单词 | groundsel |
例句 | He crashed into a hill of groundsel bushes and wedged his way into their dense center. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It ripped off every groundsel leaf, leaving the limbs bare. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The San Francisco Peaks groundsel, an ankle-high plant with tiny, yellow flowers that is also known as ragwort, grows only on the San Francisco Peaks. Green Blog: Snow, Sewage and a Fragile Alpine Plant 2012-11-19T16:55:15Z But weeds were the most plentiful of all, and chickweed and groundsel enough appeared there to have supplied a whole forest of singing birds. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z These were the weeds, the dusty groundsel of words; Ynys was her own vocabulary, every part of her a part of speech.... Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Then William Hunter plucked up his gown and stepped over the parlor groundsel and went forward cheerfully; the sheriff's servants taking him by one arm and his brother by another. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z The groundsel tree has been cultivated in British gardens since 1683. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z And everywhere the yellow tips of the groundsel had expanded into tiny white fluffy balls of down, strewing the empty fields, floating with the floating mist. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z The best is chic-weed—ripe—and groundsel, with—when you can get it—a little watercress. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z In that case, a whole week of mowing, of clipping edges, of picking lavender, and gathering groundsel for the cage-birds! Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z “I can do with a little groundsel too,” she said, as though the other subject had been threshed out. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z The canary-shop was found, and two canaries and a bird-cage were bought, together with packets of seed and a bird's bath and a pennyworth of groundsel and plantains. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Please do not forget to give him his groundsel. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story Dandelion and groundsel seed are the chief of these, and later on in the season thistle seed. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z And every morning I cleaned the cage out nicely, and put fresh sand and water, and seed, and groundsel. Five Minutes' Stories I should be happy to say that flowers were a joy to her from the beginning, but very few flowers came to Hagworth Street—groundsel for the canary sometimes, and plantains, but not much else. Carnival A poor old woman was picking groundsel with a melancholy persistence, and the torn umbrella which wavered above her bent form made her look like a scarecrow. Sinister Street, vol. 1 "When Mrs. Bunn is weeding the garden she sometimes tells us what people in the village say—" "She would be better employed pulling up groundsel!" interrupted Captain West. The Eagle's Nest The poppies blazed their brightest red; the patches of groundsel shone golden in the sun. Lady Cassandra So it is, nevertheless, as lightly regarded by Nature or by man in its native home as groundsel is by us. The Woodlands Orchids But, to tell the truth, I think myself, now, not to desaive ye, that the leaf ye mentioned is uncommon like the groundsel. Rossmoyne Moreover, even in the autumn he does not confine himself to grain, but feeds on various seeds, such as the dandelion, the sow-thistle, and the groundsel; all of which plants are classed as weeds. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897 The canary—she had fed it with groundsel. The Broom-Squire Inland, to the rear of the headland, lay fields of oats and barley, interspersed with patches of yellow groundsel, and the blaze of myriad poppies. Lady Cassandra I knew of one woman—her supposed husband sells chickweed and groundsel—who has carried a baby exactly the same size for the last nine or ten years! The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Part of them had already settled on the groundsel- and camomile-flowers to await the arrival of the Bees; but the majority were still wandering in search of this provisional refuge. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles The flowers are like those of our English groundsel and yellow in colour—little "composite" knobs, each built up of many tubular "florets" packed side by side. More Science From an Easy Chair The seeds of flax, plantain, peppergrass, basil, sage, dracocephalum, groundsel, drop-seed grass, and many others less familiar, possess this peculiarity. Seed Dispersal ‘Not a generous reflection,’ thought Honora, ‘at a rival’s grave,’ and she turned to the boy, who had stooped to pull at some of the bits of groundsel. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster There never was such a gentleman for objecting to being dusted, and the way those big books of his that he presses his bits of chickweed and groundsel in do hold the dust is awful. Witness to the Deed London, Edinburgh, and Paris were dying for want of watering, and nothing seemed to flourish in Lubin's Europe but such things as groundsel and chickweed. The Crown of Success The foundation consists of four well hewn groundsels, of about eight by ten inches, leveled and laid upon cross sawed blocks of a larger tree, or upon large stones. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce It may be added that it is known that the fungus can go on being reproduced by the uredospores on the groundsel plants which live through the winter. Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 Not less closely did such old garden weeds as motherwort, groundsel, chickweed, and wild mustard cling to the white man. Home Life in Colonial Days They make you a cage to live in, and give you seed and water every day; and often I see them bring you sugar, and fresh pieces of green groundsel and chickweed. Rock A Bye Library: A Book of Fables Amusement for Good Little Children I really believe he is very harmless; people do not seem afraid of him here, and he gets groundsel for his birds and all that. . . . Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record “And had need to be,” returned Molly Hewlett, in a scornful tone, which made the poor woman in question stoop all the lower, and pull her groundsel more diligently. The Carbonels Fend for yourself while you're a may, And keep your own counsel, And pick at what the neighbours say As a bird picks at groundsel. The Village Wife's Lament A tuft of groundsel had rooted itself close beside the traction rails a few paces from the waterside. Brother Copas Groundsel, despised groundsel—the weed which cumbers the garden patch, and is hastily destroyed, is here fully recognised. Nature Near London It did not say how often one was to clean out the cage, nor whether you put groundsel between the bars. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 All the willows and poplars have also winged seeds: so have the whole vast tribe of hawkweeds, groundsels, ragworts, thistles, fleabanes, cat's-ears, dandelions, and lettuces. Science in Arcady Many weeds, groundsel especially, will now be coming into flower, and if allowed to seed will make enormous work later on. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition My cage is not worse but better since you brought the green groundsel to it—and to dash oneself against the wires of it will not open the door. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 I was rather surprised to find a few plants of the common groundsel on one of the barest. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 His turf dried up, his groundsel withered, and no more could be got. The Brownies and Other Tales Besides the groundsel and the chick-weed, he has small pieces of turf for sale, of which larks are very fond. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 The windows lined with dust and dirt, and the window-stones were in places tufted with moss, and grass, and groundsel. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Stuck between the bars was a large sprig of groundsel. A Christmas Garland Three French soldiers trying to find their homes walk over the bricks and groundsel. Unhappy Far-Off Things By-and-by the golden wheat calls for an army of workers; but the moucher passes on and gathers groundsel. The Amateur Poacher Perhaps it is on this account that the groundsel and chick-weed sellers are all very poor, and the raggedness of some is pitiable in the extreme, as the picture shows. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 But I protest against the dandelions and the superfluity of groundsel. The Pleasures of Ignorance Oh Jenny, will you please bring up another piece of groundsel for Master Amber? A Christmas Garland If you see some dandelions in the lawn, or groundsel among the flowers or vegetables in the garden beds, you say, "Those weeds must be pulled up." Wildflowers of the Farm “She places sugar in my way—In public places calls me ‘Sweet!’She gives me groundsel every day,And hard canary-seed to eat.” The Bab Ballads I could see groundsel and chickweed, and others that I did not know. The Wouldbegoods "You would call groundsel a weed in the garden of a man who does not keep a canary, but not a weed in the garden of a man who does?" The Pleasures of Ignorance The fresh groundsel was brought in while Jacynth was pouring out the tea. A Christmas Garland There was fresh groundsel, too, for Miss Maylie's birds, with which Oliver, who had been studying the subject under the able tuition of the village clerk, would decorate the cages, in the most approved taste. Oliver Twist Should chickweed and groundsel ever come into fashion, the wealthy would, no doubt, vie with each other in adorning their gardens with them, and paying the most extravagant prices for them. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 Viola Odorata--or sweet sented violet, yields to alcohol a rich blue color, which it imparts in high perfection to paper Senecio Splendens--or double purple groundsel, yields a beautiful color to paper. History and Practice of the Art of Photography Some groundsel was strewed on a table which stood immediately under the cage. The Moonstone I don't suppose you could get a sprig of groundsel for love or money in Arden village. The Lovels of Arden Then shall I miss nothing of their glory, and when visitors come I can impress them with my stories of the wonderful show of groundsel which we had last year. If I May Not the least charming thing upon it is the masses of groundsel which have established themselves on the pent roof over the goldsmiths' shops. A Wanderer in Florence As if, even in Massachusetts, autumnal flowers —the groundsel, at least—did not sometimes persist in blossoming far into the winter! A Florida Sketch-Book The Scotch peasantry pluck twigs of the ash, the Highland women the groundsel, and the German folk wear the radish. The Folk-lore of Plants At the verge of the ploughed field below, exposed as it is, chickweed, groundsel, and shepherd's-purse are flowering. The Open Air For the moment I am contenting myself with groundsel. If I May She got up early in the morning and purchased her stock of groundsel, millet, and bird-cake from the wholesale dealers. The Fat and the Thin "If you put the shot into Dicky as surely, he'll never peck groundsel again, depend on it." Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 For ague, cinquefoil and yarrow were recommended, and tansy leaves are worn in the shoe by the Sussex peasantry; and in some places common groundsel has been much used as a charm. The Folk-lore of Plants Two more coolimans were filled with seed—a fine yellow seed from a plant like groundsel. Spinifex and Sand This would take the heart out of anything which was trying to flower there, and it is only natural that, with the exception of the three groundsel beds, the garden is now a wilderness. If I May There's no lack of it at the Terrace; but it is an old habit, and there always was an illusion that Ormersfield groundsel is a superior article.' Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 Oh no, nothing but groundsel, and a few weeds. Madam How and Lady Why He sells groundsel, she sells water-cress, at least they tell us so, and point to baskets as evidence. London's Underworld It must have been about seven o'clock, for I heard the cries of hawkers in the street, the shrill voice of a girl offering groundsel and the hoarse voice of a man shouting "Carrots!" Four Short Stories By Emile Zola But we know that groundsel business of old. London's Underworld |
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