| 单词 | foreleg |
| 例句 | His stiff forelegs splay out to the sides like stilts, for he’s been caught in the act of reaching down for water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Runt leaned in to Pax and braced his forelegs. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The next moment a rabbit started up from the earth at his feet and sank his teeth in the pit of his near foreleg, just where it joined the body. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on a stool, with his elbow on the counter, was a man Malcolm had never seen before, and at his feet lay a hyena dæmon with one foreleg. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z On the backstretch, he was going along smoothly when, without warning, he threw his forelegs forward and propped, decelerating rapidly and dropping back through the field. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As he limped down from the bank his near foreleg trailed and he staggered sideways. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A second thought, however—that he must find his boy and see him safe—stirred him to rise again, first bracing himself on his forelegs before straightening his haunches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They dragged it away behind two horses, one of the forelegs dangling in the hide, shattered. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Bwana Mutunga chortled as one of the dogs faced him and bent its forelegs in an unmistakable bow while another hopped adorably in place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As an attendant approached him with the saddle, he reared skyward, struck out with his forelegs, and began plunging around on the end ofhis lead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His forelegs support his horizontal body and the great back legs do the work. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The last one props itself on its forelegs and drags itself round in a circle like a merry-go-round; squatting, it drags round in circles on its stiffened forelegs, apparently its back is broken. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z With one of its forelegs ripped to the shoulder, it turned and made off, the younger one following. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A groom dipped bandages in ice water laced with Epsom salts and wound them around the left foreleg. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Melyngar reared to her full height; her forelegs churned the air, and her sharp hoofs slashed at the rider, who fell heavily to earth. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Then Small Boy took aim and put a bullet just under the left foreleg and the bobcat dropped through the branches into the jaws of Becky and her companions. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His inability to straighten his knees all the way may have been the culprit, preventing him from locking his forelegs in the upright position. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The front end, and down to the forelegs and shoulders, was like a huge falcon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a brown crust of blood on the raw skin of her forelegs where she had fallen. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The blood ran over Bigwig’s neck and down his foreleg. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The old fox curled his forelegs under his chest. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Rontu did not wait for the attack, but, leaping at the nearer one, turned his shoulder and with his head lowered caught the dog s foreleg. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The beast startled some at first, raising its massive forelegs up and then slamming them down again. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Buckthorn had been bitten in the foreleg, and the wound, in the manner of a rat bite, was irritant and painful. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Late in December, Seabiscuit overstepped in a workout and kicked himself in the left foreleg, dinging the suspensory ligament. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see that the intestines and forelegs had been devoured. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The effect was galvanizing: his muddied half-chewed tail stirred and he raised his shoulders, then his forelegs, with a convulsive effort, like an old work horse getting up after a fall. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Halfway down one foreleg, his fingers tracing the bones and soft tissues of the lower leg, Smith paused. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They were beautiful creatures, with multicolored fish tails, and the heads and forelegs of white stallions. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit drove over the track, his forelegs pulling the homestretch under his body and flinging it back behind him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It had fallen on its right side with its forelegs tucked under its belly; the hind legs were curled under to the left as if it were still sleeping in the grass. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “In any case it would be impossible to bump you from the back, because the forelegs are in front” The bump! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A tendon running up the back of Seabiscuit’s left foreleg was strained. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then his injured foreleg gave way and he lurched sideways against the wall. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Before they had gone half a mile, her cousin Quenton’s mare stumbled into a pit and shattered her foreleg. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The donkey’s foreleg looked swollen at the ankle, so I crouched to inspect it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In one she held its forelegs and with the other she grasped its hind legs and pulled the frenzied hare out straight, its heaving belly upward. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the horse got up on its forelegs, its haunches heaved upright, and the knight sat up, lifting one steel gauntlet, as if to rub his head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The monster had its forelegs on our chests, holding us down. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit switched lead legs, so that his left foreleg was bearing the greatest weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The horse’s head nodded, his left foreleg hovering in the air. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The little spiders waved their forelegs at him. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z With every stride, some two thousand pounds of force came down on the bones and soft tissues of each foreleg. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit pulled his haunches up under him, straightened his forelegs, and pushed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Half-blind, the dead unicorn stumbled toward the green rock needle until it reached a depression at its base, where it dropped to the knees of its forelegs in a ghastly parody of prayer. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Whatever had robbed her of her right foreleg would have suffered for it, if those teeth had met in its flesh. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But just as he reared up and launched himself into the air, Fair Knightess thrust her forelegs out in front of her and lifted herself up directly into Manding- ham’s path. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Midnight rises up on his hind legs, his forelegs curled in front of him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z No longer did he stab out with a foreleg as he ran, producing the curiously choppy duck- waddle gait that so many observers had mistaken for lameness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They were only lukewarm about his prospects, eyeing that iffy left foreleg and pronouncing the horse only “serviceably useful.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Clover made a sort of wall round them with her great foreleg, and the ducklings nestled down inside it and promptly fell asleep. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He could feel the blood running down the inside of his near foreleg. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of the rain and the throbbing pulse down his foreleg, he felt ready to sleep where he was, stretched upon the planking. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But the horse’s posture is actually that of a statue, its foreleg bent, its head in a dramatic profile that doesn’t quite match the angle of its body. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in June 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z “You see that?” she asks, drawing attention to the frog’s unusual posture, with one foreleg raised. Emilie Brzezinski is her own kind of power player: an artist with a chainsaw A 13-foot-tall equine skeleton, it is based on an 18th-century engraving, with an electronic London Stock Exchange ticker fastened to its bony foreleg like a Christmas bow. Hans Haacke Gets Establishment Nod of Approval 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z There are fishing spiders that rest their forelegs on the surfaces of ponds, ready to sense vibrations of potential prey, using surface tension as if it were a liquid web. Exhibition Review: ‘Spiders Alive!’ at American Museum of Natural History 2012-07-27T21:25:49Z Research revealed an early Jurassic lakeside environment with hundreds of tracks left by meat eaters and swimmers, including the footprints and foreleg marks of a crouching dinosaur, one of only five such impressions ever found. On a dino crusade in Utah, tracks don’t always follow the map 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Then she slowly settles, forelegs first, then back legs, before rolling to her side. Sustainable pork farming is real 2013-04-14T17:00:00Z They extend a foreleg or raise a knee; they balance for long periods. Review | ‘Merce Cunningham at 100’: Beautiful but missing a spark 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Grasping both rear legs in my left hand and both forelegs in my right, I try to swing the deer into the truck bed. From dodging bears to dissecting deer doodoo: Life on the front lines of America’s conservation movement 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z And on the far Atlantic horizon, a sudden apparition: probing forelegs, followed by a colossal spider. The rain forest destination Americans are missing out on 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z No shoulders shimmied the same way twice, no foreleg flicked the same way again. Mark Morris Dance Group’s many surprises flow naturally at GMU 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z The elephant was reported to be underweight, have rough skin and abscesses on both hips, thinning foot pads, and a stiff left foreleg, making it difficult for him to walk and stand. An ailing Thai elephant returns home for medical care after years of neglect in Sri Lanka 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z The elephant was reported to be underweight, have rough skin and abscesses on both hips, thinning footpads, and a stiff left foreleg, making it difficult for the animal to walk and stand. An ailing Thai elephant returns home for tender loving care after years of neglect in Sri Lanka 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z For example, as shown in Figure 12.6, the bones in the wings of bats and birds, the arms of humans, and the foreleg of a horse are homologous structures. