The stunning Act III quartet bears mention as well — the voices and intentions of the principals coiling around each other in a golden braid. Review | 3 operas in 3 days? With Met’s powerful fall trio, it was energizing. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The constrictor snakes are capable of strangling humans by coiling their muscled bodies around the chest and windpipe. New York City man arraigned on charges of smuggling in Burmese pythons 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Initially stunned, the python quickly regrouped and began coiling and constricting its long body around Kalil’s right arm, occasionally letting out an angry hiss. Meet the women hunting giant pythons 'eating everything’ in the Everglades 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z This coiling further shortens the chromosome so that it is now about 50 times shorter than the extended form. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z West Adams resident Ruben Ramirez, who encountered the line coiling through the parking lot when he arrived at 9 a.m., said he was undaunted. Smaller doses of monkeypox vaccine got the OK. Here's how that works at one clinic 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z After the explosions, frightened residents stood on the sidewalks, watching a coiling plume of black smoke rise from the city center. A strike in central Ukraine kills at least 12, officials say. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z For the past few weeks, I’ve been testing some seriously nifty USB cables that can actually do the magnetic coiling snake trick. Tangle-free magnetic USB cables are here 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z In the mid-1970s, she set the loom aside to make labor-intensive textiles with her hands — think all weft, no warp — coiling thread into long, thin, finely wrought ropes that Jacobs used to build basketlike forms. Review: Five pandemic-postponed art shows worth seeing right now 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Eukaryotes pack their chromosomes by super coiling, managed by DNA gyrase. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z He has published scientific papers explaining falling playing cards, tightrope walking, coiling rope, and how wet paper curls, among other phenomena that may appear at first glance unlikely subjects for mathematical analysis. You Hear the Musical Saw. These Mathematicians Heard Geometry. 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z They learned how to crab, endlessly practicing throwing grappling hooks and coiling lines. Into the ice: A crab boat’s quest for snow crab in a Bering Sea upended by climate change 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z It’s also got super weak coiling magnets and felt even cheaper than the rest. Tangle-free magnetic USB cables are here 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z This confirmed that the macroscale slowing had its microscopic origins where researchers had suspected: polymer chains stretching out and then coiling back as they passed through pores. Why Some Fluids Flow Slower when Pushed Harder 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z The meristematic region of tendrils is very touch sensitive; light touch will evoke a quick coiling response. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Like the first book in the trilogy, “Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” “time is a cobra,” coiling in and around itself in fascinating and fantastic ways. Marlon James rebuilds the fantasy genre with ‘Moon Witch, Spider King’ 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z He already looked more grown up than most of his peers, with a mustache and errant white hairs already coiling among the black. Invasion Generation: Iraq's children of war come of age with little hope 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z She escapes across the sea in Roger’s protective arms, riding on the back of a galloping winged-horse held aloft by a coiling dolphin. Review: Celeb photographer Matthew Rolston's fabulously weird Pageant of the Masters portraits 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z The move to the Michigan farm and the strains of his new, high-profile job had undone him — dissolving his sense of humor, coiling him with anxiety, rendering him more demanding, more intense. Opinion | Happiness Won’t Save You 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Application of jasmonic acid is sufficient to trigger tendril coiling without a mechanical stimulus. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z There it stumbled on a coiling gelatinous creature estimated at 150 feet in length, potentially the world’s longest example of marine life. A Pinnacle of Coral Is Discovered in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z A blackhead yields to the forces applied to it, dead-skin gunk snaking and coiling its way out of the pore like butter being squished through a cream cracker. What’s behind a phobia of holes? 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z That technique allowed Pollock to avoid coiling instability, in which a viscous liquid like paint curls up and coils like a rope when it falls on a surface. Scientists analyze the physics of Jackson Pollock’s famous painting technique 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z If it shifts to the edge, it means you’re swaying instead of coiling and turning. Scott McCarron made his swing more efficient to gain distance. You can, too - Golf Digest 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z A python is a constrictor and kills its prey by coiling around it and squeezing. Police hunt for 9-foot python that could heat a human loose in British city 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z It’s still not clear how Lsdia1 controls shell coiling all by itself. Most snail shells coil to the right. This single gene may be the reason why 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Not long after, at age 24, she underwent a minimally invasive procedure — endovascular coiling — to seal off the aneurysm. ‘Game of Thrones’ star Emilia Clarke reveals she had two brain aneurysms 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z In his mind he pictured her neck, her long neck, her swan’s neck, her Alice in Wonderland neck coiling like a serpent, like a serpent, coiling down on him. Bad sex award 2018: the contenders in quotes 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z It features a coiling wooded walkway leading to a sycamore tree planted in the middle of a small man-made reflecting pool. Committee picks design for Sandy Hook victims’ memorial 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Its typically clogged arteries were clear of traffic, save for the lines coiling around the few gas stations that remained open. In Brazil, a truckers’ strike brings Latin America’s largest economy to a halt 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z She beckons me over to look at a 19th-century perambulator, its fittings designed to resemble coiling snakes, the creatures that appear on the Duke of Devonshire’s family crest. 'Do you have any ectoplasm? Is it vaginal?' The return of punk artist Linder 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z But its DNA began coiling long before that. The secret origin story of the iPhone 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z We then looked for how many patients underwent a coiling procedure versus a clipping procedure. Quantity of Care: About our data analysis 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Sam's sequential coiling and uncoiling was timeless and without flaw. The Best Teacher No One Knows - Golf Digest 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z A primary melody for Deborah also runs throughout the film, often alongside her jogging, and Shore paints the coiling tune in a spectrum of sunny and overcast colors. Film scores range from experimental sounds ('Arrival') to simple, hushed restraint ('A Monster Calls') 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z There were gasps when a model walked down the passageway in a full-length mink coat inset with coiling snakes: mink cutouts that had been dyed red, black, and white. Gucci’s Renaissance Man 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z A skein of silk tangled into a ball has very different properties from that same skein extended; might the coiling or uncoiling of DNA change the activity of genes? The Science of Identity and Difference 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z He was close when he was a hippie terrified of a bathtub, with oily hair coiling at his shoulders. WESLEY PRUDEN: Bernie Sanders thinks he wants a run at the Merry Prankster 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z One way to understand this idea is to think about coiling up a garden hose on a circular reel. By Solving the Mysteries of Shape-Shifting Spaces, Mathematician Wins $3-Million Prize 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Mars’ magnetic fields reacted to the blasts by coiling into ropes stretching more than 3,000 miles into space, the researchers discovered. Mars atmosphere findings