| 单词 | coot |
| 例句 | “There’s no pleasure in getting to be an old coot unless you have some fun along the way.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “For decades I’ve heard old coots like you talk about carrying water for elephants and I’m telling you now, it never happened.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It splashes into the middle of the pond, and the coot hen is startled into the reeds. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It coots off some, but the sounds don’t stop. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z A coot hen on Mr. Bender’s side disturbs the water every few minutes, diving for something on the bottom. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Maniac pointed out that it wasn’t the nutty old coot who chalked up the front of the house. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Yes, sir. But isn’t it just like my luck to come clean across the state to find my daddy and he turns out to be a mean old coot?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He is a weird old coot, but most of the kids dig him because he doesn’t ask too much of us. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing wrong with me, you old coot!” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He sang, “Oh she’s the cutest little thing,” but it came out “coot”—and the name stuck. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Every other old bird or coot in the place will have seen the whole show, including the Spec, and where’s the fairness in that? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Not food stamps, you dumb old coot—money. 1 need money for those shells.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On Mr. Bender’s side, some coot hens swim in and out of view between the cattails. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “You can’t listen to that old coot. He’s goofy. He’s always saying stuff like that. You can’t go because of something one nutty old coot says.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The coot hens are only mildly disturbed at the brief intrusion and circle back to the cattails to resume their breakfast. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z If there isn’t much urgency it’s partly because Lefty has been rather too closely modeled on the irascible if endearing coots played by the likes of Walter Brennan. Review: The Sidekick as Hero in ‘The Ballad of Lefty Brown’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z But like Lucy and Ethel on a tear, they give the coot his comeuppance. Theater roundup: Merry wives and misbehaving ducks 2011-04-21T21:52:04Z It tells the story of Mr. Spiegelman’s father in Poland before World War II, in Auschwitz during the war and as an old coot in Rego Park, Queens, after the fighting stopped. Books of The Times: ?MetaMaus? by Art Spiegelman - Review 2011-10-12T21:57:21Z On someone else this fate might be a crusher, but Sportcoat is the type of stubborn coot on whom doom roosts lightly, if at all. James McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong’ Is a Supercharged Urban Farce Lit Up by Thunderbolts of Rage 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z The comedy comes fitfully alive when Bruce Dern, in a glaring, teeth-gnashing performance as a crazy coot, is on the screen. Review: ‘Cut Bank,’ Looking to Escape a Small Town and Its Eccentrics 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z And those enamoured of Justin's hair might be upset to see that his grandad is as bald as a coot. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 2011-02-17T22:48:00Z Certain ageist terms will become illegal, such as “cougar,” “coot,” “geezer,” “dirty old man,” “old-man smell” and “now senile former newspaper writer.” Perspective | Gene Weingarten: No, I’m not too old to run for president 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z But Nebraska, in which Dern plays his usual ornery coot with a crazy dream, remains the least seen of the nine Best Picture nominees, taking in only $16.5 million at the domestic box office. Oscars 2014: Why Matthew McConaughey Will Win Best Actor 2014-02-24T18:20:39Z Well, I hate to be the salty old coot who breaks your illusion, but the Golden State is actually far more diverse than it appears from the outside. The chef cooking his way to a cannabis revolution: 'I'm a scientist at heart' 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Afterward Whitehead commented, “This wasn’t the first time some old coot had drooled on me, and it probably won’t be the last.” Riff: A Critic’s Case for Critics Who Are Actually Critical 2012-08-15T15:40:06Z Spending a couple of hours with an old coot can be fun. Will Hollywood grow up for boomers? 2010-08-02T19:34:00Z "Rock and roll will never die," the whiny-voiced old coot told us, and we believed him. The death of rock 2011-01-16T22:00:02Z And Bridges: He should think about mothballing that “coot” character he played in Men Who Stare at Goats, Crazy Heart and True Grit. R.I.P.D.: Too Awful to Review? 2013-07-19T10:56:32Z No longer fashionable and mostly bald as coots, they have seemingly traded their hair for festival-thrilling anthems. Bingley Music Live 2010-09-05T21:30:00Z It’s the mid-1960s and three old coots rob a bank to prove their potency. New Books From Paul Theroux, Jeffrey Zaslow and Randall Silvis 2011-12-14T22:10:30Z I've seen coots drown little coots, maybe even their own babies. Springwatch City Living With Simon King 2010-05-20T07:00:00Z Jones has a better brand of old coot in George Briggs than he's had in a while. Harsh land and raw, maddening emotion test 'The Homesman' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z No one plays wise old coots more convincingly than Mr. Duvall, now 80. | 'Seven Days in Utopia': ?Seven Days in Utopia,? a Golf Movie - Review 2011-09-01T23:24:59Z I distinctly remember him showing me great crested grebes, coots and moorhens; birds that stir and linger in my memory to this day. After a breakdown, birdwatching brought me friendship, escape and a new love of nature 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Way out there — away from what the writer Edward Abbey, that solitude-greedy coot, called “syphilisation” — is my sweet spot as a traveler. Personal Journeys: A Case for Getting Far, Far Away 2013-05-16T17:46:20Z Hawaiian ducks and Hawaiian coots swam in the flooded fields. The U.S. Issue:?Explorer: An Eden for Rare Birds in Hawaii 2011-05-13T20:14:41Z Some old coot writes the editor in response, “What is this thing called cocktail?” Dale DeGroff on the Origin of Cocktails, Katrina and the Rainbow Room 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z I was realising that I belonged to a wider family of species, the matrix of life, from the spiders to the lichen and the cormorants to the coots. Ecological grief: I mourn the loss of nature – it saved me from addiction 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z It’s full of plucky newsroom banter, colorful Texas coots and craven corporate suits yelling at people. Rathergate and the dark magic of 2004: When the GOP learned how to subvert truth and alter political reality 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z It was a Hawaiian stilt, which like the duck, moorhen and coot, is a federally endangered species. The U.S. Issue:?Explorer: An Eden for Rare Birds in Hawaii 2011-05-13T20:14:41Z Suffice to say that Ms. Myles has little feeling for “the old white-haired coot.” Review: In ‘I Must Be Living Twice’ and ‘Chelsea Girls,’ Eileen Myles Ruminates 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z At 79, he plays the stubborn old coot with just the right amount of dignity and orneriness. Will Hollywood grow up for boomers? 