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Rio Moon “suffered a catastrophic injury to his left foreleg a few strides after the wire,” according to notes in the Equibase chart for the sixth race. Horse dies at Churchill Downs, 8th recent fatality at home of Kentucky Derby 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z In contrast, male wolf spiders with only dark forelegs were less successful overall, and mostly enticed mates under bright or dim light. Watch a spider show off some fancy footwork—and footwear—to woo a mate 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z For example, to determine whether bats are birds a scientist might list various characteristics observed in birds–the presence of feathers, a toothless beak, hollow bones, lack of forelegs, and externally laid eggs. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Rice pulled and pushed on the foal’s forelegs like a crane operator working her gears until the legs were aimed for the exit. Medina Spirit Was Pulled by the Forelegs Into a World That Let Him Down 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The little lothario then shoved his head and forelegs through the opening, as if at a carnival’s photo stand-in, and began to trill a surprisingly loud tune. He’s Too Quiet for His Mate to Hear Him. So He Makes a Megaphone. 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z But he lacked enough evidence: The female was missing her forelegs, and only one species of Nanophyllium had been formally described. He Was a Stick, She Was a Leaf; Together They Made History 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The Congo green mantis opens its mouth, shows its colorful forelegs and spreads its wings. How a Praying Mantis Says ‘Boo!’ 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Part of its skull, several ribs and foreleg bones, some with soft tissue still attached to them, were retrieved from Russia’s remote Yamal peninsula above the Arctic Circle in July. Woolly mammoth skeleton found in lake in Russia’s Arctic 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Part of its skull, several ribs and foreleg bones, some with soft tissue still attached to them, were retrieved from Russia’s remote Yamal peninsula above the Arctic circle on July 23. Woolly mammoth skeleton found in lake in Russia's Arctic 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z “I was a wild mustang stabbing at the future with fierce forelegs.” Melissa Anne Peterson gets lost in the dark Pacific Northwest woods in debut novel ‘Vera Violet’ 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z But one factor remains: The cannon bone in any Thoroughbred’s foreleg is about the same circumference as a good cannoli. Opinion | These Horses Are Too Young to Die 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z The devil’s flower mantis moves its forelegs back and forth and clicks, like a haunted clock. How a Praying Mantis Says ‘Boo!’ 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z The animal was favoring its left hind leg and suffered abrasions to its forelegs. Pony trotting along 91 Freeway rescued after SUV clips it; CHP looking for hit-and-run driver 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z A little girl with a mark above her right foreleg would be known as "RFG" - or "right fore girl". Where do guide dogs really come from? 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z To test whether a female fly is of the same species, the male touches her abdomen with his foreleg, sampling her pheromones using sensory neurons. Neural circuit evolved to process pheromone differently in two species of fruit fly 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z After the foreleg lift, the spiders posed in what Cho called the “tiptoe” stance. Spiders can float in the air, and scientists just figured out how they lift off 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Standing over 2 meters tall, with forelegs tipped with claws, giant sloths lived until around 11,000 years ago. Giant sloth vs. ancient man: fossil footprints track prehistoric hunt 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z His 1993 feature on the subject began with a painfully detailed description of a filly named So Sly, whose left foreleg snapped in half during a race at Pimlico. William Nack, prizewinning sportswriter and bard of Secretariat, dies at 77 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z The measures include a 25% tariff on a range of pork products, covering fresh and frozen imports of items such as forelegs and chops. US stock market slides as China retaliates to Trump tariffs 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Why it’s not lifted and swept away puzzled researchers until they looked at its forelegs. This ‘muscular’ mayfly has arms like airplane wings 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Once there, something peculiar happened: The spider reached up with a foreleg. Spiders can float in the air, and scientists just figured out how they lift off 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z They include a partial rabbit jaw, mastodon tooth, camel foreleg, bison vertebrae, and a tooth and ankle bone from a horse. Subway paleontology: LA construction unearths fossil trove 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Insects such as dragonflies and moths reduce drag during flight by pressing their forelegs against their bodies. Why Beetles Fly Like Superman 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Bees actively collect pollen by gathering it from anthers with their forelegs or mouthparts. Dirty Bees Are Good for Flowering Plants 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z “The paleontological monitor noticed an explosion of white when the road scraper tagged that,” Deméré says, pointing to the upper foreleg — the humerus — of a Columbian mammoth now awaiting curation back at the museum’s lab. When Calif. builders dig, paleontologists are there to bag the fossils — even whales 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Cho was careful to say that he couldn't know whether the foreleg twitch was intended. Spiders can float in the air, and scientists just figured out how they lift off 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The 5-year-old suffered a fracture of her right foreleg and after examination at the equine hospital was killed. Beholder edges Songbird for Breeders' Cup Distaff win in a breathtaking finish 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Each of these marine mammals carries a personal stone in the loose pouch of skin under its foreleg, and uses it to break open hard-shelled prey such as sea urchins, mussels, abalones, clams and snails. Endangered Hawaiian crows join elite list of animals known to use tools 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z He practiced for it by switching pigs’ forelegs, and he keeps in his office a bronzed pig ear that the transplant team sent him as a trophy. Surgeons want to transplant a human head — really — and a Russian is offering his 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The horse had injured a tendon in a foreleg overnight. Nyquist’s Owner Has a Philosophy: Stay Grounded 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z These adaptations led tetrapods to walk in a distinctive fashion, moving their forelegs and hind legs together in a cycle. Researchers Find Fish That Walks the Way Land Vertebrates Do 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Smooth Roller, the winner of the Sept. 15, Grade I Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita, was withdrawn with a tendon issue in his left foreleg. Breeders' Cup notes: It's a first for Mongolia 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Stewards scratched Smooth Roller upon the recommendation of the Kentucky state veterinarian Will Farmer, who found a tendon issue in the left foreleg. Smooth Roller Is Scratched From Breeders’ Cup Classic 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z The trainers then place chains over the inflamed area that hit the forelegs as the horses walk. News briefs from around Tennessee at 1:58 a.m. EDT 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z The videos show trainers placing what the Humane Society says are caustic substances onto horses’ forelegs to irritate them. Humane Society says new videos document walking horse abuse 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z When the time is right, the object mistaken for a giant leaf springs into action, grappling its hapless victim with its clawed forelegs. The Verge Review of Animals: the giant water bug 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z It then used its forelegs as rudders, to guide it through the air until it reached the tree it was aiming at. Glider spiders 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The daredevil arachnids seem to steer themselves through the air with movements of their outstretched forelegs, according to a study published August 19 in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Flying Spiders Found—and They Can Steer in Mid-Air 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Patches of fur were missing from its belly, and its forelegs were naked, exposing obscene pink skin. Verge Fiction: Model Organisms 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Charismatic had taken a misstep in the stretch and suffered fractures in his left foreleg. Hope is plentiful at the Belmont Stakes; Triple Crown winners are not 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Almost full-grown, it is a formidable creature, with muscular forelegs and a powerful jaw. Life Among the Leopards 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Measurements of bones from its hind leg and foreleg revealed that the animal was 65 tons, and still growing when it died in the Patagonian hills of Argentina about 77 million years ago. Newly discovered dinosaur, Dreadnoughtus, takes title of largest terrestrial animal At each quarter-turn, the colt stopped and posed, thrusting his right foreleg forward, like a runway model. In Belmont Stakes, California Chrome bids for Triple Crown history He will then dance towards her on her