| 单词 | gibbous |
| 例句 | The moon was gibbous that evening, and the air cold. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A gibbous moon rose above the shoulder of 27,824-foot Makalu, washing the slope beneath my boots in ghostly light, obviating the need for a headlamp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z There were crescents and quarters, gibbous and full, and they weren’t charms, they were moons—real miniature moons, cratered and luminous, as though lit by the rays of some distant star. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His friend who owns the motorcar set off at top speed, full out and going like the clappers, no lights as usual except the waning gibbous moon on the rise. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The moon hangs small and yellow and gibbous. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A wispy veil of clouds covered the sky and the bright waxing gibbous moon. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The moon was gibbous and filled the room with blue light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We had just six more nights to catch the waning gibbous moon. When the Light, Shadow and Stars Aligned: Standing Where Ansel Adams Stood 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Because of a power failure, Mr. Daisey performed that piece on Sunday night by the light of two portable lamps and a fat, gibbous moon, his manner from the start as whipsaw-changeable as Lear’s. Mike Daisey on Shakespeare and His Own Failings 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z “He’d just learned about waxing and waning moons in science, and this was a waxing gibbous. A few days before a full moon.” The Best Crime Novels of the Year 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z If it’s gibbous in Greenland, it’s gibbous in Argentina; a crescent is a crescent from New Zealand to Uzbekistan. Review: In ‘Return the Moon,’ Theater Between Phases 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Mars hung directly overhead, gibbous and quite distinctly spherical, as if a stone orange had been tossed among the stars. Nasa seeks haikus for Mars 2013-05-03T12:51:38Z A waxing gibbous Moon posed coyly, revealing a discreet slice of silver. No Red Carpet, but the Stars Are Out 2013-05-09T21:20:33Z Both planets appeared at their smallest, with Venus looking like a blob-shaped akin to a gibbous moon. Space romance: Jupiter, Venus kissed long distance last night 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The pesky news is the waxing gibbous moon will be more than 90 percent lit, as our lunar companion becomes full on Jan. 6. Skywatch: Shooting stars, a planetary conjunction and brighter days 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z A waning gibbous moon rises before 10 p.m., and it may wash out some meteors. Skywatch: Mars brightens in early December, and Geminids peak mid-month 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Anyway, under a gibbous moon, almost 200 members of the women’s auxiliary, the “Kluxerettes” — cute, eh? — gathered in a circle at the Montecito summit and buried the constitution and bylaws of the parent klan. Griffith Park is named for a guy who shot his wife — and other true stories of L.A. parks 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The nearly full waxing gibbous moon will spoil much of the show for those hoping to catch the Geminids, but 20 to 40 shooting stars are usually visible every hour under ideal conditions. The top astronomical events to look forward to in 2021, from ‘supermoons’ to eclipses 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Even if you miss it at its biggest and brightest, you can take your kids and look as its phases get progressively smaller: quarter, gibbous and crescent. How to See the Halloween Blue Moon (and Uranus!) With Your Kids 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z On the night of Jan. 3, the reddish dot of Mars will be just above the gibbous moon in the constellation Taurus. Skywatch: Shooting stars, a planetary conjunction and brighter days 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z By the next night, the gibbous lunar companion moves along. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in July 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z The waning gibbous moon approaches the giant planets on May 12, subsequently passing them. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in May 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z It was the moon—a 93.6% waxing gibbous at time of writing. The entire Staples Center landed on the naughty list on Sunday night - Golf Digest 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Regardless, on Dec. 13-14, the plump gibbous moon beams all night and washes many meteors out. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in December 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z A fattening gibbous moon approaches Jupiter on July 12, passing the large planet July 13. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in July 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z By June 14, a waxing gibbous moon begins to approach the big, bright planet. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in June 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z About 20 shooting stars are expected at the peak, but the waning gibbous moon — with 88 percent of the moon’s face illuminated, according to the Naval Observatory — rises at 11:31 p.m. