| 单词 | instep |
| 例句 | She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z And he would bounce the bag on my insteps. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He rubs her insteps with a cool lotion called Pretty Feet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I can clamp a ball in my instep and turn so fast that no one will be able to keep up. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Jon twisted like an eel and slammed a heel down across the instep of the boy holding him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She broke the seam of her legs and scissored one back and hooked my ankle with her instep, pulling my knee between hers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her feet were small and round and stubby, with fat insteps almost like little hoofs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At the last second, I turn my hips and shoot hard with my left instep. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He folded his arms and stared at the ceiling while massaging the instep of one foot with the big toe of the other. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z With his other hand he massaged the exquisitely arched instep of his left foot. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat crosslegged for a couple of hours and smoked cigarettes, squashing them out on the instep of my slipper and putting the stubs in the breast pocket of my pyjamas. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Francie looked at his well-polished black shoes and noticed how the cuffless trousers came down in the back over the heel, and what a nice break they made across his instep. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Idwar extended his leg and the ball ricocheted off his instep and into the back of the net. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z They didn’t drive the ball with their insteps, they just stubbed it with their toes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Bending close, he brushed furiously at the upper and lower insteps of the fourth stone. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He took off his shoe to find his instep discolored. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Then the column climbed over his instep and continued on its way, and Kino left his foot there and watched them move over it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z When legs were in view, three separate parts of a sandal climbed from instep to knees. Fashion Review: Dior?s Couture: True to Code 2012-01-23T18:05:24Z Sheer from hip to instep, they offer a hint of raciness. As Days Grow Longer, So Do Hems 2011-04-07T01:02:33Z With little choice I threw a leg over the great beast — and remembering Lawrence of Arabia — wrapped my left knee around the saddle horn and hooked my instep behind my other knee. Explorer: Pyramids by the Nile. Egypt? No, Sudan. 2012-10-05T15:50:42Z In the other, she impales his instep with her stiletto heel, showing that she, not he, holds the power in their relationship. How Elizabeth Taylor silenced the censors 2011-03-30T23:53:15Z At Gorsuch Ski in Aspen, a boot fitter used 3-D scanning technology to measure my feet — length, forefoot width, instep height — and discovered that significant pronation caused my ankles to collapse in standard rental boots. How a 40-year-old beginning skier learned to take on black diamond runs 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Those ended up beneath the table, under my insteps. Glimpses: Cuernavaca, Mexico, June 2005 2011-02-02T23:00:00Z The basic shapes are still the same as the designer originally created: long, lean and dark, although cape jackets gave a new roundness and pants were soft and stretchy enough to break over the instep. Special Report: Celine's Chic Severity 2010-03-07T18:39:00Z Feet often create rhythm as dancers travel around the space; but insteps are not part of the dance texture, and often feet are planted firm while the rest of the body dances. ‘Surveillance,’ a Dance Work at New York Live Arts 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z “We’re concerned about the instep” wrote one. “I hope that Adidas will consider going back to their core material, POLYURETHANE,” screamed another. Adidas Brings Back Rod Lavers, Beloved Shoe of a Sneaker Niche 2014-04-09T20:43:42Z Within a solo, even within a phrase, his energy would pour forth down into his insteps or up into the air or both at the same time. Review: Farruquito, Flamenco From a Soaring Eagle 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The flats themselves were works of art: sandals with plumes wafting over the instep. Fashion Review: In Paris, Schiaparelli Returns to Couture 2014-01-20T14:47:27Z They look as if they’d been banned from using their insteps. Dance Review: Illustrious Local Compatriot Contributes to a Troupe?s New York Visit 2011-08-16T21:52:58Z The Theater Ballet performers bend from the waist, exhibit vivacious insteps and elegantly catch one another’s eyes in best Ashton style. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet in ?Signatures 10? at Gould Hall 2010-04-25T22:26:00Z The slope of my instep was as smooth and soft as a freshly fluffed pillow. A Word of Thanks for My Compression Socks 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z A finger raised, an instep stretched, and what appeared awkward might be finessed into ease. What really goes on in the rehearsal room? 2011-01-14T14:58:38Z The flat soles of feet were stamped percussively, dancers advanced making pulsating use of heel or the ball of the foot, and the action of instep and thigh in sideways-skipping steps was irresistible. Dance Review: Orissa Dance Academy at Ailey Studios 2013-05-26T19:38:43Z Mr. McGregor’s use of the instep is largely devoid of interest. Dance Review: Random Dance Company Presents ‘Atomos,’ a Premiere 2014-03-19T21:47:05Z Its seven executants, dressed in black, were admirably buoyant in the instep, invariably upright in posture, moving with brisk precision through jumps and turns in linear sequences: not robotic but intensely impersonal. Lucinda Childs and Alvin Ailey Troupe at Fall for Dance 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Though she has strikingly arched insteps, she almost never stretched her toes in Act II, so the curves of her points had the look of question marks. Dance Review: Bolshoi’s ‘Giselle,’ Geared to Virtuosity and a Vocal Audience 2014-04-06T21:59:32Z And though I wish she made more use of her dancers’ insteps, she plainly does not ignore them. Dance Review | Liz Gerring Dance Company: At Baryshnikov Center, Bringing the Outdoors In 2010-03-13T00:04:00Z Maiolino was born in southern Italy, near the instep of the boot, to an Italian father and an Ecuadoran mother. Two explorations of the power and prominence of Latino art: 'Anna Maria Maiolino' and 'Carlos Almaraz' 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z This misshapen, green, rocky, mountainous piece of land stretches to two coasts and comprises the awkward instep of Italy’s boot. An Ancient Corner of Italy Finds the World on Its Doorstep 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The signature horse bit decoration remained on the instep. Fashion Review: Gucci: ’60s Without the Sex 2014-02-19T19:00:06Z This was a collection so strong on outer wear that generals’ great coats were followed by aviator shearling jackets — the entire collection marching on boots laced over the instep like army footwear. 2010-01-18T21:04:00Z One player complained that Berhalter, a defender, delivered passes that had too much spin on them, so he spent hours learning to kick the ball with the laces of his boot instead of the instep. The Dutch taught Gregg Berhalter about soccer. Now his U.S. team aims to beat them 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The presenting diagnosis is diffuse gangrenous inflammation and infiltration of connective tissue of the entire lower right extremity, extending from the instep upward to the buttock. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z When he saw me slipping and sliding on our icy street, he showed me how to tie a sock around the instep of my boots, providing a little more traction. Perspective | With the right footwear, even the worst D.C. winter is bearable 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z And he adds to that a goalscoring threat, possessing a lovely method of curling the ball with the instep of his right foot, giving him another weapon when cutting inside from the left wing. Why there's hype around Musiala 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Perhaps it will be his Off-White sneakers with the oversized security tab that dangled over the instep. Perspective | Virgil Abloh’s wondrous success 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Blood matching the ex-footballer was found on the laces and tongue of the officer's right boot and the instep area of his left boot, the trial at Birmingham Crown Court was told. Dalian Atkinson: Blood on PC's boot showed force, murder trial told 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Andrew’s footwear innovations for the season include square-toed sling-backs and the F-wedge shoe that puts the heel elegantly at the instep. Armani, Ferragamo premiere short films at Milan Fashion Week 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z Partovi peered into a deep gash on the man’s instep and asked King for a suture remover. Column: 'It's not real to some of them': A doctor's efforts to warn homeless patients about the coronavirus 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z With a flick of the instep Salah cut inside, leaving Femenía flailing, and curled a delightful finish from the edge of the area around Ben Foster and inside the far post. Liverpool ride luck as Mohamed Salah double punishes wasteful Watford 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Balotelli responded with a spectacular strike from the edge of the D, struck first time off his right instep into the top corner. Balotelli returned to Italy with hope. It has been crushed again by racism 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Really, though, the bottom of the boot is in tatters, missing not just a sole but also its heel and a good part of its instep. Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z It has a masked instep, which makes it look as though the wearer is really standing on the balls of their feet. The Eclectic Tastes of Andre Walker 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z In the picture, the entire instep of the foot is gone, and a hole the size of a tennis ball is ringed by dead tissue of black and brown and green. Learning Arabic from Egypt’s Revolution 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z The big striker then shows incredible deftness himself, taking one delicious touch with his left instep, delaying to allow Cambiasso to catch up, and then teeing him up with his right heel. Golden Goal: Esteban Cambiasso for Argentina v Serbia & Montenegro (2006) | Gregg Bakowski 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Play the ball off your front instep, and swing the club up abruptly with some wrist hinge. How To Hit A Hybrid Chip - Golf Digest 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Isle de Jean Charles, in Terrebonne Parish, lies fifty miles southwest of New Orleans and sixty miles due west of Buras, along the moldering instep of Louisiana’s boot. Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z But instead, Walter Ayoví passed it along the ground back through the penalty area, where Arroyo drove a low shot with his right instep into the goal to Guzan’s right. United States Advances to Copa América Semifinals 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z As the ball rebounds off the hardwood floor he catches it with his feet, still dangling, and taps it around with his insteps, soccer-style. The hidden price Steph Curry pays for making the impossible seem effortless 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z A dropped shoulder, a dummied pass, a flick off the instep, swivel and away. Johan Cruyff: Why does Netherlands great matter? 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Set up with the ball off the instep of your back foot to make sure you catch the ball first. How To Hit A Hybrid Chip - Golf Digest 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z I sat on the floor of my living room every night with a wide stretchy band around my instep, flexing and pointing, flexing and pointing. Taking the first ballet step in a midlife quest to dance in 'The Nutcracker' 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z He tapped in for victory — not with a putter, but with the instep of his soccer cleat. In Footgolf, Argentine Feet and 21-Inch Holes Transform Play on the Links 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z It clings to a denuded peak in the extreme south of the country, in the Basilicata region—the instep of Italy’s boot. A Cave with a View 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Women are so accustomed to the expectation that shoes will be uncomfortable—they will chafe our heels, or squash our toes, or make our insteps ache—that slipping on Birkenstocks felt revelatory. Happy Ugly Feet 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Eight minutes later, his daring run ended with a chip across the box to Craig, who carefully steered a volley into the far corner with his instep. Hibernian 4-0 Rangers 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z One got too much big toe, too little instep. Zuerlein’s kicking key to victory over Broncos 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z A skilled fouler, Hopkins will also hold-and-hit, punch low, step on an opponent’s instep and follow through with his own smooth-shaved skull after a punch to initiate a clash of heads. Bernard Hopkins, Boxing’s Oldest – and Most Cunning – Champion 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z There were dainty flat sandals with gold leaves stretching across the instep and flat oxfords with metallic details. In fashion, staying relevant is the hard part He caresses the ball with his right instep, pulls it back and spins to the right, retracing those 180 degrees. World Cup: 25 stunning moments … No25: the Cruyff Turn is born in 1974 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Nearby, a 2-year-old girl played barefoot, an infected sore on her instep from a stove burn. For Syrian Refugees Short of Food and Clean Water, Snow Is an Added Challenge 2013-12-14T04:32:28Z He allowed it one bounce and then, using the instep of his right foot, guided it like a dart into the top corner of the goal. A Good Start, but in Brazil It’s All About the Finish 2013-06-16T11:54:06Z Rooney took the penalty the way likes to – hitting it with power to the goalkeeper's right and using his instep to find the corner. Wayne Rooney revels as England's senior man against San Marino| Barney Ronay 2012-10-12T20:58:58Z An iron stirrup with the foot well home is the proper thing to ride in; and remember it is from the instep and not from the toes that you should rise. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Finally, we may observe that Queen Cleopatra wore very thin, light sandals, turned up at the toes, and fastened over the instep, like the Souliers-à-la-poulaine of the mediæval chatelaines. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z A large emerald on his finger, and slippers wrought in gold, with a cross on the instep, completed his dress. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z That infant martyr, wincing ostentatiously, delicately protruded a foot, and exhibited a long black leg heavily swathed from knee to instep under her stocking with a bandage of colossal dimensions. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Shining silver buckles overspread her small, daintily shod, arched instep. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z The nicest kind are those with a strap attached, which crosses the instep, and buckles securely at the side. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z The left leg, with the knee well bent, should be placed firmly against the third crutch, the heel well sunk, the toe raised from the instep, the foot at first well home in the stirrup. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z The Pope knelt, took water in his hand, and slightly rubbed the instep, and then drying it well with a napkin, he kissed it. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Some men fall in love with a small waist, an arched instep or curly hair, without the slightest regard to mind or muscle. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Dull, heavy pain in the instep of the left foot. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z The sparkle of the firelight on the buckle caught Gordon's eye, and he saw that she was wearing thin kid slippers with a strap across the instep. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z And Wogan, too, noticed the blaze of a diamond buckle that nearly covered the little arched instep. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z And them feet o' mine, they are a bit flat: but any chap can make a pair of insteps with a penn'orth o' rags. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The young man's heel ground one of the buttons of Forbes' shoe deep into his instep, and the young girl's flying hand smote him in the nose. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The hands are often small and almost always well-shaped; and the feet of good shape, too, not over large, with a well-arched instep. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z He measured the sole, then the instep, and then the calf, but there the paper was not long enough. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z It was a very small foot with an admirably arched instep; Mr. Wogan had seen the like in Spain. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Miss Maubray was at home—and instantly Lady May's plump instep was seen on the carriage step. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The shoes were not too small, but their rigid edge cut his instep like a dull knife. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z At the opening of the battle a ball drove a part of his spur into the right foot just below the instep, making a very painful wound. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z And once, feeling a sudden pain in my instep, I looked at my foot and discovered an elephant fly biting through a lace hole in my boot. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z They approach the ball from the side, the holder tilts the football, and they strike the ball with the instep rather than the toes. The science behind kicking a field goal gives soccer style an advantage 2011-10-17T19:20:02Z Divesting myself of the covering of my foot, I observed a small wound on the instep, not unlike the mark made by a leech. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z The heel and part of the sole under the instep have been broken away. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Slender, beautifully formed, willowy, small feet and hands, high instep, big, dreamy eyes, and light-brown hair touched with gold. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z She arched the instep of her narrow, shapely foot. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z His legs should be crossed under him, like a tailor on a shop-board, with the outside of each instep resting on the floor of the boat. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z These shoes were lined with sheep-skin to protect the instep from bruises. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z A colossal right foot, broken off at the ankle, and also half-way between the instep and the toes. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z This needle is henceforward called the instep needle. Cycling and Shooting Knickerbocker Stockings How to Knit Them With Plain and Fancy Turnover Tops 2011-09-18T02:00:27.787Z A simple way to give it momentum is to raise the left foot as high as the right knee, rest the side of the wand against the left instep and propel it vigorously. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z "Yes," said the partridge, critically examining her instep. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z And my ankle moccasins were gay with Oneida devices wrought out of porcupine quills and beads, scarlet, green, purple, and orange, and laid open at the instep by two beaded flaps. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z It was only a boot that had been sliced across the instep. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z Toe Prepare for toe by knitting to end of instep needle, and on that needle knit 2 stitches off the next. Cycling and Shooting Knickerbocker Stockings How to Knit Them With Plain and Fancy Turnover Tops 2011-09-18T02:00:27.787Z A sandal rather than a shoe, it left visible the lovely lines of the arched instep and slender ankle. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z I was all the time up to my insteps in mud, by myself, with the rain falling all night. Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army 2011-08-19T02:00:11.243Z He stood upright; his frame enlarged; his instep lifted him as he walked, as if he too could swing the vast club and chase the lion from his lair. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The instep is at St. Ives Bay, and the body of the boot constitutes the main portion of the county, the highest part toward the eastern end forming the Bodmin moors. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z Knit to within 5 stitches of end, when knit 2 together, k 2, and pass the last stitch on to instep needle. Cycling and Shooting Knickerbocker Stockings How to Knit Them With Plain and Fancy Turnover Tops 2011-09-18T02:00:27.787Z At the triage center, a middle-aged tribesman has had a thorn removed from the instep of his foot, a wound that had been infected for months. How we became a nation of warriors 2011-07-31T16:01:00Z They were shabby shoes, although 123 the little feet they encased were neat enough, with high insteps and narrow, tapering toes. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z His trunk hose were of black, his shoes easy ones of Spanish leather with crimson rosettes upon the instep. 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 Mechanical Factors.—The most important deformity in these cases is a yielding of the arch of the foot with consequent flattening of the instep and lengthening of the foot. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z This needle is henceforward called the instep needle. Cycling and Shooting Knickerbocker Stockings How to Knit Them With Plain and Fancy Turnover Tops 2011-09-18T02:00:27.787Z He's so proud of those high insteps of his that he has to take off his shoes every little while to look at his feet. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z You can order instep crampons off the Internet. Non-skid 2011-06-08T17:50:32.410Z These boots had a low instep and caused much foot trouble. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z Two classes seem to suffer frequently from sprained ankle—those with yielding arches and those with high insteps. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Prepare for it by knitting to end of instep needle on same needle, knit 3 stitches off next needle. Cycling and Shooting Knickerbocker Stockings How to Knit Them With Plain and Fancy Turnover Tops 2011-09-18T02:00:27.787Z These shoes are carved from a single block of wood: when they are worn and shabby they are painted black, and a strap is placed across the instep. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z When she put on her boots she broke her boot-lace, and had to piece it with a big knot which ran into her instep and hurt her. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z If degrees of latitude determine the height of insteps, what manifest injustice has been meted out to longitudinal lines that you Westerners so proudly claim? A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z You meet numbers of men clad in long blue pinafores, from throat to instep; wool-sorters, who thus protect themselves from fluff. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Knit plain to within 2 stitches of end, slip these two on to instep needle. Cycling and Shooting Knickerbocker Stockings How to Knit Them With Plain and Fancy Turnover Tops 2011-09-18T02:00:27.787Z All too late he recalled the fact that brand new buttoned shoes only meet across insteps and ankles by suasion of a hook, even as range boots yield most readily to jacks. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z She ran forward to clean the insteps and backward to clean the heels. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z I blundered badly in dancing and left bruises, I fear, on more than one dainty instep. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Jussieu kneeled upon the floor, and passed his accursed awl across my instep. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Feet: 1 and 3 small with high instep; 2 rather large. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The long heel, and scarcely convex instep—the huge balls, and broad prints of the toes, were all signs that the hunters easily understood. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z So the earl made a low bow, brandishing his plumes until they brushed his very insteps, while the stout prince bade him a loud good night, and he moved away talking to his men. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z I could see in the glass at one side of me that my attitude was well chosen, and even to my instep upon the little stool the effect was good. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z The skirts were short, showing long, white, clocked stockings and red morocco slippers with elastic crossing the instep. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z Unlike many of the wild folk, they are not at all particular about getting out of the way, and they are more than likely to lash up at a traveler's instep. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z They bear much the same relation to the wing metacarpal that the large metatarsal of a Kangaroo has to the slender bones of the instep which are parallel to it. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z His pantaloons, made of dove-colored canton cloth, were tight beyond anything ever seen in that part of the country, and held to his high-heeled varnished boots by a strap under his arched instep. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z His lower garment is a pair of wide white Turkish trousers which reach to the instep. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Where on earth did she get slippers which buttoned across the instep with a strap? A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z "Only a spot of blood on the instep of her white stocking." The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z Dimorphodon differs from several other Pterodactyles in having the hind limb provided with a fifth outermost short instep bone, to which two toe bones are attached. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z The girth of the neck and the depth of the instep are greater, whilst the circumference of the chest, waist, and hips is less in sailors than in soldiers. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z The lace of her petticoat, the slenderness of her arched instep, the delicate narrowness of her patent shoes, were revelations to him. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z It fell short, slid down my other shin, and lodged on the instep in a most unique twist. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z A small foot with an arched instep was a sine qua non with Bret Harte, and he speaks particularly of the small, well-shod foot of the Southwestern girl. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z An ungainly, ill-balanced animal in aspect, but not more so than many big-headed birds, and probably capable of resting upon the instep bones as many birds do. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z Skins were probably also used on the feet, gathered and tied above the instep and round the ankle. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z These were fastened in various ways, but generally by two leathern straps, one round the instep, while the other passed between the first and second toes. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z All fir-balsam trees and little rustic benches and pink calicoes and Grand Army suits and high cheek-bones and low insteps and—lots of noise? The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Atalanta must have had ankles like those revealed under the lifted skirts of the doncella yonder, Cinderella such another pair of arched insteps. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z There is great similarity between Dinosaurs and Pterodactyles seen in the region of the instep, known as the metatarsus. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z They had a high square top at the front instep, and buckles fastened the latchets. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z Those used by ecclesiastics were a kind of sandal fastened with bands of leather round the instep. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z One of her hips arched outwards, as she rested her weight on one leg; and a long white high-light curved caressingly past her thigh and knee, disappearing at the instep. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Robinho’s goal, beautifully curled off the instep of his right foot, was an adornment rather than a necessity. On Soccer: Brazilians Perfect Their Art of Winning 2010-06-29T17:32:00Z The Argentinian feinted as he twisted Daniel Van Buyten this way and that before turning back inside, opening his body and guiding a shot with his right instep past Butt's left hand. The new Diego ? how Milito won the Champions League 2010-05-23T08:00:00Z When the latchets went out, the pointed instep remained for a time, but a low round front appeared, and the heel practically vanished just before 1800. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z Some worn by his daughter, Queen Elizabeth, of brocaded silk, are remarkably clumsy in appearance, and have lappets which fasten over the instep. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z In the seventh, Bucky Dent fouled a pitch off his left instep, leading to a 70-second interruption for him to hop around, get ethyl chloride to numb the bruise and select a new bat. In ?78 Classic Game, Things Were Simpler, and Quicker 2010-05-06T02:53:00Z Here we were furnished with leggings of coarse woollen cloth to keep out the snow; they were tied under the knees and quite tightly again over the insteps, so that the legs were effectually protected. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. “He’s gotten high in the instep, Ike,” said the last man; “and what’s he got to be proud on?” The Parson O' Dumford The shoes with latchets and buckles had a low front on the instep, and from about 1780 took a rather pointed oval toe shape; the heels were mostly worn shorter. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z He felt the ball glance off each instep and pass behind him. "Pip" A Romance of Youth If it be crippled in length, or in width across the toes, it spreads over the instep and sides. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress With a hoarse cry he leaped toward her, seized her wrist and roughly dragged her back, feeling as he did so, a sharp fiery sting on his instep. The Valiants of Virginia He knew that her feet, with their small shoes and high-arched, silk-stockinged insteps, twitched nervously from time to time; that the gallant shoulders drooped forward. The Key to Yesterday But it's so short beyond the instep, it would be hard--" "Won't it? The Children of the World But before he could do so one wound itself around the instep of his boot. Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West They were pink—yes, pink on the instep as the heart of a sea-shell. The Firebrand “This,” she said, and he felt her shrinking lips, warm and tremulous, pressed hard against his instep. The Valiants of Virginia "Isn't that perfectly gorgeous?" shrieked Alma, as the saleswoman held a little jewelled dragon-fly, poised on a spray of silver lace, against her instep. Nancy of Paradise Cottage Victoria slid her foot forward, slipped off her shoe and gently put her foot on the Major's instep. A Bed of Roses Pick up the stitches both of the shoe and instep;—knit three plain turns. My Knitting Book And he, Ramon, would set the arched instep on his neck and bid her crush him for a faithless unbelieving hound to suspect his own—his purest—his only! The Firebrand It drove its spine or sting into the side of his instep, producing a jagged wound which bled profusely. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 "Then why don't you wear trousers, like everybody else?" said Frobisher, gruffly, and scarce bestowing even a passing glance at the well-arched instep. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Show leave I cup the fanned best same so that if then sad sole is more, more not, and after shown so papered with that in instep lasting pheasant. Geography and Plays Pick up the stitches, with white, across the instep. My Knitting Book It was still white at the instep, and the sergeant could see by the blue veins that she had not gone long barefoot. The Firebrand Joyce's shoes were thick; but though, perhaps, a trifle clumsy, they did not spoil the symmetry of her pretty ankle and high-arched instep. Under the Mendips A Tale One of the leaves boarded his foot as he looked, climbed up the instep, and made a pretty shifting pattern upon the silken toe. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Beside him on a similar stool that brought their heads parallel Miss Ruby smoothed her hand across her customer's instep. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Knit three plain rows; leave sixteen stitches on the needle, and repeat the pattern in white, across the instep, seven times, which is afterwards to be sewn to the pink knitting for the toe. My Knitting Book Most marvelous was the display of jewels which met our bewildering gaze, and these high-born ladies, with their pretty feet and high insteps, delicately formed hands and tapering fingers, gave evidence of good blood. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 In building a fire I strained my instep by kicking a limb from a log, and it became quite sore before the day was over. The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion The shoe-strings had nearly died out, giving place to a buckle placed on a strap well over the instep. English Costume I see the exquisite instep, undefended but by a mere web. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. This side of the shoe is to be made to correspond with the other, by decreasing instead of increasing.—The shoe and the white in the instep will now be finished. My Knitting Book I have too much sense of fitness to sport ‘Louis quinze’ in country roads; but why do English bootmakers set their faces so sternly against insteps? A Question of Marriage “This!” he said, slowly, pointing to a small puncture in his boot just on the instep. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt You may use for this reign shoes buckled across the instep, laced at the side, or buttoned up the front. English Costume The foot is shod with a small white silk bottine, laced up at the instep, from the top almost to the toe. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. One side of the shoe and instep will now be made. My Knitting Book "Perhaps I do," said she, doubtfully, while, throwing herself into a chair, she leaned back, so as to display a little more than was absolutely and indispensably necessary of a beautifully rounded ankle and instep. One Of Them Tight across the instep and pinches the toes awfully. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. July 30, 1887 They wore woollen socks, and for footgear they wore shoes of skin and leather, and boots of soft leather shaped naturally to the foot and strapped or buckled across the instep. English Costume Because of the dimensions of the packing case, Singer put the pivot of the treadle toward its center, about where the instep of the foot would rest. The Invention of the Sewing Machine Knit one turn in brown; two in white; one in brown; two in white; and one in brown.—The shoe and instep will now be finished. My Knitting Book During this harangue, she had been composedly putting on her stockings, and fastening a pair of low shoes with the old-fashioned buckles of brilliants on the instep. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 With a quick movement he placed the white-hot length of flint firmly against the delicate skin of the instep and held it there. Warrior of the Dawn He wears high-heeled shoes, red heeled, perhaps, and the tongue of his shoe sticks up well above the instep. English Costume The sand entered her shoes; the band across the instep of the left one broke. The Scarlet Banner Pick up the stitches of the shoe, on each side of the piece which forms the instep. My Knitting Book One of them came actually to my feet, and even ran across my instep in his play. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands She did not know that the bare brown feet had high, arched insteps that meant good blood somewhere not far back in her poor little history. Maid Sally Such a graceful walk, such slender ankles, such an arched instep! A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 To save the instep from jars, the slip noose may be padded like a cowboy's stirrup. The Story of the Trapper I received a rifle ball in my instep, and was thrown from my pony by a Blackfoot that dashed against me. The Indian Captive A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of Matthew Brayton in his thirty-four years of captivity among the Indians of north-western America Your gray silk is fine and fitting, but you must hae a new bonnet, and white gloves, and a pair o’ patent leather shoon—a low shoe, wi’ bows o’ black ribbon on the instep. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl No one ever saw such an instep come from this side the Pyrenees; and those eyes have got their look of sleepy wickedness from Moorish blood. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II You can see that he is lounging on the grass, and at this moment, having raised his hand, it falls again, by chance upon her instep. Portia or By Passions Rocked Then the snow-shoe noose slips completely over his instep to his ankle, throwing the racquet on edge and clogging him back. The Story of the Trapper He had on his new jacket and vest, but around his waist was tied a voluminous kitchen155 apron that Mr. Con Murphy wore when he cooked, which covered Neale to his insteps. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in "Yes, sir," faltered the girl, rubbing the sole of one foot on the instep of the other. Stories of the Foot-hills He does all his dancing on my insteps; and I dare not stop for fear of his still more dreadful spooning.” Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Now for the orphan family—marked ye them round "The swelling instep of the mountain's foot?" Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Padding for the instep: either rock ground or long runs. The Story of the Trapper The socks in the illustration are of white wool with a pink seam up the instep and pink scallops around the top. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home The delicate shape, the deep hollow of the ball of the foot, the round cup which marked the heel, and, between them, the narrow, shallow indentation which formed the high-arched instep. In the Brooding Wild You have a scar on your instep by falling over a sickle in your infancy. Olla Podrida There is still a spring in our instep; and our knees, sometimes shaky, are to-day knit as Pan's and neat as Apollo's. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) How in the name of Naraka's sixty devils could you tell a woman that one of your own non-coms had stepped on your foot and nearly broken your instep? Narakan Rifles, About Face! He wore a vest with scant sleeves that reached to the knuckles, and trousers that overhung the instep and fell in wide wrinkles on his feet; both were of leopard-skin. Mary Magdalen “Wide toe,” he muttered, “long heel, an’ high instep. In the Brooding Wild There was a lifting of skirts, revealing many high-born insteps, and a scramble for chairs, as the ladies reflected upon the long lines of rats in the train of the mesmeric Pied Piper. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time The half smile wiped off Hal's face, and I could feel my stomach hit my insteps. Let'Em Breathe Space Upon all of theirs, between toe and instep, was the figure of an arrow traced in blood-red beads. The Red Moccasins A Story Do you feel as if the bones were broken, and grinding together across the instep?' Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement On his insteps, are large pieces attached to the spur leathers, and terminated by indented edges which conceal the chain mail beneath. The History and Antiquities of Horsham It was shod with a slipper of satin or silk, embroidered in color and had an arched instep which made the foot all the more charming by its setting. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... He noticed her low black shoe and the slender instep showing from beneath the skirt as she worked the pedal. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 From the instep of the dingy, the fisherman in his broken English was advising the seated men of dangers indigenous to these waters. The Land of Look Behind They were tied in front, forming a bow on the instep. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa But a white figure of Mexican rebosa and silken instep moved swiftly from behind a column and touched the Tiger’s 125arm. The Missourian They were walking away from the gambling-tent, taking the middle of the road, as was the custom in Comanche after dark, sinking instep deep in dust at every step. Claim Number One The four small toes wuz twisted right under the ankle, and the broken, crushed bones of the foot pressed right up where the instep should be. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife In lieu of them, three square-headed hobnails had been driven into the center of the seam holding the patch of leather to the under part of the instep, or palm of the foot. The Plunderer Then, as we are to dance together, thou wilt put on thy fine white socks, and thy Spanish leather shoes––the pair that have the bright buckles on the instep. An Orkney Maid Quite the contrary, there was something grateful, even gravely maternal, in the smile hovering on her lips for the rough trooper who took fright like a girl over a revealed instep. The Missourian Knit a square, plain, which is to be doubled, and sewn up on one side, to the heel; then sew up three inches for the instep, and form the toe by puckering in the end. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet “It covered almost the whole instep, reaching down to the ground on either side of the foot.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges With his insteps Thomas could reach the helmet of his space suit, where it had been dropped against the wall. The Great Dome on Mercury She stepped, too, like a queen on a pair of slim, long, delicate feet, with arched ball and instep, as if she were in command of the schooner. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life This displays to advantage the beautiful outline of the foot, and the gentle but decided curve of the instep. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Then narrow every second round on the heel sides of the seam until the number of stitches are the same as those in the instep, or what is commonly called the fore foot needle. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet And with the skill of a surgeon he applied strips of adhesive tape along each ligament, leaving a narrow space down the instep free from bandaging to allow free circulation of the blood. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron And her white muslin dress was short and scant, just coming to her ankles and showing the instep of her pretty clocked stockings. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia Ah! blessed Saint Barnabas! a slimy reptile has crossed my instep!” Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life It may, certainly, be worn on the place intended for the instep, when that ornamental rise in the outline of the foot is totally absent. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society The instep has 24, 25, or 42 stitches; and the length of the heel is 10, 12, or 14 turns. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet He then brought the rope around over the instep of his left foot, holding it in position with pressure by the right foot, which was pressed against the left. Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer She saw the colour coming back to the old face, the frame straightening up a little, the light rekindling in the eye, the spring returning to the instep. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West At any rate, from the year 1540 until the day of his death, Old Pine carried these scars on his instep. Wild Life on the Rockies Where the instep is defective or totally absent, a pretence at one may be made by blacking that portion of the sole of the foot that is immediately adjacent to the heel. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society They slipped and slid and crossed their legs and arched their pudgy insteps; the boys breathed hard over their gleaming collars. The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906. But he remained in position, swinging by his insteps. Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer Fold the point back over the instep, cross the ends, carry around the ankle and tie. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts I believe that during this year a Spanish exploring party may have camped beneath Old Pine and built a fire against his instep, and that some of the 44 explorers hacked him with an axe. Wild Life on the Rockies Eighth, the weakness of his lower limbs, the broad, flat foot and low instep, the projecting heel and somewhat prehensile great toe. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution As she was standing four steps above him they were on a level with his mouth; so he kissed them one after another, on the instep, just above the buckles. The Combined Maze In the trapeze world this is known as "drop back to instep hang." Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer The rest walked upon clattering pattens, like a French heel set by the cobbler’s mistake at the instep. The Readjustment A tight bandage or strip of plaster applied round the instep before putting on the stocking may relieve pain. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Other recorded surgical treatments include care of dislocated shoulders; wounds in various parts of the body; sores of the feet and legs; cancerous ulcers in the instep; ulcers of the throat, and dueling wounds. Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 There were the consignments of locust-flights of boots, for this young lady's friends, with heels in the instep. Somehow Good Joe climbed up to his small trapeze, swung on it and then fell backward for his first instep hang. Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer There was in his ensemble nothing to disturb the negative harmony, save perhaps an abnormal flatness of the instep and hands. The Maids of Paradise Pain is also complained of in the middle of the dorsum across the instep, from stretching of the interosseous ligaments. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. He was dressed much after the manner of some of our English farmers, with knee breeches, white stockings, and shoes fastened over the instep with a large silver buckle. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition “So you don't think,” said he, as he executed a final bow and kicked off his shoes because a buckle stuck into his instep—“so you don't think, Isidore, that Her Imperial Highness loves me?” Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange Her instep, into which Bo's venomous teeth had sunk, was already swollen and discolored. It, and Other Stories I knew him, although now he was wearing neither robe nor shovel-hat, nor those square shoes too large to buckle closely over his flat insteps. The Maids of Paradise The patient complains of pain in the instep, of painful corns over the heads of the metatarsal bones, and of difficulty in getting properly fitting boots. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. It was an exquisitely moulded thing; even the slender arch of the instep had been preserved in unbroken line and curve, and yet Constans wondered vaguely why it should seem so beautiful to him. The Doomsman Her little foot, with its arched instep, seemed too slight and delicate for the pavement. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange Tight-fitting about the calf, but not shaped to the leg, they fell well over the tops of the heavy boots, resting, indeed, upon the insteps. Anthony Lyveden Her belt was a corded girdle with great tassels, and her small garnet-colored slippers had a large knot of ribbon that fell over her instep. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life When the instep is unduly arched, the terms pes cavus, pes arcuatus or hollow claw-foot are employed; while loss of the arch constitutes flat-foot, and eversion of the sole, pes valgus. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Both skirts were short enough to expose the instep and rosette or buckle on the shoe. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century But her feet were uncommonly well moulded, and she was careful not to disguise them in the hideous porpoise-hide boots with flat soles and no instep which found favour with her generation. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange With a disdainful motion she kicked off a heavily clumsy slipper—her instep arched narrowly to a delicate ankle, the small heel was sharply cut. Mountain Blood A Novel His feet were bestowed in low slippers with narrow buttoned straps crossing the insteps. The Life of the Party But in summer time she was obliged to go barefooted because she was poor, and in winter she had to wear large wooden shoes, so that her little instep grew quite red. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The breeches were loose but covered the knee where they were fastened with buttons or a sash of ribbon, which often also decorated the instep of the high-heeled shoe. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century Both of my chum's feet had to be amputated at the insteps. Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events His foot pressed the ground energetically, and the nerves of his instep quivered beneath the knitted silk like the tense-strings on a guitar-handle. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 To be sure, Jim’s clothes were not especially noteworthy, being just shiny, and frayed at cuff and instep, and short of sleeve and leg, and ill-fitting and cheap. The Brown Mouse He was about to cast himself beside her when a pain, vicious and sharp as the stab of a red hot needle struck him just above his right instep. The Ghost Girl A shoe should fit snug yet be comfortable over ball and instep, and when first worn should not lace close together over the instep. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Near his carcass I saw a bloody yarn sock, with a bullet hole square through the instep. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 Over these come a pair of shoes of the same material; next a pair of dressed seal-skin boots perfectly water-tight; and over all a corresponding pair of shoes, tying round the instep. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage A thin pliable sole and plenty of room over the instep to allow of the left foot being easily pulled through the boot, would greatly minimise the danger in question. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. The enormous heel projected backward, and in the hollow of the instep where the dirt would scarcely be touched by an Aryan was the deep wide mark of the African’s flat foot. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan Leather always stretches and loosens at instep and can be taken up by lacing. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Decrease in this manner every 2d round until there are 15 stitches on each side needle, reducing them to correspond with the front needle, and making 10 narrowings for the instep. Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet There was no sign of injury except that ankle and instep were rather red, and he went to sleep reassured. Prescott of Saskatchewan The skirt, with its three frills edged with tiny lace, came just to her instep, and disclosed dainty, patent-leather oxfords. Patty's Friends They often wrote verses, and they also were given to arched insteps and eyes with very perceptible fringes. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim Her bare feet were incased in sandals, the golden cords of which crossed her insteps and wound about her ankles, fastening down the lower hems of the trousers. The Fire People For the instep: Count off or leave 29 stitches; knit back 8 stitches on these 29, and on the 8 stitches work back and forth until you have 8 ridges. Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet The performer kneels; then sits back on the heels and grasps the insteps with his hands. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium He has a high and beautifully formed instep like Oswald's. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune They can paint their feet a nice warm color or have a summer sunset painted on the instep, or a fire-place on the bottom of their feet. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 His spurs, too, had caught in the skirt of my hunting-shirt, tearing it to the fringed hem, and digging a furrow across my instep; and the moccasin on that foot was stiff with blood. The Reckoning Pick up the stitches around edge of instep, and work back and forth along the entire row for 4 ridges; bind off. Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet The new line is thus the length of one foot in advance of the first line, plus the width of the other foot at the instep. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium They were like short riding boots, pulled on and crumpled over the instep like a glove. The Cricket He had carried a sample exactly like it, and had been wont to call enthusiastic attention to the curve of the instep and the set of the heel. Mr. Opp Who can look on unmoved at the spectacle of children whose vertebral column is being deformed by using desks, just as in the Middle Ages the instep was deformed by the torture of the boot. Spontaneous Activity in Education Run an elastic band or tape in the beading, between the 2 triple trebles, and make a bow of ribbon for instep of the same shade as the yarn. Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet A man's moral self," he said, "is concentrated in each moment of his life; it lives in the tips of his fingers, and the spring of his insteps. Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert Shifting his left hand he then extends the foot, and joins the extremities of the first incision by a transverse one right across the instep. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners By what agency was that channel formed — what was it that thus tore asunder the sound tissue of my instep, and kept me for six weeks a prisoner in bed? Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Gunnlaug was so clad that he had on a grey kirtle and white long-hose; he had a boil on his foot by the instep, and from this oozed blood and matter as he strode on. The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald 1875 With blue make a double in each stitch all around bottom of leg and instep. Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet One stands in the middle, inserting the foot in a strap, which closes round the instep. Chatterbox, 1906 A matter of inches above his insteps brings us to the bottom of his trouser-legs. 'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!' He wore a pea-green coat, white vest, nankeen small-clothes, white silk stockings and pumps fastened with silver buckles which covered at least half the foot from instep to toe. Customs and Fashions in Old New England It was a stocking of fine linen thread, and along the instep it had a pretty openwork pattern that was like lace work. A Little Girl in Old Boston For the instep: Slip 1st 18 stitches on to the needle, join in the color, knit 21 stitches, turn and knit back. Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet They were bronze and laced across the top several times with narrow ribbon tied in a bow at her instep. A Little Girl in Old New York They were of a peculiar shade of pink silk, with clockwork up the sides and sprays of white flowers embroidered over the instep. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas Am old man applied leeches to the instep for inflammation occasioned by a bruise. An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers And people had pretty feet then, with arched insteps, and walked with an air of dignity. A Little Girl in Old Boston The two children had taken off their boots, and he sat with the water playing over his naked insteps and his eyes turned southward to the horizon as if indeed he saw. Shining Ferry One night the latter stepped barefoot out of the tent and was bitten on the instep by a snake. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer One foot was thrust out, slender with curved and high instep. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills Mr. C. aged 51, scalded his leg ten days ago on the instep. An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers With bare head and slippers covering neither heel nor instep the pilgrim sets forth on his holy journey. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Across the instep, or rather just above it, the anatomist finds a strong ligament, under which the tendons pass to the foot. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin McGrath escaped with his life, but the greater portion of his instep rotted away, and he became a physical wreck. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Her high-heeled slippers shortened and gave an instep to her long, flat foot. The Lady Doc The ornaments round the ankle and upon the instep, make them often appear as if they wore the elegant Eastern sandal. The Cannibal Islands Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas His boots, he noted, were not adapted to walking as they pinched in the toes and instep. The Dude Wrangler They called her, and she turned deliberately, one dainty, slippered foot, with its crossed black ribbons about the slender ankle, just leaving the stair below, and showing the arch of the aristocratic instep. Marcia Schuyler I’ll take care of that,’ he said coolly, and took from his pocket two strong black bootlaces which he proceeded to criss-cross over the instep and round the ankles. The Love Affairs of Pixie As he sat he had raised one leg upon the other, placing his foot on his knee, and he held it there with his hand upon his instep. Orley Farm "I can see the mark of the spur chain under his instep." Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol He persisted in riding in moccasins and said that his insteps "ached him" so that he could not keep up. The Dude Wrangler On each instep a pink rosette; Little blue shoes for her little blue tots; Elegant ribbons in bows and knots. The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children He wore a pea-green coat, white vest, nankeen small clothes, white silk stockings, and pumps fastened with silver buckles which covered at least half the foot from instep to toe. Home Life in Colonial Days He leaped lightly to one side, caught the rushing giant's foot across his instep, and as Connick's moccasined feet went out from under him, the young engineer struck him behind the ear. The Rainy Day Railroad War The ball of the foot was set on the second crosspiece and the foot was then tied there with a broad strip of hide which passed over the instep and was secured behind the ankle. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War He perforated the tendons of both his feet behind, from the heel to the instep, and fastened in them leather thongs, and bound him from the chariot; but left his head to be trailed along. The Iliad of Homer (1873) That tiny heel and high instep could have belonged to none other than my companion of Kirkby-Malhouse. Danger! and Other Stories One of these he scrutinized for a long time, measuring its dimensions with a tape-line from toe to heel, across the ball of the foot, the instep, and the heel. Oh, You Tex! On their feet were heavy leathern shoes, fastened with huge brass buckles that covered the entire instep. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The frock he wore was of some tartan pattern, with red and green in it He had white thread socks, and shoes with straps across the instep. Despair's Last Journey He wore a slashed doublet with long hose reaching to the upper thigh, and he had a rosette on each instep. Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray Stepping from one of the windows, thereby displaying to the unobservant air an instep large but exquisitely arched, Marcia Amherst comes slowly up to where the lazy fowl are dreaming. Molly Bawn Her feet were positively tiny and he marveled at the natural curve of the high instep. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles For some time she had been ignoring the troubles of her left foot, the instep of which felt as if some one had been heaping coals of fire on it. The Wrong Woman His feet were small and shapely with a high-arched instep and his whole form was graceful and symmetrical. Giants on the Earth Sew a piece of tape to the instep. Spool Knitting The high frontal shield protects the instep from mud and spear-grass, and the heel-piece ensures the retention of the shoe in the deepest quagmire. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II It was terribly inflamed from the instep up to the knee, with a great sloughing wound that showed the bone for two or three inches. The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition Being done she sat a while longer, and when the sun had dried her feet she put on the shoes again, lacing them carefully with particular regard to the ailing instep. The Wrong Woman She extends her left foot and he kisses her instep and puts her foot into her slipper. The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts HERE'S a moccasin track in the drifts, It's no more than the length of my hand; An' her instep,— just see how it lifts! Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp The little Turk put his hand on Lancey’s instep and hoisted him into the saddle. In the Track of the Troops He cut the soles through just under the instep, and then, boring two holes in each part, lashed them firmly together with deerskin, thus producing a joint or hinge. Silver Lake Observation tells me that you have a little reddish mold adhering to your instep. Deep Furrows The mud will spoil your silken gown, And stain your insteps high; The dogs in the farm will wish you harm And bark as you go by. A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry The foot was very much swollen, and there was a sore on her instep and ankle in which one could nearly put one's fist. Southern Arabia Feet Giving Way.—Where there is a great deal of standing to be done by any one, the feet sometimes yield more or less at the arch of the instep. Papers on Health "Let go!" she said furiously, aiming a fast heel at his instep. Legacy Binding his feet together by a strip of palm-leaves above his instep, he pressed his knees against the trunk, and quickly ascended the polished stem, till he reached the fruit at the summit. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco "Jist that," answered the servitor a little dryly, and yet with a smile puckering his face as he put an opposing toe of a coarse unbuckled brogue under the instep of the stranger. Doom Castle Her figure, in a sitting posture, presented a gentle declivity from the curve of her neck to the instep of the small round foot lying on its side upon the ottoman. Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I When standing is absolutely necessary, strips of strong sticking plaster passed down from above the ankle bones, and round under the instep, help greatly. Papers on Health And the boots shall be thin, not thick, with a nice, curved sole to show off my patrician instep. The Fortunes of the Farrells His legs were bare; on his feet he wore a form of sandal with leather thongs crossing his insteps. The Girl in the Golden Atom Then seizing a good, stout, brightly-glowing brand from the fire, he coolly sat down and applied the almost white-hot end to the wound, which was in his left instep. A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story It was moved and seconded that Coxhead be kicked for having made “amnis” feminine, and having translated the French “impasse” as “instep.” Tom, Dick and Harry These measurements are taken according to instructions and usually are of the instep, ankle, calf of leg, length of ankle to knee, etc. The Mother and Her Child The stockings were not always white, oftener they matched the color of the slippers that were laced across the instep. A Little Girl in Old Salem "Doesn't your instep touch, when you stand up in them?" Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies She was well-born I'd swear, by her delicate ears, her instep, her curved nostrils—" "Did you ever approach your goddess near enough to catch her curved articulation, Colonel? Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches His eyes darted down, to where the full weight of Gordon seemed to rest on the heel that was grinding into his instep. Police Your Planet "Show the light!" his father called, jumping out into the water that hardly covered the insteps of his riding-boots. The Blue Pavilions Elizabeth was knitting a sock for Chilian out of fine linen yarn, spun by herself, and she put pretty open-work stitches all up the instep. A Little Girl in Old Salem But cowboys and other people who ride all day stick their feet through the stirrup to the heel, and ride on their instep. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies On the Friday following, hemorrhage was observed at the same place, and, moreover, blood oozed out from the top or instep of the foot. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Benjamin Drake: 22 years old—blue eyes—light hair—light complexion—scar on right instep. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning Patsy, coatless, has a long pair of striped stockings on over his arms, and a pair of shoes on his hands, ornamented on insteps with large rosettes. The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays It measures more than sixty feet round the shoulders, the breadth of the instep is nearly seven feet, and the hieroglyphical figures engraven on the arm are large enough for a man to walk in. Sketches Occasionally, too, you catch a provokingly brief glimpse of a high, slender instep, and an ankle modeled to match it. Border and Bastille This condition may be present with a high instep, and no evidence of flat foot. How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science The dress of the people is mostly white, homespun flannel "bawneens," and sandals of cowhide, fastened across the instep, which they call "pampooties." The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway They are made to lace high about the lower part of the leg, the lacing running from below the instep upward. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 It measures more than sixty feet round the shoulders, the breadth of the instep is nearly seven feet, and the hieroglyphical figures engraven on the arm are large enough for a man to walk in. Sketches Here Vesta laughed aloud, and began to skip about in her long, slender, worked slippers, whose insteps would spare a mouse darting under. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times Another curious requirement—in the Isle of Man and Northumberland—is that the “first-foot” shall not be flat-footed: he should be a person with a high-arched instep, a foot that “water runs under.” Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan There was a hot stab of pain on his instep. Star Hunter If your instep is high enough to have water flow under it, you are of good descent. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk The foot was small, elegantly-shaped, and, from appearance, with an instep so high that water might flow freely under without soiling the sole. The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans Felicitous strokes like that in which he says, "No tree has so fair a bole and so handsome an instep as the birch," are rare. The Last Harvest We have seen women with such slender ankles and shapely insteps, that white slippers or low shoes might be worn with black or coloured stockings. Woman as Decoration Stockings were of white or coloured silk, and shoes were set off by broad buckles at the instep. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Place the heel of one shoe against the instep of the other for three nights in a row. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk The general dropped from his horse, and as the boy looked down, he saw a red blot coming out on his instep. A Certain Rich Man Arriving at the puoa, he placed the spirit against the insteps of the girl and pressed it firmly in, meanwhile continuing his invocation. Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends Lord F. They hurt me just below the instep. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Often one sees elbows bent the wrong way to emphasize the gesture of denunciation, or a foot stepping quite across the instep of its mate in order to suggest speed of motion. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Place the heel of one shoe against the instep of the other three nights in a row, and you will dream of your future husband. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk Nothing I could say would make him exchange his Indian moccasins for the high-heeled pumps with a buckle at the instep. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade The trousers were tucked into high boots, slightly wrinkled at the instep, with an inset of pebbled horsehide, frosted green in hue, at the heels. Russian Rambles I kicked the ball with my instep, having learned this from Charlie Young of Cornell, who was then at Princeton Seminary and was playing on the scrub team. Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball The soleless shoes of ox-hide or sheepskin, made by the women out of a single piece, are strapped to the instep. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands In her right hand she held a carelessly-plucked creeper that strayed down the white of her dress and drooped over the high firm instep. Dead Man's Rock Their feet are the long-toed, flattish foot of the Egyptian statue, while the Arab foot is classically perfect and you could put your hand under the instep. Letters from Egypt His boots were heavy, patched, and entirely uncleaned, and the upper toe-cap of one of them gaped from the leather over the instep. None Other Gods See that they bind nowhere except upon the instep. How to Camp Out By her side was Jill, seated upon a cushion, one little foot tucked under her, nursing the other's instep with her slim, brown hand. Berry And Co. Its triangular jaws could sever trees in an instant, and the sharp rows of teeth on the instep of its foreclaw could tear even the thickest hide to ribbons. The Mantooth He hurt his ankle on one leg and his instep on the other with a rusty nail, and they festered. Letters from Egypt She drew her gown back from the footstool, and I slowly tightened the silken bands over the high-arched instep—very slowly, I confess. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars The women have small compact, well-shaped heads and pretty faces; colour, brown; very pleasant to speak to; well-shaped figures, with small hands and feet; the last with high insteps, and springy altogether. 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 I tried three months to persuade my "Boots" to leave off blacking the soles of my shoes under the instep. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I On the feet, when dressed, are worn sandals of wood or cowhide, covered with cloth, and held on by straps, one of which passes over the instep, the other over the great toe. Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons He seemed by some strange suppleness to flatten his instep paddle-wise and to bring the entire leg from toe to knee at one blow against the ground. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert One of his slippers had no instep; the other was without a heel. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is Like the Mandan moccasin, it is made with a single seam on the outer edge, and sewed up behind, a hole being left at the instep to admit the foot. 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. Below his trousers could plainly be seen the highly-polished boots; the heels and instep being higher than those generally in use. The Girl of the Golden West The regulation baseball shoe reaches just under the instep. Outdoor Sports and Games I wouldn't be a bit surprised if I had caught a severe cold in the instep! Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst I must tell you, that if this ungodly young woman is my daughter, I shall know her by a violet mark between her shoulders, and another on the left instep. Famous Stories Every Child Should Know Bar-rail instep, which is a fallen arch reversed, was a common complaint among us. One Third Off Mr Markham, 'the Insurance King,' had arrayed himself this morning in gray flannel, with a reach-me-down overcoat, cloth cap, and carpet slippers that betrayed his flat, Jewish instep. Corporal Sam and Other Stories He replied, with much pomposity, that it was the far-famed Arabian foot, the instep of which arched so beautifully that water could flow beneath it without wetting the skin. A Man and a Woman He ventures now to take one of the charming feet so close to him into one of his hands, and strokes the instep softly with the other. The Hoyden But once or twice the water caught him fairly, and ran rippling over his instep and about his ankles. The Ship of Stars She had tiny pointed French shoes with straps across the instep, through which appeared a blue silk stocking. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel She started violently and looked down when her body-woman touched the arched instep with her wrinkled, dusky hand. Leonie of the Jungle He unpinned her hat, took off her coat as a nurse removes a child's coat, kneeled down to unlace her boots, kissed each slim instep, and carried all the things neatly away to their bedroom. Married Life The True Romance "I did not see her face distinctly, but she has a well-turned instep and walks easily," was the report she carried to her daughters, who in their own room, over Katy's, were dressing for dinner. Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering She had the smallest foot, with the highest instep; such as one gets not often an idea of in England. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. She has filbert nails and an arched instep. Trumps He wore a pea-green coat, white vest, nankeen small clothes, white silk stockings, and pumps fastened with silver buckles which covered at least half the foot, from instep to toe. Woman's Life in Colonial Days Where is the instep?—"Between the ankle joint and the toes." Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City All the boots had high heels and the woman walked so as to put a severe strain on her arched instep in order that she might bring on by degrees "flat foot" for surgical treatment. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement "Bootjack, ma'am?" interrupted the Collector, leaning back in a chair and extending a shapely leg with instep and ankle whereon the riding-boot fitted like a glove. Lady Good-for-Nothing Their bodies are scarred in various parts, particularly about the breast and arms, and frequently on the instep. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) He pointed to the instep of his right foot and there on the skin were two tiny spots, marked by the fangs of the snake. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians "A step beyond decorum," in short, any step beyond the instep, is a step from a precipice to the lady who permits it. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals The elastic arch of the instep must be excepted in the above description, and adds lightness and swiftness to his otherwise slow gait. 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 Above pale, thin stuffs, girdled beneath the breast and falling straight and narrow to the instep, rose bare white neck and arms, while each charming face looked forth from an umbrageous bonnet of fine straw. Lewis Rand Whether this be true or not of the ball and heel, the instep is covered with skin no thicker than our own, and we saw the men plant their insteps fairly on the stone.’ Modern Mythology Her dress was of a green woollen stuff, and barely reached the instep of her low shoes. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Swinemünde itself is, to be sure, unpaved, but sand is better than bad pavement, where the horses are always having something the matter with their insteps. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 He'd run across his left instep and then bore him to the ground like one of these juggernuts or whatever they are. Somewhere in Red Gap Alas! a little grating in the smaller bones, just below the instep, told me of a fracture. The Way of a Man Over these come a pair of shoes of the same material; next a pair of dressed sealskin boots, perfectly water-tight; and over all a corresponding pair of shoes, tying round the instep. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 She pressed Durtal's hand and sat down facing him, and he perceived under the wrap her indigo silk stockings in little patent leather bootines with straps across the insteps. Là-bas If with spats, be sure that they fit close; nothing is worse than a wrinkled spat or one that sticks out over the instep like the opened bill of a duck! Etiquette At his instep sparkled new buckles of brilliants, rising above which sprang a graceful ankle, a straight and well-rounded leg. The Mississippi Bubble The telephone interrupted Carlisle twice, but she toasted her arched and silken little insteps well, read three stories, and thought that one of them was quite sweet. V. V.'s Eyes Michael's foot, with its long, arched instep, fascinated Anthony. The Tree of Heaven The Livelies were set down in a street where the sand was over the instep, before a stiff, graceless brick building, standing close up in one corner of an acre lot. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 If he flourish a true Brummel of the plains his leggins will be fronted from instep to belt with the thick pelt, hair outside, of a Newfoundland dog. Wolfville Nights She must be richly dressed—preferably in an evening gown, and wear dainty high-heeled slippers, either quite open so as to show the curve of the instep, or with only one strap or 'bar' across. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy Their hands were small, their feet neat and well shaped, with so high an instep that one asked oneself involuntarily where in the world they had acquired this aristocratic mark of beauty. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man He deliberately knelt down and kissed the instep of the foot which protruded from the curtain. Clementina The two best known are the Ojibwa, with soft sole—sole and upper all in one, an' a puckered instep—that's what Ojibwa means—'puckered moccasin.' Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned I was choking him when he brought his knee up and got me in the stomach and again on the instep when he brought his heel down. A Yankee in the Trenches The instep has been broken upward into a bony cushion. Profiles from China The legs must be straight and narrow, the calves full, the feet small and narrow, with high instep. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man It fell with a crash, and the lower rim struck upon the instep of the leader and pinned his foot. Clementina On the instep is three red, white and blue pathways where the moccasin was to take me: they're ahead—in the future. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Their legs were bare, except that they had half buskins bound about their insteps with silk ribbon. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 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 The small toes are folded under the cushioned instep. Profiles from China In some races and in certain individuals it is much developed, so as to give the high instep which is prized as an evidence of good blood. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 Thou shalt sprinkle the left instep; then the Drug Nasu turns round under the sole of the foot; it looks like the wing of a fly. Sacred Books of the East Private M'Splae is the possessor, we will say, of a pair of flat feet, or arched insteps, or other military incommodities, and his regulation boots do not fit him. The First Hundred Thousand This act of easement was done deftly, and the neat action of instep boot-jack never lost its fascination for us. The New North Then I lifted the machinery up to examine its constitution and by-laws, and about two and a half pounds of wrought iron fell off and landed on my instep. You Can Search Me If we add, that light, canvas slippers, with foul-anchors worked in worsted upon their insteps, covered his feet, we shall say all that is necessary of his attire. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas The sole of the foot is nine paces long, and the instep is twenty-one cubits in girth. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 While I was around the fire, barefooted, I felt something crawl up my instep, and it proved to be another of those piojos of Williams'. Death Valley in '49 Around each foot, below the instep, I had a broad, firm bandage, one above each ankle and one below each knee. Half a Century Now these termitines," said he, "are characterized by four joints on the instep, horned jaws, and remarkable strength. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen He walks across it; his shoes sink almost to the instep in the soft soil. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's In going downstairs I had to place my insteps on the edge of each step, or go one step at a time, like a child. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography Directly the girl drew near to the bank the water began to bubble up from the bottom; and when she went down to the water’s edge it rose to her instep. Folklore of the Santal Parganas I one day inquired of a fine, ruddy, honest-looking man, who called upon me, and whose toes and instep of each foot had been truncated, how the accident happened? The Illustrated London Reading Book His boots were the finest leather, bench-made by the best of bootmakers, and they fitted the high-arched instep with the elastic smoothness of gloves. Ronicky Doone Leaning hands, uplifted necks, painted eyes, scarlet mouths, a piece of thigh, arched insteps, and all is blurred; vanity, animalism, indecency, absurdity, and all to be whelmed into oblivion in a moment. A Mere Accident My foot was badly cut across the instep and I was altogether forlorn and disreputable. With the Allies Make em wear old brogan shoes with buckles across the instep. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Lizzy looked at the crimson merino, and at the smart slippers on the door with a shining black bow on each instep. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 There was a star tattooed on one of his naked insteps. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Here we were furnished with leggings of coarse woolen cloth to keep out the snow; they were tied under the knees and quite tightly again over the insteps, so that the legs were effectually protected. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 The attitude I speak of was that of cherishing one leg over the knee of the other, smoothing the instep with the palm of his hand. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Meanwhile, Mr F.'s Aunt rubbed her esteemed insteps with her umbrella, and vindictively glared. Little Dorrit Masks with tricorns and rapiers sticking out behind Pursuing masks with plumes and high heels, The sunlight shining under their insteps. Men, Women and Ghosts They clasped her belt and adorned the instep of her little amber silk slippers. The Man Between, an International Romance Below, the wide edges of white duck trousers just appeared above shining insteps and high heeled shoes. The Brother of Daphne The operation is begun by placing the end of a long, narrow bandage on the inside of the instep and carrying it over the four smaller toes, securing them under the foot. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Others had marks round the ankles and insteps, which looked like tight-fitting and elegant boots. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean He stretched out a short, podgy leg and contemplated the bare instep and the grass slipper hanging by the toes. An Outcast of the Islands "I can't stop to measure insteps on algebra days; I've noticed your habit of keeping a foot in the aisle ever since you had those new shoes, so I don't wonder it was stepped on." Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm |
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