| 单词 | feeler |
| 例句 | I pull off feeler from mine, and he pulls off feeler from his. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The moth waved its feathery feelers and took a few steps along the wilted cabbage leaf. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They lifted the buckskin and a big green fly with yellow feelers on his head flew out of the jar. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Temp, whose antennas had drooped down over his head, reached out and touched Gregor with a feeler. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, I miss basketball A LOT, and I do have some feelers out thereabout coaching. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z My ‘long-horned’ relatives, the ones who have long curvy feelers coming out of their heads, make their music simply by rubbing the edges of their two top wings together. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z They were awake, for the bird’s eyes were bright and the moth’s feelers waved languidly, but they weren’t animated, as she would have expected them to be. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The wasp still clung with one black feeler to the edge of the pew. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I have two short feelers coming out of my head. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Stars and Stripes talked about peace feelers in Paris. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He, however, sent out feelers to individuals who he thought might be sympathetic to the Klan viewpoint, people in positions to help the cause: policemen, firemen, low-ranking city officials. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Miss Effie Belle had a grim face any time, punctuated by a big pink wart that stuck out from the side of her upper lip like the feeler of a bee. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He pushed himself slowly toward the door, still groping awkwardly with his feelers, which he now learned to value for the first time, to check what was happening there. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave a sharp slap to a spiky, dark red plant as she spoke, making it draw in the long feelers that had been inching sneakily over her shoulder. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It would be hard to get his mind past the little legs and shells and feelers and actually swallow a mouthful of krill. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The government had sent “feelers” to me over the years, beginning with Minister Kruger’s efforts to persuade me to move to the Transkei. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Each one is angry at the other for pulling his feeler off. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Its first moves, the first feelers of its strength, had been checked upon its western line, southward and northward. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Quinn, who was for many years the poetry editor of The New Yorker, has good feelers, except when they fail her, as they do here. A Raging Pandemic Inspires Poetry With Little Bite 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z The 33” sends out feelers in a lot of different directions. Review: ‘The 33’ Recalls a Chilean Mine Disaster and the Men Who Endured It 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z But before the studio met with any of them it put out a feeler to Netflix, thinking that fast-growing service might bid for the rights to repeat the show after a television premiere. ‘House of Cards’ Arrives as a Netflix Series 2013-01-18T15:00:00Z Then break off the “mouth” parts on the front of the head, optionally leaving the eyes and feelers. The crawfish bisque recipe that charmed a sledgehammer-wielding drag queen 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z “About two and a half years ago I put out feelers saying, ‘I’m not reading anything I’m excited about,’” Bullock told EW of the film, which was produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov. See Sandra Bullock in the 'Our Brand Is Crisis' Trailer 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z “It’s always so exciting when you see someone with such incredible talent and screen presence who then is also such a deep thinker and feeler as a person,” Lister-Jones said. The friendship at the heart of a last day on Earth comedy 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Since his death, neither Smith nor Carlos has had as much as a feeler from the IOC as a gesture of reconciliation. Olympics hoops: The world catches up to the U.S. 2012-08-13T12:15:00Z He is a feeler and someone who’s trying to stop himself from feeling. Oscar Isaac, Rachel Brosnahan and the Draw of a Neglected Hansberry Play 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Here, the wordy, contemplative “To the Moon and Back” gets the best of him — Mr. Bryan is a mover and a feeler, not a thinker. With ‘Kill the Lights,’ Luke Bryan Downshifts a Country Party 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z He wanted a premiere, but there was no time for a commission, so he put out feelers for pieces already written or in the works. Santa Fe Opera to Stage Lewis Spratlan?s ?Life Is a Dream? 2010-04-11T21:56:00Z The producer emailed me, asking me a trivial question about the Victorian era which I interpreted as a feeler to test whether I might get involved in some capacity. The Crimson Petal and the White: Watching my novel reborn on TV 2011-04-06T14:13:06Z “My feelers tell me it’s some really bad times. The specifics? I turn the machine off. I look at the pictures in the paper sometimes. But I don’t read that stuff. I’m too sensitive maybe.” Melissa Leo: 'Things we would call abuse on set? Happens all the time' 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z McDarrah had an inflamed curiosity, great feelers and an ability to capture liquid moments. He Was the Visual Voice of the Village Voice 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z I tried to widen the net, putting out feelers to anyone I knew 30 and under, mostly my kids’ crew. Acid redux: My long, strange, cancer-fighting trip back to tripping 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z To step up her search, the Master transforms a busload of blind kids into undead helpers called “the feelers.” 'The Strain' recap: Vampire plague hits in 'BK, NY' 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z They will run through the mixture, and then when they clean their feelers and legs, they will ingest the poison. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: A homemade way to handle cockroaches 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Goddard says that between he and his writing partner, “Celyn is the bigger feeler. I’m a little bit more forensic and clinical.” Dylan Thomas biopic stars pay homage to the poet's favorite New York haunt 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z "I first approached it casually between Thanksgiving and Christmas last year, which is when you throw out feelers in our world," said Petryshyn. After two-decade hiatus, a matured Replacements return to rock 2013-09-14T00:19:13Z But the world has always brimmed with bad songs, and worse poems, that are born of authentic pain; sincerity of feeling, in art, guarantees nothing but the passing palliation of the feeler. “Amy,” Back from Black 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Shelton badly wanted to be shooting a film in April, so she pulled "Touchy Feely" out of "the back cupboard" and began putting out feelers to cast and crew. Lynn Shelton: 'I never imagined I could be a filmmaker' 2012-05-12T22:34:37Z They have long feelers and will fence with you. West of Key West, an Under-the-Radar National Park 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z And then they put these giant pincers, which I looked up in ant anatomy—they’re just called feelers there on Google—they put the pincers around a man. Without Dave: Life After “Late Show with David Letterman” 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z A year and a half ago, Diane Sawyer and her team put out feelers on social media, asking working Americans to chronicle how they live. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Sneaky Pete’ and ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z He has good feelers and a sensitive, sunny style. Review: David Salle’s ‘How to See,’ a Painter’s Guide to Looking at and Discussing Art 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z For the last year we sent out feelers to Florida, Louisiana, all over, and we fly people in. Jay Leno bets on reboot of Groucho Marx 1950s game show 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z "We are going to have feelers out in all directions," he added. All 18 victims of Maine shooting named 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Months of feelers with his outreach worker from St. Joseph Center led to an offer of a tent. Can licensed tent villages ease California's homelessness epidemic? This nonprofit thinks so 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z While both of them are sitting tight, they said colleagues, mostly less experienced ones, were "putting feelers out" for alternative jobs. Wilko: 'We have no idea if we will have a job' 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Businesses “have good feelers for that,” he said, and called it positive that “climate change is partly something we can adapt to.” As world warms, Sweden sees opportunity to grow its young wine industry 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z They will send out a million feelers and try to lure a few people into sending the money over and over and over again, which is an intensive process for them. Con science: Experts on why we fall for hoaxes and how to outsmart scammers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z "A Home Office agent was putting out feelers a couple of weeks ago but he didn't get very far." Harwich asylum seeker barge idea 'seen off', says MP 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z "I started putting feelers out, trying to find, you know, groups that were involved with it and see what they were doing," he said. He believed school board was pushing “transgender bulls**t.” He ended up arrested — and emboldened 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z By the end of 1941, his head of security was instructed to send feelers to the Germans through the Bulgarian ambassador to Moscow, broaching the possibility of peace. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Ms Wallis said the Colchester show was secured after feelers were put out, and it was a coup for the venue. Colchester Arts Centre: Blur announce homecoming show 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z They signed up for English classes, and Sergei put out feelers on a new business venture. A Small Boat, a Vast Sea and a Desperate Escape From Russia 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Brown said she intends to keep working in the public service arena, is not planning on running for office, and has had several feelers about opportunities. Outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown reflects on turbulent final term 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z He described them as “feelers, not intellectuals,” and said they were “generally not intelligent enough.” Perspective | Duchamp distrusted collectors. He would have loved Aaron Levine. 