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in April 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Late in March, a waning gibbous moon tours the visible morning planets. Skywatch: Spring forward in March with a time change and the brightness of Venus 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z But don’t get high hopes, as the bright, waxing gibbous moon may scrub many of the peaking meteors from view. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in October 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z The fattening, waxing gibbous moon skips by Mars on Sept. 19, and the moon officially becomes full Sept. 24. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in September 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z The waxing gibbous moon approaches Mars on July 26 but appears to loiter near the planet the next day. Skywatch: July is the month of Mars 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z The waning gibbous moon provides morning visits to Jupiter on April 23, and the moon scoots to Saturn on April 25. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in April 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Catch the gibbous moon approaching Saturn, which is at zero magnitude, bright, starting around June 26. Skywatch: Saturn, Jupiter and Mars heading for opposition in June and July 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z From June 22 to 24, watch as the gibbous moon pays a visit to Jupiter about halfway up the southern sky after your local nightfall. Naked-Eye Asteroid and More Can't-Miss Sky Events in June 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Skygazers could see as many as 40 meteors an hour, but the bright gibbous moon will probably wash out most of them. The sun shines brightly on a ‘full’ Jupiter in May 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z But on the 2nd and 3rd, it will be joined by the waning gibbous moon. Spring Meteor Shower, and More Can't-Miss Sky Events in April 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z You may notice that Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the waning gibbous moon glides above Jupiter. Skywatch: In early April, Mars and Saturn are cosmically inseparable 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z See the waxing gibbous moon scoot by the gaseous Jupiter on June 23 as the planet sets in the western sky before dawn now. Skywatch: Saturn, Jupiter and Mars heading for opposition in June and July 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Early risers looking toward the southern sky will be greeted by a beautiful close conjunction of the waning gibbous moon with the largest planet in the solar system. Mercury at Its Best, and More Can't-Miss Sky Events in March 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Late in May, the gibbous moon and Jupiter dance a tango as our lunar object approaches the giant planet May 26 and gets close May 27. The sun shines brightly on a ‘full’ Jupiter in May 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z It will be easy to spot Jupiter before dawn in the southern heavens as the waning, gibbous moon approaches the large, gassy planet on March 6 and passes it March 7. Skywatch: In March, planets loiter together in the evening and morning heavens 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z The red giant star, which sits 36 light-years away, will appear to be eclipsed by the gibbous moon in the early morning hours for observers in northwestern North America. Blue Moon Eclipse and More Can't-Miss Sky Events in January 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z But because of the bright, waning gibbous moon, sky gazers face a virtual wipeout and will be lucky to see a few shooting stars. Sky Watch: January is packed with action 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Over a few nights starting on March 7, the waning gibbous moon will appear to pay visits to each planet in the lineup. Top 8 Must-See Sky Events for 2018 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Try using binoculars to catch the orange hue of Aldebaran in the bright glare of the waxing gibbous moon. Cold Moon, Meteors, and More Can't-Miss Sky Events in December 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Hope for clear night skies, as these meteors can’t compete with a gibbous moon. Skywatch: In November, Jupiter and Venus will greet us just before breakfast 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z This Halloween night, the waxing gibbous moon will be hanging high in the southern sky, casting a pale, silvery light over costumed revelers. Halloween Sky Guide: 6 Eerie Sights to Haunt Your Night 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The Perseid meteor shower — over the weekend of Aug. 11-13 — will compete with a bright, waning gibbous moon, just days past full. Skywatch: Solar eclipse will be the talk of many towns across the U.S. 