| 单词 | grampus |
| 例句 | It h a menacing or amorous puff, similar to the grampus. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Other monikers are equally undignified: “snot otter,” “mud devil,” “grampus.” Why this zoo is putting gigantic, slimy ‘snot otters’ back in streams 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z A few years ago, an immense shoal of grampus were driven ashore at Antigua during a season of stormy weather, and by the oil they yielded, became a valuable prize. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z I wakened about seven bells in the morning watch, just for a moment, you know, and you were snoring like a grampus. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z On the 26th of December we saw several albicores, dolphins, and grampus, and shoals of flying fish; lat. at noon 22. An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794, Under the Command of their Excellencies Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, K.B., and Vice Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B. 2011-12-02T03:00:21.770Z The final corruption to “grampus” appears in the 18th century and was probably nautical in origin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Presently the Old Man, puffing like a grampus, hurried up to Mostyn. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z "Ah!" cries the boy, "was never seen A fish like that which broke my rod, Such weight, such breadth of scaly sheen, A sucking whale he might have been, A grampus or Newfoundland cod." A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z “And how do you know a grampus does?” asked McBain, smiling. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z The chivalrous Mr. Pottle heaved up from his pillow like an irate grampus from the depths of a tank. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z The grampus is an inhabitant of northern seas, occurring on the shores of Greenland, and having been caught, although rarely, as far south as the Mediterranean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The sea was full of white whales, narwhals, and grampus. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z Hull, blowing like a grampus, had swam up to them. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z But the cook was not long in discovering the futility of his efforts and gave up the chase, puffing and blowing like a grampus. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z But a grampus is a cetacean, and that is the family to which whales belong. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z Sam now staggered forward with battered bones and pilled elbows, blowing like a grampus, and cursing like nothing but himself. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z It was my first visit to Sydney since her marriage, and I enjoyed myself much, and threw off my cough, and could get up stairs without blowing like a grampus. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Then leaving Kurz, he went up to Br�sig, who was running up and down the room puffing like a grampus, and said: "He didn't mean what he said, Br�sig." An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z "I suppose it is only some other pleasant adjunct of the charming spot you would select for a villa," said Grenfell; "perhaps the seals or the grampuses are musical." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The grampus stood on its tail in the water, with the greater upper part of its body exposed, and sighed again as though its heart were broken. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z They could hear Mrs. Vand puffing and panting like a grampus, as she searched round and round. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Huxley classes among cetacea the dolphins, porpoises, grampus and narwhal. Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology 2011-01-20T03:00:07.073Z Cruiskeen's breathing suggested a cross between a grampus and a gramophone; Philippa's hair had come down, and she had a stitch in her side. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z The governor will blow like an old grampus, I know he will—well, we must stop till he gets his wind again. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Everything that had happened to the little girls had to be told over and over again, right down to the excitement of the grampus—which Dot insisted upon calling a grandpa. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z The principal species are the dolphin, grampus, porpoise, and whale. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom He dashed along beside the wall of the building—and after him lunged Regan, grunting like a grampus, a threat in every grunt. The Night Operator "And churn, Ben!" nodded Mr. Dalroyd, his delicate nostrils quivering in his sleepy smile, "You churn till you sweat, churn till you blow like any grampus, I understand." Our Admirable Betty A Romance Pods of females and immature animals, however, may be confused with false killer whales or with grampus. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification Just what they wanted help for now that the grampus was gone, was a question quite beside the situation. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z The last family of existing cetaceans is the above-mentioned Delphinidae, which includes the true dolphins, porpoises, grampuses and their relatives. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" It was a "killer" whale, or grampus, the most redoubtable and implacable fighter of all the kindreds of the sea. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life This compliment was addressed to a little, very fat old lady, who came snorting along like a grampus. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The bodies of grampus are a uniform light gray at birth. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification “And it snorted and puffed like a grampus.” Frontier Boys in the South Seas Tubby Blaisdell was splashing about in the pool before the canoe landing like a young grampus. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club In the pool Fiery Nose wallowed and blew like a grampus, and howled for help. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Oswald reared up on his elbow and listened, but there was nothing to listen to except Dicky breathing like a grampus, and the giggle-guggle of the rain-water overflowing from the tub under the window. Oswald Bastable and Others From a distance they may resemble the Atlantic bottlenosed dolphins, though grampus have taller dorsal fins, blunted beakless heads, and lighter coloration. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification The heavy breathing of Inspector Murdy seemed like the blowing of a grampus. Malcolm Sage, Detective Now and then a grampus would divert their attention; and every time the fish rose, a bullet was lodged, or attempted to be lodged, in his huge dorsal fin. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition The conversation ended here, the young magnate of Redlawn closing his eyes and gaping by turns for the next ten minutes, till Cyd, puffing like a grampus, appeared on the steps. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives One day my father, who was a keen sportsman, having gone to fish for red trout at the mouth of this stream, found a young whale, or grampus, stranded in the shallow water. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville From a distance grampus are most easily confused with Atlantic bottlenosed dolphins. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification With some difficulty, being a heavy woman, she lifted herself from the floor; and by the time she was safely on her feet, Mrs. Clibborn was blowing and puffing like a grampus. The Hero He was blowing like a grampus, for the pace had been fast. With Haig on the Somme Then up rides Number Two, a broad-faced young farmer on a big gray horse, blowing like a grampus. Tom Brown at Oxford Twenty yards away he saw his chum's head, as Vernon, puffing like a grampus, was striking out towards him. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War But grampus have much lighter coloration, from slate gray to nearly all white, and larger animals are covered with numerous scratches. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification The killer is sometimes confounded with the grampus. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 A name for a whale or grampus of the northern seas. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. A short, sharp struggle followed, the competitors swimming with the sidelong movement and obstreperous puffing which likens the swimmer so closely to the traditional grampus. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Blowing like a grampus, he bobbed to the top, clawing the weeds from his eyes but still clutching the musket. Blackbeard: Buccaneer But Jack had loved her passing well, and he was lonely too—and Bentley likewise—Bentley, who was snoring like a grampus. The Honourable Mr. Tawnish He come up next minute, puffing and blowing like a two-ton grampus, and struck out for our canoe. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls A name for the grampus, Orca gladiator, given on account of the ferocity with which it attacks and destroys whales, seals, and other marine animals. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Adair could not restrain himself, and was dashing aft, when Jack came to the surface puffing and blowing like a grampus. The Three Midshipmen A still more interesting sight was that of a great grampus, which rose close to the ship, exposing his body as he leapt through a wave. A Boy's Voyage Round the World “So far, so good,” said David, puffing and blowing like a grampus with his exertions, and Jonathan following suit. Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek Puffing like a grampus, he reached the road, and then ran with all his might, as if the Sea Cliff House was on fire. The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock A name for the grampus in the Hebrides. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Noddy, puffing like a grampus from the violence of the struggle, rushed forward to the forecastle. Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise An occasional whale is seen blowing in the distance, and many grampuses come rolling about the ship,—most inelegant brutes, some three or four times the size of a porpoise. A Boy's Voyage Round the World At the first plunge he was carried far beneath the surface, but quickly rose again, puffing and blowing like a grampus, and making desperate efforts to keep himself afloat. Adventures in Many Lands The mouth, which up to that moment had formed a round O of astonishment, relaxed into a broad grin, and, with sudden energy, exclaimed— “What a grampus!” Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader A northern term for a small whale or a grampus. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The blustering old grampus of a Governor is to honour the ball with his presence; and it is said, his pretty señora; that I don’t believe.” The Scalp Hunters With this he faced the hill and the rain again, and made his difficult and slippery way upward, impeded by his clinging clothes, and snorting like a grampus. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea When I got there, I found him all doubled up with asthma, wheezing like a grampus. The Brentons “But how do you know that the grampus is not the pirate?” Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader Also applied to a kind of grampus, which was supposed to attack the whale by leaping out of the water and inflicting blows with its powerful tail. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The fellow puffed like a grampus when he got up behind, making no doubt it was all right, and he hadn't been found out. Kate Coventry An Autobiography I was an old grampus, or a fool, if you like, and I’m not much better now. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories “Right you are,” replied the other, “but you needn’t try on the dodge yourself, for it would never pay with a big ugly grampus like you, Villum.” My Doggie and I Bumpus, ha! ha! the grampus—why, it’s magnificent, ha! ha!” and again the boy gave free vent to his merriment, while his companion looked on with a quiet grin of amusement. Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader A classical name for a large voracious sea-animal, probably a grampus. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Presently he reappeared, puffing like a grampus, and holding a huge lobster-like creature in his hands. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers “Because,” hissed the Captain, as his wrath rose, “an old grampus don’t choose to have anything more to do with a young puppy!” Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories Dominick is already among the emigrants, for I saw him leave the cave and go down to the camp when you were disputing with that female grampus.” The Island Queen But, pray, don’t give me over to that grampus,” cried the lad, pretending to whimper. Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader In the porpoises, grampuses, &c., they are united into a single crescentic opening. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. “Why, it’s only a shoal of grampuses following each other in single file, that we’ve mistaken for one creature!” The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole Now, unhappily for Jo Grain, the “old grampus” chanced at that very time to be sunning himself, and enjoying his pipe on the other side of the pier-wall, and heard distinctly what Jo said. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories “He’s fifty times better than you, even as he lies, you surly old grampus,” cried Billy, with flushed cheeks and flashing eyes. The Young Trawler Which o’ the three are you speaking of—the grampus?” Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader The mate’s men are all safe, sir; I counted them as we shot past, and I seed Buzzby come up last of all, blowin’ like a grampus; and small wonder, considerin’ the dive he took.” The World of Ice “Ha! jus’ like me,” muttered Butterface, sticking out his thick lips at the unwilling fire, and giving a blow that any grampus might have envied. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole A quarter of an hour had barely elapsed when our sturdy mariner re-entered the encampment, blowing like a grampus and perspiring at every pore! The Crew of the Water Wagtail Both Ian and Victor started forward with the intention of plunging into the water, but they had not reached the edge when Rollin reappeared, blowing like a grampus. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood She sleeps like a top, an’ feeds like a grampus, an’ does little else but laugh at what’s goin’ on around her. The Prairie Chief The last syllable was no sooner out of my mouth than tea, coffee, and chocolate was out of theirs, all spirting different ways just like so many young grampuses. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer There he lies, flat on his back, blowing as hard as a grampus. Jacob Faithful I now thought myself safe, for I had no idea that she could swim, but she could, and after me she came, blowing like a grampus. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days Before they are out of sight I see them creeping on, and often blowing like grampuses with the unusual exertion they have made. The Three Admirals Yes; a small whale or a great grampus basking. Steve Young Even the boatswain was far away, swimming hard and giving out a heavy puff like some grampus just rising to breathe. Fitz the Filibuster See, the knaves be bringing their grampus across the court. The Armourer's Prentices She runs like an elephant, and puffs like a grampus; says, “One, two, three,” at the edge of the streams, then gives a convulsive leap, and lands right in the middle of the water. The Heart of Una Sackville “Don’t you remember, you mistook those grampuses we came across the other day when going to Seaview for whales?” Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel You needn’t roar at me like a grampus, Jones. Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy He now frequently demanded the half of a whale instead of a tenth, or took, without asking, the whole of a grampus or fin-back. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 A jack, reverend sir, eels and a grampus fresh sent up from Hampton; also fresh-killed mutton for such lay folk as are not curious of the Wednesday fast. The Armourer's Prentices A minute, or a minute and a half of fierce, silent struggling followed, Blunt blowing like a grampus and Merriwell taking it easily. Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor The colour is a pale bluish above, and white underneath, with numerous streaks, as in Risso's grampus. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon We had not yet reached the stage of open rupture when I could exclaim: 'For goodness' sake stop swilling down soup like a grampus!' Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel Gulls darted overhead; and past the canoe dived the great floundering grampus. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark An escort of 'thrashers,' or grampuses, accompanied me. Tales of the Chesapeake About this time I shot a curious specimen—too large for stuffing—a grampus. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles "A grampus, sir, etymologically is 'un grand poisson,' but, biologically, it is no fish at all, being a mammal, mid-way between a dolphin and a porpoise." Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life I have never heard a grampus take soup. Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel Presently a crimson face rose over the boat's stern, blowing like a grampus. The Astonishing History of Troy Town Fifty white whales surrounded their monarch, and a host of dolphins, grampuses, and porpoises brought up the rear. Tales of the Chesapeake Just then up waddled Jogglebury, puffing and wheezing like a stranded grampus; the idea having just struck him that he might get off on the plea of not having room for the servant. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Numbers of porpoises are seen rolling along in the Solent Sea and Southampton Water; sharks are frequently observed off the back of the island, and sometimes even the grampus pursuing its prey. Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island. He was like a grampus when he set his teeth, and a southwester couldn't blow harder if he chose. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance Like an animal recently taken in captivity he trotted back and forth through the corridors, in and out of the office, to and from the several entrances, blowing the while like a grampus. The Voice in the Fog "Don't you be in a hurry, you old grampus," cried Mr. Brown, with a swagger and an indifferent look, as though he had been used to just such society as was present. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia The huge black back of a grampus rose a hundred feet from the boat and with a noise like the loud exhaust of steam sank again beneath the surface of the Bay. Troop One of the Labrador I fired from the saddle, and sent a bullet in behind his shoulder, when he rushed forward, blowing like a grampus, and then stood looking about him. New National Fourth Reader The mouth which up to that moment had formed a round O of astonishment, relaxed into a broad grin, and, with sudden energy, exclaimed: "What a grampus!" Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader A Tale of the Pacific The whales here are not at all equal in size to the whales in Greenland, being not larger than the grampus. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time But it's all talk with Jonathan now, for he's more like a stranded grampus now than a fox-hunter. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities Only a solitary grampus made the circuit of our ship. With the Harmony to Labrador Notes of a Visit to the Moravian Mission Stations on the North-East Coast of Labrador And it is sure that if God wills, the grampuses will eat him. The Children of the King "But how do you know that the grampus is not the pirate?" Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader A Tale of the Pacific At intervals a grampus, with a startling, roaring blow, raised its great black back above the surface, and then sank again from view. Bobby of the Labrador Soon afterwards we saw an enormous shoal of grampuses, large black fish, about 25 feet in length, something between a dolphin and a whale, with the very ugliest jaws, or rather snouts, imaginable. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months "But I—" "You are a wretch—a confounded lubberly boy—a swab—a d——d bad grampus." Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood His snufflings, and snortings, and splashings were like those of a grampus at play. Half Portions He then ran within a quarter of a league of it, and the person who first saw it, took it to be a grampus. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 When finally the others managed to drag him, dripping, one deck, he was panting like a tired dog and puffing like a grampus. The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf We soon found out, however, that she was a whaler, in chase of two large grampuses. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months The Resident, very red-faced and out of breath, had slowed down into a shambling walk and was puffing and blowing like a grampus. The Jungle Girl The second side-course—miocene—was out of course, flesh after fowl: marine mammalia,—seals, grampuses, and whales, served up with sea- weed on their flanks, hearts and kidneys deviled, and fins and flippers friccasied. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II By day, and in the profoundest calms, oft were we startled by the ponderous sigh of the grampus, as lazily rising to the surface, he fetched a long breath after napping below. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I A friend of mine had a footman who, through trick, or some defect in his respiratory organs, used to blow like a grampus, and indeed more like a whale, while waiting at table. Some Private Views We saw several flying-fish and a good many birds, apparently hovering over a shoal of whales or grampuses. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months The last syllable was no sooner out of my mouth, than tea, coffee, and chocolate was out of theirs, all spirting different ways, just like so many young grampuses. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer Hundreds of the grampus whale are sporting a mile or two distant from the land, spouting up water and spray to a great height, in columns resembling steam from the escape-pipes of steam-boats. What I Saw in California "A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me," said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Several grampuses were seen at the anchorage, also many dugongs and turtles. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea I gasped and coughed like a grampus: the stalk was down my throat still. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage I, for one, was puffing, too—I was panting like a grampus. A Minstrel in France She’s turned into a flea, and you still want to eat her, and it never occurred to you, you green old grampus of a Griffin, that fleas like cats. The Gray Brethren and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse But I could not resist giving that grampus Corbucci one bad moment on account. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman He was in poor condition and puffed like a grampus, and he seemed to have no sort of head for heights. Greenmantle See, the knaves be bringing their grampus across the court. The Armourer's Prentices A few years later a fine grampus was found one night lying half dead by the bows of one of the torpedo-boat destroyers at Chiswick. The Naturalist on the Thames "Pshaw, you grampus, do you turn braggart in your old age?" The Pilot In came Lady Bassett, with a scream, and saw the attorney lying doubled up, and Sir Charles standing over him, blowing like a grampus with rage and excitement. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day The Governor will blow like an old grampus, I know he will,—well, we must stop till he gets his wind again. The History of Pendennis A jack, reverend sir, eels and a grampus fresh sent up from Hampton; also fresh-killed mutton for such lay folk as are not curious of the Wednesday fast. The Armourer's Prentices Shoals of porpoises tumbling about the bow of the ship, the grampus slowly heaving his huge form above the surface; or the ravenous shark, darting, like a spectre, through the blue waters. Elson Grammar School Literature v4 All around us whales and grampuses were gambolling and spouting in vast numbers. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder Venturing too close to the brink of the excavation, old Mr. Bell had slipped, and the former hermit was floundering about like a grampus in the water when his rescuers appeared. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings He roared like a grampus but had an immense success. Letters of Anton Chekhov The sea-leopard is its competitor, though not nearly so ferocious as the grampus, of whom it lives in terror. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The Opal Queen, snorting like a grampus, climbed into the coach; the driver cracked his whip, and off they went, leaving the audience spellbound, and the gigantic young man rubbing his leg. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life The sanguinary exploits of the grampus, or whale-killer, among whales small enough to be killed and eaten, are the onslaughts of a marine glutton in quest of food. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations He saw the black fins of the grampuses cutting the water, and thought that they were sharks. Love's Pilgrimage A drove of them are parading the vacant main street; stopping now and then to lay their ponderous muzzles against the closed shutters of a grain-dealer's shops and to blow thereon like grampuses. Life's Handicap Crouched on a small projection near the water's edge was a seal, trying to evade the eyes of a dozen large grampuses which were playing about near our stern. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 "My dear grampus, the mere love of luxury doesn't argue that a person is dishonest." The Iron Trail Old Bausi, panting like a grampus, plunged in with his remaining Mazitu and the combatants became so confused in the dark gloom of the overhanging smoke that I could scarcely tell one from the other. Allan and the Holy Flower The grampus, thirty feet long, never killed on the same account. Letters from an American Farmer Trombone under blowing like a grampus, between the acts, other brass chap unscrewing, emptying spittle. Ulysses A grampus was heard outside the door, and Triplet opened it. Peg Woffington He dropped the tumbler, lurched towards the woman at the door, and then making a half-turn in accordance with the motion of the vessel, fell into his bunk, and snored like a grampus. For the Term of His Natural Life They put their heads under water and came up puffing and blowing like grampuses. Now It Can Be Told Before the Yankee skipper could reach the front door, Braddock was at his heels, gasping and blowing like a grampus. The Green Mummy From what I have seen of him at a distance, I should say that he was about the bigness of a grampus. Moby Dick, or, the whale It rose close to the hank, and blowing like a grampus, Namgay Doola wiped the water out of his eyes and made obeisance to the king. The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition “How should you know, you lubber?” cried Benjamin, with a very unbecoming heat for an officer on the eve of battle—” how should you know, you grampus? The Pioneers "Not like a grampus you can't, and don't you forget it." A Damsel in Distress When I got back to the hall the jug was empty, and Mr. Dark was comforting himself with a pinch of snuff, snorting over it like a perfect grampus. The Queen of Hearts "Nor a grampus, nor a porpoise even? not so much as a poor devil of a shark?" Pathfinder; or, the inland sea The Major sat chuckling to himself for a minute or two, but soon he grew drowsy, and before long was snoring like a grampus. Derrick Vaughan, Novelist Jan held on and breathed through his nose, snorting like a grampus. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke But for a whole week we saw nothing but a grampus or so, a few loitering finbacks, and an occasional lean humpback bull certainly not worth chasing. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales I began by hauling old Lamb, puffing and blowing like a grampus, up to Amy Villa, filling him up all the way with denunciations of Simla's philistinism and suggestions that he alone redeemed it. The Pool in the Desert Round and round the ring they went, both of them puffing and blowing like grampuses. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle By some authorities he is thought to be identical with the grampus, but whalers all consider the animals quite distinct. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales |
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