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z But once the algorithm plugs its feelers into your brain, it starts feeding you videos suited to your sensibilities. TikTok's addictive anti-aesthetic has already conquered culture 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z He threw out some “feelers, little hints here and there” that he’d like to crash with someone instead. Kraken’s Shane Wright given home away from home by teammate Ryan Donato 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z “It’s so much more than cleaning. It’s checking medical conditions, it’s updating photos, putting out feelers, interacting with adopters. So we need every volunteer we can get.” Volunteer who criticized conditions at L.A. animal shelter says she was fired 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z “Still got some feelers out on a couple other guys, but it’s been a really cool process,” Trout said Saturday. Angels open to Shohei Ohtani playing in World Baseball Classic, but will he? 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z And he has put out feelers to SpaceX and Blue Origin about a ride on one of the big launchers those private companies are developing. ‘Voyager on steroids.’ Mission would probe mysterious region beyond our Solar System 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Some have put out public feelers soliciting job offers from states with less-restrictive abortion laws. Column: As professionals flee antiabortion policies, red states face a brain drain 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Lacson said he was not alone in getting feelers to withdraw from the race supposedly “in exchange for financial and other considerations”. Four Philippine presidential candidates, including Pacquiao, won't quit race 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Though Lloyd deflected several job feelers over the years, he said the Arizona fit was a natural — particularly because the Wildcats’ roster was already stocked with internationals. Arizona, a Team From Everywhere, Finds a Common Language 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z That means putting out discreet feelers within and outside your company for other opportunities, starting now. Perspective | I was hired for a remote job, but my boss now wants me in the office 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Recently, we heard through extended family that my mother-in-law has been having some minor health problems and my father-in-law reached out to my spouse, “Dan,” with some initial feelers for reconciliation. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: In-laws who shunned transgender child now want to end estrangement 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Diplomats say feelers are being stretched out to Moscow. Ukraine: How might the war end? Five scenarios 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z There would be no more puzzling feelers about buying Greenland. After Biden’s first year, the virus and disunity rage on 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Unable to sell their loot in the public art market and unable to fence it through their usual contacts, these thieves often put out feelers to the institutions from which it was stolen. Review | ‘Art & Crime’ looks at the forgeries, thefts and manipulations that plague the art world 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The Saudis would like to find a way out and have even put out feelers to the Iranians. Yemen's Marib: The city at the heart of a dirty war 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Citing “sources who’ve gotten calls,” CNN had earlier reported that several people on Ms. Harris’ team were looking to leave and had put out feelers to others for future jobs. Kamala Harris’ communications director reportedly leaving Biden administration 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The government also started sending out feelers to him to give up arms. Malkhan Singh: The surrender of India's bandit king 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Her friends call her a “feeler”: openhearted and eager, pressing to make connections with others even as, in many instances, she feels like an outsider. Who Is the Bad Art Friend? 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z This idea never actually got broached with Bush directly, but there was a a feeler put out to his staff to see what they thought about it, and there was not a lot of interest. Edward-Isaac Dovere on how Democrats avoided disaster — and beat Donald Trump 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Why then not listen to our deepest feelers, those humans who might provide us with a blueprint for the best, most human way forward? Opinion | What Is a Teenage Girl? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z If that seems like too many “ifs” for too little payoff, putting out feelers for a better opportunity at another employer might be the simplest solution for you, pandemic or no. Perspective | It’s hard to get rid of a bad boss. Instead, try a ‘soft coup.’ 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z She decided to send out feelers among leaders in Denver’s black community. Anti-vaccination leaders fuel black mistrust of medical establishment as covid-19 kills people of color 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The United Way of Greater Los Angeles, the mega charity that has taken a lead in driving local homeless policy, has put out feelers to gauge support for creating a new agency. L.A. officials are getting serious about overhauling this top homeless services agency 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z It’s getting worse so I’ve started to put out a few feelers for advisory work. Peter Shilton: ‘Maradona’s the greatest player in history but I don’t respect him’ 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z He is at once a just-the-facts lawman and a prodigious feeler of feelings, introspective about the size of his ego and incapable of suppressing it entirely. James Comey Would Like to Help 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Brown, with six delicate legs, like threads, really, the bug had feelers coming out of its head, pawing the air. “Uncle Jim Called” 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z “All I did is put out a feeler, if you’d like to meet,” Trump said in Japan. Trump heads for historic DMZ meeting with North Korea’s Kim 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z “All I did is put out a feeler, if you’d like to meet,” Trump said later of the message to Kim. Trump says he could meet North Korea’s Kim at DMZ 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Simon wrote to me that, while his projects are fully staffed at the moment, when it comes time to hire again he will put out feelers through the W.G.A.’s channels “as a matter of solidarity.” Hollywood Writers Attempt Life Without Agents 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Then, three years ago, word reached Brand of a stolen Picasso that had been “bobbing around in the Dutch underworld, apparently since about 2002”, and he began putting out feelers. Art detective Arthur Brand: how I found a stolen Picasso painting 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z A moderate senator from the trending-Democratic state of Colorado, Michael Bennet has been putting out presidential feelers. Who will take on Trump in 2020? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z So for now, it’s more likely Democrats will stick to putting out feelers on Medicare-for-all, through committee hearings and the like. Analysis | The Health 202: House Democrats are divided on Medicare-for-all plans 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z By early October, Mr. Whitaker was close to becoming acting attorney general, people familiar with the situation said, because Mr. Sessions had put out feelers to the White House that he wanted to resign. Matthew Whitaker: An Attack Dog With Ambition Beyond Protecting Trump 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z “We’ve certainly had our feelers out there on a variety of different things that would help our pitching staff, whether it be bullpen or starting pitching,” he said. General manager Jerry Dipoto discusses the trade market and Mariners’ needs and Robinson Cano playing first base 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The chamber wouldn’t own the shuttles, but has sent out feelers to autonomous-vehicle makers with hopes of leasing them. Bellevue envisions a fleet of driverless vans to help commuters skirt congestion 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z "I constantly put feelers out there on social media to see if people have fruit trees," says Meehan. This L.A. chef set up a garden in a complete stranger's front yard. And he wants to do it again 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Her uncomplaining teenagers, meanwhile, have been putting their feelers out, sensing they will need to adjust their expectations this Christmas. 'Why I'm dreading Christmas' 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z On the domestic front he has put out secret feelers to the opposition, hinting at a unity government after Mr Mugabe goes. How Robert Mugabe held on to power for so long 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z “Iran has put feelers out saying it is willing to discuss its ballistic missile programme and is using contacts ... officials who were ‘holdovers’ from the Obama administration,” the former official said. Iran open to talks over its ballistic missile programme: sources 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z That the target of this feeler — the candidate’s son — embraced such meddling rather than recoiling from it only adds to the sordidness of the episode. Opinion | The latest evidence of Trump’s unfitness may be the most revolting 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z “It’s something honestly when I first got the job as president, I started throwing out feelers,” Rivers said during a new conference at the Clippers practice facility. Clippers introduce Jerry West as team consultant 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Some of these feelers may have been innocent attempts to explore diplomatic options for the new administration. Opinion | Trump’s shell game on Russia makes everything look suspicious 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Bubas was among the first to identify players long before their senior year in high school and start putting out feelers to show the Blue Devils were interested. Changes: AP hoops polls help tell story of game’s evolution 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z “Iran has put feelers out saying it is willing to discuss its ballistic missile programme and is using contacts ... officials who were ‘holdovers’ from the Obama administration,” the former official said. Iran open to talks over its ballistic missile programme: sources 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The calls are relentless, with several feelers a month, said Ms. Chang, the chief executive of Accompany, a Silicon Valley start-up. Join Our Board: Companies Hotly Pursue New Wave of Women in Tech 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z After putting out numerous feelers, she finally heard from a farmer about an hour away in rural Mississippi. Turkeys Lay Eggs, Too—Then the Foodies Fight Over Them 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Some days, he’ll spend hours putting out feelers for new business and come up empty. Be your own boss! How to make the leap. 