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Look for the waxing gibbous moon as it passes very close to the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, and the star Spica. Sparkly Meteors and 7 More Can’t-Miss Sky Events in July 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Look for the waxing gibbous moon as it passes very close to the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter. Saturn at Its Best, and 6 More Can't-Miss Sky Events in June 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z This gigantic, gaseous planet gets a lunar date next weekend, when the gibbous moon approaches Jupiter. Skywatch: May evenings are all about Jupiter, followed by Venus 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z SAT Night hike hooting and looking for owls under a gibbous moon, learn the story of one of Seattle’s urban oases of nature, 7 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The moon will be a waning gibbous, which means that more than half of it will be shining. The Orionid Meteor Shower Will Peak Tonight. Don’t Expect Much. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Along a “graze line” that cuts diagonally across the U.S., viewers will be able to see the star disappear and reappear in a dance with the waning gibbous moon. The Moon Will Cross in Front of a Bright Star in Tuesday Night's Sky 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Late night on September 20, the waning gibbous moon will be rising in the low eastern horizon, forming a pretty triangular formation with the Hyades and Pleiades star clusters. The Autumn Equinox Is Here—What You Need to Know 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Even the smallest of backyard telescopes will showcase both planets simultaneously and reveal Venus’ disk that resembles a miniature version of a gibbous moon. How to See a Rare Planetary Close Encounter Soon after sunset on August 11, turn your attention to the gibbous moon forming an eye-catching, equilateral triangle pattern with the brilliant planets Mars and Saturn. This Week’s Night Sky: See an Asteroid Pass and Meteors Peak 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z As darkness falls on July 22, look for the waning gibbous moon to be parked very close to the most distant planet in the solar system, Neptune. This Week’s Night Sky: Watch for Auroras Triggered by Sun Stream The waxing gibbous moon races toward the trio July 13, getting closer July 14 and then skipping by Saturn on July 15. Skywatch: Jupiter shines bright before its date with Juno 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z The brilliant orange star Aldebaran, the “eye” of Taurus, will be eclipsed by the waning gibbous moon in an event astronomers call an occultation. See the First Solstice Full Moon in More Than 50 Years 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z The plump, waxing gibbous moon jumps past Mars on the evening of June 16, scoots between Mars and Saturn on June 17, and the nearly full moon snuggles next to Saturn on June 18. Skywatch: Celestial shows leading up to the summer solstice 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z By May 14, look for the waxing gibbous moon to pay a short visit to the king of all planets, Jupiter. This Week’s Night Sky: Catch the Moon Cruising by Jupiter About an hour before sunrise on Tuesday, April 26, look for the waning gibbous moon to align with Saturn and Mars. This Week’s Night Sky: Glimpse Great Bear Galaxies 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z As darkness settles in on Monday, April 18, the waxing gibbous moon will appear parked near the bright starlike planet Jupiter. This Week’s Night Sky: See Jupiter’s ‘Water World’ Moon 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z If weather permits, attendees will be able to view the Ring Nebula, the Hercules star cluster, a waxing gibbous moon and Jupiter. UNL’s Behlen Observatory to host open house on Friday 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z While the waxing gibbous moon loiters near the front legs of Leo the Lion on April 16, our lunar companion saunters toward Jupiter on April 17. Skywatch: April brings planetary presents 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z Soon I shall burst forth like smoke from my aeon-long imprisonment, visibly darkening the sun as I slink into the shrunken and gibbous sky on flapping membraneous wings. I, Cthulhu, endorse Donald Trump 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z The fat, gibbous moon greets Jupiter on March 21. Skywatch: March roars in full of planetary events 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z That waning gibbous moon loiters with Jupiter on the night of Feb. 23-24. All five visible planets putting on morning shows 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Last week’s full moon becomes a waning gibbous moon this week, meaning it will gradually appear smaller and less lit. This Week’s Night Sky: Moon Dances With Neighboring Worlds Late in January, the large gaseous planet rises about 8:45 p.m., while the chubby, waning gibbous moon hangs above Jupiter on Jan. 26, then leapfrogs the planet the next night. Meteors streak through the sky Sunday night at a rate of 100 an hour 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z The gibbous moon appears parked within the constellation Leo, next to the bright star Regulus, before dawn on Tuesday. This Week’s Night Sky: New Year’s Comet and a Meteor Shower 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z The waning gibbous moon will rise in the east next to the super-bright star Regulus, which marks the heart of Leo, the lion constellation. This Week’s Night Sky: Geminid Meteor Shower Starts to Sprinkle 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The moon rises at 5:32 p.m. on Christmas night and at 6:31 p.m. on Dec. 26, when the waning gibbous