| 单词 | downy |
| 例句 | The paramedic riding in the back wasn’t much older than I was; a kid, really, with bad skin and a downy little moustache. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Ernesto’s pallid skin mottled with excitement, his tentative hands that quickly became assured under her encouragement, the way he laid his downy head between her breasts and slept contentedly, like a well-fed baby. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But Hermes met me, with his golden wand, barring the way—a boy whose lip was downy in the first bloom of manhood, so he seemed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Days,” sighed the exhausted dog, curling up on a large downy cushion. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Their sharp, downy, dead faces have the awful expressionlessness of dead children. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, my goodness,” the young man laughed in short, merry, childish breaths that made his downy jacket quiver. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then one day of light, fresh rain, four dry, hot and clear, and all of Palestine was downy with the cleanest cotton they’d ever seen. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Declaration stuck her face so close to mine, I could see the downy hairs on her cheeks—and then she hissed: “No! They don’t say it’s odd! They say it’s stupid!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The chicken flapped its wings wildly; downy feathers floated around Mami like a nimbus. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The baby was a beautiful little thing with white skin and downy black curls which grew down into a point on her forehead, like Mama’s. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the blond ones looked like baby chicks, their crew cuts like the downy yellow on baby chicks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She brushed back the damp downy hair from Mitt’s forehead. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the lechuzas, all thirteen of them, vanished into thin air, leaving only downy feathers floating innocuously in the rays of the morning sun. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She is close enough that I can see the small pink veins, like seams on the back of a delicate leaf, spreading across her cheeks, the downy fur on her jawbone, her bristly black eyebrows. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z When the September winds blew the downy milkweed seeds to new soil, Chup was gone, too. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The wall she was touching felt warm and yielding now, and, she realized, it felt as if it were covered in a fine downy fur. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Yossarian was stunned at how waxen and ghastly Snowden’s bare leg looked, how loathsome, how lifeless and esoteric the downy, fine, curled blond hairs on his odd, white shin and calf. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The downy birds lifted their heads and turned their huge black eyes upon him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Already the door to #2 is opening, and an aproned woman with baggy arms and a downy face rushes out and embraces Frederick. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Sumac was asleep on my shoulder, his head turned around so his beak rested in the downy softness of his back. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z With the downy face and swinging flaps of skin under her arms. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Her mashed-in nose, her downy ears, her miniature fingers with their miniature nails and wrinkly knuckles. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks like something soft and downy Alex wants to sink into, and he realizes the knot of anxiety in his chest has finally slackened. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In his palm chirps a downy yellow fuzz, just hatched. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Behind her the downy woodpecker drilled into a dead tree with a special beat she recognized. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I turned my face toward her downy head and breathed in the baby scent of her. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He placed the downy chick in the box and hurriedly climbed to the ground. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Kendra recognized the blue one as the downy fountain sprite she had seen in Grandpa’s office. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z From the downy feathers on her apron, I figured, she’d been tending the new chicks. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “A downy fountain sprite, found only on the island of Rod,” Maddox said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Many of the older boys had downy cheeks or wispy little mustachios, but there was one fellow with a beard as thick as Tormund’s. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I wish that were true,” said Sam, stroking the downy head. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z From its folds a fourth man emerges, trading a suit coat for a downy brown jacket, transforming into the velveteen rabbit. Review: ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’ Is a Tribute to the Less Flashy Toy 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Just as women coming of age don’t need to be told to remove their downy leg hair, they get the message that their eyebrows should be neat and shapely. Skin Deep: After Overplucking, It?s Time to Call the Professionals 2009-12-17T06:12:47Z To get roasted potatoes with the most downy interiors and crispiest skin, I boil them until they’re thoroughly soft, offering absolutely no resistance when you plunge in a fork. Got Potatoes and Tuna? You’re Most of the Way to Dinner 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Overlooking the Tejo River or the interior garden, each room offers a different configuration, though most share polished wood floors, white walls and downy beds to airy effect. In Europe’s Top Destinations, Hotels to Suit Your Wallet 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Finally, confirming their hypothesis, the feathers served as effective stand-ins for roach antennae, especially the ones that were less downy and more barbed. A loving touch triggers cockroaches to make babies faster 2014-04-05T12:00:00Z A downy African penguin chick hatched in February at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. At national parks and zoos, it’s prime time for baby animals 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z A downy bed of shredded Brussels sprouts tossed with fresh coconut and curry leaves provides delicious support. Review | Punjab Grill is a feast for all the senses 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Hops are unhappy in Washington, suffering from the heat, downy mildew and Japanese beetles, to name a few issues. Perspective | Vines are a romantic addition to the garden — until they go rogue 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Like the pieces of an unsolved jigsaw puzzle, she appears in fragments — a downy arm, a prettily lashed eye, a face outlined by honeyed light — that sweetly suggest she’s very much a work in progress. ‘Wendy’ Review: Where Playtime Goes On … and On 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z One challenge was to discern the hairy woodpecker from its doppelganger, the downy woodpecker. The percussive appeal of the woodpecker 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z His most popular vegan cheese, the Maverick, is a downy, cream-colored puck with a sharp flavor and a persuasively buttery texture. Vegan Cheese, but Make It Delicious 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z The little downy, in particular, is always on the move, dancing around a tree trunk or the bird feeder. The percussive appeal of the woodpecker 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z This shopper became entangled in the downy raft of a massive sectional called Cloud, and struggled to right herself. You May Be Surprised to Hear That Restoration Hardware Is Doing Great 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z A velvety unison duet with Mr. Davis is so soft, so downy, it seems they’re being swept along by a cloud. Savion Glover Dances in ‘OM’ at the Joyce Theater 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Nearby, I caught sight of a lone downy woodpecker hammering a dead tree trunk. Bird-Watching at Prospect Park Audubon Center 2011-12-02T00:11:23Z At the far side of the pond we took a lunch break and let Ian frolic in the downy powder. 5 snowshoe walks for kids (or first-timers) 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z The girls can be distracted by the way one boy walks into the cafeteria or by noticing the downy fuzz on the nape of another boy’s neck during a P.E. class. Review | In ‘PEN15,’ two women play themselves at 13 and it’s not just another nostalgia trip 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Her mastery is of a different kind, with effortless coloratura and downy, unforced tone. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The warm odor, the downy arms, the fine bust and excellent white teeth and slightly bowed legs—they all worked. The Ideal Marriage, According to Novels 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Visitors can examine these chubby, downy, brown-and-black caterpillars on Saturday at 1 p.m. in “Wonderful Woolly Bears,” a presentation by Megan Hoffman, education coordinator at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum. Spare Times Listings for Kids for Oct. 10-16 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z A downy layer of peppery arugula gives the sandwich height and hue. Review | Order from these three restaurants, and watch vegetables steal the show 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Many contemporary designers are exploring similarly plump forms and cushy materials as well, in products with names that exude downy comfort. Like Sweatpants, Squishy Furniture Is In 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z We saw more than 20 species, including a hairy woodpecker and a downy woodpecker working the same tree. Eagle-Eyed Urbanites? Winter Treks 2011-02-17T21:01:12Z The black bangs across her forehead are as sharp and severe as an obsidian blade, but her eyebrows are as downy and pale as a baby’s. | 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo': ?The Girl With Dragon Tattoo? ? Movie Review 2011-12-19T18:19:04Z When her camera pans across a downy arm, you see it but also remember — and feel — the downiness and pleasures of other arms, legs, faces. ‘High Life’ Review: Robert Pattinson Is Lost in Space 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z What I remember is that the chain link was covered one week with downy white feathers. How getting caught with two cans of Olympia turned teenage Susan Straight into a writer 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z He is just a downy boy, if one beginning to feel the allure of an older woman; but he is old enough to have witnessed his mother at work on various men. Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford 2012-08-24T21:55:03Z “The film is a mental voyage,” she said, settling into a downy sofa. Up Close: Angela Ismailos Recounts the Story of Her Film of 10 Directors 2010-06-30T17:50:00Z The adult, bent forward, digs in like a runner breaking from the starting blocks, pursued eagerly by an adorable black chick with downy feathers. ‘Audubon’s Aviary: The Final Flight’ Alights at the New-York Historical Society 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The, um, climax of Sunday's episode found Sasha doing background research by mounting Hank, showing off her downy rump and oft-marveled-over great tits -- her description, quite accurate -- and then slugging him in the face repeatedly. "Californication's" atrocious masculine fantasy 2011-01-10T16:30:00Z Last year was grim for recorded outbreaks of downy mildew, and this season “was another bad year,” McGrath said. The race to save sweet basil 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Ground eye of round folded with crab fat butter, shallots and other spark plugs is fine eating, accessed through a downy cover of crumbled egg yolk and pecorino filings. Review | Emilie’s, from chef Kevin Tien, brings some good news to the Hill 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Both ailments are eased by growing basil in uncrowded areas of free air circulation, but the downy mildew will finish your plants. What herb lovers should know about planting lavender, thyme, basil and more 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Swathed in a downy white coat, perched on a bright red sofa, the feline-eyed singer cuts a striking figure. Britain's cultural debutantes 2011-01-16T00:04:11Z At her most recent physical a few months ago, the vet said everything was fine except for thinning hair on her shoulders, where there’s just a kind of downy fuzz instead of her black fur. Animal Doctor: Getting to the root of a tuxedo cat’s shabby coat 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z In addition to the hairy and downy woodpeckers, there are bigger and brighter woodpeckers happy to entertain the gardener and other nature lovers. The percussive appeal of the woodpecker 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Instead, we found a flock of house finches, another of pine siskins and a diminutive downy woodpecker. The Quiet Thrill of Winter Wildlife Viewing 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z At the start, the setting is dark, except for a downy white floor that glows purplish as six dancers, wearing skullcaps and flesh-colored bras and briefs, crawl and walk across it in slow motion. Review: ‘Showroom’ Shows That Show People Smile When They Are Low 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Indoor basil cultivation may reduce the risk of your favorite herb getting a disease called downy mildew. Even in summer, reasons to grow basil indoors 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Semitransparent, they surround the flesh like the downy white threads that sprout on a dandelion after its yellow petals fall away. Review: ‘Kreatur’ Wraps Its Dancers in a Succession of Skins 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z His waist was slender and through some disorder in his shirt I caught a glimpse below a button of skin and downy hair above his navel. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan - extract 2012-08-10T21:55:10Z Plush grays and downy whites lend the scenes a soft, comfortable, well-worn feeling; the studios are empty and bare, monastic even, but never austere. Painter Paul Winstanley Captures Empty Artists’ Studios on Canvas 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The warm, sweet, downy bread at Kali — served in a compact loaf alongside main dishes — is made with honey and buttermilk, a byproduct of the restaurant’s house-made butter. At Kali in Los Angeles, California Cuisine Without the Pretension 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z But crouch down, and the horizon is fuzzy with young trees: downy birch, rowan, and plump little Scots pines. Rewilding: How Trees for Life are renewing the Highlands 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z It forms a lovely 15- to 20-foot-tall pyramidal tree with downy silver-gray pear-shaped leaves that turn pink and yellow in autumn. Q&A: bird feeders and shipova 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z I consciously savour his chubby hands and downy head in a way that wouldn’t have occurred to me before. Why three children is my magic number 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z The Italian government last month allocated a modest one million euros to help grape producers hurt by downy mildew. Fungus and May downpours ravage Italy's wine production 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Unlike their parents, whose sleek black-and-white feathers seal their skin against the frigid ocean, chicks’ downy plumage isn’t waterproof. Record sea ice melt in Antarctica doomed thousands of penguin chicks to a watery grave 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Living birds, for example, are typically born without feathers or just a downy fuzz, and then grow their feathers across their whole body. How Did Birds First Take Off? 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Certain parts of a bird’s body are covered in down feathers, and the base of other feathers have a downy portion, whereas newly hatched birds are covered in down. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Smuts, rusts, and powdery or downy mildew are other examples of common fungal pathogens that affect crops. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Also, a downy woodpecker was incorrectly identified as a hairy woodpecker. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Try harder on images for birds in D.C. area 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z They came as a downy covering on a buttery white top with some feathers jutting out haphazardly, or on thick texture blue-gray flared pants evoking an anthropomorphic bird. Loewe mixes fashion with giant confetti cubes at Paris show 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Every bite gives you something to cheer: velvety chicken, downy greens, sass from boquerones and crackle courtesy of the fried chicken skin. Review | Little Vietnam is a good thing in a small package in Washington 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The spread of downy mildew nearly collapsed the French wine industry in the nineteenth century. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The spread of downy mildew caused the near collapse of the French wine industry in the nineteenth century. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z A photo caption that accompanied an image with the article misidentified a downy woodpecker as a hairy woodpecker, and a group of bright yellow finches or vireos was referred to only as “birds.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Try harder on images for birds in D.C. area 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z I missed walking outside to the chirpy song of a red-winged blackbird first thing in the morning, the downy woodpeckers tapping away on our old maple tree. Perspective | Creating a garden as a refuge for pollinators — and myself 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The downy woodpecker and the hairy woodpecker are two species that live in the same habitats. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Where the leaf is infected with downy mildew, it is yellow instead of green. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a week, chicks are covered in downy white and gray feathers. Climate change and vanishing islands threaten brown pelicans 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z I watched them grow from downy chicks into fully mature hens. Opinion | Why my chickens are stuck in their coop 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z And as he gingerly added the rock to the perimeter of the nest, a wee downy head peeked out from under the mother’s protective pouch and gave a soprano squawk. Advancements in polar sailing allow travelers to explore Antarctica’s little-visited areas 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z The downy woodpecker is slightly smaller and has a smaller beak than the hairy woodpecker. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The “hair” sprouting off this branch resembles a downy feather duster or fluffy tuft of cotton—maybe even fragments of a bad white wig. See Strands of Ice That Look like Hair Build up on a Dead Tree Branch 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z This helps the plant, which is also known as downy broome, to do very well in its nonnative range. Invasive Cheatgrass Spreads Under City Lights 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z When Brown returned to the ground in the Matthews Beach neighborhood, his T-shirt was dotted in downy feathers, not an unusual site these days. Birds jumped from their nests to escape Seattle’s June heat wave. Some died. Others needed help. 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z All around the yard the downy woodpeckers and the Carolina wrens and the tufted titmice are traveling from branch to branch, two by two. Opinion | I Will Not Rest Until This Garden Grows 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z The downy woodpecker uses its bill to search for food on small twigs and branches while the hairy woodpecker is most often observed searching for food on tree trunks. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Among the species he reported seeing were the hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, black-capped chickadee, red breasted nuthatch, white breasted nuthatch and red-bellied woodpecker. Mild weather leads to mixed results for annual bird count 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z They’re small and seem plump because of their coating of downy, furlike feathers. Couple bathes and blow-dries their chickens… then tea time 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z There’s the quirky squeak of the American goldfinch, owl-like coos of mourning doves and the whinnying of the downy woodpecker as Central Park offers avid urban birders some respite. Hopeful birdsong, foreboding sirens: A pandemic in sound 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z The largest of the woodpeckers that frequent the area flew by, bigger than the red headed woodpecker and markedly larger than the downy woodpecker. In uncertain times, quest for birds offers an escape 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The Changpa carefully comb the hair during the spring moulting season to harvest the downy undercoat, and then the good fibre is laboriously separated from the bad by hand. The Cashmere crisis in the Himalayan ice desert 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z The Changpa carefully comb the goats’ hair during the spring moulting season to harvest the downy undercoat and then the good fibre is laboriously separated from the bad by hand. Cashmere country: the perils of making the world's finest fabric 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The snow had slid from the shoulders of the surrounding low-lying mountains, revealing black jumbled rocks dusted with orange lichen and delicate downy flowers. Drawn From Poverty: Art Was Supposed to Save Canada’s Inuit. It Hasn’t. 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z The baby, 9 days old and downy, looks undeniably Chinese. Teenage Brides Trafficked to China Reveal Ordeal: ‘Ma, I’ve Been Sold’ 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Its thinner, softer threads create a downy sheet that’s more flexible and long lasting than standard cotton. From Salon Marketplace: Sleep like a king or queen on these dreamy sheets 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Though the creature was replete with feathers, these were a downy fuzz and not used for flight. New batlike dinosaur was early experiment in flight 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z One is the final meal of a feather mite, a bloodsucking parasite that lives in the hollow quills, downy tufts, and outer layers of bird feathers. This hair-raising feather mite is a vacuum cleaner for birds 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z And each baby T. rex was covered in a coat of downy feathers.” wrote Mindy Weisburger, a senior writer for Live Science. Scientists reveal baby Tyrannosaurus rex was an ‘adorable ball of fluff’ 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The best way to avoid leaf curl, fire blight, downy mildew and other fruit tree problems in spring and summer is to treat them now, before flower buds start to form. What to do in the garden in January? Plenty. Here are 26 ideas 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z “Won’t you give me dinner at least?” the boy says afterward, licking yellow laddu crumbs from his downy mustache. “Philosophy of the Foot” 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z University of Bristol paleontologist and study co-author Mike Benton said four types of pterosaur feathers were observed: downy feathers; single filaments; bundles of filaments; and filaments with tufts at the end. Wondrous extinct flying reptiles boasted rudimentary feathers 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The thrashing thrasher refuses to be seen further, so we push on to observe a downy woodpecker - “love a woodpecker”, Franzen mutters – and stop for a few moments to discuss his feelings on ducks. Jonathan Franzen: 'Climate change isn't only reason for bird decline' 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The battle against two major diseases—powdery mildew and downy mildew—means vineyards account for about 14% of all pesticide sales nationwide. France’s decade-old effort to slash pesticide use failed. Will a new attempt succeed? 