web, vibrating it with his forelegs before he presents the gift to her while taking a particular pose. Fake Jewels: Male Spiders Give Worthless Gifts to Entice Females 2014-05-05T14:18:03Z Bryan Cooper, riding Clarcam, sustained a broken leg in the same incident in which Akdam fractured a foreleg in the Handicap Hurdle. Third horse dies at Cheltenham 2014-03-12T20:25:22Z Courtesy of www.cicadamania.com Once the cicada is safely inside the chamber, the female usually deposits an egg behind a foreleg of the incapacitated, but still alive cicada. A Feast of Cicadas 2013-08-28T13:15:00.830Z The alternative show this weekend does not include the controversial "Big Lick," an artificial movement in which the horses raise their forelegs up and forward. Animal rights group sponsors alternative Tennessee horse show 2013-07-29T18:46:16Z The newborn colt was having difficulty breathing, and his right foreleg was tucked awkwardly under his body, a result of the difficult delivery. The Rail: The Rail Booklshelf: ‘Never Say Die’ 2013-04-28T14:24:36Z American cockroaches prefer to pull their antennae into their mouth with a foreleg in order to clean them. Insects groom to improve smell 2013-02-05T03:56:20Z Apart from being on the insects' forelegs, those ears are remarkably similar to our own, new research shows. Rainforest Insects Hear Like Humans 2012-11-15T23:12:14Z Foster was disqualified after one of horse Victor's forelegs was found to be hypersensitive by the veterinary team. Equestrian: Saudis lead into team jump final last round 2012-08-05T16:15:31Z No rival dashed I'll Have Another's bid, but a sore tendon in his left foreleg did. I'll Have Another is retired because of tendon injury | Horse racing 2012-06-09T05:26:04Z Still another example is the cross-bars or stripes occasionally to be seen on the forelegs of colts, particularly mules, reminiscent of the extinct wild progenitors which were supposedly striped. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z "The carpenter ant uses a foreleg to groom its antenna followed by cleaning of the foreleg with the mouth, whereas the housefly uses the foreleg only," she told BBC Nature. Insects groom to improve smell 2013-02-05T03:56:20Z He will drop from the tree with only one foreleg in fighting condition. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z As your horse throws out his near foreleg press your foot upon your stirrup, in time to lift yourself slightly as his off foreleg is next thrown out. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z It is also of interest to remember that birds have evolved from reptiles, the forelegs having been converted into wings. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z "And I should know his horse among a hundred: chestnut, with white forelegs and a scarred knee." Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Another method is to hang a block of wood from the neck, so that it may impede the movements of the forelegs and prevent a rush and sudden attack. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Bayard said, with a smile, dropping the forelegs of his chair to the floor and leaning his elbows on the table. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z He had been wounded in one of the forelegs, but was still able to stand. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z Several times his jaws reached the slender white forelegs, cutting and slashing them and throwing Lad off his balance. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z And keeping his forelegs as firm as steel, he stood perfectly still. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z "Oh—er—chestnut, Mr. Fudby—chestnut, with a half-moon of white on its forehead, and one white foreleg." The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z To my dismay I found that my horse was badly lamed; he could barely set his foreleg to the ground. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z The ice went gliding along, and struck one fox in the forelegs, wounding him severely. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z His favorite ruse was to dive for Lad's forelegs and attempt to break one of them. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z At last there was a tramp of feet, and Tomlinson strode out of the shadows carrying a deer with its forelegs drawn over his shoulders. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z Mole′cast; Mole′-catch′er, one whose business it is to catch moles; Mole′-crick′et, a burrowing insect like a cricket, with forelegs like those of a mole.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z It limped worse than ever, and he stopped and picked up its foreleg. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z He stooped to examine Blink’s slim white forelegs. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z Then, at a clumsy gallop, he would pursue Lad, throwing himself against his father's forelegs and nipping the slender ankles. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Remove one of the forelegs, being sure that none remains attached to the body. 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 Metacarpal, met-a-k�r′pal, adj. pertaining to the part of the hand between the wrist and the fingers, the Metacar′pus: denoting the foreleg of a horse between knee and fetlock joint. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Both forelegs were cut off just below the knees. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z I have some good stout cord along, which we'll use to tie his forelegs together, and then the hind ones ditto. Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts 2011-12-17T03:00:14.840Z Knave, with an instinctive throwback to his wolf forebears of five hundred years earlier, dived for Lad's forelegs with the hope of breaking one of them between his foaming jaws. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z And between his forelegs, on the ground was a small pool of sparkling red blood, which had dripped from a slight bullet wound in his breast. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z Mantis, man′tis, n. a genus of orthopterous insects somewhat like locusts, carrying their large spinous forelegs in the attitude of prayer. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The man lay partly on his side, looking up at his enemy, and he put up his hand weakly and rested it against the foreleg of the elephant, who stood motionless above him. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z But in the flurry of unreadiness, I forgot to raise the sight, and the ball passed immediately beneath the breast, missing both forelegs. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Again bracing himself with his forelegs on the carcass, he gave a sharp tug. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Lawless dropped the rein, leaving it hanging down in front of the forelegs after the Colonial custom with standing horses, and advanced upon the speaker. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Undeterred by the fact that the mother's foreleg was fettered to her hind, the pair sped from field to field in my wake; at the checks, which just then were frequent, they brayed enthusiastically. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z His horse had just rolled off him, and the Doctor saw at a glance that one of its forelegs was broken. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Again and again she lifted her stiffened forelegs and drove her sharp hoofs into the spine of the dead panther. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z At a point on the backbone about twice the length of the foreleg from Sirius, you will find another fairly bright star, and below it a little way another star. The Star People 2011-11-06T02:00:16.133Z I remember now that the others are shot in the side, and both of them just back of the foreleg. Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country 2011-10-21T02:00:18.430Z One of his forelegs seemed to be useless; and where he had passed across a dry river-bed we found the impressions of three sound feet and the marks of the fourth trailing helplessly. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Lead from right foreleg and left hind leg. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z If you see a brother-officer's horse that pleases you much, and seems reasonable, look particularly how he stands on his forelegs, and for that purpose see him in the stable. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z Now draw lines upward and downward from Sirius, at right angles to the backbone line and you will have the dog’s forelegs and ears. The Star People 2011-11-06T02:00:16.133Z But halfway across the next field Dignity put a foreleg into a blind and narrow drain and turned completely over. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z My friend fired again; and the brute, struck in the foreleg, dropped back into the nullah. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z When the head and forelegs are retracted to the maximum, the elbow-joints are pressed against the tympanic region or behind the head; the fore-limbs cannot be drawn part way across the snout, as in adults. Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz 2011-10-01T02:00:30.200Z The left hand holds by the forelegs a fawn, on the body of which the right hand presses. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z He fought hard, swinging the trap clog, as he struck with his forelegs to beat them off. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z Then his wife got out of the canoe and began to skin the fox, and as she did so she found something on its foreleg which made her start. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z The other wounds were in the foreleg and ribs. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Lack of injury to the head and neck can probably be accounted for by the additional protection afforded these parts by the folded forelegs when the turtle was withdrawn in the shell. Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz 2011-10-01T02:00:30.200Z When drawn by Carrey, the head and right foot of the Lapith and the right foreleg of the Centaur still remained. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Protobatrachus was too far specialized in the Anuran direction, although it still had a tail, and the forelegs and hind legs were nearly the same size, to be considered a possible ancestor of the Urodeles. The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence 2011-09-10T02:00:27.077Z I finally selected a healthy cat, amputated its foreleg, inserted a glass tube in the artery, and sutured bone, muscles, nerves, and skin. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z As she backed away the mahout pointed to a great snake twelve or thirteen feet long wriggling away from almost under her forelegs. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Hatchlings can withdraw the head and forelegs only to a line running between the anterior edges of the shell. Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz 2011-10-01T02:00:30.200Z In the original composition, the Centaur, rearing up against his antagonist, grasps the Lapith's right thigh between his forelegs, extending his left arm towards him, probably to seize the hair of his head. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z In L. hochstetteri the fold grows back over the forelegs temporarily, but remains free from the body and presently the legs reappear, whereas in L. archeyi the forelegs are not covered at any time. The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence 2011-09-10T02:00:27.077Z Size: As big as possible, but not leggy; reasonably plump for the show-bench, but very graceful in all their motions; with stoutish short forelegs, and plenty of spring in the hindquarters. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z The bullet struck the sambhur in the foreleg; and the beast went off limping. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Each foreleg is brought forward and the humerus points nearly straight ahead when the foot touches the ground. Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz 2011-10-01T02:00:30.200Z The Centaur is rearing up; he grasps the woman between his forelegs. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z They soon become so drowsy that they don’t care to move, and if you go near them they hold up their forelegs and shako them at you in a deprecating sort of a way. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z I like to see a tabby with a graceful carriage then, and shortish in forelegs, with beautifully well-fitted and rounded limbs, and with a tiger-like walk and mien. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z In the sand we found his unmistakable track with the useless foreleg dragging helplessly over the ground. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z A second time her rope shot forward and now the pony crumpled and went down upon its forelegs, Jack drawing the lasso and holding it until her companion took the rope from her hand. The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire 2011-08-31T02:01:23.303Z Carrey's drawing gives the head, left foreleg from the knee, and left hindleg of the Centaur, and the right arm of the female figure, all which parts are now wanting. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z He said it was not easy, and he eyed the joint closely, and felt one of the forelegs, and muttered that was not fixed properly. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Here the Wasp and Spider arose, laid one foreleg upon the heart, and made a low bow in acknowledgment of the compliment. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z He does not feed from the ground, and, owing to the great height of his forelegs, he can reach from eight to ten feet to secure his food. Habits, Haunts and Anecdotes of the Moose and Illustrations from Life 2011-08-23T02:00:29Z He expected her to leap up, but she only stretched out her forelegs lazily and closed her eyes again. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Carrey's drawing gives the head, left foreleg, and greater part of the right arm of the Centaur, but wholly misinterprets the figure of the Lapith. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The elephant was the picture of rage; his forelegs stretched out in front of him, his trunk curled high in the air, and his ears lying back along his neck. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z I led him into the grass, examined him carefully, and found that he was slightly grazed on the near foreleg and the knee, but this caused me no apprehension. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z The frog laid out well with his legs, but kept his forelegs, or arms, still, or nearly so. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z But suddenly his long ears sprang from the horizontal to the vertical, and his forelegs stiffened. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z The Centaur, rearing up, grasps his antagonist by the throat, twisting his forelegs round the Lapith's right leg, so as to paralyse its action. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z My shot did no execution, but George, who had remained in a kneeling position, broke the off foreleg of the leading animal at the knee. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z It was a splendid giant deer, distinguished from our royal harts by its size, blackish-brown coat, and proportionately higher forelegs. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z A jumper with impaired feeling in a foreleg is an accident waiting to happen, a danger to himself, his rider and every horse tracking him towards the next fence. Howard Johnson case leaves fans wondering how common is 'denerving' 2011-08-12T19:19:10Z He stooped and seized the dog’s forelegs when he came near and helped him scramble out on the ice. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z The left foreleg passes round the loins of the Lapith, while the other foreleg has been locked round his right thigh. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The hindlegs were wholly white, as were the forelegs below the knee. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z I had recourse to my glass once more, and saw that his head was now under the horse's chest, but his legs lay behind its neck, and he was peeping at me between its forelegs. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z The hare sits, with forelegs bent reverently, as if offering prayers of gratitude. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z If the forelegs are broken, then he is helpless: all the kicks of the hind legs only tumble him over and over without giving him much progress. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Of No. 7 nothing now remains on this slab, but a bit of his drapery, and on slab iii. his right foot and his horse's nose and forelegs. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z He examined the bandages on the little dog’s neck and forelegs, undid them, laid some bruised leaves from his basket on the wounds. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z It roared and raged, till the sound echoed through the forest, but was unable to get on its forelegs again, because Trusty kept its head pinned down to the ground. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Lawler went out, to find that the animal was saddled and bridled; but on leading it into the yard, he found that it halted on one of its forelegs. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z They waited for him to come within easy range, when they fired together, striking him in the right foreleg. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z Left foreleg, bent, from above knee to below knee. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The warning seemed necessary, for one of the horses' forelegs left the ground, and the other's hind hoofs crashed against the front of the waggon. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z His fine gray fur was spotched with blood, his mouth torn and bleeding from the effort to break the cruel bars that held his foreleg in their death-like grip. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Right round on his pins as nimble as a yearling the old red went, and catching the buffel between the forelegs, he heaved him up and sent him with a thud on to his side. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z He was on his feet again, active as a cat, though stiff and bruised, but his steed stood shaking with alarm, using its right foreleg limpingly. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z On the right-hand edge of this slab, just above the horses' forelegs and close to the joint, is part of the outline of a shield. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z And he deliberately and leisurely dismounted, as though discovering a sudden lameness in the near foreleg of his horse. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z He patted the shining neck, and passed his hand down each of the smooth forelegs, and the horse, making one or two playful bites at his shoulder, whinnied again. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Near her lay a dog with his forelegs stretched out; he was snapping at flies which were lighting on his cut ear. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Then Mary Carmichael clasped her forelegs round the Lion, and she ascended also. Baby Jane's Mission 2011-07-03T02:00:10.693Z A Centaur is about to thrust with his sword at a Lapith, who seizes the Centaur's left foreleg and left hand. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z A rest had done him good, especially as to his forelegs, which I felt sure had been a bit shaken. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z However the cow, on taking such a leap, and under conditions so unfavourable, came down with all her weight upon her limbs, fracturing one of her forelegs. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z It seemed bitten off right under the forelegs, all the rest was gone. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z The puncher snubbed down on the rope instantly, and the steer, caught over the horns and with one foreleg in the noose, came to the hard plain like a ton of bricks falling. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z The Lapith holds the Centaur's head under his left arm, and the Centaur seizes the thigh of the Lapith, and tries to overthrow him, putting his right foreleg round the leg of the Lapith. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Rather than run in five or six races and retire to stud, he is instead healing from a fracture of the upper part of the outside sesamoid bone on his right foreleg. The Rail: For Paddy O'Prado, a Time to Heal 2011-06-09T00:00:55Z He laughed and began to tie a leather thong to her mare's forelegs. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He had injured one of his forelegs, and was just able to limp after me as I led him from the spot. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z To Honor and Serve, Mott’s best Derby prospect in years, came up with a strained suspensory ligament in his left foreleg when finishing third in the Florida Derby on April 3. For Derby Hopefuls, Half the Battle Is Getting There 2011-04-15T19:42:05Z Only the head and forelegs of the horse, and the left hand of the horseman is preserved. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z On Thursday, Premier Pegasus was taken out of the race because of a hairline fracture in his left foreleg that will keep him out of training for several months. Fundraising effort saves California program | College baseball 2011-04-09T02:58:05Z Five great sled dogs crouched in their harness, with quarters tucked under them and forelegs outspread. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z At last the first buck lifted his knife-edged forelegs and struck at the intruder. The Adventures of Fleetfoot and Her Fawns 2011-04-03T02:00:18.337Z The creature was bundled into a bright green sweater, and around one of its frail forelegs was a glittering diamond bracelet. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z With a trussing-needle fasten the forelegs so that they look also as if naturally bent by the animal when at rest. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z At one period in its career it had been caught in a rabbit trap, for one of its forelegs was removed at the joint, and the calloused stump was hard as a bit of stone. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Lowing cows, knee-deep in meadow grass and buttercups, with swishing tails and pawing forelegs, impatiently await the opening gate. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z The foreleg is quite slender, with a long fine claw. Of lice and men: An itchy history 2011-02-14T17:15:00.247Z Another man sprang in to noose a foreleg, but Moti was too quick for him; she was up to stand for a little sullen meditation. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Cautiously he lifted a slender foreleg and advanced, muzzle up, scenting the warm night air. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z "Belostoma shouldn't remember those things," said he, moving one warty foreleg. Among the Pond People 2011-01-21T03:00:13.507Z Bang carries with him into old age many mementos of his pugilistic days, not the least obvious of which are a tattered and limp ear and a short, deformed foreleg. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z Are the forelegs specially adapted for grasping?What is the position of the wings when at rest? A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z Michael abandoned his efforts to kick the grey horse's forelegs into a becoming position, and led him up to me. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z As Barney tugged at his mitten the shape whirled, forelegs clear of the snow, and Whish! a few shaking firs, a falling of light snow from their breast-high tops, and the moose was gone. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z The Snapping Turtle became very much interested in his warty right foreleg, and did not seem to hear what she said. Among the Pond People 2011-01-21T03:00:13.507Z Indeed, making a hole in the black curtain of pine-trees, he now saw the head, the two forelegs, and soon the whole body of a horse. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z The rider on the nigh leader of the caisson whirled his horse to the left, but it received the carriage pole on the right foreleg and went to the ground, dragging its mate with it. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z Dearest of all was Regina, the panther-like Great Dane, one of whose forelegs had been broken. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Let him have it—just in that spot above his forelegs.” Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z She shook her three-cornered head sadly, and rubbed her eyes with her forelegs. Among the Pond People 2011-01-21T03:00:13.507Z The dogs that had started up snarling at the approach of horses stretched themselves again in the dust by the verandahs, and lay with their heads low on their forelegs. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z "He came back with a little cut on his foreleg," Twiston-Davies said. Twiston-Davies finds joy in Hello Bud 2010-11-21T18:21:00Z Tommy obstinately planted his forelegs and had to be dragged along like a lifeless toy. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The dog strode to David and raised a muscular foreleg. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z She rubbed her head with her right foreleg, and frowned as much as she could. Among the Pond People 2011-01-21T03:00:13.507Z Unfortunately, Chinook Pass suffered a cracked splint bone in his right foreleg during the race, and he never raced again. Legendary Thoroughbred Chinook Pass dies 2010-06-02T01:55:00Z Barbed wire opened a five-inch wound on one dog’s left foreleg, exposing muscle. Coyote vs. Greyhound: The Battle Lines Are Drawn 2010-04-26T01:10:00Z Eskendereya, the former favourite for Saturday's Kentucky Derby, will not run after swelling was discovered in a foreleg. Canford Cliffs' lifts Hannon's hopes 2010-04-25T23:30:00Z The dog sniffed condescendingly at the brave little adventurer, who danced away across the floor in mimic fright and then returned as the dog laid down, stretching his forelegs and yawning. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z "Why, you have your forelegs!" she exclaimed one morning. Among the Pond People 2011-01-21T03:00:13.507Z His left foreleg stiffened, his brown eyes went glassy and he began to list to one side. 2010-01-07T18:35:00Z But the setter had come to a halt and held motionless, his statuesque pose with one foreleg uplifted as rigid as a piece of bronze save for the black muzzle sensitively alert and tremulous. The Law of Hemlock Mountain I brought the cross hairs to bear just back of his foreleg and pulled. Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers Smoke bristled and growled, pacing with stiff forelegs round his master. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z His tail was long and scaly and pointed, and his forelegs were large and warty. Among the Pond People 2011-01-21T03:00:13.507Z Bill started a bunch of five deer and succeeded in getting a shot and breaking a foreleg of a large doe. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. She raised her eyes with the tiniest frown of wonder, but he had bent down and was rubbing the foreleg of The Prince. The Man from Jericho That is the one on the trap in which he will be caught by the foreleg. Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers Retribution came swiftly, because the charger slipped on some rounded cobbles, crossed its forelegs, and turned a complete somersault. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 He picked up the sleeping Caddis Nymph in his stout forelegs and swam off. Among the Pond People 2011-01-21T03:00:13.507Z The trapper, in skinning this skunk, had ripped down on the inside of the forelegs and across the belly three or four inches up from the tail. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. But the youth held on, and Rush arose all right, with nothing but a slight scrape on his left foreleg. Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West Observe," he would say, "the ludicrous smallness of the head and the short and attenuated forelegs. The New Gulliver and Other Stories They twist their feet inside the horses' forelegs, and the animals might as well try to get rid of their tails as of one of these copper-colored devils. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 His forelegs are stretched out straight before him, his body curled around, his head pushed forward in a position which from a dog's point of view represents solid comfort. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation A man by the name of Frank Williams had shot the deer breaking a foreleg at the knee joint, and this caused the deer to remain hidden away until it recovered from the wound. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. We struck the white horse just back of his forelegs, and I had him on my lap for a hundred yards or so. Careers of Danger and Daring They have been talking for three hours," he observed, "about a splint on the nigh foreleg of a gray horse that doesn't belong to any of them. Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance In Sigurd's last fight—with a gallant old mastiff, Rex—one of his forelegs, bitten in three places, was put out of action for two months, but no fuss was made about it. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road With a snort of passion he bounded madly up, and pawing the air for some moments with his forelegs, lit upon the earth, panting with rage, and trembling in every limb. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Yes, they were both good horses, but I looked over the rest, and pretty soon I saw a rangy chestnut with a white foreleg and a midget of a boy up in the saddle. The Garden of Eden He catches first with his forelegs, and drags his body after him. Careers of Danger and Daring Their lower limbs were thin and light, but their shoulders and forelegs were heavy and powerful. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 How to Attach Hobbles With most horses it is sufficient to strap a pair of these around the forelegs and above the fetlocks. Camp and Trail My horse, who up to that moment was going on well, threw his forelegs far out, and came to a dead stop. Jack Hinton The Guardsman But Connor had stepped back and was looking at the forelegs of the gelding. The Garden of Eden He certainly had, for although the charge had crippled him it had been planted rather far back, and now the buck rose on his forelegs, still bellowing savagely and shaking his needle pointed horns. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising His foreleg broken, the eland still galloped on, his speed much diminished but yet considerable. The Ruined Cities of Zululand There lay my quarry, unable to rise save on his forelegs, yet savagely menacing with his pointed horns the three dogs which were leaping and snarling frantically around him. A Veldt Vendetta It was beyond her powers, and she fell and broke both her forelegs. Mopsa the Fairy Look at the head first—then the bone in the foreleg, then the length above her back—see how she stands! The Garden of Eden Part of foreleg extending from elbow to pastern. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Not alone did he reject his suggestions, but in a spirit of round defiance did he canter up behind him, and alight with his forelegs on the fellow's-shoulders. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Critch broke her foreleg with his first bullet and his second brought her to the earth. The Blind Lion of the Congo As the unsuspecting animal drew abreast of him, Tharn, with a long, lithe bound, sprang full on its back, at the same instant driving the stone blade behind Bana's left foreleg and into the heart. Warrior of the Dawn Their high croups and comparatively low withers, their long hindlegs and the shorter forelegs, gave them a waddling motion with the hind quarters apparently huddling the forehand along. The Garden of Eden "They were spotted with tufts of white hair on the right forelegs." Category Phoenix Bend the forelegs under the body, the hind legs forward, and skewer to keep in position. Home Pork Making I was so far successful that his leap was checked; he fell across the tailboard, his head and forelegs outside. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls One of his forelegs might occasionally be passed through the collar; but this plan is not so good as the other; nor as the strap on the hind leg—56. The Dog But he crept under her chair, with his tail so depressed, in his extreme bashfulness, that the point of it came out between his forelegs. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 Their right forelegs bore tufts of long white hair. Category Phoenix Lay the carcass on the back, a boy holding it upright and keeping the forelegs well apart. Home Pork Making The places for the eyes and ears were perfect, and where the chin and forelegs had touched the twig it grew to them. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 Never permit the horse to choose which foreleg shall lead; make him subject to your will and hand; and it is a good plan to change the leading leg when in a canter. Maids Wives and Bachelors When carefully analyzed we ultimately find that the surface of the altar exhibits in the first case two chieftains of equal rank, but respectively seated on the right and left forelegs of the tribal totem. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Both bullets reached their mark, and the animal was hit in the breast and in the right foreleg. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck A cut is made down the inside of the forelegs across the breast to the point of the brisket and another down the back of the hindlegs. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp Then Captain Rugley started forward suddenly and the forelegs of his chair came sharply to the planks. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure Before dusk the animals were driven inside, secured by side-line hobbles, which are much more effective than hobbling the forelegs, and all gaps were closed as tightly as possible. Bring Me His Ears Page 75: hyphen added to 'foreleg' for consistency. Bear Brownie The Life of a Bear Great tracks these are, too, his short forelegs just serving to catch and balance his plunge for a second, then the long hind ones coming wide of these, outside, and landing far in advance. Old Plymouth Trails The body is colored, but the neck, forelegs, and jaws are white. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes She used the rope in a most expert fashion, catching his other foreleg in a loop, and then catching one of his hind legs, too. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure The interpreter had reached the herd, where he was taking the rope hobbles from the forelegs of several horses. The Plow-Woman A number of saddles had slipped from backs and were down behind forelegs. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Then the lion dropped awkwardly, with a short growl, to his forelegs, and slunk, with the rest, into the- 181 - corner. The Real Latin Quarter With a snort of terror the buck swerved to one side and might have gotten away had not Enoch’s shot found a more vulnerable spot behind the foreleg. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga The creature put its forelegs and head fairly into the whirring circle! Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure On the foreleg of the male there is a comb-like organ formed by a row of bristles; it is absent in the female. A Critique of the Theory of Evolution Clay animals should be modeled with a pedestal, and the separations between the two forelegs and the two hind legs merely indicated. Primary Handwork Instead of rising gracefully, he gave two short, plunging leaps, descending with forelegs rigid and head down, a maneuver which sent his mistress flying over his head. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John The forelegs were drawn up under the breast the curved, sabre-sharp claws scratching the bark on the floating timber. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga The forelegs are attached at the sides near the top and the recurved terminal point is encircled by rings that stand for the coiled tail. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 "Good muzzle that youngster has!" or if they noticed one of his forelegs over the straw: "Wonderful heavy timbers, those!" Finn The Wolfhound In the pectoral form they may stand with the forelegs wide apart in evident effort to breathe more freely. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle He had the rope tied twice around his neck, and once behind his forelegs. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' Thunderingly its forelegs came down on the edge of the roof. here was another deafening crash of stone and shrieking of torn metal. The Red Hell of Jupiter But at the very moment of starting, the forelegs of Thunderbolt sank into a hole above the knees. The Great Cattle Trail “I say,” cried Pete wildly, as he rose to his knees, and caught hold of one of the forelegs; “he arn’t going to croak, is he?” The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam The animal still stands with the forelegs wide apart and the elbows turned outward. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Its saddle was slightly awry upon its back, and its forelegs were through the bridle reins, which trailed upon the ground. The Law-Breakers It sat erect, its forelegs hung in air, as a hoarse, snarling cry came from the cave. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 Whetstone was lying still, his chin on the ground, one foreleg bent and gathered under him, not in the posture of a dead horse, although Lambert knew that he was dead. The Duke Of Chimney Butte But before he could leap again, Curley had caught the bridle rein, and swung the outlaw’s head around, holding him there until Bill had leaned over the broken fence and roped the forelegs once more. The Heart of Thunder Mountain The animal stands with the forelegs wide apart to facilitate respiration. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Slip their wires through hip loops, carry them forward, and tightly twist them around body-wire as in forelegs. Taxidermy All mouth, it seemed to the watchers, as they saw a pair of short forelegs pull the succulent tops of the giant growth into a capacious maw. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 With head low to the ground, his muscles standing out like ropes upon his shoulders, his forelegs bent like grappling-hooks, his quarters tucked beneath him, he put his giant heart into the work. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Twisting himself around, he saw Trixy lying some twenty feet away, with her forelegs doubled up beneath her, and her head lifted and pointed toward him. The Heart of Thunder Mountain Her lean ewe neck was broken, as were both her forelegs. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Then comes the filling for shoulder blades over forelegs and with it the chest filling. Taxidermy Most other monkeys have long forelegs, but this monkey’s forelegs are short. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad It cleared a big fallen branch with a flying bound, vanished almost silently in a brake of tall fern, and shooting out with forelegs bent sprang across a thicket. Partners of the Out-Trail That nigh foreleg of his has been stove up pretty bad too. Old Man Curry Race Track Stories Then, having done enough in this direction, she suddenly stood, and began to kick violently, with her head stretched low between her forelegs. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Draw the skin forward and spread forelegs and front end to widest extent and nail down in accurate line with hind part. Taxidermy The rider was unhurt, but the horse's right foreleg was broken. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight Get a hand between the struggling forelegs, gently, along the neck! Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand Then the wire clutched the forelegs of the horse and, with a crash, he went down. Louisiana Lou A Western Story Evidently the right foreleg was broken but with the car traveling at twenty-five miles an hour it was still drawing ahead. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' But instead of that they merely stopped gnawing, put their noses between their forelegs, squatted flat, and presented an unbroken array of needle points to his dangerous approach. The Backwoodsmen The cow’s foreleg was caught over her own head, and so she held herself from rising. Red Men and White Rosebud bent his forelegs and bowed his head between them as if he were saying his prayers. Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer Old Crompton bent over the table and peered amazedly at the stump of the foreleg, from which blood no longer dripped. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 I watched him for a moment, then aimed low behind the foreleg and fired. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' In the times of Sixtus the Fifth, they were in a pitiable state, their forelegs and tails gone, their necks broken, their heads propped up by bits of masonry. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Instead it sank in behind the dog's forelegs, the beast's own weight tearing a deadly gaping wound the length of its body. Deathworld Finally, he got up and walked slowly toward it, and the first thing he knew a steel trap had him by the right foreleg. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals Its tail and hindquarters were exactly like those of a panther, its chest and forelegs were like a hawk's, and it had pointed wings. David and the Phoenix From the blood on the trail we decided that I had shot the big boar through the center of the body about ten inches behind the forelegs. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Naturally, the reins were entangled in his forelegs, but I soon got them clear and mounted. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition Ten yards away lay the black mare with a broken foreleg. The Doomsman He took the dog, which had probably been purchased from a naturalist only that day, and ripping open the pelt behind the forelegs he quickly drew out the stuffing. The Golden Face A Great 'Crook' Romance From the little pony's left foreleg trickled a tiny stream of scarlet. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades He tried to check himself, slipped, and sat down suddenly but managed to fire once, breaking the animal's left foreleg. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The poor thing lay in the hot sun by the creek, rods from the little log house which had concealed the trap, and one of his forelegs was securely held in that cruel, iron grip. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley The forelegs rose with the impact of the blow, and the body struck full length upon the platform, where it lay dazed. Mountain Blood A Novel He had broken down in his near foreleg during the race. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon The clutching forelegs tightened terribly, then began to loosen, quivering spasmodically as they slowly relinquished their grasp. The Raid on the Termites We gained slowly and, when about one hundred yards away, I leaped out and fired at the animal breaking the other foreleg low down on the left side. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Her tail was a sort of stump, in size and in look very much like a spare foreleg, stuck in anywhere to be near. Spare Hours The dog hesitated, turned toward his master, when a heavy stick, whirling out of the press of men, struck the animal across the upper forelegs. Mountain Blood A Novel The hind legs seen in action resemble, in the proportions of thigh, foreleg, and foot, and the bending at the knee and ankle, very closely those of a man walking on "all fours." More Science From an Easy Chair Jim was struggling madly in the grip of the other foreleg. The Raid on the Termites The black was coming down, forelegs asprawl, his hind quarters sliding in the sand. 'Firebrand' Trevison The dog looked at her, and, jumping on her back, crossed his forelegs over her arms. Spare Hours The poor animal bellowed in pain, and the shepherd, rushing to the rescue, seized it by the forelegs as it was being raised from the ground. Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends Whales have lost the hind limbs altogether and developed the forelegs into fingerless flippers, whilst the tail is provided with "flukes" like the fins of a fish's tail in shape, but horizontal instead of vertical. More Science From an Easy Chair A massive foreleg dropped from one of the guards, to crash to the floor. The Raid on the Termites Crouching like a great cat at the edge, he slid his forelegs over until his hoofs sank deep into the side of the cut. 'Firebrand' Trevison But Ailie had seen that in his foreleg there was a splinter of wood, which he had likely got when objecting to be hanged, and that he was miserably lame. Spare Hours He still gripped tightly the forelegs of the ox, but with naught now to hold it back, the great bird had no difficulty in rising into the air. Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends For a moment neither horse nor rider stirred, then without warning the animal's forelegs collapsed, throwing the Hun headlong in the dust. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force The acid had found the joint of that foreleg and had eaten through it as hot iron sinks through butter! The Raid on the Termites He forgot about everything else until he had lamed one of the forelegs. The Later Cave-Men He looked somewhat abashed, but snuffing his friend, he advanced as if on thin ice, and not seeing him, put his forelegs on the pulpit, and behold there he was, his own familiar chum. Spare Hours This time the aim of the boys was better, and the mountain lion was hit in one of the forelegs and in the flank. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up He raised on his forelegs, and the hair of his head and neck bristled. Judith of the Cumberlands On coming up, we found him perfectly dead, with the joints of both his forelegs dislocated at the knee, his throat perforated, and his chest and flanks much lacerated. Anecdotes of Dogs She covered her arms with the skin of the forelegs. The Later Cave-Men They went, straight and true, right into that open hole between the lion's forelegs. The Grain Ship In addition to this, lacking mental momentum, her progress was considerably impeded by a parade uniform consisting of an O.D. army shirt which dangled loosely about her forelegs. Lady Luck Later Observations.—The disappearance of the gills, the budding out of the hind legs and, later, the forelegs. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study He stooped and fastened the straps about the forelegs of the horse just above the fetlock. The Gold Girl The animal was found frozen into a huge block of ice, as it had evidently fallen from a cliff overhead, for the forelegs were broken and there were other signs of injury. From Paris to New York by Land The kangaroo’s forelegs are very small; its hindlegs and its tail are immensely powerful, and these it uses for progression, rushing with huge hops over the country. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia And he couldn’t forget those powerful forelegs and enormous feet of Mr. Mole Cricket! The Tale of Chirpy Cricket But the thing which took the beetle quite out of a world of reasonable things was his forelegs. Edge of the Jungle But instantly she felt its forelegs stiffen, felt it slide; the thought came to her that it must have slid on a flat rock or a treacherous stretch of lava. The Range Boss The forelegs had a string of bells; draped over the costumed camel’s sides was a gaudy, glass-beaded wool netting. Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) Then when lightly punched by its trainer, it would, quite naturally, imitate the movements of the boxer, fending off blows and hitting out with its forelegs. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia But the muskrat's small forelegs are of little use in swimming, so much so that as a rule he carries them folded under his chin while in the water. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Like most cripples, he was unamiable, and resented a close approach, pushing at the trespasser with a foreleg in a most unbutterfly-like way. Edge of the Jungle Even the camels were made to take part in the fight, striking down the foe with their lashing forelegs. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality For all around them swarmed the men in sea-grey, jerking the donkey off his forelegs, blocking the little wheels with great, dirty fists, seizing Burley from behind and dragging him violently out of the cart. Barbarians But just at that instant his dog, which had followed him into the room, planted its forelegs on the counterpane and looked impudently into Kate's face. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 They are remarkable for the shortness of their legs, and the crookedness of their forelegs, like an elbow. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock He walked down the slope until quite near the head of the herd, when he brought his rifle to his shoulder and sent a bullet just back of the foreleg of one of the bulls. Deerfoot in The Mountains The scent was there, and the warped foreleg. The Yellow Horde The horse's forelegs caught in perilous footing and the struggling, slipping animal snorted in terror, but the ranchman had allowed the impulse of the leap to carry him clear of his saddle. Hidden Gold The dish of snap-dragon, just placed on the table, was waiting to be set alight, when a tap at the door made Flick start, rise warily on his forelegs, and growl ominously. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century There was a woeful cut on Bay Billy's slender foreleg and the reeking Lady Jane was trembling like a leaf. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 Long before he could get down by the cob’s forelegs to loosen the hobbles from its fetlocks, and mount. Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure A shattered foreleg had healed with an ugly twist, the foot pointing inside and leaving14 only the prints of two warped toe pads when it touched the ground. The Yellow Horde They found him engaged in tying up the foreleg of Scott's horse with strips of his shirt. "Chinkie's Flat" 1904 And what nasty creatures they were, forever cleaning their shiny wings and rubbing the ends of their forelegs together with the loathsome suggestion of little grave-diggers anointing their palms. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights So up he got, and trod softly over the straw, till he drew near the shrine, when with a violent effort he threw up his forelegs into the air. The Red Romance Book It was a strange-looking animal with a long head and six legs, the two hind ones unusually large; the forelegs short; and a small pair under its belly. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales The mule pressed his helpless forelegs against the wall and except that he panted with fright and that his ears moved back and forth as he listened for his hombre's voice, he was motionless. Still Jim We might also refer here to Siebold's discovery of ears at the base of the abdomen of some, and in the forelegs of other kinds, of grasshoppers. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses Chairs came down on their forelegs with a thump and Ore City shambled forward in curiosity and awkward congratulation. The Man from the Bitter Roots I jumped on his back, immediately seized his forelegs, and by main force twisted them on his back; thus they served for a bridle. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure When the deer caught this time was brought home, Man told his people to take a splint bone from its foreleg and to drill a hole in the large end of it. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales By horror we that were so full of life—we men, and our horses with their fiery forelegs rising in mid-air to their everlasting gallop—were petrified to a bas-relief. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 As for Alligator, he stood with his short forelegs resting on the chimney top, the picture of disappointment. The Cat in Grandfather's House A kangaroo is a curious animal, with short forelegs, and very long hind ones, which it doubles up under itself. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading If the ground were rough, he would pull himself forward, by means of his forelegs, at a pretty good pace. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure It has received its name from the fact that it rests in a sort of kneeling position, holding its forelegs in a devotional attitude. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania He dropped the noose beautifully over the creature’s head, but before it could be hauled tight—which was accomplished by checking the tame animal—the active creature had got its forelegs through. The Eagle Cliff Then, as Alligator put his forelegs against the chimney and began to lift his horrible head, Jeremiah shut his eyes and jumped. The Cat in Grandfather's House Now with his head between his forelegs he shot up his hind hoofs and at an angle to require all the grip in his rider's knees to stay in the saddle. The Dude Wrangler These cries had scarcely been made when Jack's gun rang out and the foremost of the three wolves was hit in the foreleg. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box It stretched out short forelegs in seeming supplication, then batted futilely at the punching staff end. The Best Made Plans The lamb had tried to scramble up, but one of its forelegs certainly was broken. Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace Then he thrust a long, sharp, narrow knife deeply between his forelegs until it pierced the heart, where he let it remain. The Land of the Long Night Several of the men ran forward, but before the animal could scramble to its feet Ward leaped out, tied its forelegs together with the reins, and left it floundering in the snow. The Rainy Day Railroad War One foreleg was bathed in blood and its chest was heaving with a panting so fast that it could not have been caused by the fight with the unicorn. Space Prison The forelegs pawed slightly at the grass and the flat, wide head probed out, extending toward the approaching man. The Best Made Plans Forgetting his professional gravity, up rose Mr. Cassidy, and his chair, which had been tilted back, brought its forelegs to the floor with a thump. From Place to Place He nodded to Maya and stroked the shining hairs on his breast rather nervously with his foreleg. The Adventures of Maya the Bee Further thoughts were cut short by the discovery that his forelegs were up against a belt of barbed wire. Pushed and the Return Push One short, rigid, foreleg was stretched out as though in remonstrance, and just within its embrace a fading spray of gilia lifted its fragile blossoms. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Rex set his forelegs firmly on the ground and barked fiercely, with loud, explosive barks that rang through the storm like the successive discharges from a small cannon. The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men Notwithstanding Big Turtle clung to the ground with his forelegs, they held his tail, and reached the water with him. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains He had dainty forelegs and thin, inconspicuous wings that couldn’t be very practical, Maya thought. The Adventures of Maya the Bee At the same time he caught one of the upraised forelegs, and, with an almost superhuman exertion of strength hurled both horse and rider to the ground! Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan Several shots were fired at them, but although the balls hit, they did not penetrate their thick hides, until at last one took effect in the soft part close behind the foreleg. The Red Eric He still remained perfectly motionless, so that the bear, disdaining, apparently, to attack an unresisting foe, dropped on his forelegs again. Ungava Alas, there were her two forelegs no better than raw beef on the inside, and blood was running from under her tail. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) The illustrations of Méon's Renart, which show us the fox painfully clasping in his forelegs a stick four times his own length, show the inferiority of the nineteenth century. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) “I got caught in a trap,” and he lifted up his right foreleg. Little Jack Rabbit and the Squirrel Brothers The only place that’s sure to kill it just behind the foreleg. The Red Eric The Indians, while Tim was speaking, were getting ready their ropes, which they managed to slip round the monster’s forelegs; then, all hands hauling away, they dragged it by slow degrees up the bank. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco The following day, he discovered the broad-antlered stranger browsing upon a small tree that was bent down under his foreleg. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear They soon found that Hamed had limped off in search of the horses which had taken fright, and but for the fact that Yussuf had hobbled their forelegs, they would have galloped away. Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor The females are of a dark chestnut color, and the males dark, almost black, with white markings on the neck and forelegs. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country This being above two feet in height, when the animal had got its forelegs over Wilder checked it to a stand. The Lone Ranche He then passed another rope round its forelegs, and passing the end round the trunk of a tree, hauled it tight. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco He struck out viciously, laying open one of the bull's forelegs, but without avail. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear To ensure success, he even dropped upon his knees, and crawled cat-like, using his arms as forelegs and his hands as paws! The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" When at last she crawled free from the hot, horrible body and crept with pained progress around in front of him, she saw that both his forelegs lay limp and helpless. A Voice in the Wilderness The creature made a last desperate effort to get off, but with its forelegs over the rocks and head held down between them, it could not stir from the spot. The Lone Ranche Up goes the camel on the first two joints of his forelegs with a jerk which sends the small of your back against the hinder pommel so violently that you think the spine broken. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War The great lizard rose high on its forelegs to meet this enemy. The Girl in the Golden Atom I think she kept these latter organs purely for ornament—apparently looking at things with her nose, her sensitive ears, and sometimes even a slight lifting of her slim near foreleg. Short Stories of Various Types Rool him over now; that foreleg needs a tech o' water. Other Main-Travelled Roads The back slopes down from the highest point, just over the forelegs, to the root of the tail, while the neck slopes down still more steeply to the scrag. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Roll him over now; that foreleg needs a tech o' water. Prairie Folks Two or three wiry ponies, with carefully-bandaged forelegs, are being led up and down on the opposite side of the paddock. Belles and Ringers I knew at that moment why a trapped animal will bite off its own foreleg to get free of the trap. Highways in Hiding Just when the scouts glimpsed the hairy denizen of Sassafras Swamp, he was engaged in sitting on his haunches and gathering in the bushes with his sturdy forelegs. Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails Singular, too, are the fringes of wool a foot long which skirt the lower parts of his flanks and the upper parts of his forelegs. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People It holds its formidable forelegs as if in the attitude of prayer; its movements are very slow and stealthy; and there is a suggestion of a leaf in the forewing. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told He was running at full speed when suddenly a foreleg found a deep badger hole; over he went of course, head over heels, and it is a miracle it did not break his leg off. Ranching, Sport and Travel A crimson orifice was seen just back of the foreleg, which showed where the tiny messenger of death had entered. Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) In the brook lay Sally, with a broken foreleg. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's And during the tumult they saw a knight coming towards them on a light grey horse, and the left foreleg of the horse was jet black to the centre of his hoof. The Mabinogion Vol. 1 The blow missed the moose's head, but fell on the animal's foreleg, just below the knee, and broke the bone. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Then they trip your feet by roping your forelegs while you are on the jump. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle It was poked down right behind the calf's forelegs. Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Then she remembered—Kobuk's right foreleg was crippled and still tightly bandaged. Where the Sun Swings North At times they will sit on their haunches, holding their food between their forelegs, and after feeding they smooth the head and face with both fore-paws, and lick the lips and palms. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The first time the lad went at it he got a little way up; but then Dapple's forelegs slipped, and down they went again, with a sound like thunder on the hill. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Looks mighty familiar, too—white stockings on two forelegs, white star on forehead. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle As he stretched his neck farther and farther down, I saw that he was bending his forelegs. A Truthful Woman in Southern California He braced his giant forelegs in the graveled earth on its very brink. The Outcasts Once the twins thought they saw their mother lying on the floor and a man kneeling beside her, holding her head and forelegs under his arm, yet they were not sure of this. Among the Farmyard People The second time he rode at it he got some way further up; but then one foreleg slipped, and down they went with a crash like a landslip. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know You may meet the Alderman himself, wearing an English-made riding-suit, loping comfortably along on a sleek bay gelding with two white forelegs and a white star on his forehead. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle In a moment she had unbuckled the hobbles on his forelegs. The Forfeit The line is then drawn from the right hoof to the right foreleg to the breast line. Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians The instant the brute felt the steel he wheeled short round, and cut The Emperor’s forelegs clean from under him. Sword and Gown A Novel Just like a steer would go down when the loop of a lariat closes on his foreleg. The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain The left foreleg had been broken at the knee, splinters of bone penetrating the skin. The Emigrant Trail He reached down to grasp a still twitching foreleg, stretched the body out with a sudden jerk. Star Hunter The muscles of his forelegs and quarters stood out in sharp relief under his scales, his fangs were bare as his lips snapped back with effort. The Gifts of Asti Then, as it bucked again, it came down with its forelegs unjointed, and rolled over on its side, with Calumet's right leg beneath it. The Boss of the Lazy Y Then, when they emerged again, it was seen that the cowboy had lassoed the animal by one of the forelegs. Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret If a chair be turned about on one of its forelegs, there will be bad luck in the house all that year. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk The dog's forelegs pass through the loops, and the ends are joined over the small of the back, where the trace is attached. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club But the latter wrenched the bit from the driver's hand, raised his forelegs high in air, shaking the sleigh and imperilling the seat of Zulma. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 Judith, her hand tightening upon the reins, held his head well up, the severe bit thwarting the attempt to get his nose down between his forelegs. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch Behind him trailed the long lasso, which was still fast to one of his forelegs. Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret An' I'm old enough to know that it's no use hammerin' a mule when he's got his forelegs spread. The Boy With the U. S. Foresters One ball had broken a foreleg, the other had struck it on the head. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire |
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