| 单词 | funnel-shaped |
| 例句 | It was pocked all over with little funnel-shaped snares, where the ant lions lay buried at the bottom, waiting for some poor insect to stumble into the trap and get devoured. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The set's curved walls resemble the funnel-shaped pit of Dante's imaginings. Francesca da Rimini 2010-08-04T22:00:00Z Years later he experimented for months with a way to make his own paint trail and eventually lashed a homemade funnel-shaped bucket to the back of a bicycle. An Artist?s Alfresco John Hancock 2010-09-18T00:13:00Z Most fungi in this family have shallow bowls, but the Fluted Bird's Nest is more funnel-shaped, with its ribbed tube faceted by spiky, wooly tufts. The 10 weirdest mushrooms in North America 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The insects are skewered on spikes and thorns that rim the funnel-shaped leaf. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z In the case of Gracilaria, however, things are more complicated: The female alga doesn’t release its egg cells, but keeps them inside funnel-shaped filaments. Is this pillbug-like organism a pollinator of the sea? 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z The funnel-shaped pylorus connects the stomach to the duodenum. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Both of these plants produce colorful, funnel-shaped flowers filled with nectar that hummingbirds can’t resist. Mom will love these colorful hanging baskets — and so will the hummingbirds 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Because of its location at the top of the funnel-shaped Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh is especially vulnerable to cyclone damage. 'Lives will be lost': Bangladesh rains promise further misery for Rohingya 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The insects ingest narcotics secreted by the leaf and fall into the funnel-shaped leaf. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Some of the biggest impacts could be at the top of funnel-shaped Mobile Bay. Nate makes 2nd landfall outside Biloxi, Mississippi 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z As urine is formed, it drains into the calyces of the kidney, which merge to form the funnel-shaped renal pelvis in the hilum of each kidney. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Some of the biggest effects could be at the top of funnel-shaped Mobile Bay. Nate could be a Category 2 hurricane at landfall on Gulf Coast 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z The funnel-shaped bins would be introduced at 25 service areas in the North West, said Highways England. Motorways get 'drive-through' litter bins 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z The insects are immobilized by sticky substances on the rim of the funnel-shaped leaf. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z These tender perennials from Peru grow to 3 feet tall and produce a profusion of spectacularly beautiful, fragrant, funnel-shaped, 2-inch-long tubular flowers. These fragrant flowers provide an aromatic treat after the sun goes down 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z And, mixing into the five-chapter story are some truly bizarre elements such as the introduction of gnome-like creatures wearing funnel-shaped paper hats that cover their entire heads and often scatter when Six approaches them. ‘Little Nightmares’ review (Xbox One) 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z It converts a difference in temperature to mechanical work by confining a single calcium ion in a funnel-shaped trap. 'Dead or alive' cat in physics top 10 - BBC News 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z In spring and early summer it produces a long stem topped with snow-white, funnel-shaped flowers of up to 8 inches. Colorful calla lilies are beautiful, and worth a spot in the garden, even if it’s for only one season 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The insects are skewered on spikes and thorns that rim the funnel-shaped leaf. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z There are two styles of kusari-doi: classic chain motifs, and funnel-shaped cups or similar forms, which is where creativity flourishes. Rain chains: Where art meets function, just in time for El Niño rains 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z In the process, its edges override the surrounding lithosphere, pushing the lithosphere down into a funnel-shaped depression. How the shell of ancient Earth cracked, giving rise to moving continents 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The well, a natural wonder in Shannon County owned by the National Park Service, is a steep, funnel-shaped sinkhole almost hidden by towering trees. Cavers poised to discover secrets in Devil’s Well 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The shapes seen both in the models and in reality are similar to other funnel-shaped impact craters, such as those seen on NASA’s Stardust spacecraft, which collected space dust particles in aerogel. Mysterious ‘snow carrots’ observed at meteorite impact sites 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z The insects ingest narcotics secreted by the leaf and fall into the funnel-shaped leaf. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The net is funnel-shaped and thus forces the jellyfish down towards the narrow end, where it meets rapidly rotating blades. Marine ecology: Robochop 2013-10-17T15:02:27Z The system uses an onboard computer to turn the readings into a three-dimensional model of a gas plume — a funnel-shaped flow of contamination — and calculates the location and size of the origin. New Tools Pinpoint Natural Gas Leaks, Maximizing a Fuel’s Green Qualities 2013-08-06T21:16:30Z These funnel-shaped willow baskets, lodged here and there along the banks, are the salmon traps of the Indians, which have done duty until the spring run was over. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The corollas are obliquely funnel-shaped, of a dirty yellow or buff, marked with a close reticulation of purple veins. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The insects are immobilized by sticky substances on the rim of the funnel-shaped leaf. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Corolla funnel-shaped, with curved tube and slightly unequal limb; the throat closed with 5 convex obtuse bristly scales opposite the lobes. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Honey yield abundant in narrowly funnel-shaped blossoms hanging downward. Texas Honey Plants 2012-04-04T02:00:58.927Z The handsome funnel-shaped flowers are borne in a cluster of two to many, at the end of a short hollow scape. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The Alstrœmeria is another spotted flower of the old borders, curious in its funnel-shaped blooms, edged and lined with tiny brown and green spots. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z A. Belladonna, the Belladonna Lily, 3 ft., has large funnel-shaped flowers in September, of a delicate rose colour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Flowers about as long as wide, the tube campanulate or funnel-shaped. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The whole curves upward, sloping down to a long funnel-shaped gallery, nearly horizontal at the entrance, but winding obliquely until it becomes almost perpendicular. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The larger microliths may contain enclosures of glass, and it is very common to find that the prisms have hollow, funnel-shaped ends, which are filled with vitreous material. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z It was almost regularly funnel-shaped, and on the opposite side of it sat a large boulder of granite. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z Nierembergia.—N. rivularis, 4 in., from La Plata, has slender, creeping, rooting stems, bearing stalked ovate leaves, and large funnel-shaped white flowers, with a remarkably long slender tube; especially adapted for rockwork, requiring moist sandy loam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The segments of the limb of the perianth are very unequal, the perianth tube is curved, funnel-shaped and widening upwards, the segments equalling or exceeding the tube in length. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The Mandarin, at all events, seemed as little loth to lay aside his funnel-shaped straw-cap, with its blue button and peacock's feather, as the Europeans present to doff their uniform caps. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Women, dressed in black, stagger along the roads through the ruins and the funnel-shaped chasms opened by the monstrous projectiles. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The sides of the funnel-shaped hollow were not too steep in some places, and he led his mustang half-way down. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z Shortia.—S. galacifolia, a beautiful tufted plant 2 to 3 in. high, with roundish crenate leaves, on long stalks, and white funnel-shaped flowers in March and April. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The tube has a funnel-shaped opening at its lower extremity, by which a portion of the ground may likewise be brought up for scientific examination. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z In front of us lay a funnel-shaped slope, 250 feet in depth, the floor of which was covered with mud, in which stood frequent pools of boiling water of a yellow tinge. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The estuary or bay is funnel-shaped, and its configuration produces at spring tides a “bore” or tidal wave, which at its maximum reaches a height of 15 to 20 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z His work, he averred, was but half finished; the mate and he between them could scuttle the deck with adzes and axes, and fix the funnel-shaped ventilator, in a quarter of an hour. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Then I saw it too—a big black funnel-shaped hole down which a wide ribbon of river seemed to be taking a sort of a spiral tumble. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z It is whitened with clay in large funnel-shaped vessels, open at the bottom, to allow the molasses to run off. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z In formation it resembles the limestone Alps of Tirol and there are on its elevated plateaus a number of doline or funnel-shaped depressions into which the melted snow and the rain sink. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z With frequent backward glances she hurried down a path that skirted the edge of a village nestling at the foot of a hill which was outlined against the horizon like a great funnel-shaped cloud. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z In mild seasons it often produces its violet or rosy-purple funnel-shaped flowers in January, not more than 6 inches from the ground, and remains in blossom in company with Snowdrops, Leucojums, &c. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z So sure was his aim, that he reached without difficulty the passage-way indicated, which widened from its mouth into a funnel-shaped cavern, lined with seaweed and ferns of the rarest varieties. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z The Moors slung their funnel-shaped muskets over their shoulders, drew their broad scimitars, and trotted forward in the footsteps of the Pasha. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z But Susan Clegg stood as if paralyzed, staring straight at the funnel-shaped cloud. Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs 2011-09-03T02:00:18.353Z The ovary is one-celled, with two stigmas, either separate and rolled back or contiguous and funnel-shaped. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z It has beautiful funnel-shaped flowers, which droop from thread-like stalks about September and October, a period when they are sometimes injured by the bad weather. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z They were as follows:—Close by the funnel-shaped mouth of the descending spout, and supported by some branches of the wistaria, a pair of sparrows had built in the previous spring and raised several broods. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z And the smoke, beginning to crawl along the corral, ceased puffing up in rings; it rose in one dense, funnel-shaped cloud. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z They are tuberous, with broadly ovate or heart-shaped leaves and racemes of white or pale lilac, drooping, funnel-shaped flowers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Head broad, surrounded by a funnel-shaped velum or hood; no radula; dorsal appendages foliaceous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Croceum, the "Orange or Saffron Lily," with somewhat cobwebby stems 3 to 6 feet high, and golden orange, funnel-shaped flowers, spotted with purple at the base; June and July. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z Over the distant firs a thin cloud like a black bar in the sky spread itself out, and then descended funnel-shaped into the firs. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Some had tumbled down as shapeless lumps, others presented broad funnel-shaped bodies; while others stretched themselves to great length like the long, narrow post-horns which still wake the echoes of a few old-fashioned towns. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z The term is used in metal-casting of the hole through which the metal is poured into a mould, and in anatomy and zoology of an infundibulum or funnel-shaped organ. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z It was a large, short, funnel-shaped muzzle-loader, and loaded with nails, slugs, etc. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Washingtonianum grows 3 to 6 feet high, and has sweet-scented, drooping, funnel-shaped flowers of a pure white tinged with lilac or purple. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z Open-meshed traps of rattan, of various sizes and shapes, with funnel-shaped mouth leading towards the interior, are in common use, and are sunk in the sea-bottom in suitable places. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z Below the mouth came a funnel-shaped tube or œsophagus, having some folds or plaits on its sides, and terminating in a broad digestive tube, distinct from the nucleus, and ramifying like a tree. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z Far down to the southwest a low roar might have been heard, and from the blackness there a funnel-shaped cloud detached itself, starting slantingly over the desert. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z Suddenly the mingling of these counter currents of strong winds appeared to form the blackened heavens into a funnel-shaped mass. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The flower stem is 1 to 2 feet long and has drooping funnel-shaped blossoms of a greenish-white, suffused with violet-purple in the throat. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z Its position at any moment is marked by a black funnel-shaped cloud, which grows downward from the sky and does not at all times reach the earth. The Mentor: The Weather Serial Number 110; 1 July, 1916 2011-06-09T02:00:19.213Z Norwich, suddenly gave way, and Mrs. and Miss Bunting, who were in the apartment, were precipitated with the chairs, table, and other furniture, into a funnel-shaped hole 27 feet in depth. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z At the Golden Corral in Sanford, N.C., a worker was washing kitchen equipment behind the restaurant when he spotted a giant black funnel-shaped cloud bearing down. After Storms, a Path of Death and Damage 2011-04-18T13:39:58Z In about five minutes I saw two funnel-shaped clouds descend and approach each other. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Canadense, a rhizomatous "Turk's Cap" Lily, 2 to 4 feet high, with drooping funnel-shaped flowers varying in colour from bright orange-red to pale red, the upper portion of the segments being heavily spotted with purple-brown. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z And how the wind did blow from the funnel-shaped canyon across the basin in which the town was built! The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z He watched alertly, his gaze traveling from the enmeshed cricket to the strange orifice at the rear of the funnel-shaped snare. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z It went in easily enough for a part of the distance; but the action of the tool had made the hole slightly funnel-shaped, and the cartridge would not go in so far as he wished. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z After passing the partition, it is turned up, and opens in a funnel-shaped extremity in the next room. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z The beautiful Violet-scented, funnel-shaped flowers of a brilliant blue, with a white centre, appear in March and April, borne in loose trusses. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z The detector is one of the spiral spring coherers previously described; it is shielded from external disturbance by being enclosed in a metal box provided with a funnel-shaped opening to admit the radiation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z A wide, funnel-shaped snare of silk was spread out before him, some twenty yards across and as many deep. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z Their external openings are ventral, and on the same level as the ciliated funnel-shaped nephrostomes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Oral groove, a funnel-shaped groove in one side of some one-celled animals conducting food to the mouth. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z We tramped on; the road wound its way through meadows and woods, and then got into a funnel-shaped valley. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The little cloud which she had first noticed in the west, a queer funnel-shaped cloud, had been constantly growing larger. The Ranch Girls at Home Again 2011-01-13T03:01:04.363Z Leaves narrower than in the common kind; spur shorter and funnel-shaped, not cylindrical. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z Then, as she watched with increasing alarm, a writhing, twisting, funnel-shaped arm reached down from the boiling clouds, anchoring them to earth. The Secret Pact 2010-12-20T17:12:03.907Z Radiatæ, with flowers composed of funnel-shaped florets at the centre, and flat ones at the circumference; as the daisy. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The corolla is bell- or funnel-shaped; stamens are numerous; the fruit is a dry unjointed pod. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide It consists of a funnel-shaped tube, having a broad flange, which is cemented on to the stomata-bearing surface of a leaf. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History Funnelform, or funnel-shaped, expanding gradually upwards into an open mouth, like a funnel or tunnel, 90. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The kidneys or nephridia open internally by wide funnel-shaped nephridiostomes and externally by small pores on each side of the mouth near the base of the arms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Flosculosæ, with flowers composed of small funnel-shaped, regular corollas, divided into five segments; as the thistle. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History This body of water becomes compressed in the narrowing funnel-shaped estuary, and heaped up into an advancing wave extending from bank to bank. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" There was one most beautiful funnel-shaped spring, twenty feet in diameter at the top, but tapering down, lined inside and outside with the most delicate decorations. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 The sky's like copper edged with sheet lightning, then there's scud in a hurry overhead, the horizon folding in, and a funnel-shaped cloud to the southard wrapping up the sky. A Man in the Open The funnel-shaped cloud passed over the lake, but the tornado character of the storm was broken up before it reached the other shore. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. Here there was dry and sandy soil, where only the lion-ant dwelt, in his funnel-shaped cell. On the Heights A Novel Cap fleshy, viscid, at first convex, then nearly plane, becoming much depressed in the centre, funnel-shaped, marked in the adult plant with rings or rust-colored zones. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous From the center of the lower stone a strong pin of wood passes through a funnel-shaped hole in the upper stone. The Bible Story But Maui made his basket with a long funnel-shaped door, by which the eels could easily slide into the snare but could scarcely escape. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina In the near neighbourhood of this peculiar section of the state the streams come to an end suddenly, pouring their water into funnel-shaped depressions of the ground called sink-holes. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place CRATER, the cavity at the mouth of a volcanic duct, usually funnel-shaped or presenting the form of a bowl, whence the name, from the Gr. κρατήρ, a bowl. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" He looked back with regret to the towers upon the deck, and the funnel-shaped tops of the Great Harry of 1514—probably regarding them from the point of view of convenient lodging-places for French cannon-balls. Toilers of the Sea The funnel-shaped lip opens handsomely, showing a disc of soft crimson with a white speck at the tip. The Woodlands Orchids It was a white cylinder, and the stern that was toward me showed a funnel-shaped port. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 It has pale-purple flowers, rarely more than three in number; the perianth is funnel-shaped, and produced below into a long slender tube, in the upper part of which the six stamens are inserted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" It presented the appearance of a profound funnel-shaped abyss; the sides of which were covered with an efflorescence of a red or yellow, and sometimes nearly white, colour. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions Stalk quite slender, half an inch long, planted in a narrow, funnel-shaped cavity. The Apple He shifted his eyes to look at the animal, and he was quite certain that he could detect a small mouth fitting around the under side of the funnel-shaped head. 'Mid Pleasures and Palaces It occurs in regions of granite, porphyry and syenite, and usually occupies funnel-shaped cavities of no great superficial area, but of considerable depth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The funnel-shaped bottoms to the storing-bins were so arranged as to be above the long rows of packing tables. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century A bluish-white, funnel-shaped cloud spouted out from her left-hand bow and a shot flew at the town, and then changing front forward, she snapped a shell at the men on the other side. History of Morgan's Cavalry Through an opening in the side he could see inset handles and two small colored disks, and above this were three funnel-shaped openings shaped and painted like mouths. The Ethical Engineer Kirk nodded, looking at the waving, funnel-shaped head of the animal. 'Mid Pleasures and Palaces When they burst out of a narrow crevice, not far from the funnel-shaped opening they had originally entered, they saw him standing beside the open door of the sphere as if waiting. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 We found a great funnel-shaped pit torn in the naked earth. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Keith jotted down the tunnel's position, and the funnel-shaped hole sank away behind their slow screws. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 Being funnel-shaped, as analogy warrants us in assuming, its central parts will be much deeper than its peripheral parts, and therefore more opaque. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I They passed out at another funnel-shaped throat except for an occasional eddy that whirled back toward the watching man. The Finding of Haldgren Sporangium usually minute, broadly funnel-shaped, stipitate; operculum always more or less convex, rarely approaching a hemispherical shape, dehiscent in a regular circumscissile manner. The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio The pileus is two to three inches broad, rather fleshy, thin, limp, umbilicate, then funnel-shaped, even, smooth, sometimes cracking into minute scales, tawny or rust-colored, margin broadly reflexed. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth Familiar in its huge sleek roundness, in its funnel-shaped base where a soft roar made vaporous clouds upon the water. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Externally it presents no very remarkable feature, being nothing more than a hole in the bed of rocks, about five feet in diameter, and slightly funnel-shaped at the orifice. The Land of Thor These are funnel-shaped; and some of them are from twenty to forty yards across at the rim. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe At the top of the straight stack is a deflecting cone which slows the velocity of the exhaust and changes its direction causing it to go down into the funnel-shaped outer casing of the stack. The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964 The pileus from the first is centrally depressed, then funnel-shaped, almost membranaceous, and watery when moist; margin incurved or straight. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth There stood the old guardsman, like a jack-in-the-box in the centre of a hollow funnel-shaped cylinder which he had made in the snow. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt The nests of these birds are fixed fifty or sixty feet from the ground, in funnel-shaped holes, with which the cavern roof is pierced like a sieve. The Mines and its Wonders They were near the funnel-shaped extremity of the trap. The Giraffe Hunters As a long-bearded Jew, on his head a yellow, funnel-shaped hat, the badge of distinction decreed by Pope Innocent III. to be worn by Jews. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Its smoky color, funnel-shaped pileus, and gray short stem will distinguish it. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The smoke arose in a huge funnel-shaped cloud, and at times it changed to the form of an hour glass. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin In front of me the ground fell down steeply, and the torn sides of the crater formed a funnel-shaped cavity, a dark, yawning depth. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Women sit outside their little huts by the roadside tracing the most elaborate designs in brown and blue dye upon the cloth with tiny funnel-shaped implements. Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java Its long, funnel-shaped form dipped and lifted, trailing back and forth like some sensate thing. Winning the Wilderness N. Y. This plant is funnel-shaped nearly to the base of the stem. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The pendant barometer of G. Amontons, invented in 1695, consists of a funnel-shaped tube, which is hung vertically with the wide end downwards and closed in at the upper end. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The water then rushes up the narrowing funnel-shaped estuary, in a broad and swelling wave, sometimes four feet high, and this will sweep off even large vessels from their anchors, and it causes many wrecks. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" The lieutenant filled the long-necked glass which Tom held out, with the creaming mixture, which he was nursing in the funnel-shaped tin. Tom Brown at Oxford The road then rises gently over another sandy ridge to the funnel-shaped hollow of Bir el Abd—"the negro's well," where we were to stay the night. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria The young, growing plants were strongly involute but the older plants were reflexed, giving the plants a funnel-shaped appearance and giving the gills a much stronger decurrent appearance. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The cap is usually plane, depressed, or funnel-shaped, many of the species having the latter form. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. On our return from an unproductive ramble, I saw that my son was already wearing a funnel-shaped head covering. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The storm-cloud of a tornado is nearly always funnel-shaped, the small end of the funnel extending downward. A Full Description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, Pa. These scientific people make me weary, talking about preventing tornadoes by firing cannon into the funnel-shaped clouds. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 Those in the extreme left of Figure 179 grew on the side of the log, while those in the center grew on the top, in which case the plant has usually a funnel-shaped appearance. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth These are of the funnel form type, the cap being more or less funnel-shaped. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. They are funnel-shaped depressions, inferior in depth to the diameter of the Earth, which, as we have seen, is 108 times smaller than that of the Sun. Astronomy for Amateurs Possibly some people try to argue with a funnel-shaped cloud while it is juggling the house and the barn and the piano. At Good Old Siwash Sleeves are funnel-shaped, rather more than a half-length, and finished with fringe. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 The pileus is two to three inches broad, fleshy, then tough, coriaceous; plane, then funnel-shaped, or dimidiate; even; smooth; almost flesh color, varying to reddish-livid, sometimes violet tinted. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The pileus is fleshy, thick, firm, convex, umbilicate, and then depressed in the center, becoming finally more or less funnel-shaped by the elevation of the margin. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. She came out into a funnel-shaped basin that sloped down from the first sharp rise of the113 spur. The Yellow Horde There he took hold of the end of a jointed gas-bracket which was fixed beside the chimney, unscrewed the brass nozzle, fitted a little funnel-shaped instrument to it and blew up the pipe. The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective There is among the mountains a natural funnel-shaped excavation, sixty feet in depth, and about eighty feet in diameter at the top. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The pileus is two to three inches broad, tough, flaccid, irregular, depressed, sometimes funnel-shaped, sometimes lobed or contorted, flesh-color, becoming pale. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The smoky, or dull gray color of the entire plant, the depressed or funnel-shaped pileus, and short, slender stem serve to distinguish it. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. To keep the powder on the bed, a wooden curb, funnel-shaped, two feet high was placed around the circumference, fitting closely, extending outwards at an angle of forty-five degrees. History of the Confederate Powder Works Then the powdery masses slipped to right and left, disclosing a funnel-shaped aperture, through which filtered a current of cold air. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger Poised directly above the opened beaker was a funnel-shaped vessel containing the contents of one golden egg. Make Mine Homogenized The pileus is generally fleshy, growing thin toward the margin, plane or depressed or funnel-shaped, and with margin incurved. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The pileus is convex, becoming expanded, umbilicate or depressed at the center or nearly funnel-shaped, smooth, smoky or gray with a saturated watery appearance, light gray or nearly white when dry. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. It is hopeless for me to attempt describing those changes, but midway along one side of its length projected a flat surface like a desk, with a large funnel-shaped device resting on it. The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds Before them were a number of funnel-shaped baskets formed of grass rope. In the Wilds of Africa But for its size, we might have taken it for a buffalo wallow, but it was of vastly larger diameter than one of these, and altogether deeper and more funnel-shaped. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The pileus is at first convex and umbonate and as the plant advances in age the margin becomes elevated until the plant becomes funnel-shaped. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The pileus is convex, umbilicate, then depressed and more or less funnel-shaped in age, white, in the center roughened with fibrous scales as the plant ages, the scales becoming quite stout in old plants. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. Immediately above the latter organs were the anther-lobes, more or less perfectly developed, and surmounting these a long style, terminating in a fringed, funnel-shaped stigma. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants All along were the deep funnel-shaped cases of the torpedoes just disentombed. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War This is done simply by inclosing a large tract of woods, with a funnel-shaped entrance leading into the inclosure. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The pileus is rather fleshy, depressed, then funnel-shaped, yellowish-flesh colored, marked with dark zones or spots. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The pileus when young is umbilicate, the margin involute, and in age the margin becomes elevated and then the pileus is more or less funnel-shaped. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. In a few moments the funnel-shaped water-spout, which we had first seen, had passed off northward, and was at such a distance as to remove all apprehensions on account of it. The Island Home I saved some glasses, but not many, and some of the officers were obliged to drink out of stiff paper twisted into funnel-shaped glasses. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands For Mr Tremayne had spent several months in that horrible funnel-shaped prison, aptly termed Little Ease, and had but just escaped from it with life. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada The pileus is from two to three inches broad; red-flesh-color, disk darker; fleshy; firm; convex, with a slight depression in the center, then funnel-shaped; slightly wrinkled; margin even, or remotely striate. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The pileus is fleshy, soft, flexible, convex, to expanded, or obconic, plane or depressed, or funnel-shaped, the margin strongly inrolled when young, in age simply incurved, the margin plane or repand and undulate. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. Tunicate: composed of concentric layers, enveloping one another: said of antennae when each successive joint is buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology The funnel-shaped trough pinched to a steep chute between precipices that leaned closer together overhead the deeper the fugitives descended. Bloom of Cactus Half an hour of this work sufficed to take us clear, when we emerged into another funnel-shaped channel leading into the open water of the Bahama Channel. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron It is minutely velvety on the upper surface, reddish-brown or cinnamon in color; expanded or umbilicate to nearly funnel-shaped. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The pileus is fleshy, firm, convex, depressed at the center, and when old more or less funnel-shaped from the upturning of the margin, which is at first incurved and smooth. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. Near by, is a funnel-shaped hollow of three hundred acres; probably a cave fallen in. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 To be sure, a rock on their right cut off their view of the cove's inmost recess, where the funnel-shaped slope broke sheer over the mouth of the Hole. Major Vigoureux The funnel-shaped membranous process above noticed is continuous with the lining membrane, consisting of an extension of the same epithelial pavement; but the cells are somewhat larger and more regular in form. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology The pileus is one to three inches broad, convex, often becoming depressed and funnel-shaped, glabrous, yellowish, or pinkish. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The pileus is first convex, then slightly depressed in the center, becoming more expanded, and finally more or less funnel-shaped by the elevation of the margin. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. A farmer was standing on the doorstep when he noticed the funnel-shaped cloud. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado This weapon had a funnel-shaped barrel, a flint lock, took about half a pint of buckshot for a charge, and was capable of destroying a whole band of robbers at once. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis These follicles are subcylindrical in form, somewhat dilated at the free extremity, to which is appended a folded and funnel-shaped process of membrane, which expands rather suddenly, presenting a jagged and irregular border. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Yoke-shaped wooden stick with funnel-shaped ornament of cotton string, stretched over ribs of iron wire at one end of it. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 In most cases, however, there is a funnel-shaped depression above the attachment of the stem. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. The ears are funnel-shaped, and thickly covered with fine hair. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The only targets were the flames which shot incessantly out of the mouths of the hostile guns like out of a funnel-shaped crater. Banzai! by Parabellum "He's going down through that funnel-shaped thing," I answered. The Lost Valley His investigation showed that the funnel-shaped passage known as the infundibulum extends from the frontal sinus directly into the antrum or maxillary sinus. Resonance in Singing and Speaking It is minutely velvety on the upper surface, reddish brown or cinnamon in color, expanded or umbilicate to nearly funnel-shaped. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. Often they were so far away they seemed motionless, and looked like brown funnel-shaped pillars, wrong end up, supporting the turquoise sky. The She Boss A Western Story Yes," replied the other, "and the noise is so like thunder that when it is forced out through several queer, funnel-shaped openings like this one, it has puzzled the Indians for hundreds of years. The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain Another step further and I would have fallen down the funnel-shaped opening that gaped at my feet. The Lost Valley The calyx is adnate in relation to the ovarium, limb very short, but free and five-toothed; the corolla is funnel-shaped, but split at the back, causing it to appear one-sided. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. It is of a dusky or dark smoky color, and is deeply funnel-shaped, resembling a "horn of plenty," though usually straight. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. A draft from the funnel-shaped opening had been blowing on me all night. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War Cap white, 4 to 9 inches broad, fleshy, rigid, depressed in centre when young, reflexed margin, at first involute, when full grown the surface becomes funnel-shaped and regular, even, smooth, without zones; flesh white. Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners It is a funnel-shaped hole in a level plain, six hundred feet in diameter at the top, and one hundred and sixty feet deep. Captured by the Navajos The funnel-shaped opening has the sharpened ends set close together so that it is quite impossible for the prisoners to escape, although the water readily passes between the bamboo strips. The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition The chasm is funnel-shaped, and about two hundred feet deep by about one hundred feet across. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles They are funnel-shaped, with one side shorter than the other, and at the larger end have the same diameter as the framework. The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 Cap is cinnamon-colored, then of a date brown, leathery, tough, funnel-shaped, becoming smooth, zoned. Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners As I descended I found the opening gradually widened out to eight or ten feet, a sort of inverted funnel-shaped hole with irregular wall but smooth and affording little footing. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills When Canon Greenwell, in 1870, explored in this neighbourhood one of the neolithic flint-mines known as Grime's Graves, he had to dig out the rubbish from a former funnel-shaped pit some forty feet deep. Anthropology The process is as follows:—A heavy piece of iron, with a funnel-shaped hole in it, is firmly fixed in the fork of a tree. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi It is funnel-shaped and spins around like a top. The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring Cap a pale red color, 2 to 3 inches broad, convex when young, then slightly raised in the middle, umbonate, afterward the margin is elevated and the cap becomes funnel-shaped and the margin wavy. Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners The corolla is monopetallous, funnel-shaped, very long, and of a fine orange colour. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. The upper floor is merely a series of strong frames with apertures for funnel-shaped cylinders. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Some of the holes were wide and deeply funnel-shaped, others were shallow, and others were hardly distinguishable, the earth having been churned and tossed up time after time. Combed Out An uninvited guest, he dropped down the funnel-shaped entrance to the den of the wombat, and made himself at home with the wild cat and snake. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Cap yellow when moist, 1 to 2 inches broad, umbilicate, then funnel-shaped, wrinkled on the surface, at length wavy at margin. Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners At the same time the air of the roasting chamber is sucked out through the funnel-shaped tube fitted to the cover. The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa Attached to the jaws is a long, funnel-shaped bag, which receives the fruit and allows it to drop without injury right into the fruit-picker's hands. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 41, August 19, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls There was a splutter and for a moment I saw a whirl of white snowflakes, a patch of glistening mud, and a deep, funnel-shaped hole with my boot at the bottom of it. Combed Out The man wore upon his feet jack-boots whose wide, funnel-shaped legs had settled down in many a fold and crease about his ankles, as could be seen whenever accident parted the bottom of the cloak. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales The common tobacco plant grows from three to six feet high, and has large, almost lance-shaped, leaves growing down the stems; its flowers are funnel-shaped and of a purplish color. Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City Tobacco is an annual plant, attaining a height of six feet, having dingy red, funnel-shaped flowers, and viscid leaves. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. If you see any revolving, funnel-shaped clouds, report them by telephone immediately to your local police department, sheriff's office or Weather Bureau office. In Time of Emergency A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968) To explain the incident it is necessary to say that, the bay being funnel-shaped, the tides rise to an extraordinary height. The Awakening of China The excretory system consists of a pair of tubes discharging through the sides of the body-wall, and having each a ciliated, funnel-shaped opening in the perivisceral cavity. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 We get down the ridge somehow without further mishaps, and after a while find ourselves in a funnel-shaped gully the passage of which, in ordinary circumstances, would probably present no difficulty. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance No unusual strength of materials would be required in making these bags: their mouths should be funnel-shaped, and corked at the neck of the funnel. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries In this remarkable type, the colony consists of a succession of funnel-shaped fronds, essentially similar to Fenestella in their structure, springing in a continuous spiral from a strong screw-like vertical axis. The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science This funnel-shaped hole, directly under Jerusalem, is divided by Dante into nine independent circular ledges, communicating only by means of occasional rocky stairways or bridges. The Book of the Epic Being built on the hillside, its west main wall was the wall of the deep funnel-shaped cisterns which furnished the water head. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California The dainty pink, funnel-shaped blossoms of the hardy swamp "Rose Mallow'" bloomed the entire Summer, the last flowers to be touched by frost, vying in beauty with the pink monthly roses planted near by. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Flower exceedingly large for the size of the stem, the tube being more than 6 in. long, funnel-shaped, pale green, with tufts of brown hairs, which look very much like insects, scattered over the surface. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation It had a regidar funnel-shaped crater, like that which Vesuvius had until three or four years ago. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern A draught from the funnel-shaped opening had been blowing on me all night. Strange True Stories of Louisiana A rabbit across the brook paused and listened at the funnel-shaped mouth of his hole, which caught the sound and redoubled it. The Delectable Duchy For straining the juice, have a funnel-shaped bag made of coarse flannel or strong, coarse linen crash. Science in the Kitchen. Abelia.—Very ornamental evergreen shrubs, bearing tubular, funnel-shaped flowers. Gardening for the Million The men and boys wore homespun, three-quarter striped pants and sometimes a large funnel-shaped straw hat. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Maryland Narratives And you all remember how long it is since we wore funnel-shaped hoop-skirts! Balcony Stories "Hell," is represented as a funnel-shaped hollow, formed of gradually contracting circles, the lowest and smallest of which is the earth's centre. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook At last, however, with the early dawn the river broadened out and each bank trended away, leaving a long funnel-shaped estuary between. The Refugees The funnel-shaped hole descends vertically to the depth of about ninety feet, but there is no means of knowing how far it descends obliquely. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine The sides of the springs are funnel-shaped, and converge until at the depth of thirty feet, the opening is about eight feet in diameter. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park "By Saint Ives! it is true," cried Sir Bertrand, striding across to the recess where the ungainly, funnel-shaped, thick-ribbed engines were standing. The White Company At the centre of the roof there will be noted a funnel-shaped opening. Edison, His Life and Inventions The dust rolled in a funnel-shaped cloud from the flying hoofs. Desert Gold But I feel that it is quite beyond my power either by pen or pencil, to convey an idea of the weird unearthly aspect which the funnel-shaped crater of Vesuvius presented at that time. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography After some thought he placed the little pig inside his funnel-shaped hat, and then put the hat upon his head and went back to his room to think over his speech to the jury. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz One funnel-shaped depression in the morass, of a livid green in color from some lichen which festered in it, will always remain as a nightmare memory in my mind. The Lost World The gentleman wanted a large sheaf bouquet in two colors, red and orange—certainly, and a Gallic wave of the hand indicated a marble slab where flowers were ranged in funnel-shaped green vases. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California It is whitened with clay, in large funnel-shaped vessels, open at the bottom, to allow the molasses to run off. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 It will be noticed that our columbine's funnel-shaped tubes contract just below the point where the nectar is secreted—doubtless to protect it from small bees. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing All funnel-shaped w. c. pans are objectionable, because they are so liable to catch and retain the dirt. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 This funnel-shaped bottle fits into an opening specially made for it in the lid of the kettle, and while revolving sends a fine stream into the gelatine. Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 He was forced to do his work with a 49-pound hammer in that funnel-shaped pit, at a hundred degrees in the shade—if he could find any shade. The Subterranean Brotherhood On the other side a similar support holds a funnel-shaped thermo-battery. Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 The whole bog in this part appeared to have sunk in, forming a great, funnel-shaped depression, which terminated in the centre in a circular rift or opening about forty feet in diameter. The Mystery of Cloomber He thought he would satisfy himself on that point; so he searched around till he found a small sandy spot with a little funnel-shaped depression in it. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 3. From a funnel-shaped opening between two obscure flaps on the back—ordinarily invisible—there is emitted a gush of liquid, royal purple in hue, which stains the sea with an impenetrable dye for yards around. My Tropic Isle The funnel-shaped cavity beyond, into which both the mouth and the posterior nasal passages open, is called the pharynx. A Practical Physiology The ground is pitted all over with funnel-shaped holes, from 6 to 40 feet deep, and of equal width across the rim; none of them contained water. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake There was first the funnel-shaped receiver, one and one-half inches deep and eight inches in diameter. Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) Only the wild horse had slid clear to the bottom of the funnel-shaped hole. Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch Bum then draws my attention to a strange funnel-shaped thing coming down from the clouds to the north. Travels in West Africa If one of the smallest bronchial tubes be traced in its tree-like ramifications, it will be found to end in an irregular funnel-shaped passage wider than itself. A Practical Physiology It was shut round by thick, funnel-shaped screens of a material that looked like fire-brick, yet it pierced them as though they were but muslin. Ayesha, the Return of She A little open oval space of grass land, half a mile away, surrounded entirely by pine-trees, and falling into a small funnel-shaped hollow, looked at from above. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, "Clear through to that funnel-shaped place where our pack horse fell down." Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch On the low bank, a little to one side, could be seen the flat-roofed clay houses and the funnel-shaped chimneys of a Chechen village. The Cossacks Here not only the funnel-shaped mass could be seen, but the faces of the individuals composing it, as well as their nationality and class; whether first, second or steerage. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Large red funnel-shaped ant-hills were seen, in some instances as high as 18 to 20 feet. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland Over his funnel-shaped cheeks the brisk activity had spread a flaky beard like snow, and piled on the top of his head a greasy fleece that the rain was puncturing with little holes. Under Fire: the story of a squad Here and there I came upon yet more striking evidence of waterpower; great holes on the hillside, generally funnel-shaped, and often deep enough to be dangerous to the careless walker. By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy The packet was funnel-shaped, and Cellini poured the coins out from the broad end. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Although a very slight shower falls only at intervals of many years, yet small funnel-shaped cavities show that the salt has been in some parts dissolved. Geological Observations on South America One of the tall, funnel-shaped glasses which I was admiring just now is standing, full of ammonia, on the table. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Gardens buttressed by walls are staged in terraces on the sides of the funnel-shaped valley. Bramble-Bees and Others On the western slope at Cissbury on each side of the ramparts are fifty funnel-shaped depressions, some of which are as much as seventy feet in diameter and twelve feet deep. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples He brings the head to his ato and it is put in a small funnel-shaped receptacle, called “sak-o′-long,” which is tied on a post in the stone court of the fawi. The Bontoc Igorot You would talk into a funnel-shaped contrivance and then place it against your ear to get the returning message. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry I see glasses with feet to them, funnel-shaped and deep; I stand amazed at strange looking bottles with two or three mouths to each, at phials swelling into a balloon with a long, narrow tube. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography It will be noticed that our columbine's funnel-shaped tubes contract just below the point where the nectar is secreted - doubtless to protect it from small bees. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors At the lower end of the Chedputter racecourse, just before the turn into the straight, the track passes close to a couple of old brick- mounds enclosing a funnel-shaped hollow. The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition There is also, at no great distance from this mountain, a region containing numerous funnel-shaped chasms, emitting hot water, or steam, or sulphurous vapors, or boiling mud. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire The long, white, bobbing line of steers streaked swiftly through the sage, and a funnel-shaped dust-cloud arose at a low angle. Riders of the Purple Sage They were descending at sunset into its hollow, funnel-shaped summit, when they perceived on the level of the ground before them bronze she-wolves which seemed to be running across the grass. Salammbo After the first greetings were over, Ivan Ivanovitch, turning to me with a joyful smile which always became his funnel-shaped face, said, "Have you been told the good news?" Taras Bulba and Other Tales Two yellow funnel-shaped clouds of dust seemed to shoot out from behind the car and roll aloft to join the column that stretched down the valley. Light of the Western Stars |
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