2010-08-02T19:34:00Z “The coots are on the march,” Barker said, pointing to countless small birds creating a commotion in the water. Not those gators: Improbable fauna 10 minutes from downtown Gainesville 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Certain diving and swimming birds were called coots back in the 1300s, and those birds got lots of parasites, and so people started calling other things with parasites “cooty.” New Dictionary Additions: 7 Useful Words You Probably Don't Know 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The dog yelped so loud it caused some coots to scatter across the murky water. Not the Booker prize: The Canal by Lee Rourke 2010-10-04T12:08:00Z A coot was “a rather rare migrant on the nearby water-ways.” A special reunion at the National Arboretum 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z At the edge of the property is a pond where swans, mallards and coots paddle around. The New Noma: Frequently Asked Questions 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z As an actor, Mr. Jones is well within his comfort zone playing an irascible old coot. ‘The Homesman’ Stars Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z As the coot giving him a lift draws down on him, Tucker turns his body to make a smaller target of his vital organs. A Novel of Kentucky Noir, So Humane It’s Bathed in Light 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z No, just a common coot and her chicks. Springwatch City Living With Simon King 2010-05-20T07:00:00Z At first his only companions are the coots, moorhens and tiresomely symbolic swans of the polluted river. First fiction 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z Rick says it was ducks, David the producer says coots. Rick Stein's Food of the Italian Opera 2010-06-02T07:00:00Z The wildlife refuge is a wetland that provides nesting, feeding and resting habitat to the endangered Hawaiian stilt, known as aeo, and the Hawaiian coot or alae keokeo. Wildlife refuge pond in Hawaii mysteriously turns bright pink. Drought may be to blame 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z After scrambling in the water for food, this coot eventually caught a loach. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: ghostly face or fish? 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z As he stood by the water, two dark birds floated on the surface — American coots, or mud hens. 'This water needs to be protected': California tribe calls for preservation of Tulare Lake 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Seven wing bones from coots and teals were found to have holes bored into them, which mimicked the sound of birds of prey when tested on replicas. Tiny 12,000-year-old bird bone flutes found in Israel 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Nobody in Washington ever took Mr. Biden seriously until Mr. Obama needed an old, White coot to offset Mr. Obama’s ignorance and inexperience. Joe Biden channeling a Jerry Springer presidency 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z American coots, herons, ibises and blackbirds are flocking to flooded farmland and roads, said Miguel Jimenez, who oversees the Kern National Wildlife Refuge, at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. The Resurrection of Tulare Lake 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Birds that once wintered at Tulare Lake — ibises, blackbirds and American coots — are returning in increasing numbers. Tulare Lake Was Drained Off the Map. Nature Would Like a Word. 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z “She is eating coots and rats,” Marquez told The Washington Post, adding that experts are concerned about the owl consuming rodenticide. The rare snowy owl won’t stay forever, but this California town is captivated 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z In Ireland, efforts are underway to preserve the call of the corncrake — a small, shy bird related to the coot. Your Friday Briefing: Russia Sentences Brittney Griner to 9 Years 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z This is a man who has spent pretty much his entire adult life pretending to be a harmless old coot from Congress. Biden gives hope to imbeciles everywhere 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z “The most frightening thing is that any mad coot can go and lodge a complaint against you,” Roy said at the time. Twitter is struggling with India’s tightening rules for online speech 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Brown surveys his waterscape: hatching mayflies being devoured by dive-bombing swallows and ever-present coots nibbling on the budding hydrilla. Meet the GOAT of bass fishermen 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z But don’t always peer skyward while you’re there: The waters and the woods can yield sightings of a variety of birds, including pied-billed grebes, American coots, red-billed woodpeckers and Bonaparte’s gull. Six stellar stargazing spots around the D.C. area 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z The dead animals included a bottlenose dolphin, three California sea lions and a wide array of birds: cormorants, coots, pigeons, grebes and more. A long road ahead to recovery from Huntington Beach oil spill 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “Nowadays it would be difficult to find a coot nest in the canals of Amsterdam without a face mask,” Rambonnet and Hiemstra wrote in an email. Cities are not only tackling COVID, but its pollution, too 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z He was easily dismissed as some old coot more representative of a culture thought to have passed by. Perspective | Shame forced Jon Gruden out of the NFL. Daniel Snyder needs a push. 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Over the next several days, snowy plovers under the organization’s care will move through a circuit navigated by the oiled grebes, gulls, coots and pelicans that preceded their arrival. Snowy plovers, already a threatened bird, are caught up in Orange County oil spill 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Two of them — an American coot and a western gull — have died. Changing weather raises fear that O.C. oil spill could reach more coastal areas 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The three oiled birds found Sunday include a brown pelican, an American coot and a duck. Orange County oil spill sparks race to save wildlife 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z They soon learned that coots and owls at the lake were dying with similar brain lesions. After more than 2 decades of searching, scientists finger cause of mass eagle deaths 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The “Northeast liberal” fully understood that his eulogy was a Thurmond power play from beyond the grave; the old coot turned to Biden for a fresh coat of paint on the historical record. Opinion | Biden will need partners to restore our institutions. Where will he find them? 