hint at fate of liquid water on red planet 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Slowly the convoy rolled into Queens, coiling its way through the city in a clockwise corkscrew. Oversize trucks line up to deliver big payloads to New York 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Epigenetic signals conceal some of these selves and reveal others, coiling some, uncoiling others. The Science of Identity and Difference 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z The snake began coiling around an officer’s arms but police were able to stop the animal and return it to its enclosure. Reptile Store Owner Nearly Crushed to Death by 125-Lb Python 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z But ancient wisdom often still has value, and now a group of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have had another look at the coiling method, pronounced it good, and modernised it. What goes around, comes around 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z To remind them of tackling principles, he found film of a snake coiling around its prey and yanking it to the ground. Vague Job Outline Leads to Defining Role With Seahawks 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z I expected distress, a ringing in my ears, fear coiling in the pit of my stomach. Feature: Peering into my genome 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z “Can you change the form or nature of an animal simply by coiling and uncoiling various parts of its genome?” The Science of Identity and Difference 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z “He treats the most sensitive and complicated cases, including brain aneurysms, which sometimes can be treated by endovascular coiling to seal the aneurysm but which sometimes require surgery,” said Dr. J.D. Medical center opens neuroscience institute 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z But, if the gold markets “coiling” pattern continues, buying interest will emerge ahead of the June low. Technical Trading: Gold, Take The Big Picture View 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z I was still coiling lines when a dapper fellow trailing a measuring tape accosted me, smiling, wanting to tailor me a bespoke suit that he would deliver the next morning for $20. (Back) Gates to Asia 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Silver is coiling up like a compressed spring as its trading range narrows to a very fine point. Why Precious Metals May Be On The Verge Of A Big Move 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z He will do two more sets, his 300-pound body coiling and uncoiling methodically. Jaimie Bryant finally joins the Huskies 2014-03-31T22:59:45Z It came out smoothly at first, coiling easily around my clamp. A young doctor’s fear of raising questions causes a mistake 2014-03-24T21:13:39Z Divide the time elapsed by the number of turns to get an estimate of the coiling period T. The frequency f is then just 1/. Do-It-Yourself Coiling Liquids 2014-02-01T05:00:00Z Then, he lifted his knife and flipped his wrist, coiling the slice to rest on the tip of his blade. Madrid Journal: Spreading Spain’s Glory in Thin, Slow Slices 2013-12-19T02:29:46Z Ali Mohamed, coiling up his delicate lanterns with care, said the month may yet bring something good. Lights going out on Egypt's Ramadan joy 2013-07-09T15:46:15Z You can be a good driver with zero lateral head movement, but by moving his head to the right with a coiling upper body, he gives himself the chance to be great. 'Right' Stuff 2013-05-28T04:00:00Z This then triggered a coiling action, wrapping the robot's body around a branch to prevent it falling off. Snake robot teams up with rescue dog 2013-04-29T15:31:49Z In 1972, The New York Times Magazine described him as “coiling and uncoiling in preparation for the occasional mongoose foolish enough to challenge him.” Marty Reisman, 82, Wizard of Table Tennis, Dies 2012-12-08T03:23:35Z Within the disk, meanwhile, gravitational interactions caused the orbits of the stars and gas clouds to start piling up and causing celestial traffic jams: coiling ‘density waves’ that formed the spiral arms. Galaxy formation: The new Milky Way 2012-10-03T18:21:29.637Z Pythons kill their prey by coiling around it and suffocating it. Giant python caught in Florida 2012-08-14T04:39:38Z For a grown man, then, coiling his 200-pound frame over and over into the catching position is not always done without consequence. Russell Martin Plays Catcher, the Toughest Position in Baseball 2012-06-16T18:48:08Z The results of x-ray measurements of real awn cells closely matched the predictions, demonstrating that the coiling does indeed arise from the arrangement of the outside fibers. ScienceShot: Unraveling the Mystery of Self-Planting Seeds 2012-06-06T19:20:17Z It's been like coiling a spring and I'm raring to go now. I'm raring to go for the Tour de France – now for the dress rehearsal 2012-05-31T18:12:31Z The photos show a snake coiling in grass, the inside of a drainage pipe, a tree-lined street on which a dog stands vigil, a bird feeder—all shot from several inches off the ground. CatCam Probes Philosophical Puzzle: What Is It Like to Be a Cat? 2012-04-28T19:15:03.880Z Clay is tempered with sandstone crushed on the metate, and built up by coiling. Mohave Pottery 2012-04-26T02:00:09.420Z The bowman was coiling down a rope, two of the deck hands were engaged in securing the fore-peak hatchway, while the rest were down below. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Pod with evanescent partitions, and a thick axis bearing several anatropous seeds, 5-valved, the valves coiling elastically and projecting the seeds in bursting. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Menacing and funereal symbols alone meet the eye—the emblems of the pedum, the tau, allegorical globes, coiling serpents, and the scales in which souls are weighed—the Unknown, death, nothingness. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Brushing, and braiding, and coiling skilfully, Constance wound the fine, yet heavy locks around Priscilla's head. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z The visible spiral figure of all these objects is a double-branched curve, its two arms joining on the nucleus in opposing points, and coiling round in the same geometrical direction. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z In tendrils of exceeding length several of these reverse loops may be found at regular intervals, sometimes as many as six in a single tendril, but the coiling process usually awaits this contact. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z I dread the day, which seems to follow me and drag me back, after I have escaped another night; I never felt anything like this insidious coiling of water about one. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z A venomous, slimy snake was coiling itself about the feet of the marquise, fouling her with its tainted breath. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z It is always in motion, coiling and uncoiling like the trunk of an elephant, and grasping whatever comes within reach. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Murphy became the guy holding the wire tethered to the head coach — constantly coiling up the slack so the coach did not trip over it yet giving up enough room for the coach to wander. Giants? Longtime Security Chief Handpicked by Parcells 2012-02-03T23:08:50Z Barbison seemed to fancy that his firmness had proved sufficient, and, coiling himself up amidst the coal, once more went to sleep. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z He walked over to a man who was coiling a rope. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z A remark unsuitable to the printed page exploded upon his lips, and he saw his leader settle deliberately over the long beating wings, the tail-fly coiling about them like a whip-lash. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Through a break in the bushes I watched the Tarifa below me, her decks busy with the movement of her crew and from her galley the comfortable smoke coiling up into the air. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z The mere act of coiling an exact weight of molten glass round the end of a rod 4 ft. in length requires considerable skill. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z When he had done this he came back, ate a little, and coiling himself up in the dust went to sleep, his sack under his head. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z Where the size is so great as to prevent finishing at one sitting, it can be very carefully reversed; this will allow the base to harden and still keep the top moist for further29 coiling. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z The veins in his bull-like neck swelled out prominently, then he launched himself at Joe, and, swinging the whip overhead, sent the lash coiling about his face. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z Tremolos rise and fall like puffs of smoke, while scales like coiling snakes and staccatos like skipping imps add to the effect of pandemonium. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z I plunged onward amid the coiling stems and branches of the big rhododendrons, an illuminative flash of the purple bonnet giving me my bearings. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z It is not venomous, but is possessed of enormous strength which it shows by coiling itself round the object of its attack and crushing it into a shapeless mass. 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 In this way many shapes that splay out or curve boldly from the foot may be built, which would otherwise present many difficulties in coiling. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z “Aren’t you going to fish any more?” asked the captain, as he saw Ned coiling up his line, after the fish had been taken away. Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise 2011-11-07T02:00:19.467Z The golden fig climbs up other trees and strangles its host with its coiling stems and aërial roots. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Put in a handful of imported spaghetti without breaking, coiling it into the kettle as it softens. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book 2011-10-12T02:00:46.677Z This serpent abolition Has been coiling on for years. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z With big pieces much attention must be paid to the correct shaping when coiling, otherwise the finishing will be laborious and quite possibly useless. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z Once more his arm shot out and with a quick and powerful wrench he swung Wilkes directly in front of him, coiling the fingers of one hand around the man’s neck and windpipe. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Let the locks of the lightning, all bristling and whitening, Flash, coiling me round, While the æther goes surging 'neath thunder and scourging Of wild winds unbound! The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z Spindle, spindle, the coiling weft shall dwindle; Leap on the fire and burn, for all is done.... King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z The tail-piece represents a serpent of pale green hue coiling and rearing across the page. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Now and again a great shell bursts half-way down a ravine in the side of the cliffs, and fills it for a time with a coiling cloud of yellow smoke. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z He went through all the rooms, but found them empty, till he came to the very last one, where a Serpent lay coiling and uncoiling itself. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z It contained no water, however, and Forrester discovered several small snakes slowly coiling themselves around on the gravel in the bottom. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z "Here's a nice business," he remarked aloud, scratching his ugly face thoughtfully and coiling up his little queue tightly round his head as a sign that he was going to set to work. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z Yon river’s dusky shoal, Whereto the close-built coiling lanes unroll, Faced his work window, whence his eyes would stare, Thought wandering, unto nought that met them there, But to the unfettered irreversible goal. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z In some forms the coiling disappears in the adult, leaving the shell simply conical as in Patellidae, Fissurellidae, &c., and in some cases the shell is coiled in one plane, e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The air was coiling and twisting upon itself as I landed, but that out-licking tongue of the storm was passing me by and circling the bluffs beyond the flat. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Writhing out of the hole in the log and coiling, as it did so, into an attitude to strike, the snake looked to be dangerous, indeed. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Sin and Vice are gathering around it like a vast coiling Serpent. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z They worked like mad, coiling the slack line in the waist, while Noll fitted it into the crotch and pinned it there. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z But this hypothesis leaves the elevation of the visceral mass and the exogastric coiling of the shell in the ancestral form unexplained. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Others, striking near the top of the fall, still had enough kick left in their tails to drive on up through the coiling bottle-green water. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z All the fish left us instanter, attracted doubtless by the blood of their mutilated fellow; so, sulkily coiling up the line, I came in. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z If I lived there,"—with a gesture toward the tall, luxurious apartment houses on the Drive, behind them, "I would be choosing my prettiest frock and coiling my hair the way he liked best. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z Rhythmic muscular tremors ran up and down its coiling length, bringing the vivid brown, green, and golden patterns into changing prominence. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z The track lay like a narrow, coiling ribbon over the waste of plumy grass. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Again scarcely a glimmer of notice as he busied himself coiling the line. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z I was coiling up the gear in the waist when she lurched heavily to windward, just as a green mass of water lifted itself like a hill on that side. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z I was looking in the mirror and coiling my hair when I realized my thought; to my amazement my own face seemed to me almost the face of a stranger. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Something is moving toward you, curving and coiling and twisting round you. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z There was a serpent," I said, "a ghastly, writhing, coiling, deadly serpent. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z The second wave, men with matchlocks, were being issued lighted matchcord, which they now stood coiling about their waists as they waited to disembark. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The river went coiling along beneath the moon round the town like a great serpent with a sparkling back, then stretched itself out through two bridges. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Her hands were covered with rings and her arms had several bracelets in the form of snakes coiling around them. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z I therefore entered, and coiling up the cord, sat upon it very melancholy, and thinking how I should most conveniently get down to the bottom, having nobody to guide or support me. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z NAIROBI, Kenya — The clinic's paperwork carried a common medical symbol - a snake coiling around a wooden rod. MIT class studies Kenyan slum's clinic quandary 2011-04-27T20:16:06Z He leaned over the boat's side and looked down into the calm, shadowy water, where fitful tracks of shining white light showed the movements of coiling writhing monsters of the deep. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z Why was she coiling the net of intrigue round the young Count—the future Duke? By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z The blue smoke was coiling up through the thick air from every chimney when the bells at Bishop's Court began to ring for Christmas service. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z “Ah!” exclaimed Bob, who was busy coiling down the various halliards, etc., The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z He turned and fastened upon Marr a glance of deep determination, his fingers coiling into knots. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Now it was just a brown serpent in the pine needles, coiling this way and that,—but he loved every foot of it. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z Hundreds and hundreds of pounds," commented Mattie, coiling herself in the rug upon the floor; "ah! Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z The visitor, entering the gallery, will probably notice first of all the large bronze bowl with a dragon coiling about the base, exhibited in the center of the room. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z The halfbreed stood in the doorway coiling and uncoiling the lash of his whip. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z I might not have observed their intricate coiling, nor perhaps did I at the moment. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z In the last decade, scientists have identified and debated several attributes that have apparently "re-evolved" over time including stick insect's wings, coiling in limpet shells, larval stages of salamanders and lost digits in lizards. Frogs re-evolved lost lower teeth 2011-01-31T08:40:23Z The wire ring No. X. was coiled and annealed after coiling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z Tom caught the coiling end of the rope and secured it, allowing a play of a few feet between the two craft. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z I was coiling a rope just aft of the wheel-house, when the captain paced along the deck, and turned a cold eye upon me. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z Rays simple or branched, capable of coiling, since the vertebrae articulate by surfaces of hour-glass shape; ventral arm-plates, and often the others, much reduced; spines reduced or absent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Jack and a youth Penny did not know, were busy coiling ropes. Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z She wore a black velvet gown, and in her hair she had fastened a long Algerian cap, in a red silk net, which coiling round her comb, fell over her left shoulder. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Harshly driven, yet Paula repressed a cry, and fought her way out into the main hall—as from the coiling suction of a maelstrom. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Owing to the increased length of cable, and the greater care in coiling, it took a longer time than the year before. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z It was picturesque at first to watch the long caravan coiling over the spiral track which turns right and left like a corkscrew. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z They are like snakes coiling among snakes, poison and poisoning; like plague-patients, infected and diffusing infection; each sick and all contagious. Gamblers and Gambling 2010-12-26T03:00:19.913Z When at last they reached the beach, they gathered for a session, coiling and unfolding their bodies until it was time to convene around a growing bonfire. This Summer?s Hamptons: Hot Spots of the Season 2010-08-04T23:00:00Z The father immediately attempted to defend them, but the serpents coiling round him, squeezed him in their complicated wreaths, so that he died in the greatest torture. Heathen Mythology The proboscis also appears, alternately lengthening itself out and coiling into a spiral, as if impatient to reach the sweet nectar from the bottom of some fragrant flower cup. Butterflies and Moths (British) "And the great mottled snakes coiling over her?" Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches Various plants climb by a coiling movement of their leaves or their leaf-stalks. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The boat-steerers were kept busy fixing up their harpoons and lances, getting the boats ready, coiling the lines in the tubs etc. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document I love their life—their daily actions—this man coiling a lariat—that child's outline against the tepee—the smell of their fresh bread—the smoke of their little fires. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop The butler having retired, Nugent lay back in his luxurious lounge-chair and sipped his drink and watched the blue wreaths from his Havana coiling upwards. A Traitor's Wooing This account is doubtful; but there is a well-authenticated instance of the destruction of a snake above sixty-two feet long, while in the act of coiling itself round the body of a man. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. The coiling of the leaf-stalk is in response to a kind of irritation produced by contact with the supporting body. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools But her thoughts scattered, whirled with the coiling sparkles against her closed eyelids. Shadows of Flames A Novel The Company was again divided into parties to-day, one bringing over the ropes and rigging upon the raft, and another coiling the ropes and repacking the wagons. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 Nearer it draws to where those low rocks ail, Warm rocks on which some water-snake hath clomb To bask its spotted body, coiling numb.— One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue A litter of rattlesnakes was born in the Gardens—curious little active things without rattles—hiding under stones, or coiling together in complicated knots, with their clustering heads resembling Medusa's locks. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. Twining, ascending by coiling round a support, 39. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools Standing before her mirror and coiling her hair, her hands shook as she thought of the death of her past. The Shadow One effort more, my lads; stay a moment, they’ll be coiling down the sheets and bowlines just now. The Ruined Cities of Zululand She then jumps into the bag and, while slowly turning around, pecks it into place, thus coiling the strand neatly around the interior of the bag. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon The juggler played various tricks with them, sometimes wreathing them round his neck, coiling them in his bosom, or throwing them among the people. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series This is applied to the supporting object, and it adheres firmly; then a shortening of the tendril and its branches by coiling brings up the growing shoot close to the support. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools This was finally accomplished to Sube's satisfaction by the coiling of a long fox boa round a form of milliner's wire. Sube Cane The next morning, while her maid was coiling her fair hair, Mrs. Lorrington received the note, and bit her lips with vexation. Anne And found it, penetrated it, coiling like a microscopic serpent within the gland. The Invader The coiling lash of darkness encircled him, and its touch was the abysmal cold of outer space, striking deep into his heart. Black Amazon of Mars Then drawing their heads back again, they pull the animal to the ground at once, and, coiling round it, commence the crushing process. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Lee darkly perceived group after group of luminous cables coiling away into cavernous pits filled with what looked like eyes of cats, faintly aglow and twinkling at him from the dark. The Brain My heart seemed to cease its beating; I felt like one around whose body some snake is coiling, fold after fold, his slimy grasp. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Or to come coiling down upon any ship that struck them squarely. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. "Got off pretty slick that time, eh, Davy?" demanded Step Hen, after the other had been landed, and Bob White was coiling the rope around himself again. The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners Half-stunned by the suddenness of it and the violence with which he had been flung about, Dworn blurrily saw other cables settling from overhead, coiling almost like living things around his overturned machine. World of the Drone When he returned she was standing and coiling her hair about her head. Ancestors A Novel In fact, the mud with which they had covered themselves had become alive, and was coiling itself tightly about them in the form of serpents. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children Then the long, blue serpent would wriggle out of the road into the fields, as if coiling to strike. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro About an hour after this I saw my friend the pirate engaged forward in coiling a rope. The Rose of Paradise Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself, and now for the first time published That procession was a sight to see; there was the beauty, the rank, the fashion, and the worth of the city, in "linked sweetness long drawn out," coiling through the thoroughfares on pious errand. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) The molten lava twisted and writhed as though a thousand serpents were coiling and uncoiling. Doubloons—and the Girl Scotty finished coiling up the light line he used to tether the float to his belt, and they stepped into the water. The Wailing Octopus None of the latter as yet had disturbed him, but he was likely to step upon some coiling reptile, unseen in the dark, whose sting was certain death. Through Apache Lands A is a hair end-organ; the sensory axons can be seen coiling around the root of the hair; evidently a touch on the hair, outside, would squeeze the coiled axon and stimulate it. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life There are vague pictures of blue moss and twisted trees, of coiling fog that wrapped itself about me, trying futilely to hold me back. Where the World is Quiet The tube used is first flattened preparatory to the coiling up, so as to render this operation more easy. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Beneath him, crawling and coiling and singing, were Lieutenant Fraser's rattlers. The Plow-Woman It was filled with coiling snakes; and these, as she stood there with the uplifted basket, shot through the osier grating and curled about her arms. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) McGuire felt his companion’s hold loosen as he was lifted from the ground; there were other arms flailing about him—living, coiling things that seemed to fight one with another for this prize. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 When I awoke I saw smoke coiling up from the muzzle of the pistol in my hand. Where the World is Quiet She hurried off to help in the coiling of the ropes, and in about half-an-hour the Kelpie was brought alongside the rude stone pier of Alvasay. The Adventure League A snaky rope went coiling down into the lower ship’s cockpit. The Fifth-Dimension Tube You bow before it; and so the awful monster of privilege goes on unhampered, coiling its slimy tentacles about our national resources, our public utilities, and natural wealth. Carmen Ariza Disturbed by Lina's approach, he was that instant coiling itself up for a spring. Mabel's Mistake In an instant the body, too, disappeared; an upward coiling wisp of black smoke marking its vanishing. The Red Hell of Jupiter A great coiling tentacle, black and leathery and glistening, was thrust up out of the green water. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Tentacles coiling, whipping, interweaving, the wall of flesh pressed in. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 The snake wriggled free in a moment, and coiling its whole length, some three and a half feet, fronted this new and curious antagonist. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales Again that expression of white rage crept over his face, and a smile rose up to his mouth, coiling around it like a viper. Mabel's Mistake Slimy arms were coiling around him, while the loathsome sucker-disks tore at his unprotected face and throat. The Red Hell of Jupiter He had judged it to be ten miles away; but out from the upper valley it came coiling like a long white snake, and before he could turn, it had caught him. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia Little by little the terrific whipping and coiling of the tentacles quieted down. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 Nonplussed, I stooped over the suitcase and rope, coiling up the one, putting it in the other—this first bit of tangible, palpable evidence we'd lighted on. The Million-Dollar Suitcase Do you remember a hot, red fire, streams of water gushing over it, a ladder, a crowd, and great pipes coiling like a tangle of huge snakes along a street full of people? The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals Not far away, and not far beneath him, a ghostly violet haze was spreading through the fog, and the fog itself was coiling back from it until it formed a dense white wall. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 Her mother, sitting on the bed, was coiling her glorious hair; the open dress revealed the massive throat and great white shoulders. Melomaniacs “La!” she said, holding a mass of blond hair in one hand and deftly coiling it upon her little head, “I believe she got up early to meet him.” The Strollers There was no sign of his wife, but a huge serpent was just coiling itself round and round and settling down in the middle of the pillow. Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales Carefully coiling his pipe, he took the rope in his hand and began descending, the two having arranged the signals so that with ordinary care no accident need result. Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils Vitis is further distinguished as follows: The plants are climbing or trailing, rarely shrubby, with woody stems and mostly with coiling, naked-tipped tendrils. Manual of American Grape-Growing They were overhauling and coiling down what looked like a long rubber hose. The Island Mystery His Lordship stood among the boys, coiling and uncoiling his whip on the floor, and engaged as if in counting the nail-heads in the boarding. Leading Articles on Various Subjects Looking round, I saw the Englishman engaged in coiling a rope close to me. In the Days of Drake Instead of tolerating the serpents now coiling at my fireside ready to spring at a word from their master, I will appoint to court offices persons I love or esteem, at least. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess A glistening blue cord coiling up from the baby's belly joined her still to Redbird's body. Shaman He made a mark in white chalk behind one of the barrels and then hurriedly began coiling up the fuse as he turned toward the ladder. Mr. Wicker's Window As their eyes became accustomed to the night, they saw that this patch looked as if it was alive with flashing, coiling, darting red things. In the Musgrave Ranges The men had hurried through their dinner, for they knew that the time allowed them would be short, and began casting off hawsers, coiling down ropes, and preparing for a start. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California A little later a sudden flash along the river surface disclosed that the thing was a shanty-boat turning in the coiling currents at the bend. The River Prophet Her nimble fingers worked as fast as Sandy's with buckles, coiling traces and looping reins. Rimrock Trail It was too early for hot water or maids; she enjoyed the flowing shocks of the cold and her own rapidity and skill in dressing and coiling up her hair. Amabel Channice Signor Tomaso, coiling the lash of his whip and holding the heavy handle, with its loaded butt, as a sceptre, took his place on a somewhat raised seat at the centre of the frame. Kings in Exile He held the black hashish cake over the grinder, using his dagger to shave small, coiling peels into the ground kaviyeh beans. The Saracen: The Holy War Even as he was coiling up the rest of the rope, the beast gave a howl of fury and with a tremendous leap was halfway up the wall. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The Demon scowled at me as if at once incensed and overawed; and then, coiling himself up in a thick and sulphurous vapor, he disappeared from his place. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland In silence she sat before the glass, while Bennet's dexterous fingers unbraided the silky hair and brushed it before coiling it up for the night. A Vanished Hand But whenever the running noose at the end of the cord came coiling swiftly at his head, with one lightning snap of his long teeth he would sever it as with a knife. Kings in Exile Mr. Hoare and the third mate had been aloft with the men, and as soon as all were on deck the work of coiling away ropes, ranging the light spars, and tidying up began. A Chapter of Adventures Embossed on the medallion was a mounted knight driving his lance into a coiling bat-winged dragon baring huge fangs in rage. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel I remember that the Rotundo, as its name imports, was a circular hall, of large extent, with a flagged floor, an arched coiling, and white walls. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West She was exceedingly querulous over the coiling of her tresses into the crown that added so regally to the dignity of her bearing. Making People Happy Frantically he struggled to break through it, but only succeeded in coiling it about him till he could not 215 move a flipper. Kings in Exile Meals had been irregular that day with the officers, for there was much to be seen after in coiling down ropes, washing the decks, and in getting everything neatly in ship-shape. A Chapter of Adventures The city was a vast oven where even the sounds of the coiling traffic in its streets seemed heavy and weary under the press of heat that poured down from above. A Scientist Rises Blue had already appeared above, the sun found us again and again, and the fog remnants went spinning and coiling, in last ghostly dance like that of frenzied wraiths. Desert Dust The waves lapped musically above his head; a tawny glory was all about him, a luminous expanse in which he saw strangely formed creatures moving, darting, rising, falling, coiling, uncoiling. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk A spark glittered near, a spark that towered and hovered overhead, and burst into coiling volumes of lurid smoke with a moving heart of flame. Waiting for Daylight He rode Sock, his pinto pony, off a little way, coiling his rope in readiness as he did so. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Evidently he observed it for he smiled as he walked to his pony, coiling his rope and hanging it from the pommel of the saddle. The Trail to Yesterday Here and there were men in blue overalls, cleaning the deck, coiling ropes, and polishing metal; and in a little house with windows a man was standing beside an upright wheel. The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure Blood, flame, a cataract Thrown upward from a desert place: Flame and blood, the one blind fact, Contained, or spouting from the face, Or coiling out of bellies, packed In a stinking spent embrace . Spectra A Book of Poetic Experiments He staggered, and his coiling tentacles relaxed slightly. Zehru of Xollar Two of the seamen were engaged in coiling down a hand-lead line; the rest of the men on deck were devoting their attention to the now departing canvas boat. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War As an element of grace, alone, it affords the same delight as the interweaving curves of a dance or the fascination of coiling and waving smoke. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures Once more he took it aboard and began coiling in the warp. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good The lark must fly to the open sky when he sees the serpent coiling among the roses, or he must fight and dare the odds. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Amidships was a man coiling up ropes, at the wheel was another man, and pacing the top of the after-house was Captain Williams, red-bearded, red-eyed, and truculent of gesture and expression. The Grain Ship Its colour is a darker brown than that of the centiped, and it has a habit of coiling into a spiral shape, when disturbed, so that the soft under surface is concealed. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Speaking with much sharpness: "My name is Smith, my man," cried he, seizing his belongings, "and you—just carry on with that coiling!" The Light of Scarthey He was soon unhooking hake and coiling the trawl into its tub. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Also, "look out for a bender," or "strike out for a bend," applied to coiling the hempen cables. 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. The man coiling ropes, whom Murphy learned later was the first mate, looked furtively at him as he passed, and turned in his tracks so as not to show him his back. The Grain Ship Rose herself seemed aware of the sin of it, she tried so hard to restrain it, coiling it tight at the back, and smoothing it sleek as a bird's wing above her brows. The Creators A Comedy A couple of figures in sea-boots and duffle coats were still coiling down ropes and securing fenders, crawling like flies about the whale-backed hull. The Long Trick The mate drove his brown-skinned men to marvellous feats with coiling lines, determined to be ready with his part when the boat was ready. Gold Out of Celebes Also, the number of tiers in coiling cables and hawsers. 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. “Hold on tight,” Orme cautioned the girl, and, coiling his lasso, he went to the bow. The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure The yacht was backing out, and the bishop, coiling a rope in her bows, straightened up to wave farewell. The Rapids He happened, moreover, to be employed in coiling down a rope—in the capacity he had reverted to—while his supplanter received the rating; but he eyed the ceremony stoically and without resentment. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions The next moment he was jerked into the air, writhing and coiling, and striking in vain frenzy at his captor's mail of hard feathers. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life A method by which the operation of coiling is facilitated; it alludes to hempen cables, which are now seldom used. 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. The mate obeyed, and coiling the long rope ready for a throw the captain waited, while the steamer drew nearer to the speck of white. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia Then that sensation was gone, and there were two faint coiling spirals of yellow light upon the ceiling. Hunters Out of Space A younger man, clad in a jersey and sea boots, was busy coiling down something in the bows. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions She came to the doorway of her room, coiling a loop of hair. The Return of Blue Pete A method of coiling a rope that runs freely when let go; differing from the French, and was used for the head-braces. 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. Great coiling grape vines now and then connected a cluster of trees, but there was little undergrowth. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand It was fun to watch them padding about so swiftly, coiling ropes, and doing their tasks so featly. The Cricket Just then two snakes of great size, sent by Athena, rose from the sea, and sprang upon Laocoön and his two sons, and, coiling around them, bit them to death. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece The coiling and management of the warp was of the utmost importance. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways A rope 6 or 8 fathoms long, with a hook and thimble spliced at one end, and whipped at the other: it is used in coiling hempen cables in the tiers, dragging chain, &c. 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. An hour later Mayo, coiling down lines in the alley outside the engine-room, overheard a bulletin delivered by the one-eyed cook to the engineer. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The creature’s long tail possesses no prehensile power, but it appears to use it as a lady does a boa,—coiling it round its body to keep itself warm. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The men, however, wearied with their day’s exertion, were glad to get within, and coiling themselves up on the rough boughs which served as couches, most of them were soon fast asleep. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. "They were coiling away a spare cable—all but Bob Thomas, who was to pull the captain ashore; and the visitors were assisting them." Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World A place constructed in the hold, or cable-tier, for coiling cables and hawsers on. 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. He stopped coiling ropes and stood there and listened eagerly until the cook's indignant eye chanced to take a swing in his direction. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 They are always in motion—except when the animal is perfectly at rest—coiling and uncoiling themselves, like the trunks of elephants, seeking to grasp, apparently, whatever comes within their reach. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The fleshless head of Death is in the front, with a serpent coiling round his leg, and on the car is the figure of a woman blowing a trumpet, with a banner. The Story of Rouen Now they began to twine round each other like living, twisting serpents, and the sailors pulling them had to spring quickly aside to avoid being caught by the flying and coiling ends. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess By this time the sight of a coiled rope made me jumpy and I dreamed of snakes writhing, coiling, moving in undulating lines. Land of the Burnt Thigh He finished his coffee and went forward where the fishermen were coiling the gang-lines into the tubs. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Opposite was the serpentine course of the Dead River, coiling through an open marsh-meadow. Days Off And Other Digressions I replied, coiling up the lash of my whip. Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants Then she dropped down on the floor behind her young mistress, coiling herself up in the corner, with her back against the wall, that she might dictate at her ease. In Blue Creek Cañon There, strung on wires, hung more than a hundred huge, horrid rattlers, many of them still wriggling and twisting and coiling like a thrown lariat. Land of the Burnt Thigh Sue brushed the soft fly-away hair, coiling it low over the ears and twisting it into a becoming knot on the neck. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's As he said this he sprang up, and going over to where the chain was hanging, took it from its place, and coiling it up into a knot, returned to George's side. Under the Rebel's Reign Traces of the original coiling are readily observable on the sides of this vessel. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 In the drawing I have shown the flower, like a 4-lipped cup with four yellow snakes coiling out of it. Woodland Tales He gave a sharp exclamation of triumph and sprang to his feet, the cobra coiling its body about his bare brown arm and giving every indication of rage. Side Show Studies Come along, my hearty,” said Rooney, coiling away the slack as Edgar rose slowly to the surface. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters The envelope was thin and crackly, embossed with purple designs of twisted reptiles coiling around a woman's face, and in one corner were small purple letters forming the words "Hotel Medusa." The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Black clouds overspread the sky, so that no light save the dim rays of a lantern cheered the men as they went tramp, tramp, round the capstan, slowly coiling in the trawl-warp. The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea Sharply does not express the way in which the reptile attacked him, for the whole business from its springing, coiling, and striking seemed instantaneous. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy Like a snake coiling its way among the grass, the line of boats advanced steadily up the harbour. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea Long snake-like parasites creep from tree to tree, coiling the trunks as though they were serpents, and would crush them! The Scalp Hunters There the vegetation is lush and luxuriant, showing a growth of large forest timber—the trees set thickly, and matted with many parasites, that look like cables coiling around and keeping them together. The Death Shot A Story Retold Mingled with this glow there was the flush of shame, for she could not help starting at every sudden rustling sound, thinking the coiling snake was lurking in ambush. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel Away it flew, lashing the yard with fury, and coiling itself into thick twists of rope. A Voyage round the World A book for boys The rifleman tried to push it open, but the Goorkha went to the window, and coiling his compact little person into its smallest compass, waited for his enemy. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign The boat-steerer was seen in the last boat busily coiling away the line in the tub as he hauled it in. Old Jack "Just invite us and see!" declared the lad, reaching for the lasso and coiling it neatly. Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol Nell was coiling the sheet in a methodical fashion, and thinking of Drake's words. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden These are large, strong snakes that squeeze and crush their prey by coiling themselves around it. Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot THE sun is bleeding its fires upon the mist That huddles in grey heaps coiling and holding back. Bay A Book of Poems He could feel the horrid vines climbing and coiling about him, and he was helpless to struggle and tear them away. Frank Merriwell Down South Darting forward with lightening rapidity, it caught Piang in its circular embrace, and, coiling its tail around the tree, flattened the boy against it, as if in a mill. The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Owing to the coiling of the end of the long tail the plane of the section, as is seen in figure 5I, passes through the posterior end of the embryo no less than four times. Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator Down the narrow stair she plunged and hurried through the dim, earthy cellar, past bins of coal and great coiling pipes and drains. In the Border Country On the gun-deck lay great piles of cumbrous cables, from the coiling of which the men had been summoned by the call to quarters. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 He gave no heed to its five-foot body writhing and coiling about his bare arm. Bloom of Cactus A long tongue of bluish-grey smoke licked the air, coiling sinuously upward from amid cigar ends and ashes. The Sins of Séverac Bablon After paying this scarcely-deserved compliment he gave an order to a sailor who was coiling up ropes near him, and the man at once proceeded to untie Foster’s bonds. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story The boats were hanging over the side ready to lower, tubs for coiling away the ropes, harpoons, lances, etcetera, all were ready to throw in, and start away at a moment’s notice. Fighting the Whales “Ha!” exclaimed a seaman, who stood near them coiling up a rope; “hold on till you’ve got a taste o’ the Bay. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan She put her hands up to her wind-blown hair and began coiling it into abundant masses on her head, while he was kneeling on the sand and tying the ribbon of her bathing slipper. The Tyranny of Weakness After coiling down the ropes, and sweeping the decks, they went into the cabin to make their little arrangements. Jacob Faithful Finding a berth with some bed-clothes in it, I crept in, and coiling myself away, was soon, fast asleep. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman As the crew of each boat accomplished the work of coiling away their lines, they gave three hearty cheers, to which we all responded; so we had as much cheering as at a sailing match. Peter the Whaler Daylight, however, returned, and when he left his cabin he found the crew following their usual occupations of the morning—washing decks, coiling down the ropes. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Having got the spars and rigging on board, we commenced unbending the sails and unreefing and coiling away the ropes. The Mate of the Lily Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book But no, it’s ‘haul in the slack;’ he is rising; they are coiling away the line in the tubs.” Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land He said this as he was coiling up the rope again. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman The anxious expression his countenance instantly assumed alarmed me; and, though he at once resumed his task of coiling away the lines, I saw that all was not right. Peter the Whaler By the most wonderful movements the rattle-snake managed to prevent the black snake from seizing its neck with its sharp teeth, or coiling its lithe tail round the other. With Axe and Rifle Jack, the cabin-boy, was coiling away a rope near him, and beckoning to him, he sent him down for a comfortable chair, which, on its appearance, he placed before her. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea This rhythm, curling, hissing, tense, topful of venom, Alecto's serpents coiling and twisting through it, makes one of the most awful passages in all English poetry— Bloody, bawdy villain! The Principles of English Versification Meantime he was hauling in on the rope, and coiling it up ready to heave to them. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman Then he bent down and took up the other, and, swift as lightning, something issued from it, and, coiling round his wrist, ran up the sleeve of his shirt. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant The boats were hanging over the side ready to lower, tubs for coiling away the ropes, harpoons, lances, &c., all were ready to throw in, and start away at a moment's notice. Fighting the Whales The sons were first attacked, and then the father, who attempted to defend them, the serpents coiling themselves about him and his sons, while in his agony he endeavored to extricate them. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) He was not one of the rowers, but had been busily drawing in and coiling a line close beside us during those first terrific plunges of the boat after she had taken the water. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Hugh Glynn took the bow to do the hauling and myself the waist for coiling, and it was a grand sight to see him heave in on that heavy gear on that December morning. The Trawler His powerful left arm, driving the double-razor-edged dirk in short, resistless arcs, managed to keep the snaky tendrils from coiling about his right arm, which was wielding the heavy, trenchant sword. Spacehounds of IPC Draco now curves sharply eastward, coiling about the Little Bear as shown, then turns abruptly southerly, ending in a characteristic and clearly defined group of four stars, forming an irregular square, representing the Dragon's head. A Field Book of the Stars The jacket was made by coiling a bar over the mandrel in a spiral, then hammering the coils into a welded cylinder. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The coiling and circling and winding of the dancers became bewildering, and in the centre, laughing, shouting, tossing up his arms and gesticulating like a maniac, was the white man with the pointed beard. Lords of the North So I dropped the coiling lines and, with the oar already to the becket in the stern, whirled the dory's bow head on. The Trawler Sometimes, as in the grape and Virginia creeper, they are reduced branches, either coiling about the support, or producing little suckers at their tips by which they cling to walls or the trunks of trees. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Draco 32 Lies between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, coiling about the latter. A Field Book of the Stars The firemen stood for a moment to catch breath, gazing on the havoc wrought by this wild half hour; then, coiling up their hose, they went to await new orders. White Ashes "That will come in useful," Garcia said, coiling it up on his arm. Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War In pity for the noble Eagle he rushed up and soon had loosened the coiling Serpent and freed the Eagle. The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter A coiling serpent, Proud and merciless, On her golden wings, From Germany. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 Woofer had ridden out into the open and was coiling his rope in his hand ready for a cast. Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur Furs, at once, are all the rage; the month of muffs has come; and round the neck of Eve, and every one of all her daughters, is seen harmlessly coiling a boa-constrictor. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 A terrible groan of agony burst from Thomas Haydon's lips as he saw the venomous reptile coiling and uncoiling its short, thick body round the arm of the Ruby King. Jack Haydon's Quest The Gothic pilasters are filled with the same kind of coiling and spiral leaves and ribbons that are used in 1 E. 9 and Harl. Illuminated Manuscripts As Lollie's hand reached out and began coiling the rope, he turned to watch the breakers, that he might time the first dash of his flight back to safety. Where the Sun Swings North Ted was coiling his rope in his hand ready for a cast, and Stella and Bud followed his example. Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur Juli had a fidgety little way of coiling the links of the chain around her wrists and it made me nervous. The Door Through Space She proved it by getting up, and the girls helped her arrange her dress, dusting it for her, and aiding her in coiling up her heavy hair. The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car The Haunted Mansion of Shadow Valley The chauffeur was already in his place, and the two men were coiling up their ropes and piling the heavy planks and rollers on board the truck. Tom Slade at Temple Camp The flames leaped higher than the tops of the tallest trees, and thrust out long red twining arms, like coiling serpents. The Young Trailers A Story of Early Kentucky With a confident smile, Woofer drew in his rope again, coiling it, and making ready for another cast. Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur I saw that the affected part had swollen up to the size of an apple; it was hard as stone, in constant motion, twisting, and coiling about itself like a snake. Memorials of the Faithful Once, on the Embankment, as I was coiling on a bench, he came down from the Savoy and along, bringing his dog for a walk. Foe-Farrell He relaxed into easeful full length, propped on an elbow, his red hair coiling against his neck. The Emigrant Trail He climbed up and loosened the net, coiling its folds into one hand, taking the good spear in his other. Star Hunter "How lucky we had the rope along," ventured Jotham, who was coiling up the article in question at the time he spoke. Boy Scouts on a Long Hike Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps At last he threw himself down on a plank from which the generous sun was rapidly drying the rain, and, coiling up as a dog might have done, he was soon asleep. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 In the clearing where Jack's laboratory stood surrounded by turf and a ring of conifers, a dozen firemen were busy coiling and packing lengths of hose. Foe-Farrell There was a river here, a crazy, twisted stream coiling nearly back upon itself at times. Voodoo Planet Every time he did so the cruel serpent of leather went at him, coiling round his legs with a sudden, hissing swash. Alec Forbes of Howglen Its landing-rockets spouted white-hot flame and fumes more thick and coiling than even the smoke of the bombs. Space Tug Longer lines wander past, and as they go, curve round, till when about to make a spiral they lengthen out and drift, and thus, perpetually coiling and uncoiling, glide with the current. Nature Near London Long lines of sawdust, which had been coiling and whirling in the eddies, or stretching across the black seething water, were caught in the ice, or blown about with the powdered snow over its surface. John Ward, Preacher Nought beyond these coiling clouds that melt like fume of shrines that steam Breaks or stays the strength of waters till they pass our bounds of dream. A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems Beyond that still there was only coiling smoke. Operation: Outer Space The sailors were busy; stowing away the cargo last received, tidying the decks, and coiling down the ropes. A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden Lie here with me dreaming, Cheek to cheek, Lithe limbs twined and gleaming, Brown and sleek; Like two serpents coiling In their lair. Songs from Vagabondia A young girl fell coiling at Hearne's feet like a wounded snake. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark The effect of these kilns with their great columns of heavy, black smoke, writhing and coiling up into the still sky, was indescribable. A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Jerome saw quite plainly the monster writhing and coiling over a waste of water, and nothing else. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Everything remained quiet below, and, coiling it carefully over my arm, I noiselessly arose to my feet once more, poising myself to essay a second cast. Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France He broke into a laugh, a dry, murderous laugh, and his hands sought each other while the fingers twitched over one another like coiling serpents. The Sport of the Gods In front of the barrel is placed an automatic winder which insures a proper coiling of the chain in the grooves. Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 The base or warp coil is composed of untwisted fiber and is formed by adding to the free end as the coiling goes on. A Study Of The Textile Art In Its Relation To The Development Of Form And Ornament Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, (pages 189-252) A serpent's coiling was not more swift than the movement of her dazzling, glittering form, which twirled and turned and bent, while the twinkling rapidity of her steps was faster than the eye could follow. The Title Market At last I gave our signal, and, as the line slackened to my hand, drew it cautiously in, coiling it as it came, until all was once again in my possession. Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France Suddenly the dragon wheeled about and went coiling along towards the overlook, Sky-High following and guiding its course. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang The sailors were all at work, coiling down ropes, washing the decks, and making everything clean and tidy. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century Base of coiled basket showing the method of building by dual coiling. A Study Of The Textile Art In Its Relation To The Development Of Form And Ornament Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, (pages 189-252) The lawyer walked over the deck with a nautical air, picking up all loose ends of rope and coiling them neatly over his left arm. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life At first I thought he had passed around to the other side of the mizzenmast, for we were coiling down gear that had been disarranged during the job, and I was not worried. The Blood Ship "I see before me twenty thousand dollars," said Antoine, hastily coiling up his lasso as he approached. Frank Among The Rancheros How they enjoy the palaver in which I tell them that 'they are the eyes to the body of the snake which is crawling up the bush-path from the coast, and coiling for its spring! The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' If the artist is content with a single line of color he sets the end of the dark thread and takes up the light colored one previously dropped and continues the coiling. A Study Of The Textile Art In Its Relation To The Development Of Form And Ornament Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, (pages 189-252) Her lower extremities were like those of a dragon, and snakes were coiling round her neck and shoulders. Greek and Roman Ghost Stories As with the cooking pot, so with this; as the coiling progressed it was corrugated, not so much,-498- however from necessity, as from habit. A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth. Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 467-522 "Then I may as well get the most out of it," retorted Andrews, and again brought down the whip, this time coiling it around Don's legs. The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip "Making Good" as Young Experts The sailors were walking about and sitting about, smoking, talking, or coiling things away. Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter While over beside the big steer the cowboy mounted his pony and coiling his rope as he rode, joined the group of riders who lounged in their saddles and grinned their appreciation. The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country While the gorp, coiling too slowly under the Terran ray, was literally hewn to pieces by the revengeful knives of the hunter's kin. Plague Ship Nothing but wild masses of angry whiteness coiling and winding and shivering themselves against each other. The Romance of the Coast Sara was a little taken aback, but he looked so conceited, as he stood there coiling and uncoiling his watch-spring tongue, that she suddenly felt herself growing quite provoked. The Garden of the Plynck It rose through these layers of coiling memory in his soul. Four Weird Tales Although such a straight current bearing wire attracts iron filings, its power of attraction is very small; but its magnetic strength can be increased by coiling as in Figure 211. General Science Day by day he watched the sunrise flood the distant plain with gold, While the River Nile beneath him, silvery coiling, sea-ward rolled. The Poems of Henry Van Dyke It was not pleasant to move in streets where such human rattlesnakes and cobras were coiling and lying in wait. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Sara heard them exchange a word occasionally, but for the most part they simply stood about, fanning themselves and coiling and uncoiling their springs. The Garden of the Plynck But forward in our ships the men were coiling the great cables that should, we hoped, bring the bridge and stones alike down harmlessly to us. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut But the lonesome gray land, cut by the coiling yellow river, still rolled before him, and its desolation and chill struck to his heart. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad "Guess, darling," encouraged the governess, coiling herself a little closer. The Poor Little Rich Girl But of her, too, did the snake lay hold, coiling himself round her and crushing her life out. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories |
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