moon will be 98 percent illuminated. Geminid meteors are a highlight of December’s skies 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Once darkness falls on Friday, look for the waxing gibbous moon rising in the southeast sky. This Week's Night Sky: Planets Meet Up, Orionid Meteors Fly 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Late night on Thursday, look to the low eastern sky for the waning gibbous moon gliding next to the bright orange star Aldebaran, which marks the constellation Taurus, the bull’s eye. This Week's Night Sky: Moon Hits a Bull’s Eye 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z New Horizons is also viewing Pluto at a slight angle—as if Pluto is a gibbous object a few days shy of full. New Horizons is only one of more than a dozen instruments trained on Pluto this week 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Half an hour later we were speeding across the waves under an enormous, orange waning gibbous moon rising over the mountains. Jane Goodall Is Still Wild at Heart 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z The waxing gibbous moon drops by the dazzling Jupiter on March 2, days before the moon itself becomes full on March 5. Skywatch: Venus and Jupiter continue to accentuate the night heavens 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z A bright, clear sky hung over the parking lot, with a waxing gibbous moon visible above the trees. Christmas tree farm a tailgating, grilling destination, too 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z As for the Kappa Cygnids and Northern Iota Aquarids, the moon will be waning in illumination, but will still shine at a relatively bright gibbous phase, which will unfortunately brighten the predawn morning sky. Six Minor Meteor Showers Could Beat the Perseids This Summer 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z In a two-night span, June 9 and 10, the waxing gibbous moon passes the ringed planet. Skywatch: A plethora of planets are visible in June From darker skies, you may see the gibbous moon scoot past the star Spica on the nights of May 11-12. Skywatch: Prime views of the planets in May 2014-04-26T20:27:44Z The portly waxing gibbous moon cruises under Jupiter on March 9-10. With the start of spring just weeks away, several planets are becoming hard to miss 2014-03-01T21:39:00Z Next year, a bright waning gibbous moon will flood the after-midnight night sky with its light and seriously hinder the Perseids. Promising Perseid Meteor Shower Will Peak Soon 2013-08-09T19:45:00.797Z An aeroplane passes in front of the Moon in its waxing gibbous phase in the sky over Hoboken, New Jersey. Day in pictures: 20 June 2013 2013-06-20T12:00:06Z This week they will be joined by the waxing gibbous moon, making a perfect threesome. Trifecta of Celestial Wonders in Next Week's Night Sky 2013-06-13T14:45:00.157Z Shell with clouded purple longitudinal stripes; spire lengthened; inner lip chesnut-black; columella thickened, gibbous; base entire. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z Basal whirl nodulous; spire short, nearly smooth, with a sulcated line parallel with the suture; outer lip above gibbous, the margin straight; inner lip thick, both striated; aperture flesh colour; base truncated. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z Outer lip thickened, reflected, with a gibbous obsolete tooth within. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Grain oblong, nearly gibbous.—Leaves taper-pointed; sheaths bearded at the throat. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z A distinct, although very slight, gibbous appearance is visible when the planet is near quadrature. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Very little is to be seen on the minute disk of this planet, except that it goes through all the phases of the moon—crescent, gibbous, full, gibbous, crescent. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Feelers very short, reflected, remote, hardly covering the base of the tongue, the last joint obtuse and minute; anterior feet long, with a gibbous appendage on the under part of the second joint. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z Sepals.—Four; one pair strongly gibbous at base. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Calyx tubular, 12-ribbed, somewhat inflated below, gibbous or spurred at the base on the upper side, 6-toothed at the apex, and usually with as many little processes in the sinuses. 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 Common British species are the ballan-wrasse, the red wrasse, and the gibbous wrasse. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z But aside from a brilliant disk, now a slender crescent, now half full like the moon at quarter, and again gibbous as the moon is between quarter and full, the telescope reveals but little. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Shell obtuse, gibbous, orange, the sides with alternate tessellated spots of white and brown. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z On Christmas, many will be looking skyward and wondering what that brilliant silvery "star" is hovering just above the waxing gibbous moon. 12 Must-See Skywatching Events in 2012 2012-01-02T23:15:00.267Z Standard roundish, silky outside, wings coherent; keel erect, gibbous or spurred at base. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Where hills made gibbous shadows in the moon, They heard the eldritch laughters of the wind, Seeming the mirth of death; and 'neath their gaze Gaunt valleys deepened like an old despair. The Star-Treader and other poems 2011-12-27T03:00:09.977Z On that night, however, "we determined that a bright, gibbous moon would have cleared the hillside to shine right into Shelley's bedroom window just before 2 a.m. on June 16," Olson said. Scientist: Sky confirms "shining moon" behind Frankenstein 2011-09-26T22:41:35Z A bull stands hornèd here with gibbous glooms; And a ram likewise: and a scorpion writhes Its tail in ghastly slime and stings the dark. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z The distorted gibbous disk lifted itself above the edge—red as ruddle and enlarged by the refraction: a giant coppery moon, weird and magical. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Fruit spiny, obliquely ovoid and gibbous, beaked, bursting irregularly. 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 gibbous disk swung clear of the horizon and like some strange misshapen acrobat climbed a low-lying lattice-work of clouds. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The legs become bowed, and the knees cannot be brought into contact when the feet are placed together; the thorax becomes constricted or gibbous, etc. Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z She stood erect and gazed fixedly at the sun; then she turned slowly towards the gibbous moon which was sinking in the west. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z In truth, the gibbous moon, rising, has something177 of menace in its suggestion. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z Ovary becoming very gibbous in fruit, with the remains of the styles lateral; flowers in loose ample panicles, the pedicels elongating and becoming plumose; leaves simple, entire. 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 Between the first quarter and full moon, it is said to be a "waxing gibbous". Make Moon Cycles--with an Orange! 2011-05-17T11:45:00.257Z Indeed, there was a crazy, old, lop-sided, dissipated-looking, gibbous moon still hanging on to life when we came piling out of the warm, lighted house and climbed into the two vehicles waiting for us. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z In the case of the moon and certain planets it may be of gibbous, semicircular, or crescent form. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z In Valeriana, Antirrhinum and Corydalis, the spur is very short, and the corolla or petal is said to be gibbous, or saccate, at the base. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Petals nearly equal in length, but the lower one larger and gibbous or saccate at the base, more notched than the others at the apex. 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 After the full moon and up to the last quarter, it is a "waning gibbous" moon. Make Moon Cycles--with an Orange! 2011-05-17T11:45:00.257Z Outside the gibbous moon hung in the sky, and the light, solemn, ghostly, pervaded with pallid mysteries the snowy vistas of the dense, still woods. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z The younger man put up his notes, and they walked down and out under the trees with the gibbous moon shining through the gently moving leaves. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z A gibbous moon brightened the sky and silvered the slopes about me. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Stamens 12 and petals 6 on the throat of a tubular inflated or gibbous calyx. 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 "Off with his head!" murmured Joan cheerily to herself on each occasion, thinking of a certain evening under a beech-tree by the light of the gibbous moon.... Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z The moon grew from crescent to gibbous, and then, suddenly, the toads were gone. Can Toads Be Used to Predict Earthquakes? 2010-04-01T18:50:00Z A belt of forest illumined by a gibbous moon met my eyes; nothing else. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth The broadly gibbous p. and s. dark umber; g. deep violet. paedidum, Fr. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae Calyx gibbous on the lower side, hairy in the throat. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z A gibbous harvest-moon was gazing down at them with its wry face when the two awoke to the fact that the hour was late and cold, particularly for a girl dressed airily in chiffon. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z What farce we shall then play, what mask, what party-coloured wig, what gibbous labyrinth of entrails we shall then possess, what etiquette and court taste of ugliness and beauty will then be introduced, is uncertain. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors General Appearance.—Capitulum gibbous, broadly oval, nearly a quarter of an inch long. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. P. corky, plane, base gibbous, scabrid, zoned and radiately rugulose, yellow then dingy; g. thin, distant, forked, anastomosing behind, citrin then umber. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae Flower gibbous or somewhat spurred, and lip with 1–3 ridges; sepals and petals 1–3-nerved. 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 lovers had little to say to each other, as the canoe slipped back down the whispering river under that gibbous moon. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z If she were white, she might pass for a Caucasian, but for that gibbous under-lip. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) Much later, the Observatory at Land's End on Triton watched her heading past the gibbous mass of Pluto—out into the interstellar fastnesses. Turnover Point P. compact, exp. even, glabrous, ochre, gibbous disc darker; g. whitish then tawny cinnamon; s. stout, rigid, whitish with ochre fibrils. penetrans, Fr. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae Flower not gibbous; sepals and petals several-nerved; lip with 5–6 ridges. 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 And one gibbous side was further decorated with bold black script advertising the establishment of its origin. The Bandbox Over the top of the great ranges a gibbous moon rose slowly. Gold Dense, utter, impenetrable darkness reigned, and even the gibbous moon, floating overhead, seemed to give no light. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 P. slender, at length broadly gibbous, golden-yellow, with darker adpressed fibrils; s. fibrillosely striate, base slightly thickened. suillus, Fr. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae Perianth neither gibbous nor with any trace of a spur or sac at the base. 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 Then a huge, gibbous shining shape appeared, and there were irregular patches of that muddy color which is sea-bottom, and varicolored areas which were plains and forests. Pariah Planet The gibbous Earth hung high above the horizon, motionless, save for the invisible pendulum sway over the tiny arc, of its libration: widening to quadrature, casting upon the bleak naked Lunar landscape its mellow Earth-glow. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 The pileus is two to three inches in diameter, bell-shaped, convex, gibbous, tawny-yellow, with darker scales, rather viscid. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth P. trumpet-shaped, gibbous then deeply infundib. downy; g. mere traces of folds; s. slender, downy. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae Spur none; the broadly gibbous somewhat saccate base wholly free from the ovary; flowers large for the genus, purple, unspotted, more expanding. 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 staring eyes of a white, gibbous face sank back from the hole. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The gibbous moon, too, looked down, and its cold light intensified the shadows. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West The pileus is fleshy, conical, convex, obtusely gibbous, sprinkled with fibrous adpressed scales; margin entire, grayish-brown. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth P. campan.-gibbous, viscid, often cracked, yellowish brick-red, umbo prominent, stout, fuscous then pale, g. crowded, sinuato-adnate; s. solid or becoming hollow, equal, yellowish-white, fibrous, dusky yellow from veil. claviceps, Fr. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae Sepals and petals nearly equal, somewhat spreading, several-nerved, not gibbous nor spurred at base, free. 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 And against the far wall, with a face like the gibbous moon, stood a massive clock of carved rosewood, clacking ponderously, almost painfully, as if each tick were to be its last. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Shortly before or after it arrives at this point, its form is gibbous, the illumined portion being less than a circle but greater than a semi-circle. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The pileus is one to two inches broad, rather fleshy, convex, expanded, gibbous, even, bay-ferruginous when young and moist, pale yellowish when old. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth Pileus rather fleshy, convex then campan.-convex, expanded, obtuse or at length gibbous, edge at first incurved. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae Corolla of 4 or 5 separate erect spatulate or wedge-shaped scale-like petals, which are gibbous or saccate at the base, and tardily deciduous. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z But at two o’clock the gibbous moon arose in a clear sky and showed to the astonished Spanish the English fleet lying in their rear just out of cannon shot. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls The moon when crescent denotes success, public recognition, increase and improvement; when gibbous, sickness, decadence, loss and trouble. Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance Steep and gibbous behind, becoming at length smooth and equal. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth When gibbous, it denotes sickness, decadence, losses, and trouble. How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer Corolla tubular, gibbous at base, somewhat equally 5-lobed, scarcely longer than the calyx. 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 pileus is often umbonate or gibbous, and the center is often darker than the margin. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. The night was clear, and a gibbous moon was high in the sky. Camp-fire and Wigwam If the same plant is observed in the summer it will be found to be gibbous or convex in form. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The resemblance of these animals to men is most conspicuous, in the largest of them, such as the gorilla, orang-utan, chimpanzee, and the long-armed or gibbous apes. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. Corolla commonly gibbous near the base, the 5-lobed limb nearly regular. 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 So gaunt against the gibbous moon, Piercing the silence velvet-piled, A lone wolf howls his ancient rune, The fell arch-spirit of the Wild. Songs of a Sourdough The second glume is thinner, dorsally gibbous, keeled, 5- to 9-nerved, beaked and minutely bifid. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses Two of them are ‘gibbous,’ that is, with a knob or protuberance upon the upper part of the bill. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North They had started before dawn; a gibbous moon shed enough light on the tote road to serve Latisan. Joan of Arc of the North Woods P. supìna, L. Stems decumbent at base or erect, often stout, leafy, subvillous; leaflets pinnately 5–11, obovate or oblong; cyme loose, leafy; stamens 20; achenes strongly gibbous on the ventral side. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z A year has gone and the moon is bright, A gibbous moon like a ghost of woe; I sit by a new-made grave to-night, And my heart is broken—it's strange, you know. Songs of a Sourdough Over the eastern mountains, craggy, wild, barren or pine-clad, the gibbous moon swung higher and higher. Frank Merriwell Down South And of flies staring Out of their little faces of gibbous eyes. Personality in Literature The beak, of itself, is over a foot in length, several inches in thickness, with a gibbous enlargement near the middle, and having both mandibles slightly curved downwards. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" In one sense the likenesses were speaking—that is, a gibbous balloon proceeded from the mouth of each figure, wherein the following dialogue was indicated. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth Abdomen elongate-subfusiform, longer and much more slender than the thorax; first segment gibbous above. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Over in the east, above the line of timber skirting Cedar Creek, the vast, slightly gibbous moon was rising, sending along the crusted snow a broad path of light. Prairie Folks Cap tan brown color, 2 to 3 inches broad, flesh color when moist, whitish when dry, convex, then flattened, obtuse or gibbous, margin at first involute, then flattened and slightly striate. Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Then a huge, gibbous shining shape appeared, and there were irregular patches of that muddy color which is seabottom, and varicolored areas which were plains and forests. This World Is Taboo Venus was all gibbous, the Zodiac was in its zenith, and the zenith was in Charles's Wain, commonly called The Cart. Berry And Co. The finest trees in Hyde Park towered darkly in front of me, and above them was spread the star-strewn sky, with a gibbous moon just showing over the housetops to the left. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy In and near quadrature Mars is perceptibly gibbous. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. Cap whitish-violet, 2 to 3 inches broad, fleshy, convex, broadly umbonate or gibbous, dry, beautifully silky and becoming even; flesh juicy, a bluish-white color. Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners The moon was gibbous, and only a few white, feathery clouds now and then drifted across its face. Through Forest and Fire Wild-Woods Series No. 1 Phases, the portions of the illuminated half of the moon or interior planet, as seen from the earth, called crescent, full, and gibbous. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Desire wondered, at first glance, how it should happen till she saw, against a closet-door ajar, a gibbous sphere of red and golden flame. Real Folks It resembled a gibbous moon, for a considerable part of its disc was illuminated by the sun. A Trip to Venus Looking out during the night, I saw a misshapen gibbous moon, of a strange green-cheese color, setting between the four legs of a mule, whose body made an arched frame for it. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 The gibbous moon was directly overhead, and shone down upon her with unobstructed fullness. Through Forest and Fire Wild-Woods Series No. 1 The earth presents the same phases—crescent, full, and gibbous—to the moon as the moon does to us, and for the same causes. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Cells ovoid, gibbous, much contracted towards the mouth. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 A gibbous moon had set, and presently a fog rolled down the river, blotting out landscape and stars and making even these willows dim and unreal. Kincaid's Battery In a half-hour she came slowly down the stairs, untwisting a long string of her mother's abandoned pearls, great pear-shaped things full of the pale lustre of gibbous moons. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Walter made connection with the climbing wave, and here he is, bumping the macrencephalic end of himself against the milky-way and affrighting the gibbous moon. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 They have all phases for each other—crescent, half, full, and gibbous. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work The gibbous form of the cells, and the peculiar anterior position of the avicularia, at the base of the projecting lateral processes, at once distinguish it from all the other vittate species. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 A pointed flinty rock, all bare and black, Grew gibbous from behind the mountain's back; Owls, ravens, all ill omens of the night, Here built their nests, and hither wing'd their flight. The Aeneid English So gaunt against the gibbous moon, Piercing the silence velvet-piled, A lone wolf howls his ancient rune — The fell arch-spirit of the Wild. The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses Later a gibbous moon leered through the flying wrack, checkering the sea with a restless pattern of black and silver. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Then they had travelled together to London, and now saw the same dispirited moon, saving up her silver parsimoniously, sink in gibbous meanness behind the chimney-tops. Robert Browning: How to Know Him And so in his young intolerance, maddened by pain, he saw all things gibbous like the mocking moon. Three Weeks A bat, against the gibbous moon, Danced, implike, with its lone delight; The glowworm scrawled a golden rune Upon the dark; and, emerald-strewn, The firefly hung with lamps the night. Poems A year has gone and the moon is bright, A gibbous moon, like a ghost of woe; I sit by a new-made grave to-night, And my heart is broken — it's strange, you know. The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses The moon came up, gibbous and white and glittering, paler than silver; and the forest became streaked and mottled with its light. Snow-Blind The gibbous moon, red and sullen, was just beginning to thrust its strangely mottled face above the uneasy moving plain of waters. Darkness and Dawn He leant out of his window, and looked at the gibbous moon. Three Weeks About an hour before midnight the two moons passed each other in the Eastern sky; both gibbous at the moment, like our Moon in her last quarter. Across the Zodiac But now the gibbous moon was giving a silent imitation of an arc-light high in the western heaven. The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales Considering discrepancies in the two reports, I suggest the moon in a gibbous phase; in daytime this is unusual and most people are not used to it, so that they fail to identify it. The Flying Saucers are Real The moon overhead was gibbous, and there were no clouds in the sky. In the Pecos Country / Lieutenant R. H. Jayne A gibbous moon had risen, and, inefficient as it was to light up the recesses of the forest, it illumined the tree-tops and brought out the difference between earth and sky. Dark Hollow Then followed a long, dispiriting wait, for a gibbous moon rode high in the sky and the guides refused to stir so long as it remained there. Rainbow's End The gibbous moon was just rising over the forest, all blurred with streaky clouds, and between them and her light they could see the figure of a man, standing inside the room. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn At his side sat the lady of Remsen's heart—the lady who looked like pomegranate blossoms and the gibbous moon. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million The moon hung above the western horizon, in her most formidable phase—just past the semicircle, with her gibbous edge malignantly feathered. Such Is Life Now he softly opened the sash, and the radiance of a gibbous moon riding in the opposite sky flooded the apartment. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day Mine are the night and morning, The pits of air, the gull of space, The sportive sun, the gibbous moon, The innumerable days. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 He was more often at the telescope than at the Bachelors', and seemed on the way to become almost as gibbous as the planet Mars. The Prophet of Berkeley Square Tell those hounds of hell that bay at the gibbous moon the world will have to burn. The Trail of the White Mule The atmosphere was charged with smoke—probably from some big fire among the spinifex, far away northward—and a nucleus of brighter light on the meridian showed the position of a gibbous moon. Such Is Life A rush of icy air, and the bright rays of the moon—gibbous, I remember, in her third quarter—filled the room. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English The stars and the gibbous moon demanded to be looked at, and when one meteorite had streaked across the sky, you could not help waiting, open-eyed and alert, for the next. Crome Yellow It is there! it is there,—a clear disk,—gibbous shape,—and very sharp on the upper edge. The Brick Moon and Other Stories The gibbous moon still hangs in the sky and casts a feeble light over the scene. Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness His Harp and Triangle, in tone subdued, He names; they are a rayless red and white; The dawn-hued libertine, the gibbous prude. Poems — Volume 3 Galileo, on turning his telescope to the planet, discovered that the expected phases actually exist; now she was a crescent, then half-moon, then gibbous, then full. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science "It was gibbous, you know," Mary explained, very technical and scientific. Crome Yellow But the student-lamp on the table had burned out, and the light of the gibbous moon was creeping in through the open windows. The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature Under the stars, under the gibbous moon, assuredly they would sleep. Crome Yellow |
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