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Maybe if Grandpa were some miserable old coot and the boy an antidote to his awfulness …? Review: 'The War With Grandpa' is a kind of family-friendly hell 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Wilford Brimley, 85, portly actor with a walrus mustache who found his niche playing cantankerous coots in “Absence of Malice,” “The Natural,” “Cocoon,” “The Firm” and other films, died Aug. 1 in a Utah hospital. This week’s passages 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z In contrast, many other species — pheasants, woodpeckers, geese, coots and quail — are not particularly suitable hosts. How Humanity Unleashed a Flood of New Diseases 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Among the cattails you may see egrets, coots, hawks, ducks and other bird life, as well as bullfrogs and turtles. Walk this hidden wildlife sanctuary not far from an L.A. freeway 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Necropsies found that the affected eagles and coots showed peculiar lesions that made their brains look like sponges, the Athens newspaper reported. Scientists work to save eagles from lethal toxin in lakes 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Do the real teals, coots and wigeons seem to appreciate his work? For this waterfowl artisan, carving duck decoys is old hat 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z It was their first year in Baltimore and the players were a mishmash of castoffs and old coots. Orioles reach 100 losses with 21 games to play 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z The old coot needs their help in disposing of a rival he killed. Ruthless vs. righteous: vivid stories on ‘Scarface and the Untouchable’ and ‘The Sinners’ 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Her old coot of a husband doddered over to see what the trouble was. Little St. Don 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The coots were eating the hydrilla, and the eagles found easy prey in the disabled coots. Scientists work to save eagles from lethal toxin in lakes 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z This fight between a drowning buzzard and a coot defending its chicks was snapped by Naomi Portnoy, near Papendrecht in the Netherlands. Moons, memories and melees — May’s best science images 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z This doddering old coot and Trump can't keep their stories straight. Trump Repaid Cohen for Stormy Daniels Hush Money, Giuliani Says 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Legally licensed resident and nonresident hunters age 15 and younger may hunt ducks, geese, coots and mergansers statewide. Youth deer, waterfowl seasons set later this week 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Sex, drugs, mobsters, crooked cops, a traumatized kid, an abusive old coot, a “hot” lady lawyer and many, many scenes of high-impact cookery — it’s all in there, and more. 'Feed the Beast' with David Schwimmer is starved for a bit of levity 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z It’s ridiculous to coddle him and treat him like an old coot who needs to be handled with kid gloves like he doesn’t know any better. It’s time to look in the mirror, Bernie: Now, more than ever, Sanders needs to be criticized for his failed political theories 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z When waterfowl such as coots and ducks eat algae-covered hydrilla, they can be infected with the brain disease. Deadly Brain Disease Is Driving Swamp Birds Insane “We heard he is a good man — he cares for the poor,” said her brother, Ricardo Lopez Perez, 39, who wore a broad-brimmed straw hat, a white sheepskin vest and polished cowboy coots. 'This is like a dream'; lined up for miles, thousands await the pope 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z It wasn’t until they had landed that they found the cause wedged between the cockpit seats - a 3-pound American coot, a duck-like bird. Dangerous helicopter-bird strikes increase, few safety specs 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z At the height of the carping, Ryan Lizza of the New Yorker likened Clinton to an “ill-tempered coot driven a little mad by Obama’s success”. Hillary Clinton campaign deploys not-so-secret weapon: Bill 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z This gives Setrakian the opportunity to dust off his crazy coot routine, muttering about the Master, but Eph sounds sane enough that the councilwoman listens to him. 'The Strain' recap: Brooklynites rise up in 'The Battle for Red Hook' 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Migratory game birds are doves, ducks, geese, snipe, rail, coots and woodcock. Registration for harvest information program opens Aug. 1 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z One of the snails harbored the parasite that primarily kills coots and scaup, also known as bluebills. Invasive snails spreading in Wisconsin’s waterways 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Canada geese, cliff swallows, a snowy egret, cedar waxwings, mallards, ruddy ducks, coots, black phoebes and grackles swoop and splash with abandon. Bird L.A. Day to showcase Los Angeles County's avian abundance 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z A DNR news release says the majority of birds were American coot and lesser scaup. Iowa DNR: Bird flu not suspected in waterfowl deaths 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z In the second episode, Sims pulls a horse’s cracked tooth, examines an endangered coot and checks on a portly pig that’s blind from extra skin covering its eyes. TV vet takes to sky, dives into sea to help injured animals 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z In the second episode, Sims pulls a horse's cracked tooth, examines an endangered coot and checks on a portly pig that's blind from extra skin covering its eyes. TV vet takes to sky, dives into sea to help injured animals 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z It grows prolifically in the the Chesapeake Bay region, which is full of bald eagles and visiting coots, a dark, plump, duck-like bird with a bright orange dot for an eye. Bald eagles are starting to flourish again — but hold the confetti 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z From shore, even the casual observer will notice thousands of coots. Pelican Lake, known for diving ducks, gets TLC 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z In test two, she tried to identify a moor hen and some coots. 'Shazam for birds' set for launch 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Gary’s dad Wade, who calls himself G-Dawg, is a wily, vengeful coot with a gift for bringing tragedy to a sad town. REVIEW: Joe Reminds Us That Nicolas Cage Is a National Treasure 2014-04-09T22:00:49Z Watching the falcons work our feeder and the eagles attacking the rafts of coots on the lake are additional bonuses. Fishing very good in Chelan and Roses lakes in north central Washington 2013-01-03T21:09:59Z She theorized that the bacteria enters eagles while they’re munching on the coots’ guts. Bald eagles are starting to flourish again — but hold the confetti 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z A family of coots remains, though Mr. Iseppi stressed that he allows them to stay. Prototype: Pest Control in the Sky, Courtesy of a Raptor 2012-12-22T20:16:37Z The duo – "two old coots", in Bowles' own quip this week – are the elder statesmen of federal budget battles. The fiscal cliff explained: what to know about the biggest story in Washington 2012-11-27T16:37:44Z There were wild geese, ducks, and coots from the river—the winged pests were in legions. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z In the reeds, torn and beaten by the wings of the duck, coot and moor-hens called to each other; a light breeze ruffled the forest of reeds. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z In Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina, coots, shorebirds, ducks and eagles are dying by the dozens from the incurable lesions. Bald eagles are starting to flourish again — but hold the confetti 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Swans, ducks, and coots had been killed in such numbers, that on their return all the schooner's crew were plentifully supplied. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z This is certainly worth knowing, for, if plovers be more numerous than coots, there are enough coots and to spare, and their nests are as easy to find as those of plovers are difficult. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Gallinule, gal′i-nūl, n. a genus of aquatic birds closely allied to the coots, of which the common water-hen is a species. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The surf scoters, or black coots, so abundant off the Atlantic coast in winter, dive constantly to feed on mussels, clams or scallops. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z A hopeful observation is that many coots and eagles fly into reservoirs and lakes in the six affected states and fly away unharmed. Bald eagles are starting to flourish again — but hold the confetti 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z After dark, we returned to the cutter and partook of a large mess, made of the swan we had shot, the coots, some limpets, and preserved meat. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Riding towards the small lagoon of Zopiton on April 16th, its surface was seen to be dotted all over with waterfowl—ducks and divers, coots and grebes. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The coots, however, are not considered game by our sportsmen. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Cautiously stalking them, with glowing anticipations of wild duck for dinner, I reached the bank to find that they were coots and "divers." Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The migration of coots is a spectacle that bird watchers flock to man-made reservoirs to see. Bald eagles are starting to flourish again — but hold the confetti 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Coot, kōōt, n. a short-tailed water-fowl, with a characteristic white spot—an extension of the bill—on the forehead; hence called bald, as in phrase, 'bald as a coot.' Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Hunters under the age of 16 will have an opportunity to go afield for ducks, geese, coots and pheasants during a special youth hunt Sept. 24-25. Transition into fall still leaves plenty to do in the outdoors 2011-09-04T15:09:12Z The scoters, or coots, as they are called on the Atlantic coast, are all found on this coast southward to Mexico. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z We are very poor—poor as a coot, she says.’ The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z Eagles don’t mess around when they dine on coots, Wilde said. Bald eagles are starting to flourish again — but hold the confetti 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z It was some time before they could get the excited spaniel on board; so soon as they could, Bevis poled the raft along to Bamboo Island, where several coots and moorhens had taken refuge. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Hunters under the age of 16 will have an opportunity to go afield for ducks, geese, coots and pheasants during a special youth hunt Sept. 24-25. Transition into fall still leaves plenty to do in the outdoors 2011-09-04T15:09:12Z Of the members of this order we are concerned only with the cranes, rails and coots. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z The coots cannot be overlooked in spring; they chase each other to and fro over the surface in the liveliest manner, and their nests are common. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Before now, reservoirs that serve up a buffet of this plant were considered beneficial because they helped fuel the annual migration of coots from Canada to Florida and beyond, while also feeding eagles. Bald eagles are starting to flourish again — but hold the confetti 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Once on the island, as the perch were cooking, the game was spread out on the table—three moorhens, a coot, a dab-chick, a wood-pigeon, a hare, and the jack Mark had caught. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z There were plenty of ducks, coots, grebes, and gulls on the river, and I had fine sport with them whenever I cared to shoot. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z Monday June 20 2011 12:33 GMT Orangutan tries to help hurt baby bird A video's turned up that shows an orangutan who looks like it's trying to help a poorly coot chick. Gentle orangutan helps injured bird 2011-06-20T12:33:46Z To that hatch which stands on the effluent brook not far from the mere a coot or two comes now and then at night or in the early morning. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z But the bacteria and its toxin hits coots harder. Bald eagles are starting to flourish again — but hold the confetti 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Some coots were swimming about the edge of the weeds too far to fear them. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z I shall get as bald as a coot. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z As they fill, herons, coots, egrets, even a pheasant or two gather. Archive: POM Wonderful and the FTC 2011-05-25T00:11:54Z I have seen coots, and moorhens too, venture some distance up the dark arch of a culvert. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Eagles prey on American coots, which dine almost exclusively on hydrilla. Bald eagles are starting to flourish again — but hold the confetti 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Two minutes more and Pan drove a coot out, then a young duck rose and flew some distance, then a dab-chick rushed out and dived instantaneously, then still more moorhens, and coots. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Why Suffer these wars, this war?—Talk of the riffles That flowed from Elenor Murray—here’s a wave Of tidal power, stirred by a greedy coot Who called himself an emperor! Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z An occasional cry of coot, or duck, or splash of fish, and the distant sound of the sea, but emphasized the stillness around us. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z Bald coots were here playing at hide-and-seek, whilst red-headed divers peeped warily forth for an instant, as the noisy cavalcade advanced. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Some authors include under aquatic animals otters, beavers, seals, walruses, loons, and coots, though generally the birds are regarded as flesh. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Mark had now shot three moorhens, a coot, and a dab-chick, but what pleased him most was the moorhen he had hit while flying, though but one shot had taken effect. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z “Laugh, you old coot!” the sheriff muttered, picking himself up. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z The bottle shooters, coot potters, and noisy revellers, the swan’s egg robbers and grebe destroyers, the persons who use one’s boat-houses as luncheon rooms or dust bins are, unfortunately, home products. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z Last January they recorded the highest number of coots and tufted ducks there in 13 years. Freeze takes toll on bird numbers 2011-01-27T14:52:45Z "Do you mean cooked coots or live coots?" The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Sometimes they approached the shore and saw several empty nests of moorhens and coots, but just above the level of the water. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The old coot that lives here has gone off somewhere. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z “That old coot will get a shock when he reads the Star,” Mr. Parker admitted, relaxing. The Wishing Well 2010-12-20T17:12:27.090Z Some bowtie-adorned coot said, "If he walked away from the game today, this would be his legacy." How Tiger Woods' comeback played on cable 2010-04-05T20:06:00Z “I call the cops, like an old coot,” Mr. Gras, 56, said. 2010-01-11T07:58:00Z “There’s a coot; he’s gone into the sedges.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z He’s such a simple old coot he may not suspect anything. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z The soft “coot, coot” of a hen picking up grain on the old barn floor! The Idyl of Twin Fires Of the swimming water-birds some have the toes separated, as the coot and water-hen; while in others they are united by membranes. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History “D’yer call it nowt to steal into a man’s place, and coot and carry off every band in t’ whole works?” The Parson O' Dumford The moorhens and coots had now recovered from the fright Pan had given them. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z "It's a man and a woman, crazy as coots," he called to someone behind him. The Trail of Conflict "That's all right," laughed the Admiral; "they call me the coot." John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall He wants you to "pay coot" with him,—that is all. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 They’ve made up their minds to come together, and you may just as well let ’em by the gainest coot, as send ’em a long ways round. The Parson O' Dumford Thank you, young man, and pless you all the same; for, look you, it was as coot a teed as if you had tone it.” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One Flamingoes, ibises, coots, great gaudy geese, thousands of wild-duck, widgeon, and teal thronged the shallows and darkened the river surface. Tales of South Africa “Shall I sell you a coot coat?” says another; and whichever way you turn, you see the same buying and selling. Here and There in London He greets me exultantly after absence, because I have "come home pay coot with Jamie"; and there is another secret out: that it is of no use to be sentimental with a child. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Now, the man as that knife belongs to,” he said, closing the blade with a snap, “is him as coot the bands.” The Parson O' Dumford We'd be crazy to go after that coot in the dark. Deadly City It was manned by a magician, an old coot named Benson-Carter. The Big Time The coot is about 18 in. in length, and will sometimes weigh over 2 ℔. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" Here Benny was flung in by his father, though the water was quite deep enough to drown him; but he dived, and came out buoyant as a coot. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement “Then it was thou as coot the bands,” cried Joe, seizing him by the throat. The Parson O' Dumford And he’s harmless–the old coot’s as harmless as a child. In the Heart of a Fool An old man in gray clothes, that looked crazy as a coot, sung at her, sort of hoarse, and mournfully. Phemie Frost's Experiences The flesh of the coot is very variously regarded as food. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" The rails and coots go with the bustards and cranes to constitute the order Alectorides. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 It was thou as clomb into wucks through the window, and coot all the bands, and left thee knife behind to bear witness again thee. The Parson O' Dumford There chanced to be two guns on board the launch, and as we steamed along, the gentlemen amused themselves by occasional shots at the numerous black swans, coots, and ducks. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' To poets and epicures, perhaps, the lordly canvas-back––though brown from the oven, I challenge the supercilious gourmet to distinguish between his favorite, and a fat American coot. A Breath of Prairie and other stories The coot is found throughout the Palaearctic region from Iceland to Japan, and in most other parts of the world is represented by nearly allied species, having almost the same habits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" "What do you think the old coot said to me?" Old Man Curry Race Track Stories She coot her hand the other day with a bit of pot—old cheeny, and it’s gone bad. The Parson O' Dumford To the right was a mill, with a great pond thick with bulrushes and water-lilies, full of water-birds, coots and moorhens, which swam about, uttering plaintive cries. Beside Still Waters Not far a lake extends, a space once fill'd “With human 'habitants, whose waves now swarm “With fenny coots, and cormorants alone. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II There’s an eagle planing in lazy circles high in the air, even now, putting a soft-pedal on the noise of the coots and grebes as he circles over their rush-lined cabarets. The Prairie Child You can count thirty or forty coots, besides moorhens and a dozen dabchicks or so, and at the end where the mill stands there are fat duck and a bevy of swans. Highways and Byways in Surrey But there you know, parson—and I suppose you’re used to it—them as you goes to advise always coots oop rough. The Parson O' Dumford Boris was sore as a boiled oil, crazy as a coot. El Diablo In former days, a hare, a monkey, a coot, and a fox, became hermits, and lived in a wilderness together, after having sworn not to kill any living thing. Moon Lore The coot “clanking” in the sedgy pools is no more heard. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter The coot took mine—out of all that bunch to pick from, he had to rustle my new bronc! The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers Open the lantern, and howd fuse to it a moment, shoot lantern up, and if fuse is well leeted, coot off as hard as you can. The Parson O' Dumford Mr. Whittington accompanied the others on a gunning trip to Window Ledge, and came back with a dozen coots. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Some would have him to be a barnacle goose, others a dab-chick or coot—none of which can fairly be classed as aviculæ small birds. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England The sparrow, the swallow, the kingfisher, the heron, the wild duck, the wood-pigeon, the pheasant, the coot, the woodcock, the terns, the gulls, etc.., are some common forms which occur to me. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. That note—you saw the note we found, didn't you, Mr. Hawkins?—well, that indicated we might look for another visit from the coot. The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers Pity he hadn’t coot away, for he put me out.” The Parson O' Dumford He smacked his lips over the coot stew and dumplings prepared by Jim. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good How sweet and innocent the little coots were! Birds of the Rockies I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down the valley. Graded Memory Selections In this sorry style Died ta Liberal Party, Which in days of old Had been strong and hearty; This, good Mr. Punch, Is ta true edition; Here’s your fery coot health And—bless ta Coalition! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-19 You’ve got your work coot out, my lad, and no mistake. The Parson O' Dumford After a little silence, they nodded to each other with a knowing look, and said with one consent, ‘He’s as crazy as a coot.’ The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 "That coot may be fresh but he is going to do a lot of heavy spending," he said to himself with conviction. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World What the deuce am I going to do to this coot to mix him up. The Varmint "Some old coot went off his nut from being holed up alone—and this is all he left." The Yellow Horde Things ran all right between us before he steps in with his London dandy air, and his short coot hair, and fine clothes. The Parson O' Dumford That old coot, Charlie Reynolds' grandpa, sitting by his vault door. The Planet Strappers The mud-hens, or bald coots, had the secret, however, and when he came upon their little fires in the woods, Maui hid among the trees and watched. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate He did not give the expected coot, but came through the forest glade silently and with a halting step. Country Neighbors Besides fish the heron will eat frogs, rats, young ducks, and coots. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children I say, warn’t it enough to make any man coot up rough?” The Parson O' Dumford I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. Beauties of Tennyson "Those old coots got bats in their belfries!" The Invaders “It has always appeared to me, that the object of poonishment, is a not to make us coot, but to make us obedient.” The Eagle Cliff Let us now look out for the coots and water-hens, which love to dabble amongst the weeds of these pools, and to hide amongst the hedges and bulrushes that so thickly skirt them. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Blackbirds and jays are very good to practice on but the very best would be a coot, sometimes called crow duck or mudhen. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration On the other hand grebes and coots are eminently aquatic, although their toes are only bordered by membrane. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) "Fattest coot I've seen this year, by clam!" said he, seizing his gun from the bottom of the scow and firing. Vesty of the Basins “Nay, I can’t stop to coot no pieces o’ leather,” said the sexton. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias I hear the noise of a coot proceeding from the reeds of a pond. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children But it’s a coot chop to do when she tidna know her way.” Steve Young “North Wales is a very coot country, sir,” said Morgan, severely. Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah She knows what is ferry coot,” said Tavish, nodding his head approvingly, as he set down a basket. Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai “What!” roared the miller, “you want to coot my boat to pieces for some new fad o’ yourn. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias Hawker gives the following caution to young sportsmen—"Beware of a winged coot, or he will scratch you like a cat." Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children He pointed to a party of about half a dozen coots which came slowly out of the reeds and then sailed on again as if suspicious of all being not quite right. Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp His clothing was also singed and blackened like that of any sweep, while his eyelashes, eyebrows, and front hair had all been burnt off, leaving him as bare as a coot. Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle “Ret’s a ferry coot colour for a het,” grumbled Scoodrach, who was very sore, and who kept on gently rubbing the spot where he had given himself “such a ding.” Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai “Well, then I don’t want to coot up the boat, only to fit my machine in when it’s ready, and propel the boat that way.” The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias They are not so peaceful as the coots, for they have been known to attack young ducklings. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children “I wish father wouldn’t say coot and wean’t!” whispered Tom, whose school teaching made some of the homely expressions and bits of dialect of the fen-land jar. Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp Dabchicks, moorhens, and coots, fly erect, with their legs hanging down, and hardly make any despatch. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 ‘Your stockings shall be o’ the broad kail-blade, That is baith broad and long; And narrow, narrow at the coot, And broad, broad at the brawn. Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Many a young water-bird, such as a coot, swims right away when it is tumbled into water for the first time. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told There one swims, jerking up its tail, which is whitish underneath, and nodding its head; the moor-hen is a smaller bird than the coot, though resembling it both in form and habits. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Sheldrakes and goosanders, coots and gulls, whifflers and dippers, made the best of Sunday, and bathed and wrote their winged penmanship on the white sheet of water. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times There is one bufflehead among them—no, two; the rest are coots,' I replied. In Search of the Unknown Mourn, sooty coots, and speckled teals; Ye fisher herons, watching eels: Ye duck and drake, wi’ airy wheels Circling the lake; Ye bitterns, till the quagmire reels, Rair for his sake. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Moorhens, coots and dabchicks are abundant; the reed-sparrow is heard only in a few districts. Hertfordshire Let us go on the moors again, and watch the coots and water-hens in the reedy pools near the aqueduct. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children The chord of the bay was full of floating ice, and swimming about the shoals were thousands of coots. Ways of Wood Folk Strings of black surf-ducks passed, their strong wings tipping the surface of the water; single wandering coots whirled from the breakers into lonely flight towards the horizon. In Search of the Unknown "Vot can I do for you my coot voman," he enquired, without even extending the courtesy of offering her a seat. The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution Then the water was alive with cormorants, geese, ducks, divers, teal, coot, that swam about in amazing numbers, or, startled at the slightest noise, flew generally at a cautious distance overhead. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 428 Volume 17, New Series, March 13, 1852 I never saw a coot dive; and think it seldom does; water-hens, every one knows, are frequent divers. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children When these grow scarce they betake themselves to the mussel beds with the coots; their flesh in consequence becomes strong and fishy. Ways of Wood Folk One week they might be here in countless hordes; the next week might see only a few coots and hell divers left, while the game was reported twenty miles away. The Killer The Rock and the outer nib of the Point are haunted by quarreling flocks of gulls and coots and the black Siwash duck with his stumpy wings and brilliant yellow bill. Poor Man's Rock I can't think what else they can be," said Campbell; "but they have not got the shape of birds, and they don't swim smoothly like swans, but go jerking along like big coots. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned What voracious fish they are; they will often take young ducks, water-hens and coots, and will sometimes try to swallow a fish much too large for their throats. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children It seems rather remarkable that my fisherman-owl did not make a try at the coots that were so plenty about him. Ways of Wood Folk The clam has been known to catch and hold coot and teal which were preying on it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 His short wings rise and fall with a rapidity that tries the eye to follow, like the rush of a coot down wind to decoys. Wilderness Ways The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted; And in the weedy moat the heron, fond Of solitude, alighted. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Behold the eagle and the little wren, The condor on his cliff, the pigeon-hawk, The teal, the coot, the broad-winged albatross. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Feller coots and liquidarians, behold before ye a real descendant uv Cain and Abel. Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills Ducks, teal, widgeon, coots, and divers were recognisable, despite the distance, by their prow-like heads, their balance on the water, and their motion through it, "like little galleys," Owen said. Sister Teresa It is to be noted that the coot never covers up its eggs, as its ally the moor-hen usually does. Darwinism (1889) The water lilies there shall rest, And minnows round them play; The coot shall build her floating nest, When I am far away. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. Usually he's a kind of sad, meek coot, looking neglected and put upon; but now he was actually giggling to himself as he come up the stairs two at a time. Somewhere in Red Gap He said he knew it; that the poor coot should be in some good institution right now, where the state could look after him. Ma Pettengill As he came round the islands he constantly met and disturbed parties of waterfowl, mallards, and coots. After London Or, Wild England In the mere below the coots are at play; they chase each other along the surface of the water and indulge in wild evolutions. The Amateur Poacher I'm mighty glad you landed the old coot. Ted Strong's Motor Car Put tere may pe some coot plood co into you—more as enough to say God will pe make you, my son. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Constant are all our former loves, Unchanged the icehouse-girdled pond, Its hemlock glooms, its shadowy coves, Where floats the coot and never moves, Its slopes of long-tamed green beyond. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell You kin see the evil of old coots traffickin' in rumors.... Scattergood Baines The marsh is left to the coots and moorhens that from thence stock the brooks. The Amateur Poacher They should be as follows: No squirrels, doves or shore birds; six quail, five woodcock, ten coots, ten rail, ten ducks, three geese and three brant, with a total limit of ten waterfowl per day. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation He found himself later skirting Stow Lake, pursued by flocks of ubiquitous coots, bent upon any stray crumbs flung in their direction. Broken to the Plow To tell you the truth, he wasn't much to look at, being bald as a coot and blind of one eye, besides other defects. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales I could not stand this--the poor harmless old coot!--and I ran up and struck McGill's arm. Vandemark's Folly This is the home of the dragon-flies, of the coots, whose white bald foreheads distinguish them at a distance, and of the moorhens. The Amateur Poacher There are other kinds of similar birds, like teals and coots which may be fed in the same way. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down the valley. Composition-Rhetoric Likewise there were many coots, while herons, disturbed in their meditations by the untoward racket, flapped heavily away with disgusted squawks. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil Now I don't want to be lost, and yet I don't want to have a whole lot of wives like Brigham or that old coot we see so often on the road. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West In one hedge an opening leads to a drinking-place for cattle: peering noiselessly over the parapet between the boughs, the coots and moorhens may be seen there feeding by the shore. The Amateur Poacher Mad as a coot; thinks he's the devil, and insists on wagging his little tail. Action Front Uncle Whit is kind of clumsy, but just the same, he's a pretty wise old coot. Main Street Hearing which, Amber caught the coot by the leg and found that he had grasped the arm of Salig Singh, whose eyes were both monstrous emeralds without any whites whatever. The Bronze Bell Well, look here," said the other, "one of your hands came ashore mad as a coot and broke into the house of the American Consul, and resisted arrest and raised hell generally. A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West The moorhens dive, and the coots scuttle down the brook towards the mere at the flash. The Amateur Poacher Everything was so still he could hear the fish rising, the run of a squirrel along a branch, the passage of a coot through the water. The Case of Richard Meynell "Then I cannot write a coot account of you and your crammer studies to your mother; my conscience coes against it," said the conscientious Mr. Owen ap Jones. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 It was a coot, as large as a big partridge, belonging to the group of machio-dactyls, which form the division between the waders and the palmipedes. The Mysterious Island "A coot morrow to you all, creat and small," said Betty Williams, curtsying awkwardly at the door as she went out before Miss Warwick. Tales and Novels — Volume 01 As several birds had not risen, we ventured still nearer, and saw that most of these were coots, some ten or eleven, which did not fly, but ran out on to the ice. The Naturalist on the Thames In spring and fall flocks of coot and the more fishy sort of ducks are to be found there together with a good many loons. Sketches from Concord and Appledore Up bobbed the black shaven pate out of the creek, much as Kit had often seen the head of a coot bob up in one of the moorland tarns of his own Northumberland. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea The coots and water-hens swam in and out of the reeds, and wondered what it was all about. Hereward, the Last of the English "Why, you—coot!" cried 'Manda Grier, and they broke out laughing. The Minister's Charge Thus, the streams are fished by herons, grebes, and kingfishers, while the rushy margins are worked by coots and gallinules, and, above the surface, reed and sedge-warblers, with other kinds, inhabit the reed-beds. Birds in Town and Village You miserable coot you!" says I. "Do you stop your impudent talk, or I will holler to Josiah. Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician I was once looking out for ducks or coots in a thicket of bulrushes higher than my head, when I was startled by hearing a loud "bomb!" at no great distance from me. The Bushman — Life in a New Country Put tere may pe some coot plood co into you, more as enough to say God will pe make you, my son. Malcolm Statira said she had behaved like a perfect coot all the way through, and Lemuel said that he guessed he had been the coot, if there was any. The Minister's Charge But they no longer own the entire lake, for they have been obliged to share it with swans, grebes, coots, loons, fen-ducks, and a lot of others. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils There is a bird here, called a coot, which, though not much bigger than a duck, lays a larger egg than a goose. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes About these ponds stole many a secret path, veined with clumsy roots, shadowed with the thick bush of many a clustering parasite, and echoing sometimes beneath from the hollowed shelter of coot or water-rat. The Worshipper of the Image He is a tog!—No, he is no tog: togs is coot. Malcolm "Why, you coot!" cried 'Manda Grier in utter amazement at his single-mindedness; and burst into a scream of laughter. The Minister's Charge "You are just as mean as a common coot!" he screamed at Clawina. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils I. I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. Practice Book The wind was so strong that the little steamer seemed to plough her way with a bobbing motion like the coots on Lough Gill. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland "Ferry coot!" said Duncan, and fell asleep again. Malcolm And when they saw Theseus they shrieked; and the shepherds ran off, and drove away their flocks; while the nymphs dived into the fountain like coots, and vanished. Types of Children's Literature Herons, kingfishers, moorhens, coots, grebes, ducks, teal, various divers, are all proscribed on behalf of trout. The Life of the Fields Well, his high mightiness didn't understand him, but he opened his eyes like an owl and stared, and said, 'Dat is tam coot,' and the conference broke up. Nature and Human Nature We went sailing down among the swans, the coots and the rushes, and passed little tree-laden islands, hooped with stone wall for fear they might be washed away. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland It was not a coot choke," he murmured at length, "upon an honest man, and might pe calling herself a chentleman. Malcolm We always thought it great fun when we found a big assembly of coots at some distance from the margin. Far Away and Long Ago Moorhens and coots are especially disliked because they are on or near the water day and night, and can clear off large quantities of fry. The Life of the Fields The robin pretended not to be at all surprised, but felt it a duty to inform a coot who lived a quarter of a mile away among the reeds of the lower pond. The Extra Day The sun shone pleasantly, the swans floated on majestically, or solemnly dived for our pleasure, the coots skimmed about knowing well we had not often enjoyed the pleasure of watching them. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland Curse you all for bringing out a holy priest upon one of your devil's errands in weather which is only fit for a bald-headed coot to travel through. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch The wild ducks and coots quickly learn to know where they are safe, and in these places they are very tame, so that one can walk quite near them. Friends and Helpers We were two middle-aged old coots—though still in our forties and not altogether blind to a pretty face—and yet the oldest people on the boat. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me On every car there's always one fat coot What goes to sleep and dreams he's paid his fare. The Love Sonnets of a Car Conductor So I guess it is all right, and I am as jolly as a coot. Hildegarde's Neighbors Then I suggested taking 'em down the beach somewheres on the chance of seeing a stray coot or loon or something—ANYTHING that could be shot at. Cape Cod Stories Mr. Blankinship nodded pleasantly and passed up the room to the punch, muttering as he went, "Writes better than talks—dash of genius—more or less timid than a coot." Aladdin O'Brien The Captain "flew round like a coot shot in the head," declared our informant. The Voyage of the Hoppergrass "Look here, you crazy coot, haven't I given you fair warning about tongue-whaling me in public?" demanded the man who was pilloried. When Egypt Went Broke That noiseless woman in coot blue and white was a nurse. The Fortunate Youth "Do you know HIM?" he pants, wild as a coot, and pointing. Cape Cod Stories On the seaside there are only a distant sail and a few coots to break the grand monotony. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Patty's honest gaze encountered the appraising glint in the coot grey eyes of the foppish scape-grace before her. Down the Mother Lode It was clear that he must marry the gal at any rate—cootky coot, as the French say: that is, marry her, and hang the igspence. The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush He's as lonely as a coot; it's a thousand pities he ever lost his wife. Saint's Progress From "The Brook" I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 I hadn't thought of that old coot in years. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! I say, if Gracie Van Horne hadn't happened to meet him, wanderin' around, crazy as a coot, and toted him back—" "Gracie—Van—Horne! Keziah Coffin A very beautiful species of bald-pated coot, called by the natives keetoolle, is also an inhabitant of the lakes. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon The water-hen and landrail are members of this order, yet the first is nearly as aquatic as the coot, and the second is nearly as terrestrial as the quail or partridge. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. The New McGuffey Fourth Reader Jake hollered back, 'Here's you a Christmas present, you old Parker coot!' Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! It was a "coot," the size of a large partridge, belonging to the group of macrodactyls which form the transition between the order of wading birds and that of palmipeds. The Mysterious Island You see—My dad was a pretty good old coot, but he never had much style to him, and I had to work darn hard to earn my way through college. Babbitt But Top was not so particular in these things as his masters, and it was agreed that the coot should be for his supper. 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