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z “Oh, yeah,” he said, having spotted a live, downy chick. Why Are Puffins Vanishing? The Hunt for Clues Goes Deep (Into Their Burrows) 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Last week, in a separate Instagram post, downy hairs were visible around another model's mouth but while there was some criticism, others applauded the brand for the realistic and unedited pictures. Model's hairy lip splits opinion 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z He rained his short irons on the downy greens for five birdies and was two strokes off the lead as he made the turn, setting off a chain reaction of noise across Bellerive. Brooks Koepka holds off a crowd to lead PGA Championship by two shots 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Across the state in New Orleans, a downy captive-bred brown chick scampers after a keeper whose white costume looks like a Halloween ghost. Louisiana’s whooping crane comeback: 5 chicks this year 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Hatcheries employ professional “sexers” who make the call after scrutinizing newborns’ downy wings and nether regions, but most companies guarantee that they’ll be right only 90 percent of the time. It’s a boy! Chicken owners face a dilemma when hens turn out to be roosters. 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z It’s also vegan, and despite the soft, downy feel, the jackets and vests use no feathers. Father's Day gift guide: Gift ideas for that special day to tell dad, 'Thank you' 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z That downy fluff is only one of the tree’s signatures. Fluff is survival tactic for a tough species: cottonwood 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z The exhaustion and ache to find a downy pillow hits around 2AM, when the novelty and our deodorant has worn off, and people are succumbing to sleep. How to survive a 31-hour Marvel movie marathon: energy drinks, toilet paper, and a decade of enthusiasm 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The rest, as they say, is downy feathered history. The Masters theme song vs. the "Caddyshack" theme song in a battle for Loggins family dominance - Golf Digest 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z The room smelled of downy air freshener and sported a clear view of the half-complete monster structure that I would come to know as Salesforce Tower – soon to be San Francisco’s tallest skyscraper. Bunk beds, roaches and nerdy geniuses: my year in a Silicon Valley hacker house 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z In life, the newly described dinosaur would have been about 1.5 feet long with tiny, sharp teeth and a body covered in downy, wispy feathers. New Feathered Dinosaur Had Four Wings but Couldn't Fly 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Initially, chicks are covered with a downy plumage that is not watertight. Baby penguin debuts at California’s Aquarium of the Pacific 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Adult flamingos are pink, but the chicks are downy white. California zoo welcomes 5 baby flamingos after chick drought 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Researchers at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, are using the technique to make wine grapes that thwart downy mildew. CRISPR, microbes and more are joining the war against crop killers 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Atkinson is a soft-spoken, thoughtful man who has wavy grey hair and a downy white beard, and I couldn’t imagine him harming a single creature. Going underground: inside the world of the mole-catchers 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z But of the orchids still found within the city limits only Goodyera pubescens, the downy rattlesnake plantain, stays green throughout the year. An Imperiled, Hidden Orchid Waits Out the Cold 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z That was in mid-August when the fast-spreading fungus downy mildew appeared in some fields. Ideal rain, temperatures mean good Illinois pumpkin crop 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z The tomato is served in a melty pool of fresh cheese curds and finished with downy shavings of cured egg yolk. Matt Dillon, Marcus Lalario celebrate grilling at Georgetown’s Ciudad 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z However, the feathers themselves were more like those of adults and showed no signs that they had moulted — suggesting they had developed quickly and skipped the downy juvenile stage of modern birds entirely. Bird wings trapped in amber are a fossil first from the age of dinosaurs 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The process ensures the blini skins remain downy and delicate. Rain or shine, these food trucks have curb appeal 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z A downy woodpecker flits among the wayward branches of an uprooted tree. Why Are These Males Growing Eggs? Overhead was a familiar sight, a Gulliver-size Cowboys jersey hanging from the roof, its downy white trimmed in brown and gold and bearing Sailors’s name and number, 4. Kenny Sailors, a Pioneer of the Jump Shot, Dies at 95 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z At the age of forty-four, Rubio has lively dark eyes, soft cheeks, and downy brown hair affixed in a perfect part. Marco Rubio’s Political Dexterity 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z “Do you want to hug me?” she asked, stroking her downy soft accessory. LACMA's Art+Film Gala a Gucci eclectic-dressed fest 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Unlike well-spaced native bunchgrasses, cheatgrass — its scientific name is Bromus tectorum, or downy brome — crowds tightly together and then dies early each summer to form dense mats of tinder. Researcher Finds Way to Fight Cheatgrass, a Western Scourge 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z One by one, each of the five downy young cygnets was weighed, measured and given a clean bill of health. It's 'swan upping' time, as Britons count the queen's waterfowl 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Now standing nearly 2 feet tall with curious, onyx eyes, the downy creature was discovered in a rugged embankment near Keyser in Mineral County in early May. W.Va. agency, avian center rescue baby bald eagle 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Fledgling great horned owls emerge from the nest with downy plumage. Fledging great horned owls learn art of flight, how to hunt 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z There’s something old-fashioned-seeming about it — reminiscent of a pre-Max Factor era when the adjectives used to describe a woman’s beauty were adopted from the home and garden: milky, downy, rosy, lily-white. Not Nothing 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z This year, a clutch of four eggs produced an equivalent number of fluffy, downy, horned owl chicks tucked into the corner of a second-story ledge. Those aren’t gargoyles on the Haskell County Courthouse 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z In recent years, however, researchers have found evidence that a number of dinosaur species sported downy coats rather than scales and were generally more dynamic and smarter than they had previously been thought. Rise of the Tyrannosaurs 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z There is a bedchamber with a massive armoire and downy linens. Cultivating Genius 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The downy undercoat that sheds in the spring can be combed out, collected and processed to make scarves, hats, gloves and mittens. Yaks take up residence in Menifee County 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z The penguins were even calmer and even downright friendly to a rover disguised it as one of those pudgy, downy penguin chicks. Don't Dismiss Ten "Cutest" Discoveries of 2014 - Some Are Amazing And Adorable 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Even the black-and-white rug in the sitting area resembles downy bird feathers. Jewelry designer Irene Neuwirth cooks up something new: A cozy boutique on Melrose 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z The little dinosaur skeleton was equipped with preserved long filaments resembling downy feathers around its arms and legs. Most Dinosaurs May Have Sported Birdlike Feathers 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Their feathers varied from quite primitive — structures like bristles or hair — to downy feathers much like those seen on modern birds, Godefroit and his colleagues reported. New study suggests that any kind of dinosaur could have feathers, not just birds He also keeps a wary eye out for pests like downy mildew. Tasmania, Big Supplier to Drug Companies, Faces Changes 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z The group says downy mildew was been found in about two-thirds of fields surveyed over the last two weeks in North Dakota and South Dakota. Common sunflower disease found in the Dakotas 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z “This is the joy,” she beamed as she stroked its downy fur. Where the Sylvan Settings Enhance the Art 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z At three weeks old, the hawks have white downy feathers that are beginning to turn gray. City Room: Update on the Baby Red-Tailed Hawks at N.Y.U. 2014-05-09T17:09:59Z From the tiger’s stripes to the snowy owl’s downy white feathers, camouflage allows animals to hide in plain sight and avoid these perils. A Cloak of Near Invisibility in an Underwater World 2014-04-24T12:00:01Z While exploring the response of the plant Arabidopsis to the downy mildew pathogen Dr. Dong’s researchers found 22 genes that, when mutated into non-functioning forms, severely compromised the plants resistance. Dawn attack: how plants anticipate pathogen infection 2014-02-02T14:38:24Z The group says yield loss doesn’t usually occur unless downy mildew occurs in large patches of a field. Common sunflower disease found in the Dakotas 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z We heard a great deal about his adolescent slightness, his downy cheeks, his 1950s jazz-flute early music television hairstyle. David de Gea's collision with Andy Carroll may be a watershed moment 2013-04-19T11:07:52Z Rudely shoved from the downy National League Central division to the jagged American League West, even the Astros' space-inspired name evokes financial gloom now that Houston's Nasa base is suffering deep budget cuts. Low-cost Astros go all American and rout rivals on MLB's opening night 2013-04-01T14:08:56Z There was a half-painted sketch of two downy woodpeckers fighting over a peanut, and one of a northern saw-whet owl — spotted in the Shakespeare Garden — being pestered by a group of jays. Character Study: Lee Rogers, a Watercolor Artist, Uses Painting to Escape Life on the Streets 2012-12-23T02:27:18Z Now it was all soft, downy and touchy-feely. Hyundai Veloster: car review 2012-12-23T00:05:50Z And there’s a downy woodpecker that’s been at it since it fell and has taken out one of the wood-boring beetles.” David Haskell Finds Biology Zen in a Patch of Nature 2012-10-22T16:11:40Z "Then the rainiest June since the 1950s helped the spread of downy and powdery mildew" he told The Telegraph. Bad News for the Bubbly 2012-08-17T08:45:00Z Her sleeves were pushed up to her elbows, and he found himself looking at her narrow wrists and the fine, downy hair on her arms. Maile Meloy: “The Proxy Marriage.” 