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Whitehouse’s staff recently met with Exxon lobbyists, but the senator said, “The meeting was more just an exploratory feeler to see about further conversations.” Exxon Touts Carbon Tax to Oil Industry 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Hayes put out feelers with Honeywell, but he was snubbed, the people said. United Tech says a deal with Honeywell would face major challenges 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Though the network put out feelers to other potential hosts, Ganeless says that Noah was "at the top of the list from the beginning." Is Trevor Noah set for 'The Daily Show'? Let the 'cultural chameleon' fill you in 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Wilson’s team quietly put out feelers to big investors to see if they would support him, according to people familiar with his campaign. Activist Investors’ Secret Ally: Big Mutual Funds 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z They are also exceedingly slimy and under the chin is a single long, fleshy feeler called a barbel, giving the impression of a goatee beard. The decline of the 'disgusting' burbot - BBC News 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Baseball hasn’t yet put out any feelers to its most prolific slugger about participating in an event that desperately needs excitement? Ignorance is bliss when it comes to athletes: they must be kept off Twitter 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z I'd be more emotional about this development, but my job is scorekeeper of this death and child murder show, not professional feeler. The Game of Game of Thrones: Season 5, Episode 10 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z At that time, the United States was beginning secret peace feelers with the Taliban. Bin Laden’s ambitious final plans 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z I’m a big believer in the idea that people tend to fall into one of three camps — you’re either a thinker, a doer or a feeler. Nancy Dubuc of A&E: Mixing Doers, Thinkers and Feelers 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z And so then we started putting out the feelers of, 'would you like to have a salmon hit you in the face?' John Oliver talks net neutrality, salmon cannons, and the future of Last Week Tonight 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Masoli changed agents last year, and he said his new one is putting out feelers. Jeremiah Masoli Watches Oregon Win and Laments What He Lost 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z She also took the opportunity to put out re-introductory feelers ahead of a likely second presidential run. Hillary Clinton tentatively reintroduces herself to Iowa 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z “I’ve put some feelers out in the village trying to get some leads. The leads I got did not go anywhere.” 3 bear cubs orphaned in Interior Alaska need homes 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z One of the people Celtic discussed was David Moyes but feelers were put out and the message came back that the former Manchester United manager did not find the idea appealing. Manchester City and Chelsea show way to flustered opponents on deadline day 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z He doesn’t believe we can overhaul who we are, turning introverts into extroverts and thinkers into feelers. Knowing Yourself: 3 Keys to Leveraging Ancient Wisdom 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Without a decent interval, Republicans hoping to secure a place in the leadership because of Cantor’s misfortune already were calling supporters and putting out feelers Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Dana Milbank: Eric Cantor’s instant burial She describes the first feeler in January 2011, when the sultan of Oman confided to her that “I can help” arrange direct, secret talks. Clinton takes readers inside the meetings in ‘Hard Choices’ The Eagles had been put out feelers that Jackson was available. Eagles Cut Ties With WR Jackson 2014-03-28T21:04:18Z The first peace feeler from the Taliban reached Mr. Karzai shortly before the loya jirga, Afghan officials said, and since then the insurgents and the government have exchanged a flurry of messages and contacts. Karzai Arranged Secret Contacts With the Taliban 2014-02-04T02:31:37Z Those who do should not be surprised if they receive some kind of feeler on behalf of one of the New York or California law firms for which Brockovich drums up business. West Virginia Chemical Spill Goes Hollywood: Erin Brockovich Arrives on the Scene 2014-01-13T20:14:43Z It also adds to the urgency of getting a good replacement in quickly, though it sounds as though feelers have already been put out. Cardiff City v Sunderland 2013-12-27T13:04:11Z Chinese firms, too, have been putting out feelers. Fonterra challenged in China's fast-growing milk powder market 2013-12-16T21:06:05Z In comments caught on tape in the Oval Office, he called it “the most realistic, the most convincing, the most persuasive peace feeler I’ve had since I’ve been president.” Janusz Lewandowski, 82, Polish Peace Envoy in Vietnam, Dies 2013-09-03T00:10:09Z I put out some feelers on internet forums used by traders. Trialling 'learn to trade' stock market websites: can you get rich quick? 2013-07-20T06:00:00Z “Paradoxically, it was the Hutchison feeler that brought it to a boil,” said the person. Telecom Italia Seeks to Spin Off Its Landline Grid 2013-07-05T18:52:36Z “The cells are constantly extending and adjusting their own networks of little filopodia – feelers that enable them to sense their local environment,” Bergles says. A Secret Society of Cells Runs Your Brain 2013-06-24T22:45:05.087Z But, he said, “national Republicans are putting out feelers on the race and trying to decide the cost/benefit of getting involved.” Massachusetts G.O.P. Again Seeks Senate Seat Left by Democrat 2013-05-21T02:10:27Z While Khan uncorked rat-a-tat combinations in the opening round, Diaz calmly put his feelers out and landed a hard right that snuck home over Khan's left shoulder. Khan and Harrison: from amateur heroes to professional strugglers 2013-04-30T12:48:29Z When I did Myers-Briggs I happen to be more a thinker than a feeler, which helped. How China's Cultural Revolution Stirred Entrepreneur Ping Fu 2013-01-04T17:55:01Z Put out feelers to Philadelphia programs like St. Joseph’s and LaSalle. On Basketball: Returning Home By Leaving Big East 2012-12-14T02:58:10Z As the NFL was putting out feelers for interested officials, the supervisors put out a notice that if you choose to make that decision, then obviously you’re sacrificing your college season – and probably your career. My Life as a Replacement Ref: Three Unlikely Months Inside the NFL 2012-10-01T15:05:28Z With Jonson back in London I sent out feelers. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Magnified. b and d, Head and feelers of male and female, more highly magnified. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Ned Cavana, too, brooded over the conversation in silence, determined to throw out a feeler of his own to his daughter. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The head of an insect carries usually four pairs of conspicuous appendages—feelers, mandibles and two pairs of maxillae, so that the presence of four primitive somites is immediately evident. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Like an animal seeking nutriment it put forth its feelers or tentacles on all sides, seizing, tasting, and testing all forms of human thought, all human opinions, and all alleged discoveries. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The Coreidae have a smaller scutellum, and the feelers are inserted high on the head, while in the Lygaeidae they are inserted lower down. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Thus ended what old Murdock commenced as a feeler, but which became very plain speaking in the end. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The brain innervates the eyes and feelers, and must be regarded as a “syncerebrum” representing the ganglia of the three foremost limb-bearing somites united with the primitive cephalic lobes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z It is also essential that at excessive measurements the feelers shall touch the work with the same amount of force. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z It had two long, slender, waving feelers on its head, four large ball-shaped eyes, and, strangest of all, two delicate gauzy wings. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z The Capsidae are a large family of rather soft-skinned bugs mostly elongate in form with the two basal segments of the feelers stouter than the two terminal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z He was determined, however, to follow the matter up, and throw out another feeler upon the subject to his son. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It is said that 13,000 such olfactory organs are present on the feeler of a wasp, and 40,000 on the complex antennae of a male cockchafer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The diameters of the two feelers are equal at the ends, so that each feeler shall present the same amount of end area to the work. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z You will have wings, and be able to fly; and will have long feelers on your head to hear and to smell with, and big eyes to see all around you with. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z The feelers are very small and are often hidden in cavities beneath the head. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z He procured a launch and began to prowl about, using a pole as a feeler. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z III., the three thoracic segments of the larva; 1, 2, 3, buds of the legs of the imago; h, bud of head-lobes; f, of feeler; e of eye; b, brain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The pitch of the thread on the screw is 16 threads in an inch of length, hence one revolution of the screw advances the feeler 1⁄16 inch. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z It was his complete skin, too, back and sides and belly, out to the tips of his feelers and down to his toes and claws. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z The feelers have one or more thickened basal segments, while the remaining segments are slender and thread-like. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The antennæ are covered with short hairs; they wound with two curved feelers in the head, armed with two short teeth. 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 Well, yes, I did—threw out feelers, you know. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z The campaign, coinciding with a toughening of economic sanctions, may strain any discreet diplomatic feelers between Tehran and Washington, some Western analysts say. Analysis: Not-so-covert Iran war buys West time, raises tension 2012-01-18T11:20:08Z The ants have to pat or rub them with their hairy little feelers; sort of tickle them to get them to squeeze out a little drop of honey-dew. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z Structure.—The head varies greatly in shape, and the feelers have usually but few segments—often only four or five. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z It is of a most lovely purple, and throws out its numerous feelers like radii from the centre; these feelers it can contract or expand at pleasure. 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 It is provided with a pair of feelers. Scientific American, Vol. XLIII.?No. 1. [New Series.], July 3, 1880 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:30.823Z His original denunciations published rather casually by the press had been a species of newspaper feelers. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Underneath the scale lies the Orange-dweller, with its sucking-beak stuck into the sap, but with no legs or wings or long, hairy feelers. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z "I didn't know that Mr. Odell was on his honeymoon," I ventured as a feeler. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z This queer arrangement is what the bee uses to clean his feelers. Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. 2011-12-29T03:00:20.733Z Burns helped Lincoln to be an Infidel, as I think; at least he found in Burns a like thinker and feeler. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z The boyish mind was putting out feelers, gropingly at first, in the direction of creation, that divine faculty that is granted to so few of us. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z It comes off of the wings, off of the long tails and the short feelers, and all the rest of the body. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z It threw out octopean feelers at various tangents and established certain associations and connexions to which it clung, as a limpet to a rock or a devil-fish to its victim. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z The tentacles or feelers are fishing rods to bring game to the fleshy mouth which is protruded from the centre of the vase. Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. 2011-12-29T03:00:20.733Z That great ecclesiastical polypus, with its thousand feelers and arms, the Jesuit Order, works for it under the earth and on the earth; Mea res agitur is its watchword. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z Six long, thin legs grew, tightly packed away under him; softly feathered wings and feelers slowly came. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z These feelers moved about a great deal in swimming, and are probably of use in feeding. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z But the feelers, while flattering, were never too tempting. N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern Is No Longer ?Easy Dave? 2011-11-08T23:46:08Z "We put feelers out on the West Coast, but all four of us are from the Michigan-Detroit area and we wanted to stay." Detroit native Dan Gilbert bets big on the city's rebound 2011-11-02T21:14:58Z Loosen eccentric lock nut "A" and turn eccentric "B" in the direction the wheel rotates when the car is moving forward until the feeler is held snugly between the drum and the lining. Essex Terraplane Six 1933 Owner's Manual of Information 2011-10-28T02:00:24.667Z Then she unsheathed two sharp claws in her feelers. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z When necessary, we shall promulgate ideas in the third section of our Press as feelers, and then refute them vigorously in the semi-official press. The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z He was a close reasoner as well as a warm feeler, and would not allow his sympathies to get the upper hand of his ideas. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Perugia is like an octopus, with a central hill on which the Cathedral is situated, and from which long feelers stretch out in all directions. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Insert a screwdriver through opening "C" and turn star wheel until feeler is held snugly. Essex Terraplane Six 1933 Owner's Manual of Information 2011-10-28T02:00:24.667Z From the head grew two long feelers with little knobs at their ends. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Under the action of the current it tilted ominously, though fortunately not sufficiently for any of the projecting "feelers" to come in contact with the metal plating of the anchored submarine. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z "I'll monster him," says he, and he dropped his paddle and took up his axe and began hacking away with all his might at the horrid feelers that were crawling over the vessel. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z A statue in a public garden at the end of one of these feelers, or, more correctly speaking, promontories, commemorates the expulsion of the Swiss Papal Guard by General Fanti in 1860. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The ant comes up to the aphis, gently strokes it with her feelers, forthwith the aphis gives forth its supply of honey, which the ant drinks up and departs. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z In their places he had a long, slender body barred with black and gold, a shapely head with two big bronze-green eyes and delicate feelers, and six supple finely-jointed legs. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z One slight tap on one of the many sensitive "feelers" of the mine would result in the total destruction of the submarine and her daring crew. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z A source close to the procedures said the feeler by Athens on bondholders' intentions on the swap would show strong take-up in Europe, where the majority of Greek debt was sold for years. Global bondholders to decide on Greek swap offer Friday 2011-09-09T07:34:32Z His length was fully four inches, his breadth one inch, while each of his waving feelers measured six. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z They throw out so many feelers all around them, that they are sure to inveigle some small, unwary innocents; and when they do—well, then, I’m sorry for the fishes. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Slowly and carefully they stretched out their fine new wings, tried their feelers, and lifted their strong brown shields till they hardened in the air. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z We tried fishing, though never got anything but some grey scaleless creatures with feelers hanging about their gills. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z "Allow me," said he, flourishing his right feeler in the air, "to introduce to you, friends, some very distinguished additions to our number,—the travelled Spider, the disappointed Caterpillar, and the ambitious Wasp." The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z An immense cockroach had got into a bottle of cayenne, and feeling uncomfortably warm, was standing on his hind-legs and frantically waving his long feelers as a signal of distress. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z I made it like those Beth invented,—a big butterfly with a fat body, and black and yellow wings, worsted feelers, and bead eyes. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z Her old covering lay there, legs and feelers and shield and tail; even the skins of the eyes on their little stalks. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Projecting forward from the middle of the top is a pair of long feelers or antennae. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The cuttle-fish and the squids swim together, being united together at the mouths, and also touching one another with their feelers, so as to join in that manner; and they also join proboscis to proboscis. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Usually the horns or feelers come out first, and then a lump of flesh. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z They ran across her hands, they tickled her cheeks with their feathery feelers, they pelted her with buttercups, and at last began to cover her over with leaves of the wild rose. Minnie; or, The Little Woman A Fairy Story 2011-07-18T02:00:19.717Z They had feelers on their heads, and they breathed through their tails—of all strange places! The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z It would be strange if no others thus twirled their feelers in their leisure moments. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z And when I've cut off Their feelers and their fins, I then shall boil them. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z One day turning over the Anacharis in search of subjects, a small brown tube was noticed, from which a glassy rod protruded like the feeler of a rotifer. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z It was unusual for Potch to put a thing in that way, without a by-your-leave, or feeler for advice, or permission; but he was not disturbed by his doing so. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Such a bowing and smiling and polite shaking of wings and feelers! The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z “What on earth are you doing up here, Lizzie?” he said, ignoring the “feeler.” Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Ion the tragedian also mentions the polypus, in his Phœnix, saying— I hate the colour-changing polypus, Clinging with bloodless feelers to the rocks. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Keeping the table quiet, and watching the result, was soon rewarded by a further protrusion of the feeler, accompanied by a portion of the body of the inmate of the tube. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z Malkern is a busy little town, spreading out its feelers in the way of small houses dotted about amidst the park land of the valley. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z For my soul has only feelers, and not eyes: it gropes, but does not see. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z They are putting out feelers, tentatively approaching everybody. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z But the male differs from the female, both in having a longer head, and also in having what the fishermen call its parts of generation in one of its feelers. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z And, although his last remark was a "feeler," designed to elicit such an assurance, this speech stung him more sharply than had the volley of invectives that preceded it. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Then, like some malignant cuttlefish, this strike will grope its crushing feelers out from here, its lair, seeking prey on which to fix its sucking tentacles. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The tentacle near us had stretched out a feeler and grasped it to the axles. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Also referring to what he called multiple feelers from the Tripoli government, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said Gaddafi's end "may come sooner" than expected. Libyan rebels get aid, blast heard in capital 2011-06-10T05:10:09Z But the fish called the nautilus," says Aristotle, "is not a polypus, though it resembles a polypus in its feelers. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Precisely the finest and most invisible feelers of our soul run on like roots under the coarse world of sense and are repelled by the most distant agitation. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z That is because they are good feelers and poor thinkers. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z Mitch Daniels of Indiana, who is still deliberating on a campaign, have been putting out feelers to former supporters of Mr. Barbour and Mr. Bush, and vice versa. Big G.O.P. Donors Adopt Wait-and-See 2012 Tack 2011-05-08T01:15:18Z As a feeler, she says, "You must have the faith of Abraham to trust her still; someone said she is living with a bachelor at London." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z And Diphilus, in his Merchant, says— A polypus with all his feelers And limbs unhurt; whose wicked tooth Has not devour'd himself, my friend, Is ready for our supper. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Every hair upon her head grew to a feeler, and it seemed to her as if he touched her sore nerves, as if, with him, a flaming hell traveled round her. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z From its upper branches it has cast down numerous feelers, which, in their turn, have become big trees, and so the one growth contrives to cover some four or five acres of ground. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Fiery brown body, brown-red hackle, gold tinsel, mallard wings with a little wood-duck and golden pheasant neck feather mixed with it, macaw feelers, and a small topping for tail mixed with wood-duck. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z This was said with a short, quick glance beneath the eyelids, and evidently more as a feeler than with any strong conviction of its accuracy. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z He had feelers from Division II programs but preferred trying to walk on at the College of Charleston. On Baseball: Leading Off: The Face of the New Yankees 2011-04-01T02:00:42Z Referring to reports that members of Gaddafi's inner circle have begun to reach out to the West, Rice said: "We will be more persuaded by actions rather than prospects or feelers." Rice: U.S. has not ruled out arming Libyan rebels 2011-03-29T13:39:01Z Referring to reports that members of Gaddafi's inner circle are seeking contact with the West, she said: "We will be more persuaded by actions rather than prospects or feelers." Powers plot Gaddafi exit, rebels pledge free polls 2011-03-29T12:35:22Z A small black fly, yellow tag, topping for tail, rib of silver, teal, and golden pheasant neck, breast feather of the peacock wing, mixed, blue feelers of macaw, jay at the shoulder. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z I think his action in the Alamar case was a feeler only for some ulterior purpose, which he has abandoned. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z Her optic nerves had become, by her long painting, like delicate feelers, which closed fast around lovely forms. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z "Then I suppose," I said, putting out a feeler, "when I go off on my next hunt, you will let me go alone." The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z He sat opposite his sister, and amused himself by sucking the long feelers of the lobster, and staring reflectively at George with his elbows on the table, while Sigismund mixed the salad. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Body claret silk, claret hackle, ribbed with gold, a short topping tail, with silver tip, mallard wings mixed with tipped feathers, macaw feelers, and a black head. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Among them was a large crystal umbrella fringed with delicate fringes, with a quatre-foil of crimson in the centre, and numbers of small feelers flashing to and fro in the clear sea underneath. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z Pitiful little attempts of souls doomed to eternal solitude to put out feelers in the dark, to get close to each other, to touch each other, to try to make each other warm. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z A gentle feeler to Miss Moover, whose real name was Harris, had resulted in a frank avowal from that young lady that at present her income was several hundreds a week. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z "You didn't see my syce about, did you?" he asked as a feeler. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z The pile moved a little, then appeared a pair of fierce whiskers and two pincer-like feelers and out came a giant Wood-bug with broad shoulders and a powerful breast. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z Perhaps Yarchi would tell me she was mad, or treat me to some other coarse misconception due to the callous feelers with which he apprehended the world. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z They embraced and kissed, and licked each other's feelers. Verotchka's Tales 2011-01-24T03:00:16.880Z I am going to sleep," she said, "to grow my feelers and get ready to fly and breathe air. Among the Pond People 2011-01-21T03:00:13.507Z The six legs, the large wings, and the small feelers may be easily found, as are the large eyes, the extensible mouth, and beneath the larger wings the small undeveloped ones looking like tiny knobs. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z The cockroach raised his feelers and ran towards him. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z The Butterflies have stiff feelers on their heads with little knobs on the ends, or sometimes with part of them thick like tiny clubs. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z "How do I know you're telling the truth?" queried Trent, putting forth a feeler. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z "Is it possible that Castro's hirelings have penetrated into this region?" asked Jack, as a feeler. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z Notice the general worm-like form of the maggot, or grub, the plain and uniform color, and the absence of all elaborate structures, as wings and feelers. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z With their feelers, they pointed to a heap of stones and spines. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z The Night Moths have many kinds of feelers, most of them being curved, and those of the Cecropias look like reddish-brown feathers pointed at the end. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z The outer feelers, which look like the stamens of a flower, are sometimes snow-white, sometimes of a reddish flesh-colour, and crisped. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z This was a disappointment, but still, as their first attempt was only a "feeler," the result was encouraging. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z To what part of the body are the legs attached?Find the feelers; if they are club-shaped, your specimen is a male. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z From the back of each bug extended two little tubes, through which the ants were sucking as they tickled the bugs with their feelers. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z Miss Cecropia's feelers were perfect, and she waved them happily to and fro. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z Within these is a central cluster of longer feelers, resembling pistils. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z Standing still, with trunk partly submerged, the great pachyderm kept the long, flexible feeler in constant, but gentle oscillation, playing its tip horizontally from side to side, as an angler his fly, or mock-minnow. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Notice the form and size of your specimen, its color, the number of its legs and of its feelers. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z He felt the touch of feelers and feet, which he began to push away, but was at once bitten. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z He was a handsome fellow, and his feelers were perfect; but Miss Cecropia did not like his ways, and she drew away from him just as her friend knocked him off the branch. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z There are four crisped auricles, or feelers, between them. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z He had put feelers out to several financial institutions to see whether there was interest. DealBook: Ex-White House Budget Director Joins Citigroup 2010-12-09T20:10:00Z Find the eyes; the two large eyes, a tiny one between the two feelers, and near the inner edge of each large eye, another tiny one. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z For all I know he may be a professional oat feeler who was born on a farm where the only mode of evacuation was an oat house. City Room: Letty, Groucho, Flirting and Sexism in the '60s 2010-10-19T16:15:00Z Your wing isn't much broken after all, and I like your crooked feeler. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z When she first got a feeler from the two-year-old online auction business, she hadn't expected to be interested. Meg Whitman's $140 million could turn Calif. governor's vote 2010-10-18T17:35:00Z Season openers normally serve as a feeler, a hint of what a team may or may not be. For Huskies, season opener could be season definer 2010-08-31T04:03:00Z Butterflies may generally be distinguished from moths by their habit of holding their wings together above them when at rest, by the feelers which are knobbed at the end, and by the rather slender abdomen. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z Last month's open tryout in Las Vegas in conjunction with the summer league there attracted a few feelers, but no offers. Winderman: Some free agents are still home alone 2010-08-22T05:37:00Z One certainly could love Miss Cecropia for this, because it showed that she had learned to care more for a warm heart and courage than for whole wings and straight feelers. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z Some of the feelers to the Taliban are being put out by the Karzai government and some by the Pakistanis. Targeted Killing Is New U.S. Focus in Afghanistan 2010-08-01T03:10:00Z In the front five, Carlos Barredo keeps putting in little surges, putting out the feelers to see who can stay with him. Tour de France: Stage 16 - live! 2010-07-20T11:05:00Z Moths generally either fold their wings or hold them outstretched, their feelers are not knobbed, and their bodies are rather bulky. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z Prokhorov had inquired about the Knicks, who were not for sale, but Ratner recalled his interest in the New York metropolitan area and put out feelers to Prokhorov early last summer. Bruce C. Ratner Content to Succeed in the Shadows 2010-06-22T00:51:00Z The fur on her fat body was matted and wet, and even her feelers were damp and stuck to her head. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z Along with their observations and the feelers they put out to try to gain an accurate assessment, they can also draw hard lines to help them make decisions. Injuries, Risk Displacement and the World Cup 2010-06-09T02:03:00Z Mr. Walker did not feel like going to bed at seven o'clock in the evening, and the idea of throwing out "a feeler" struck him as interesting. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion Try to find its eyes, any feelers, wings or paddles. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z Anten�n�, the name given to the movable jointed organs of touch and hearing attached to the heads of insects, myriapods, &c., and commonly called horns or feelers. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The most wonderful of all, though, are their feelers. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z To these feelers the popular name is due. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" I threw out one or two "feelers" on the subject, but no oyster could be more secretive than Adolph Tiel when he chose. The Spy in Black Through these holes the animal puts out a number of feelers like threads of jelly, and in these entangles particles of food, and draws them into itself. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight The aphides are furnished with an inflected beak, and feelers longer than the thorax. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli It was not long before this stranger also was punished, and then the Moth with the crooked feeler turned to the others. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z The Stamp Act was passed as a feeler. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution They did not breathe, but absorbed both their food and liquid gas through rootlike feelers on which they stood and moved. The Secret of the Ninth Planet They 673 can, however, progress with almost equal facility backwards, using the legs of the posterior pair as feelers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" She threw out the suggestion as a feeler; another possible alliance was really in her mind. The Great Miss Driver He looked very fierce as he spoke, buzzing and twitching his feelers at every step. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z Like the feelers of a beetle turned over on its back they waved in the air. The Loves of Ambrose They glided oddly over the ground, and he saw that their bases were a mass of crystalline fringes, moving feelers which crawled over the surface bearing the upper structures with them. The Secret of the Ninth Planet CAT-FISH, the name usually applied to the fishes of the family Siluridae, in allusion to the long barbels or feelers about the mouth, which have been compared to the whiskers of a cat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" It is a feeler, sent out to test public sentiment, and to put the people to thinking in the right direction. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence "You may return to the rest," she said in a queenly way, as she motioned to them with her feelers. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z Half animal, they are, and the feelers break loose and crawl by themselves. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 The initial stage in forming the servant of God is always the same,—a vague, restless, eager groping in the dark, a putting forth feelers for the light of revelation. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews They very soon ventured a few feelers in the shape of a Press Law, a nondescript Aristocratic Constitution, and an Electoral Law based upon the old division of "estates." Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 "Doctor, what do you think is the matter with me?" he asked, by way of a feeler. The Competitive Nephew It advanced to the side of the bed, and leaped up on to the counterpane and crouched there, glowering at her with its dull black eyes, its great hairy feelers moving, its nippers working threateningly. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Plants, Bill—squirmy red plants with long feelers that can twist around a man and devour him. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 In appearance, therefore, the head did not look unlike an immense catfish head, except there were no fins about the jaws, and no feelers, as we call them. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. A military delegation visited Yugoslavia in 1971, and feelers have been put out to arrange other such conferences. Area Handbook for Romania The head is small, and supports two antennæ or feelers, composed of five joints, and between these is the proboscis, a terrible affair. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks Using his hands as groping feelers he staggered around two corners of the buildings until his fingers closed about a door knob. Monsoons of Death Then, more slowly and with seemingly purposeful deliberation, the wriggling feelers reached out from the mass and bore down upon them. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 A pair of feelers rose from the head. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place They stared at her, and then the young lady cockchafers turned up their feelers and said, "She has only two legs! how ugly that looks." Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series The initial dispatch of Friday was intended simply as a feeler. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin "It's feeler rays, Dr. Lee; the first wave, low penetration surface rays." The Brain The long feelers came darting out, touching his eyelids, his cheeks, and Revel winced, expecting a searing burn. The Buttoned Sky It was funny to see them wipe their bulging eyes with their feelers and roll them about on all sides. Lulu's Library, Volume II Underneath each of these feelers range two rows of pustules, decreasing in size, the largest ones near the head, the smaller at the extremities. Toilers of the Sea There in her cave Scylla sits, fishing with her feelers for dolphins and other great fish, and for men, if any men sail by that way. Tales of Troy and Greece Heat- and knife-rays struck about us in a storm of wind and fire, and the Lunan lost a feeler, fighting for Crete's Triple Goddess. The Big Time At last the feelers drew back, and the orbs lifted toward the rafters. The Buttoned Sky New types appeared, some with feelers, some that flew. Second Variety There are, therefore, fifty pustules to each feeler, and the creature possesses in the whole four hundred. Toilers of the Sea I guessed I had been watched to the café after all, but I maintained an air of innocent unconcern, and, after all, his remark might be merely a “feeler.” The Red Symbol The best-known family is the Hydrophilidae, in which the feelers are short with less than eleven segments and the maxillary palpi very long. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" He recalled the feelers that had touched his face yesterday, the searing heat of the aura that before that had crisped off the hair above his ear. The Buttoned Sky But as long as they were merely machines, metal spheres with claws and horns, feelers, they could be picked off like any other object. Second Variety At these times, it makes use of its eight feelers, and creeps along in the fashion of a species of swift-moving caterpillar. Toilers of the Sea He sizes me up for a minute, and then sends out a feeler. Side-stepping with Shorty They have eleven segments to the feeler, which is clubbed at the tip, and apparently three segments only in each foot. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" He sent a painful probing feeler out into space, to the spot where Nagor and the others waited for his report. The Very Secret Agent A second claw appeared, one of the big ones with feelers. Second Variety I presume that these spines serve as feelers. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. There are two kinds of men: the wonderers and the doers; the feelers and the thinkers; the emotionals and the intellectuals. The Kempton-Wace Letters The Cerambycidae, or longhorn beetles, are recognizable by their slender, elongate feelers, which are never clubbed and rarely serrate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Meanwhile Joyce cultivated the doctor with innocent feelers of friendship while he administered afternoon tea. Banked Fires But the feelers that the neighbours sent out towards Margret met with no solid assurance. An Isle in the Water This was a "feeler," to see what kind of a man the white chief was. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women I have already classed you as a feeler, myself as a thinker. The Kempton-Wace Letters Rhynchophora are a group of beetles easily recognized by the elongation of the head into a beak or snout, which carries the feelers at its sides and the jaws at its tip. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Various faint but unadroit hints and feelers of his had been thrown away upon Huckaback, who did not, or would not, comprehend them. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. You must give me your advice and tell me whether I should throw out this delicate feeler to R. S.16; or if not, what I am to say to this “proposal” business. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) The societies, as the Cameronians are called, have inserted their roots and feelers every where. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters I had seen two long dripping arms, or feelers, extending in my direction. Wings of the Wind The head—carrying feelers, mandibles and two pairs of maxillae—is succeeded by the three thoracic segments, each bearing a pair of strong five-segmented legs, whose feet, like those of the adult, carry two claws. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" He is, first, a wanter—a bundle of instincts; second, a feeler—a bundle of emotions; last and least, he is a thinker. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types New, it was new from East to West this rummy old world that I dreamed I knew, How can I tell you the things that I saw with my—what shall I call 'em?—"feelers?" Collected Poems Volume Two The eyes glared, while hairy feelers seized the web and shook it in furious rage. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 She must throw out the most delicate feelers, so sensitive that they will at once detect coldness, and withdraw into the shell of her reserve. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements Some male members of the family have remarkably complex feelers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" If he ever got his feelers on to a subject, the equivalent was bound to be turning up! The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes The feeler had all but touched Quade, and with the closeness of his escape, the remnants of his courage gave. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Again the eyes were glaring, again the feelers were shaking furiously at the web. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Wings, small red-brown wood duck breast feathers, feelers dark brown hackle, and a large black head. How to Tie Flies The beetles have feelers with eleven segments, whereof the terminal few are thickened so as to form a club. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Such an article, being a kind of feeler, was better as the work of a layman. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) At last the upstretched feelers were whipping back and forth almost too swiftly for the eye to follow. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 A militant, assertive Puritanism was vigorously putting forward its feelers throughout the length and breadth of England, nor was education the last to be affected. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 That is, with small imitation wings and horns, or feelers. How to Tie Flies The Rhipidophoridae are beetles with, short elytra, the feelers pectinate in the males and serrate in the females. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" We’ve no right to judge Maclin yet, he’s only just begun to have his say-so out loud, and put out feelers.” At the Crossroads He had stretched out two feelers and was feeling along the ground. The Chinese Fairy Book A long feeler reached forth and grasped the errant portion, returning it with a vicious jerk. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 If two people can't communicate fully and sufficiently by the feelers they are not in the same sphere and have no common language. Love and Lucy The feelers are branched and the jaws vestigial. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Often has the moon looked in through the dull, many-paned windows, lighting our revels; though we cared little for light, our delicate feelers almost supplying the place of eyes. The Rambles of a Rat Uncertainty as to my colour and object still prevailed; and silence, not loud, but deep, succeeded this artful feeler. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule —This she said as a "feeler," knowing that some gentlemen do not like to be inconvenienced, even in their dressing-rooms. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories In shape it somewhat resembles a huge octopus, the innumerable creeks and inlets branching out like so many feelers, yet there can scarcely be said to be a centre from which they radiate. Six Letters From the Colonies The feelers are usually longer in the male than in the female, exceeding in some cases by many times the 675 length of the body. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" That generation died off; and London had begun to put out feelers in all directions, and had outgrown the ancient limits. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 It serves rather as a "feeler" than as a taste organ. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 His movements were like those of some cuttlefish, reaching out blindly with its long feelers and drawing itself up by the power of its tentacles. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Behind these harder mouth parts is found a pair of softer jaws, each of which has on it a little finger-like feeler. The Meaning of Evolution Such obvious features as the number of segments in the foot and the shape of the feeler were used by the early entomologists for distinguishing the great groups of beetles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" "I am ordered to report at the end of ninety days," replied Marcy, who knew that the question was meant for a "feeler." Marcy The Blockade Runner Germany stretched out her feelers tenderly, and even when she was draining nation after nation of its life juices, she took care to lull the patient while sucking his blood. England and Germany The lobster pulled off the candle stump and ate it up, wiped his feelers, and joined the party. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan The hind lip follows, and is also provided with short finger-like feelers. The Meaning of Evolution The creature lunged at me and threshed at the burning jet with all four of its feelers. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 She had at length the anxiously desired opportunity to put out her feelers at Mrs. Goldsborough. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 It fell near the purple amoeba which it had battled and a long feeler shot out and grasped it. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 The little 'hopper, tired of long walking, had climbed on his father's back for a ride, holding on by the feelers and seeing everything. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan Put a piece of the feeler in each, to represent a bone. The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience This last was put forth as a feeler. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel The depths were 240 swarming with monstrous, luminous forms, a moon-bright, crawling, sliding field of claws and feelers, and broad, flat backs, and dreadful, protruding eyes. In the Morning of Time As it did so there was a flash of intense light ahead of us as Jim turned loose the ray, and the feeler disappeared. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 Floating all around their bodies, like the streamers of a temple festival, or a court lady's ribbons, are their long tentacles or feelers. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan Roll in dried and powdered coral, and put a piece of feeler in each. The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience You must mount your specimen and arrange its wings and feelers immediately, as it soon becomes stiff and brittle, and will break if handled. Harper's Young People, May 4, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He disappeared in a swirl of pale blue, frantically waving claws, and eyes, and feelers, and black-fringed, chopping mouths. In the Morning of Time Over and around the flyer the feeler went, while green and red colors played over first one and then another of the huge eyes before us. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 Many lost their feelers, had their shining bodies scorched or their wings singed, but most of them alas! lay dead, black and cold next morning. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan Looking more closely we see that they are not spiders at all, but a curious kind of fish with long feelers growing out all round his mouth and nose. Round the Wonderful World How Does a Snake Bite Remember, the tongue is a feeler, not a sting. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts “We might be daily governesses, and live at home,” suggested Dulce, who found a sort of relief in throwing out feelers in every direction. Not Like Other Girls The feeler wrapped itself around the flyer and we were lifted into the air toward those horrible eyes. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 Even now, putting out her tremorous feeler, she shrank back from his refusal. The Combined Maze As he thrusts up his mouth to the surface, with all the feelers wriggling, the rest of his body is unseen, and the appearance is exactly that of a round spider with wriggling legs. Round the Wonderful World George didn't know whether the inquiry was on the level, or whether it was a sort of "feeler" to find out how he stood on the temperance question. Continuous Vaudeville There are many species, but they all possess elongated worm-like bodies, with thick leathery skins, and a crown of feelers, or tentacles, about the forward extremity. Harper's Young People, November 25, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly The purple amoeba was holding its assailant with a dozen of its thrown out feelers which were wrapped about the body and legs of the green horror. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 It was as if the Poly. put out feeler after feeler to draw him to itself. The Combined Maze He would take occasion to meet the owner casually and throw out a feeler. Tatterdemalion I rather think this note is a feeler. Otherwise Phyllis Each of its eight legs possesses two claws, and the proboscis incloses feelers which are similarly armed. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) As we approached the amoeba came rapidly to meet us and a long feeler shot out. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 About the rocks, the long snakelike stems and feelers were extended, and the luring decoys waved and glowed again at the ends of the stalks. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation Before a test the spindle should be turned slowly around, the feelers being kept in position. Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers The hand is my feeler with which I reach through isolation and darkness and seize every pleasure, every activity that my fingers encounter. The World I Live In Now no more the Ragfair dealer Hints with horrid breath, "Old Clo';" Putting forth another feeler, "Any shares?" he whispers low. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. A feeler came slowly and feebly out a few feet toward us and then stopped. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 One by one the many-coloured lights of the bottom winked off, the long feelers and contractile stems were drawn in, and the whole bottom became once more a motionless, dead-grey world.... Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation Some people say the real coral-makers are shaped like little oblong bags of jelly, closed at one end, the other open, with six or eight little feelers, like a star, all around it. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. One of the feelers whipped against Dennis' legs—and hell broke loose! The Raid on the Termites After a time, all the cockchafers turned up their feelers, and said, "She has only two legs! how ugly that looks." Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen I put out my feelers, something I never did before. Penny of Top Hill Trail It was just a feeler, but the woman didn't even answer to that. The Day Time Stopped Moving The male has its antenn� and feelers feathered, and seldom bites or sucks blood; Lin. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes If Eleanor had ventured that remark as a feeler, she was utterly discomfited. The Old Helmet, Volume II Here worked Mr. Strangman and his satellites; spiders, in fact, in the centre of their cleverly-constructed web, throwing out feelers in search of news to all quarters of the globe. To Love When full grown," saith Thomas, "it is a large dingy brown-coloured beetle, about two inches long, with six legs, and two feelers as long as its body. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 It was an hour later, with the pike pole for a feeler, before we dared approach the body, hook on to it, and tow it aft. The Grain Ship One of these animals is flat, about an inch long, brown in colour, and provided with a pair of long feelers. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study It throws out feelers by which small fry are enticed within its power. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. At the same time he wondered why there had not been a single shot fired first as a feeler. Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold As a feeler, Jack tried the same trick his foe had used, but the Sauk was too watchful and was scarcely disturbed. Camp-fire and Wigwam He 46 waved his feelers frantically and tried to jump out of Johnnie Green’s grasp. The Tale of Chirpy Cricket Distinguish the male insect from the female; the former has feathery feelers, and has mouth parts unsuited for biting. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study These appendages were the feelers with which some of the softer sex used to touch Cross's monkeys, and, as the old gentleman used to insist, helped to kill them. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. “Perhaps we ought to have seen the general before dinner,” added the major, using the remark as a “feeler” to induce his companion to inform him what had transpired during the interview. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer An occasional shell was heard in the middle distance, as artillery beyond the Yser threw a lazy feeler over to the railway station. Young Hilda at the Wars This we did by rushes, squads or platoons at a time, three companies abreast no sooner achieving a new line than they sent forward more feelers. At Plattsburg The ants may be observed stroking the aphides with their feelers, causing the aphides to excrete a sweet fluid on which the ant feeds. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study The species found in the South Sea has no eyes, and plain feelers; on which account it was formerly considered by us as forming a distinct class, and called Eurydice. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 It was sucked in by the little fingers as by the soft feelers of the sea-anemone. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 The Crayfish waved its feelers in the air, and, before she could count three, it had taken the form of a beautiful little old woman, with pretty snow-white hair and a dainty shepherdess costume. Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations I was at a phrenology lecture once, and the feeler could tell all that was going on in a man's head just by the bumps. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 Adult.—Observe the colour, the hard shell covering the head; the hard outer wings and membraneous inner wings; the hard shell on the under surface of the body; the feelers, and legs. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Baffled upon this interesting point, Churchill retired to write his interview; but as he rested his pad upon the car-seat and sharpened his pencil he flung out a feeler or two. The Candidate A Political Romance The man inserted the end of the feeler in a hole that led off the main cavity of the den, and advanced it by gentle thrusts, twisting it as he pushed to clear the forks. The Yellow Horde The face of the detached sucker was also shown—a honeycomb structure of waxy vegetable tissue, detailed with thousands of tiny ducts and hairlike feelers. The Planet Strappers "They are saying good-bye to each other, now," said Tom, by way of a feeler. Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Here we have a centiped nearly a foot in length, with innumerable legs, and two horns or feelers, which it protrudes with the most venomous expression. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America One had only to take the trouble to look at their horns—or feelers. The Tale of Kiddie Katydid The man gave one tentative tug and felt resistance, then hauled the feeler in hand over hand and drew forth a fighting pup, the three tines199 twisted firmly into his soft fur. The Yellow Horde Confound the fellow, what a cold feeler and cautious stepper he is! The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) I do not believe that he was a great thinker, but only a great feeler. Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman We might add that in the abdominal appendage of the cockroach we have a compound nose, while in the feelers of the Perla, and the caudal appendage of the Chrysopila, the "nose" is simple. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses The Countess was gay and brilliant; kind also, with a tenderness that seemed to throw out feelers for friendship. The King's Mirror I don’t like it a bit, and it’s all very well to call a fellow’s arms his feelers, but there arn’t a bit of feel left in mine.” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites If he just had feelers on his head, he'd be perfect. At the Little Brown House Gradually he sends out quivering feelers—the response returns—he continues, the audience answers back—he plays upon their emotion, and soon only one mind is supreme, and that is his own. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Some of them have a distinct head, furnished with feelers, and eyes, and some means of smelling and hearing. Charley's Museum A Story for Young People Moths are Scale-wings that fly by night, and have switch or feather-shaped feelers; they keep their wings spread open when they alight, and in the bundle-baby stage, they are wrapped in a cocoon. Woodland Tales "Suppose you press one of those little feelers and blow us all to pieces—get away, I tell you!" The U-boat hunters A feeler reached out, to be bitten off; then another, to no avail. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea This he did as a feeler among the people, to pave the way for celestial marriage. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite Then, as if it had been some huge creature with long feelers ready to seize hold of us, we lashed at the branches with our axes, and began hacking away at them. In the Wilds of Africa He put up his feelers to find those horrible horns, but they were gone, and his devil form fell off him like a mask. Woodland Tales Can you find a pair of small feelers? An Elementary Study of Insects Every point was occupied by some feathery tuft of lovely tints, while from each cleft projected the feelers of some sea-anemone or zoophyte. A Voyage round the World A book for boys In the South-Seas they are of enormous size, and, with their long feelers or arms growing out of their heads, are sufficiently strong to hold a man under the water and to kill him. Old Jack We took a walk around the grounds, alone, and I read her bit by bit—a feeler here, a planted suggestion there, just getting her used to the idea and trying to reassure her. Second Sight Each felt the probing, questioning feelers of her thought prying into the deepest recesses of his mind. Masters of Space Do you find feelers and if so where? An Elementary Study of Insects Antenna -ae: two jointed, sensory organs, borne, one on each side of the head, commonly termed horns or feelers. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology A few days later Gustavus put out a feeler to his Cabinet in the south of Sweden. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa The rose-beetle turned his fan-shaped feelers to one side and let a ray of sunlight glide over them. The Adventures of Maya the Bee A mild electrical shock coursed through his body, as if an invisible feeler had passed over him. The Whispering Spheres Insects are variously formed, but as a rule the mature ones have three and only three pairs of legs, one pair of feelers, one pair of large eyes, and one or two pairs of wings. An Elementary Study of Insects But also he was winged, and from the orange forehead waved those curious, frilled feelers! The Winged Men of Orcon A Complete Novelette The sixth sense, if such it be, probably depends upon three conditions—sound, the compression of the air, and whether the face be free to use its sensitive feelers. Five Lectures on Blindness Two long, long feelers fine as the finest thread grew out of his brows, and his body was the slimmest imaginable, and green all over, even to his eyes. The Adventures of Maya the Bee He dropped to his hands and knees and was free of the invisible feeler! The Whispering Spheres The head bears the eyes, feelers and mouth, the thorax bears the legs and wings, and the abdomen is made up of a number of segments. An Elementary Study of Insects She did not know whether his question had been accidental or not; it sounded as if he knew; possibly he had put it as a feeler to discover whether she knew. The Wrong Woman A short time after this, our battery had orders to fire a few rounds, as a sort of "feeler", and the enemy at once replied. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson A secret, wicked force seemed to be holding her feelers, her legs, her wings in invisible captivity. The Adventures of Maya the Bee Taylor, watching, saw the leaves of the tree stir restlessly as the invisible feelers probed toward the earth. The Whispering Spheres How long are the feelers as compared with the body? An Elementary Study of Insects Just a feeler of Frémont's—his army's three miles over there in the woods. The Long Roll Insects use these feelers, or antennæ, for all sorts of purposes—some for touch, some for smell, some for hearing. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies “Now, now, now,” said Fred, pointing both feelers straight at Maya. The Adventures of Maya the Bee He expected to feel the jerk of the electric shock of the feeler. The Whispering Spheres The males have large feathery feelers, but no sucking tube. An Elementary Study of Insects He wondered how much Mr. Bunner knew of the domestic difficulty in his chief's household, and decided to put out a feeler. The Woman in Black With its upper lip, broad, you see; and there is the lower lip made in two scallops, and there's a short feeler on either side, and another pair of soft jaws with a feeler. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies The feelers played about, groping, cautious, the pincers opened and closed. The Adventures of Maya the Bee But they escaped the electrical feelers which stirred the grass and brush around them. The Whispering Spheres "And all the way there are scores, if not hundreds, of smaller canyons and 'washes,' reaching out like the fingers of a whopping big hand; or the feelers of a centipede." The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave It has stretched out the feelers of its intuitive love into the general stream of duration of which it is a part. Practical Mysticism A Little Book for Normal People "I wouldn't have paid any attention to it but I saw a fly alight on it, and these little feelers seemed to close around it, and hold it." The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands “You have the most fascinating feelers,” she said, “simply sweet....” The Adventures of Maya the Bee Leaning over a ledge of rock, and peering keenly down into a clear pool which was sheltered from the surf, Dan suddenly exclaimed, “There’s one, Matt; I see his feelers.” The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers Ruth did not as the reader knows, require to ask this question, but she put it as a sort of feeler to ascertain how far Billy might be inclined to assist her. The Young Trawler Ted glanced keenly at his companion, for he had made the remark as a sort of feeler. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale "But why should the feelers be able to grasp the fly the moment it touches the leaf?" The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands It had a plump body, set on extremely thin, slow-moving legs, and a fearfully thick head, with little upright feelers. The Adventures of Maya the Bee The monster would not let go, and we all set to work with our knives to cut it away arm by arm, and feeler by feeler. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days Suddenly it darted forth feelers of great length high into the air, and drew back hundreds of gay-coloured butterflies, and moths, and beetles, which were flying near. The Seven Champions of Christendom From each side of its head trailed thin feelers, half the length of the fish itself. On the Banks of the Amazon Look there, too, lying on the patch of sand there, seven or eight, oh! and there’s one—a five-pointed one, scarlet, crimson, and orange-brown; but they don’t seem to have any feelers.” King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale The men were of the opinion that the attacks and counter-attacks thus far had been in the nature of feelers and that both sides were searching for a weak spot in their opponent's line. Fighting in France And Lady Evenswood had made up her mind that she would find a way of seeing Mr Disney soon, and throw out a cautious feeler. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House Thoughtlessly he drew closer and closer, till suddenly the monster plant darted forth all its feelers and grasped him round the body. The Seven Champions of Christendom |
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