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z She retired at night to the downy bed prepared for her: but Edith did not sleep. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z For in the downy lawn of rest, That opens on a woman’s breast, Attended by my peaceful train, I choose to live, and choose to reign. Moores Fables for the Female Sex 2012-04-24T02:00:20.600Z And the bluejays, downy woodpeckers, the orioles, the thrush family, the chipping sparrows, the robins, the indigo birds—and even the shy vireos ventured forth. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z Beneath the eye a spot of white downy feathers, with a dusky border above and below; there is a little difference between this and Illiger's bird, but it may be only sexual. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z Here over the shrubs crept the familiar clematis, with its great clusters of white downy reed. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z On the ground among them is a downy feather, white with black spots. City Room: Spring Time: Dance of the Bumblebees 2012-04-12T18:06:10Z Whole plant downy; panicle more erect, contracted in fruit; spikelets conical-ovate, somewhat flattened; flowers closely imbricated; glume acute, equalling the awn.—Wheat-fields, 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 She thought compassionately of her mother's faded fairness, and wondered with a frown of esthetic concern why her mother's face was so downy. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Nestled a few feet away was a downy yellow violet. City Room: Spring Time: After a Night of Rain, a Gloomy Scene 2012-04-05T20:59:18Z In one of the inner rooms, which was all draped with sable curtains, stood a downy couch, upon which reclined the monarch of sleep. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to blow away. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Aug.—Stalk 1° long or more, usually longer than the frond, which is of thicker texture than the next, and slightly downy. 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 An old hen clucked around the door-step with a brood of downy, yellow chickens. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z The plumage of the thorough-bred is remarkably soft and silky, or rather downy; and is, in the opinion of many, equally as good for domestic purposes as that of the goose. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Besides tufts of wild mignonette, henbane reared its downy foliage and evil-smelling creamy blossom. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; Ð also applied to several other injurious insects. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Stamens included in the yellow corolla; calyx oblong-campanulate; leaflets 5, sometimes 7, glabrous, or often minutely downy underneath.—Rich woods, Va. to Ohio, Mo., and southward. 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 The young birds began to make those faint twitterings beneath the downy breast of the mother, the first faint sound that breaks the mysterious silence of early dawn. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z This downy coat fulfils the same office as the soft, woolly fur of many quadrupeds; the ordinary feathers being analogous to the long, smooth hair by which the fur of these animals is concealed. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The beds were soft, the blankets light and downy. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z One felt the trees bursting out into green leaves, and the buds on the plants opening their downy mantles and discovering the flower within. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z Leaves scarcely paler beneath, but often minutely downy, the lobes wider, often shorter and entire, the sinus at the base often closed.—With the ordinary form; quite variable, sometimes appearing distinct. 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 Nancy put down the cup, and, bending forward, kissed Fr�ulein's downy cheek. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z But, for all that, he is a downy bird—a very downy bird. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z Even though the couch be "downy" after the manner Paul Jones described, there are compensations. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z The head is flat; but the thickness of the downy feathers which cover it make it appear round, and rather large in proportion to the rest of the body. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-01T03:00:24.137Z P. trifoliàta, L. Leaflets ovate, pointed, downy when young.—Rocky places, Long Island to Minn., and southward. 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 Upon another tender branch near by a jet-black, gauze-winged elf is casting a similar spell, which is this time followed by a tiny, downy, pink-cheeked peach. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z He has generally blown the gospel trump, and rode twenty miles, before most of the professors who despise his labours have left their downy pillow. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z An occasional snowflake, like a downy white feather, floated through the air. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z The ears flat and round, with a small oblong opening, and entirely covered by the downy feathers of the head. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-01T03:00:24.137Z Minutely soft downy; leaves arrow-shaped, somewhat toothed; pods ovate, winged, rough, the style longer than the narrow notch.—Old fields, Mass. and N. Y. to Va.; rare. 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 To this end we find many nests lined with what the ornithologists call "soft downy substances." Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Perianth.—White; two to four lines long; downy. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z And the little girl was simply a peach—a nice, downy, rosy peach; chunky, round-faced, sunny-haired, jolly; with a neat little turned-up nose and big sort of boyish laughing eyes that fairly dared the world. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z The stripling shepherd wand'ring thro' the wood Startles the linnet from her downy nest, Or wreathes his crook with flowers, The sweetest of the fields. A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z Annual; flowers clustered; bractlets of the calyx and bracts lance-awl-form, herbaceous, downy, as long as the tube; leaves linear, hairy; petals small, rose-color with white dots, crenate.—Fields, etc., eastward. 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 But chief the forest boughs, That dance unnumber'd to the playful breeze, The downy orchard, and the melting pulp Of mellow fruit, the nameless nations feed Of evanescent insects. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The seeds are furnished with a downy substance, by which means they float through the air, and take root upon any part of a tree or shrub upon which they chance to fall. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z It attains the height of from two to three feet, and is covered with downy leaves of an ovate form. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z On the silken coverlet, which lay for show over the downy quilts, was exhibited in fine embroidery, the Angel Raphael, as he had appeared to her in vision, beside the Count in pilgrim weeds. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Branches brownish; the branchlets, etc., rough-pubescent; leaves oblong or ovate, on short petioles, pointed, rough with a harsh pubescence above, and downy beneath; calyx-teeth minute; fruit white. 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 “Where did you get this?” he asked, laying his hand on the downy little head. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z In this way, even when the subject proved a hard mattress, Preston's couch remained downy, and Ethel would meet him, over the breakfast eggcups, with the riddle solved. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z Sida, sī′da, n. a large genus of downy herbs of the mallow family. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Nap, nap, n. the woolly substance on the surface of cloth: the downy covering of plants.—v.t. to raise a nap on.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Perennial; leaves short, narrowly lanceolate, downy and roughish; flowers solitary; bracts ovate, half as long as the tube; petals rose-color or white, toothed.—Mich., 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 He was a good-looking boy of about eighteen, tall and slim, with blue eyes and a pleasant smiling mouth fringed with a few fair downy hairs, of which he always spoke collectively. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z The downy wings of the Gray Visitor lifted. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Its quality is a good indication of the breed; if fine and downy the birds are probably well-bred, but if rank and coarse they are inferior. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z And this was the reason that two little heads So restlessly tossed on their soft, downy beds. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z Leaves oval, obovate, or wedge-lanceolate, pointed, acute at base, serrate, downy on the veins beneath; flowers all very short-peduncled.—Low grounds; common. 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 Jesus can make a dying bed, Feel soft as downy pillows are. The Pilot's Daughter an account of Elizabeth Cullingham 2012-01-12T03:00:15.090Z Floss′-silk, very fine silk fibre extremely soft and downy and with a high lustre, used chiefly for embroidery.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z No more the swains the tune prolong, No more the maidens join the lay: Is this the place where Nancy slept In downy beds of blue and green?— The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z The faint scar on his right temple is invisible under a cap of downy brown hair. Determined to thrive, a little boy battles a brain disorder 2012-01-03T18:22:08Z More downy and perennial, pleasantly strong-scented; sterile shoots depressed or creeping; leaves very finely dissected; chaff of the receptacle blunt; pappus none.—Established near Lewiston, Delaware, Nuttall. 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 The fourth knight is the youngest, he with the downy cheek, So maidenly in manner, so modest and so meek. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z No wonder, under such circumstances, that Whitooweek passes all his summers and raises brood upon brood of downy invisible chicks in a farmer's wood lot without ever being found out or recognized. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z One felt one had really got all one wanted, and I would not have exchanged that fire for the best of meals or the downiest of beds. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z To protect them from the cold they are furnished with a dense covering of downy feathers which also prevents the movements of the wing from being heard. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z Leaves downy underneath; tube of the corolla scarcely longer than the ample lobes, slightly glandular. 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 Those downy hairs may be more than an evolutionary leftover, though. Body Hair Senses Parasites While Slowing Their Blood Quest 2011-12-14T00:15:00.260Z He was a true Bushman, and could go off sound as a bell the moment he stretched himself on his “downy bed,” as he called it. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Waiting until Roos was asleep, I crept over and, gently extricating the furry pillow from under his downy cheek, carried it off to snuggle against my own ear. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z I caught the boy, a goblet's tide Was richly mantling by my side, I caught him by his downy wing, And whelm'd him in the racy spring. The Odes of Anacreon 2011-12-08T03:00:29.763Z Low, annual, simple or sparingly branched, minutely downy; leaves oblong-lanceolate, thin, veiny, roughish with opaque dots; flowers shorter than the involucre; stigma sessile.—Shaded rocky banks, E. Mass. and Vt. to Minn., and southward. 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 You may possibly mistake this little warbler for a downy woodpecker when first you see him creeping rapidly over the bark of trees, or hanging from the under side of the branches. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The whole plumage was deep black-brown, the head covered with short downy feathers, and the bird had no offensive smell like the common vultures. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Drain the claret from her cheeks, smear the downy bloom, and you'll find rank lees and rotten core. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Head, nape and upper part of the back, black with violet reflections; lower part of the back, and all the under parts, pure white; feet and toes covered with downy feathers; tail forked, moderate. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Young branches and buds pubescent; leaves oblong, obtuse or heart-shaped at base, downy beneath; umbels few.—Low grounds, N. C. to Fla., west to S. Ill. and Mo. April. 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 The sapsucker, the hairy and the downy woodpeckers also like beechnuts; the flicker prefers acorns; but do they store them for winter use? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Over the grain-fields they go, over the meadows and back again straight to the nest where downy babies are cheeping for them. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z But best of all the little fowls Still playing on the shore, Soft downy chicks and goslings gay, Chirped out, "Dear Goose, lay more." Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z The king then brought them to his palace, and gave them a kind welcome; and they were supplied with food and drink to their hearts' desire, and slept on soft, downy beds. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Leaves roundish-heart-shaped, pointed; involucre open above down to the globose nut, of 2 broad foliaceous cut-toothed almost distinct bracts, their base coriaceous and downy, or with glandular bristles intermixed.—Thickets, 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 A hardy little friend is the downy woodpecker who, like the chickadee, stays by us the year around. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z It is not all of a good night's rest, after the fatigue of a day's sport, to have lain on a downy bed in a richly appointed room. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z The young, like those of their relative, the domestic fowl, are born covered with downy feathers and can run about shortly after birth. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Olga threw herself down on a bank, bright with green moss and soft as a downy pillow. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z Grain free.—Tufted with simple upright culms, the sheaths often downy; allied to Dactylis and Poa. 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 Friend downy is too good a carpenter, you may be sure, to neglect making a cozy cavity for himself in autumn, just as the hairy woodpecker does. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z No little ring of downy hair had been cut off and treasured. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z California Walnut.—Leaflets in from five to eight pairs, more or less downy, but sometimes smooth, oblong-lanceolate, sharp-pointed, narrowing upward from near the base, two to two and a half inches long. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z The downy hairs that line the interior are inviting to touch. City Room: Green Fades, Ambers and Golds Radiate 2011-11-11T23:53:10Z E. aromáticum, L. Smooth or slightly downy; stems nearly simple; leaves on short petioles, ovate, rather obtusely toothed, not pointed, thickish.—Copses, 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 Just as baby chickens follow the mother about, so downy bob-whites run after both their parents and learn which seeds, grain, insects and berries they may safely eat. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z He had light hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, ruddy cheeks, and a chin on whose downy smoothness the razor had not yet played, although its owner had numbered his twentieth year. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z American beech.—Leaves ovate, acuminate, thickly toothed, downy beneath, ciliate on the margin. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z The downy actually drills these little holes in apple and other trees to feed upon the inner milky bark of the tree—the cambium layer. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Minutely soft downy and somewhat hoary; peduncles 1–3-flowered; sepals silky; corolla pink or purple; filaments smooth; styles almost distinct; otherwise nearly as n. 1. 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 While the parent is giving us a lesson in mother love and bird intelligence, her downy chicks are teaching us facts in protective colouration and heredity. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Out behind the barn a tiny coop held a white hen and her seven little downy balls of chickens. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z Chile beech.—Leaves ovate, oblong, oblique, somewhat rhomboid, blunt, doubly serrated, entire at the base, attenuated into the petiole, and somewhat downy. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z A tuft of yellowish-white, downy feathers on flanks. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Seeds bony.—Low and branching upright shrubs, with oval short-petioled leaves, which are downy underneath and entire, or wavy toothed or lobed on the young shoots. 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 Two eggs, not larger than beans, in time give place to two downy hummers about the size of honey-bees. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Mockernut leaves are large, downy, yellow-green, turning to gold in autumn. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Common hazel bush.—Leaves roundish, heart-shaped, pointed, coarsely serrate; husk somewhat downy, with a wide, flattened, fringed border extending beyond the roundish nut. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z Very rarely indeed can his nest be found in an old stump or mossy bank, where bark, leaves, and hair make the downy cradle for his four or five tiny babies. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Leaves sprinkled with resinous dots, slightly heart-shaped, sharply 3–5-lobed, doubly serrate; racemes drooping, downy; bracts longer than the pedicels; flowers large, whitish; calyx tubular-bell-shaped, smooth; fruit round-ovoid, black, smooth.—Woods, 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 Meg said not a word, but pressed a kiss upon Jem's hand, and endeavoured to reach the downy little head. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z The downy basswood has leaves that are green on both sides, but its young shoots and leaf-linings are coated with rusty hairs. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The incumbents of downy beds, nestled within the folds of gorgeous drapery, might earnestly but vainly court it. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z The twigs have cream-colored chambered pith and leaf-scars without downy pads above. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Herbaceous; stem widely branched; leaflets heart-ovate, pointed, doubly serrate, slightly downy; umbels racemose; styles united.—Rich woodlands, N. Brunswick to Minn., south to the mountains of Ga. July. 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 The tree is remarkably thrifty, vigorous and productive, upright, with very dark shoots, covered with down, bearing large leaves that are quite downy beneath, and deep green above. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z The twigs are coated with pale hairs, the young leaves, and ultimately the leaf-linings and petioles are hairy, and the fruits are downy, marked with dark dots. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z “So soft and downy was the bed that Jack fell asleep singing low to himself— “‘All in the downs the fleet was moored.’ The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z The winter buds are large, round or broadly egg-shaped and covered with a downy growth. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z His name was Idris, and he was a handsome 21-year-old medical student with a downy wisp of beard, a pink T-shirt and jeans. Magazine Preview: The Surreal Ruins of Qaddafi?s Never-Never Land 2011-09-22T00:01:40Z Tree hardy in nursery and orchard, productive; Shoots very downy. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Then the leaves unfold; downy at first, becoming bright and shiny above, but always with pale linings. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z He found Ike, Wah Shin and the dog, all sleeping by the fire as peacefully as if they were on downy beds in the midst of civilization. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z The leaves are alternate, simple, 4 to 6 inches long, rather thick, somewhat one-sided, doubly toothed on the margin, and generally smooth above and downy below. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z He had loved to feel the downy head against his cheek and the frightened little heart pounding against his own. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z Look, in the depths beneath are those downy, light clouds, which now thou greetest as thine own and kin. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z The slender downy twigs are bright red, and there is a warm reddish tone in the brown bark. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Soft and downy was the bed in the bower chamber to which Egwina had been assigned, and grateful was it to the weary maiden, who was soon fast asleep. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z The leaves, with 7 to 9 leaflets, smooth above and soft downy below, are from 10 to 18 inches long. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z The leaves and stalks are covered with soft downy hair. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z The brocade curtains of the large tester-bed were half drawn back, revealing behind them a comfortable, snow-white, downy expanse, on which lay, side by side, two little pillows adorned with red ribbons. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z In summer the downy leaf-linings and the uncommon size of the leaves best distinguish this tree from its near relative, whose five leaflets are smooth throughout, small, very rarely counting seven. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Didn’t the Roman youths dedicate the first few downy hairs of the coming moustache to the gods? Medical Life in the Navy 2011-09-08T02:00:20.387Z The winter buds have dull chestnut-brown scales and are somewhat downy. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z In the one are found that marvellous blush and downy bloom for which he was so famous, while the other reveals his delicate treatment of petals and his graceful arrangement. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z Blossom comes before leaves, though it is now covered with long soft downy buds, tipped with a suspicion of mauve. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z After the flower comes a downy capsule, five-celled, with numerous pointed seeds. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z How pleasantly tired and drowsy Leonard and Douglas used to be by bedtime, and how soon they were wrapped in dreamless slumber when their limbs were stretched in bed, their heads upon the downy pillows! Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z They are thick, dark green and shining above, pale and downy beneath. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Her kind protector had furnished her with a clean, white bed-gown and cap, and a prettier face, indicating about sixteen or seventeen years, never looked up smilingly from a downy pillow. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z One evening the performance was given by the moon and the corn-sheaves, assisted by minor actors such as crickets, downy owls, and vine-garlands. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z The black spruce is a ragged, unkempt dingy tree, with short drooping branches, downy twigs, and stiff dark blue-green foliage, scarcely half an inch long. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z This airy bit of impudence caused Mr. Van Arsdale to twirl one end of a dim, downy mustache and perpetrate a rather ambiguous giggle. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z They are dark lustrous green above and gray downy beneath, the contrast being strikingly seen in a wind or rain storm. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Their leaves are heart-shaped and the lower surface is downy. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z Oh, pleasant is the crying; While the rose-leaves scarcely stir, And downy moths are flying, Oh, dearly do I love “Old Cries,” Your “Lilies all a-blowing!” A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z That night I could not have slept in the downiest of couches, e’en with the softest music of well-played lutes. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z The fur differs from the overhair, in that it is soft, silky, curly, downy and barbed lengthwise, while the overhair is straight, smooth and comparatively rigid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The leaves are usually wider than long, yellow-green and downy beneath, and the base of the petioles enlarged. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z They are then about an inch long, with downy cylindric bodies more or less marked with rather pale yellow stripes, touched here and there with purplish green or dotted slightly with fine black dots. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The easy slopes were enlivened with darting, downy hares. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z With all our combined watchfulness the downy ducklings sometimes succeeded in reaching their loved briny element, and once in the sea were never seen again. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The fluffy, downy under-feathers fly in all directions, scattering over the grass, and if left behind would tell an unmistakable tale. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z The flowers appear after the leaves unfold; are cream-colored; in terminal panicles 5 to 7 inches long and 2 to 3 inches broad, quite downy. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z But Antigonus the Carystian says, in his Antipater— More dear to me was he than downy apples Of purple hue, in lofty Corinth growing. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Tiny bears danced to their mothers' call; baby seals sunned in downy pelts. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Wild is thy lay, and loud, Far in the downy cloud: Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z Leaves rather above an inch long, and near an inch wide, downy, and apparently viscid, like the rest of the herbage. Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion 2011-07-29T02:00:29.353Z I don’t see my pet Circassian walnut set or my dear comfy old window seat, with about a thousand, more or less, nice downy pillows. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z One may discover, amid the purple lobes of the squirrelcup leaves, downy buds that promise blossoms, and others, callower, but of like promise, under the rusty links of the arbutus chain. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Meanwhile Wally sailed fearlessly through the air, till midway down the precipice she exultingly greeted the young vulture, who ruffled his downy feathers, and piping, gnawed with his shapeless beak at his strange visitor. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z No lady in the town had such a head of rich brown hair, none so downy a cheek of loveliest pink, none a blue eye so lustrous or sparkling, none a more melodious voice. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Sleep, resume thy downy empire; reassert thy sable reign! Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z How daintily he helps himself to the tiniest morsels, never cramming his bill with gross mouthfuls as do his comrades at the board, the nuthatch and the downy woodpecker! In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z He sat there stiff and wooden as a broken-jointed doll,--his pointed knees emerging from his downy nest, and his tight-fitting clothes stretched almost to their destruction by his unusual posture. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z He has frequently blown the gospel trumpet and rode twenty miles before most of the professors who despise his labors have left their downy pillows. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z A large colony of gulls followed the steamer, with ceaseless beat of downy wings, from daylight till dark, and after the first hour they seemed to regard us as old friends. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z Light, downy clouds were moving along the vault of heaven. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z These are combined in the most satisfactory degree in the feathers of the goose and of several other allied aquatic birds, whose bodies are protected with a warm downy covering. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The snowy linen upon the great feather-bed looked tempting, and I felt a deep sense of satisfaction in sinking into the downy abyss. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Perhaps they would let him slip down, down, down, on that downy pillow till the hammers stopped. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z When we see a field of thistles shed its downy seeds upon the wind, so that they roll away like a cloud, what a vast host of possible thistles are there! The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z Also, at what age will Pip lose his downy coat and grow feathers? City Room: Answers About Pip and Violet, Part 2 2011-05-26T18:01:30Z This plumage is worn until the autumn, when the downy feathers give place to the characteristic adult plumage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Some of the guard wore net caps "stuck with feathers," or covered with a light, downy substance, probably milkweed down. Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579 2011-05-26T02:00:16.780Z Body lice live on the abdomens of the birds, where they feast on downy, insulating feathers. Lousy Flies Explain Weird Evolution of Pigeon Pests 2011-05-23T22:28:54Z Telemachus advanced toward these kings, whom he found in groves of delightful fragrance, reclining upon the downy turf, where the flowers and herbage were perpetually renewed. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Once Pip has a full set of flight feathers he will be ready go, although, as you can see from his classmates, the downy remnants will give him a comical look for a while longer. City Room: Answers About Pip and Violet, Part 2 2011-05-26T18:01:30Z The breath of a sleeping child is not more peaceful than the sway of the wind flower upon its downy stem. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z That Fletcher was probably correct in attributing the source of the downy substance to a plant is shown by his reference to the seeds of the same plant. Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579 2011-05-26T02:00:16.780Z Under her arms the waxlight shed Delicate halos where was spread The downy growth of hair. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z How delightful to him was the cushion of moss and scanty grass after the downy couches of the palace of revelry below! Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z Aroma—causing one of Eastern wastes to dream; A downy cushion, bunch of flowers or golden sheaf? The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z The beard, eyebrows, eyelashes, and the downy pubescence of the ears acquire a delicate white 252 and perfectly enveloped cover of venerable hoar-frost. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z The two leaf troubles are respectively known as blight or downy mildew and the Macrosporium disease. Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them 2011-05-10T02:00:58.433Z Light, lantern, path, and polar star and guide To all who dare dismiss ignoble sleep And downy ease for exercise of arms, For toils continual, perils, wounds, and blood! The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Its opening leaves are reddish, delicately serrate, and finely downy. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z To-night the Moon dreams with increased weariness, Like a beauty stretched forth on a downy heap Of rugs, while her languorous fingers caress The contour of her breasts, before falling to sleep. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z Among many tribes their foreheads are covered with a fine, downy growth of black hair, and their eyes appear to slant, like those of the Chinese. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z Say, dat secretary guy dat croaked de old geezer last night was a sweet, downy bird—nit! Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z No sword, no shield, hath been his wonted toy; Brown are his eyes; yellow his curls appear; His downy beard hath scarce begun to grow: One saith 'tis there, and one might answer, No! Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Presently the tree will be one vast plume of gray, downy tassels, while not the least speck of green foliage is visible. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z Their hair is very short and woolly, usually of a dark rusty brown colour; the face hair is variable, but the body is usually covered with a light downy hair. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z He listened to it stoically, propped up among Aunt Gertrude’s downiest feather pillows, in the dark bedroom, a green shade almost bandaging his eyes, and hiding half of his thin white face. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z She thanked him quite eagerly, a maid was summoned, and she was shown into a room with a deliciously downy bed. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z The more you excite her the more that head of hers sends out floating downy seeds to settle here and there, and do mischief. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z A few days since I climbed up to the nest of the downy woodpecker, in the decayed top of a sugar-maple. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z Here is the wood.—Pale with surprise you see The ardent silence and the mystery Whose sap swells in the branches which it studs With downy catkins and with sticky buds. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z The principal frequenters of his court were "York too;" Lord Plunket was a "downy cove;" and if Anthony Black took the box, most assuredly "I'd back the caster." Nuts and Nutcrackers 2011-03-08T03:00:45.687Z Mrs. Mynors, beautifully gowned, rose from the downy Chesterfield to greet him. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z In the summer, too, grouse and wild turkeys brought their downy young to feed there. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z The girls plucked handfuls of them and arranged the downy stems in the bands of their sunbonnets. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z We drag ourselves under thy conquering feet, While, in a downy drunkenness, thy kisses Gather our last and loveliest heart's beat. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z There was no longer a downy bed behind him; no longer a parent bill to bring him his daily worm. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z It seemed to Virginia, as she let her limbs relax in the big, downy old bed, as though she never could sleep again. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Even that on top of his head was soft and downy. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z Ruth—Cobweb, as I always called her, because she was so soft and downy—started up, gazing earnestly in my face, and then kissed me very, very fondly. Friends I Have Made 2011-02-25T03:01:14.587Z “The cocoon cleaners” are occupied picking them; that is, detaching from the hard shell the soft downy substance, which afterwards constitutes what is termed the rough silk. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z No midnight revels here your door molest, Nor wild confusion robs you of your rest; Here you in silence may your eyelids close,— On downy pillows find a sweet repose! Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect 2011-02-16T03:00:41.223Z "She was beautiful as the lily-bosomed Houri that gladdens the visions of the poet when, soothed to dreams of pleasantness and peace, the downy pinions of Sleep wave over his turbulent soul!"—From the Arabic. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z "Well, it is good to be home and see all you funny folk again," Alan said contentedly, as he lay back in a most downy and capacious arm-chair. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z The timing corresponds with the formation of spores in a funguslike pathogen that attacks the plant and results in a condition known as downy mildew disease. Observatory: To Defend Against Disease, a Plant Checks the Clock 2011-02-02T22:43:52Z On the eighth day, or slightly before, the white nestling down of the newly hatched bird was replaced by a downy immature plumage, which was more yellowish than the preceding plumage. The Postnatal Development of Two Broods of Great Horned Owls Bubo virginianus 2011-02-02T03:00:24.983Z In a corner stood a bed of polished wood, piled high with white, downy quilts and covers. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z Watch the downy woodpecker at his work and see what sturdy blows he delivers, pausing after each one to aim and drive home another telling stroke. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z They had short, downy fur, almost black on the back, soft gray underneath, and a reddish brown everywhere else. Among the Pond People 2011-01-21T03:00:13.507Z She looked at the chubby little figure, the round, rosy face, the neatly-parted blond hair, the downy moustache. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z The female tussock moth is a wingless, thick-bodied creature, gray in color, very downy, and about three fourths of an inch long. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z His was the size, the dusty look and the big bone of a Dane; the deep, downy paleness of cheek, the tumbled, though not mussy hair. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z No better little bird comes to our orchards than our friend the downy woodpecker. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z Part of the neck was bare, wrinkled, and purplish-red, while around it, resting on the shoulders, was a downy collar of soft, white feathers. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z The head is of a grey colour, with a very long pendulous blackish crest composed of a few light downy feathers. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z Dear mother! as the wearied bird her downy nest, So seek I thee, for quiet rest. Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith 2010-12-26T03:00:20.460Z The leaves, which are cut into tapering lobes and coarsely toothed, are heart-shaped at the base; when young they are slightly downy beneath, but when mature they are smooth on both sides. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Mr. Burroughs tells us that a downy woodpecker of his acquaintance used to change his key by tapping on a knot an inch or two from his usual drumming place, thereby obtaining a higher note. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z Her mouth was small and a little full; and her upper lip was just shadowed by a dark, downy line. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z I gathered a shrubby Willow, with lanceolate downy leaves like those of El�agnus. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z A soft, light snow had left the country white and downy as a young swan’s breast. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z Its leaves are large and undivided, of an oblong-lance shape, downy beneath, and sometimes with the edges very finely toothed. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Winter in the North is all very well for the hairy and downy cousins that like to hammer frozen tree-trunks for frozen grubs; but our red-headed friend does not eat grubs by preference. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z She was a very attractive little thing, with a soft brown skin covered with a downy bloom, and looked charming in her new clothes. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z The leaves are furrowed along the course of the veins, and convex between them, slightly downy and of a greyish green on the upper side; clothed with snowy woolliness beneath. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z It came from the grass, from the trees—the long tasselled branches of downy honey-sweet, white blossoms that hung from them. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Its long slender branches spread widely with a downward tendency, the downy forking twigs bearing their leaves in a straight row along each side. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z The downy and the hairy are a step farther along in their development. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z All the evening she gave them as much as they could eat and drink, and then she gave them soft downy beds to lie upon. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z Then I felt one of my wife's: thin, slightly stretchy and downy. Going Green: Recycling Bottles into Soccer Shirts 2010-06-14T08:10:00Z He's the guy your girlfriends warned you about...He's beautiful, with his white teeth and downy beard and all those vivid tattoos. Chefs of the Future, III: Ludo Lefebvre on the Loose 2010-05-04T08:55:00Z The leaf is similarly broken up into paired leaflets, but these are broader, and are downy on both upper and lower sides. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z It is also covered with very fine, downy hair, called lanugo. 2009-09-02T17:06:00Z Whenever they came to a river the ball expanded into a bridge, and whenever the archer wished to rest, the ball widened into a downy bed. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z Although not a Yankee, he nevertheless displayed as much "cuteness" under oft-repeated interrogatories as the downiest "down Easter;" feeling what an important bearing his determination would have upon the expected match with Mr. Staunton. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion "Don't tease her, darling," she urged, and she smoothed Baby's downy cheek soothingly as she spoke. Capricious Caroline The large, roundish, heart-shaped leaves are arranged alternately in two rows along the straight downy shoots. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Beak covered with the downy feathers of the forehead; feathers of the sides long: 3 species. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Who would not have been Jared, and had that downy cheek laid against his wrist? A Little World He was a slight fair young fellow, of some four-and-twenty, with rather pale downy whiskers, and a blonde silky moustache, which was carefully waxed into points. The Parson O' Dumford We can almost hear the contemptuous growl as one of these people, suspected of a dark crime, sweeps by in his downy sedan. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Leaves about two inches across, smooth; on the lower surface the axils of the nerves are glaucous and downy, with hairy patches between nerves. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z "A fortnight of the downy is better than six months of the plank." A Poached Peerage The fruit is a drupe, ovoid, and with downy outer surface; the fleshy covering is tough and fibrous; it covers the compressed wrinkled stone enclosing the seed or almond within it. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Their feathery covering is exquisitely soft and glossy, the under part of the wings and the body having a covering as delicate as the downy plumage of young goslings. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The pink childishness of his skin was becoming downy with a sort of blond velvet bloom; and that blond velvet was more clearly defined above his upper lip. Small Souls They are downy when young, of a deep green colour, but too frequently this is disguised by a thick layer of road-dust. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z He was a florid young man, of no strikingly apparent intellectual powers: he had straw-coloured hair parted in the middle, and a downy moustache to match. A Poached Peerage A small downy leaf of silver maple had been laid upon a mattress woven out of ropes of grass and fibres of bark. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies There is no chance for drones in the business of sheep-raising, or for those who would languish on downy beds of ease. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Hans loved the dear old hens and their downy little chickens that were not afraid to peck the grain out of his hand. In Story-land The bark at its base is smooth and white, its downy leaves have a triangular base, and its twigs are free from warts. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Stillness of summer noontide over hill, And deep embowering wood, and rock, and stream, Spread forth her downy pinions, scattering sleep Upon the drooping eyelids of the air. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 They were beautiful insects with soft downy plumage, snowy white color, and a tuft of yellow hair at the end of the tail. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies We both in turn dropped timid solemn kisses on his downy cheeks made of a sweet smell, and I dared not say anything. Woman By ways, that sunset's sardonyx O'erflares, and gates the farmboy clicks, Through which the cattle came, The mullein stalks seem giant wicks Of downy flame. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems Fruit thin-shelled and brittle, downy, and very faintly ribbed. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Because he's so downy there's no proofs against him. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 Buried in the downy softness of a large armchair, totally covered by the same straw-coloured Indian silk as formed the rest of the hangings, Cl�mence d'Harville sat, awaiting the arrival of Rodolph. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 Though only a fan-painter, yet he is as 'downy' in 'flash' as I am myself. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 Upstairs, the weedy young man with downy whiskers, who bore on his narrow shoulders the full weight of the Guardian's commercial affairs, was at work on the morning's letters. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life The leaves are large, broadly oval, with sharp-toothed edges, and downy on the underside. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Let our readers imagine a most engaging countenance, like that of a young girl, white and red, whose vermilion lips and downy chin were slightly shaded by a nascent beard. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 Arachnoid, Araneose, cobwebby; clothed with, or consisting of, soft downy fibres. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The soft, downy brown of the buds is often chosen for an entire luncheon decorative scheme, and nothing could be more delicious to the eye. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Whom thou desertest not, O Genius, Thou wilt spread thy downy wings beneath him, When he sleeps upon the crags; Thou wilt cover him with guardian pinions In the midnight forest depths. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 They are oval in shape, with blunt-toothed edges, and downy on the lower surface. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z So with a yawn I went my way To seek the welcome downy, And slept, and dreamed till break of day Of Poltergeist and Fetch and Fay And Leprechaun and Brownie! Rhyme? And Reason? Pubescent, hairy or downy, especially with fine and soft hairs or pubescence. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools Old Raffle is as straight as they make 'em, but he is a downy old fox all the same, and pretty neatly he drew the feather over Copley's eye this morning. Hard Pressed "That downy sleep only comes of a good conscience and a heart at ease with itself," said the other. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) The leaves vary in shape, but are more or less oblong, smooth above, sometimes downy on the lower surface when young, and with toothed edges. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z It isn't downy, but it will rest a tired man. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop I see by those sweet sparklers, that my petition is granted, and that I shall sleep to-night by my mother's side in the downy nest on the thistle. The Squirrels and other animals Illustrations of the habits and instincts of many of the smaller British quadrupeds She "laughed a merry laugh and said a sweet say" of forgiveness, while he noted a transient blush on her downy cheek. Love's Usuries Meanwhile little "Fower" lay back in the soft bed, supported on downy pillows, and with pale pink lined muslin curtains floating round her. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves The flowers are succeeded by long downy legumes or pods, like those of the bean and pea, containing many seeds, which are of a dangerously violent emetic character when introduced to the human stomach. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z To lay in such a bed as that, the fair and delicate head that had often found the downy pillows of its azure couch too hard for its languid pressure. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life The grandmother carried the child upon a soft, downy pillow, over which a white cover had been spread; following after her, proudly walked the father, with a nosegay in his button-hole. On the Heights A Novel Her soft cheek neared mine with a downy magnetism, and vagrant fibrils of tawny hair danced with the wind against my ear. Love's Usuries I felt very good on our "downy" bed, so good that I did not wake up till broad daylight. An Artilleryman's Diary These points are, briefly—the buds and twigs are downy, the leaves smaller and proportionately narrower, the upper surface downy, grey-green beneath; the anthers of the male pale yellow, the capsule of the female smaller. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles; the wretched he forsakes; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unsullied with a tear. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Holding the downy ball compassionately between her palms, this ineffectual giantess—from Microbe's point of view—reflected on the possibilities of the situation only to be baffled. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Her plump and rosy cheeks are as downy as a peach. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades Rails plenty out of which we made large fires and gathered large piles of leaves for "downy beds." An Artilleryman's Diary The downy twigs are first yellow, then reddish-brown. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Is it, that time steals on with downy feet, Nor wakes indulgence from her golden dream? Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes It was funny to see them, and, as they gradually recovered from their efforts, and their feathers dried off, the little downy balls crowded at the front, and, chirping loudly, pecked at the glass. Harper's Round Table, July 30, 1895 Upon another tender branch near by a jet-black gauze-winged elf is casting a similar spell, which is this time followed by a tiny downy pink-cheeked peach. Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895 All were surprised this morning upon looking out to find the ground covered with pure, soft and downy snow, and the air yet thick with the falling feathers. An Artilleryman's Diary The plumage of the Muscovy is not as downy or oily as other breeds, the feathers being harder. Ducks and Geese M. lactea differs in adnate gills and downy base of stem. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae The stem is firm and smooth, solid and rather eccentric, thick and sometimes slightly downy near the base, from two to four inches in length. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous It is not very distinct in general appearance from E. ciliaris, being downy and hairy on its young slender leaves, &c. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Nevermore shall I be happy," Said the weeping little Jappy, "Nevermore my days be merry, and my slumbers soft and downy. Harper's Round Table, April 30, 1895 “Don’t be cross,” she cried, getting behind his chair, throwing her arms round his neck, and laying a soft downy cheek upon his bald head. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One P. soft, lateral-dimidiate, horizontal, reniform, glabrous, viscid, sooty or livid; g. adnate to a nodule, crowded, white then yellowish; s. a downy nodule, viscid membranous ring torn. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae Stem bulbous, somewhat stuffed, rough or silky below the ring, and downy above. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous It is of upright growth, with downy leaves, and large, pure white flowers. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens “She’s the prettiest of all your babies, Jean,” Vanna declared a week later as she nursed the little flannel bundle on her arm, and gazed down at the small downy head. A Question of Marriage As the glistening metal top rose, silently, he ran his hand around the yawning interior, felt the downy softness and the body-like warmth. Perchance to Dream P. cup-shaped, downy, white; g. dichotomous, broad, dingy yellow, edge obtuse. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae The gills are yellowish, then cinnamon; stem downy or silky, yellow. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous The tree grows rapidly and generally attains a height of about 12 or 15 feet; the leaves are large and downy. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens It seems so hard—” Vanna pressed the downy head to her heart. A Question of Marriage Natal plumages and downy pteryloses of passerine birds of North America. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon P. trumpet-shaped, gibbous then deeply infundib. downy; g. mere traces of folds; s. slender, downy. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae Cap compact, convex or umbilicate, zoneless, minutely downy; margin reflexed, gills white, distant, arcuate; stem short, solid, pubescent; milk white, acrid, somewhat scanty. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous Many of them display a downy lightness exquisitely lovely, as the common Feather-grass. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series You may hear his merry tune, In the morning very soon; For he does not like to rest Idly in his downy nest. The Bible Story When these eyes glowed, or when they were half-closed under their downy lids, they looked black, but when they laughed at you, you would swear they were blue. Black Diamonds P. thin, convex, glabrous; g. vein-like, few, distant, simple; s. exactly lateral, straight, downy. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae Cap depressed, slimy or glutinous, greenish-gray; margin incurved and somewhat downy. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous Fine combinations and contrasts of colours are too much the rule in this order to need specification; and these are often shaded and blended with a downy softness, as in the Sphinges and Moths. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series Jack waves his wand and covers brown Mother Earth with sparkling frost or downy snow. Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks Fuzz, not furze, is the word to use, if used at all, when the embryo whiskers, or the downy surface of fruit, etc., are meant. Every-Day Errors of Speech P. resupinate, flattened, sessile, adnate, downy, edge free; g. radiating from a point, amethyst. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae Fill us the golden bowl with wine; Give us the ripe and downy peach: And, in this bower of jessamine, No sorrows our retreat shall reach. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant When we next, like a vain beau, direct that our crest, Silver-mounted, should be on the handle impressed, Scarcely scraping a hair in our downy estate, The High-Mettled Razor first ranks among plate. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Mayhap he said to himself, 'Beecher's the downiest cove going. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day So I wafted you to Fairy Town, where all is quiet, downy, flowery, full of ease, luxury, and feasting. Maid Sally P. coriaceous, flattened, firm, downy, concentrically sulcate, inside and out cinnamon; g. rather distant, straight, unequal, almost simple, narrow, entire, colour of p. var. crocata, Sacc. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae A peculiar smile played around the young German's handsome mouth, about which the first downy beard charmingly curled. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 Threadpaper is of tender years; his moustache is downy, indeed hardly visible without a glass; he will grown wiser with time, but Mr. Dowlas, I very much fear, is beyond all cure. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) "Ha, Rignomer," laughed another in the group, a youth whose downy red beard was just beginning to grow, "I care for only one god among them all--the god of victory." A Captive of the Roman Eagles Mr. Furnay, seen now for the first time without his too-large Panama, exhibited instead of hair a crest of downy blue feathers and pronged antennae that vibrated softly in the evening breeze. Clean Break P. convex, even, white, silky; g. rosy; s. white, downy, base thickened. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae As if there was anything more charming than a dear, wrinkly old grandmother who bears her years gracefully and fusses over her children’s children like an old hen with a brood of downy chicks. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Of course nothin' will be good enough, unless we have velvet hottermans to keep the insides warm, and downy cushions for the outsides, as if we wasn't downy enough already. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) When he saw the red paint a smile curled the well-cut mouth, which was not yet wholly concealed by the downy beard of early manhood. A Captive of the Roman Eagles Slender waist, downy legs, bare and supple, full breasts—. The Variable Man P. 4-6 mm. convex, edge incurved, downy, whitish; g. attenuated behind, distant, narrow, pale tan; s. very short or obsolete; sp. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae Even the hot, dry air, so trying to most, only heightened the beauty of her complexion, as the peach reveals the rich glow of its color by diffusion through the meshes of its downy veil. The Vision of Elijah Berl "Shall such a downy chin prescribe to me what I shall say?" interrupted Waldburg. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. |
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