| 单词 | limpet |
| 例句 | On the exposed rocks out of water, the barnacles bubble behind their closed doors and the limpets dry out. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Bits of sea glass among the mermaids’ purses and limpet shells. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z We drove east, we drove west, amidst the myriad villages that cling like limpets to the Mediterranean shore, and to-day I remember none of them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Starfish squat over mussels and limpets, attach their million little suckers and then slowly lift with incredible power until the prey is broken from the rock. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Forms and figures loomed out of the rain: boulders in our path, gruesome as ogres to my susceptible wits, hulking, pocked and eyed with limpets, shaggy with weeds. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Farther west, in Port Renfrew, was Botanical Beach, where tide pools were filled with limpets, mussels and sea anemones. Vancouver Island, Through an Artist’s Eyes 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z But it's her coming to see Emmi as an individual rather than a limpet liability, while at the same time revisiting her golden image of Lugh, that makes this book particularly memorable to me. Little women: children's literature's stand-in parents 2013-05-17T10:00:00Z The detonators for limpet mines used to blow up barges on the Danube were "concealed inside Woolworths aniseed balls whose dissolving rate had been vigorously tested in Bedford Modern School swimming pool". The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville by Clare Mulley – review 2012-08-03T21:55:03Z “They will find him armored, they will find him entrenched, they will find him stuck like a limpet to the future.” Crashing Henry VIII’s Court One Last Time With Hilary Mantel 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The limpets, served sizzling in butter and garlic, are calling for you. Madeira Draws a Younger, Hipper Set 2010-07-09T16:48:00Z But she loves him with a limpet’s clinginess that makes him that much crueler. Books of The Times: Lisa Grunwald?s ?Irresistible Henry House?: A Charmer?s Tale 2010-03-15T20:54:00Z Glued together, an assortment of limpet shells resembles a blossom, but one with hard-edged petals. In the galleries: Nature’s serenity 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Without stars culling their ranks, barnacles and mussels crowded out seaweeds, limpets and sponges. Peering Into the Brutal, Beautiful World of Tide Pools 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z A spell in a Scottish training camp transforms them into saboteurs, and soon they and their limpet mines are sending German supply ships to the bottom of Oslo harbor. Movie Review: ?Max Manus? 2010-09-02T22:04:00Z Now, all at once, they were forced to include them; to give them cast and director approval; to pander to their internet fanbase by sticking like limpets to the original text. ‘Like a paranoid tiger-mom’: how control-freak authors took over Hollywood 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The remote islands are home to a range of exotic plants – such as the South African hottentot fig – as well as the extremely rare red-barbed ant, and lots of limpets. TV highlights 22/02/2013 2013-02-22T07:00:05Z First he had to pry off an interloper: a limpet, a coin-size, hat-shaped snail that normally clings tenaciously to tidal zone rocks but had taken up residence on the gray epoxy seal protecting the sensor. The Atlantic is being ringed with tiny sensors in an ambitious effort to track climate change 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Finally, place limpet mines on time-delayed charges on Japanese ships before slipping away. World War Two: The Australian commando raid in Singapore 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z His meal is seaweed and limpets — “Definitely al dente,” he jokes — and his bed is a wet field. Bear Grylls goes into the wild with a new batch of celebrities, from Bradley Cooper to Rita Ora 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z We ordered boiled shrimp and our first grilled limpets with garlic and oil, a local specialty. An active adventure across the Azores’ volcanic islands 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z A video was shown to the court of the victim screaming because of the limpets on his the back and being humiliated during an incontinence episode. Care home staff jailed for degrading acts to vulnerable man 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Lima opted to use a limpet shell instead, creating what he called “robolimpets.” The Atlantic is being ringed with tiny sensors in an ambitious effort to track climate change 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Keen naturalists were surprised to find that populations of bright green sunburst anenomes, giant owl limpets and pink volcano barnacles had in some places increased by the hundreds. Warm water species here to stay five years after northern California's largest marine heatwave 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Navy later accused Iran of targeting the ships with limpet mines, timed explosives typically attached by divers to a vessel’s hull. Iran’s largest warship catches fire, sinks in Gulf of Oman 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Without birds to eat seashore invertebrates, populations of snails, limpets and other herbivorous species exploded and gobbled up much of the marine kelp, which provides crucial habitat for other organisms. De-Ratting Rat Island Brought Silent Ecosystem Back to Life 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z In April the Saviz, an Iranian vessel anchored in the southern Red Sea, suffered damage to its hull believed to have been caused by limpet mines. Iran and Israel's shadow war takes a dangerous turn 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z The problem: “They looked like limpets,” which people like to eat, he says. The Atlantic is being ringed with tiny sensors in an ambitious effort to track climate change 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The giant owl limpet is one of the species that has persisted, and we want to identify what traits helped them survive after the Blob ended. Warm water species here to stay five years after northern California's largest marine heatwave 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Navy footage showed Revolutionary Guard members removing one unexploded limpet mine from a vessel. Iran’s largest warship catches fire, sinks in Gulf of Oman 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Video after one blast showed Revolutionary Guard troops removing an unexploded limpet mine from one targeted ship, something never fully explained by Tehran. Analysis: Attack on Iran ship off Yemen escalates shadow war 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The explosion, which the agency said was caused by limpet mines, bore the hallmarks of attacks in an escalating maritime clash between regional adversaries Israel and Iran. Iranian vessel was struck by explosion in Red Sea as nuclear talks began, Iran says 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z The latest version, known as the Envlogger, sports a thick plastic housing instead of a limpet shell, can store data for a year or more, and has a battery life of 5 years. The Atlantic is being ringed with tiny sensors in an ambitious effort to track climate change 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z To test some of these ideas, our team is conducting ecological experiments along the California coast, and we are annually recording growth for more than 2,500 individual limpets. Warm water species here to stay five years after northern California's largest marine heatwave 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency cited unnamed sources as saying the explosion was caused by "limpet mines attached to the hull of the ship". Iranian 'spy ship' damaged by explosion in Red Sea 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z An Israeli-owned car carrier suffered an apparent limpet mine blast in February. Analysis: Attack on Iran ship off Yemen escalates shadow war 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z It said Israeli operatives attached a limpet mine to an Iranian vessel anchored near Lebanon. Iranian vessel was struck by explosion in Red Sea as nuclear talks began, Iran says 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Nearby, research assistant Mar Humet Caballero delicately pressed a tiny square black device against the shell of a limpet to “listen” to its heartbeat. The Atlantic is being ringed with tiny sensors in an ambitious effort to track climate change 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z We are also experimentally pitting juvenile owl limpets against larger adults and other competing limpet species. Warm water species here to stay five years after northern California's largest marine heatwave 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z A U.S. official said the blast ripped holes in both sides of its hull and an Israeli official said limpet mines were used. Iran cargo ship attacked in Red Sea - Al Arabiya TV 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z The attacks typically feature limpet mines and sometimes torpedoes, the American official said. Israel’s Shadow War With Iran Moves Out to Sea 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z An Israeli official said limpet mines were used. Israeli-owned ship damaged by missile in Arabian Sea, Israeli media report 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z An increased heart rate can mean the limpet is experiencing heat stress, Lima, Seabra, and colleagues noted in a 2016 study. The Atlantic is being ringed with tiny sensors in an ambitious effort to track climate change 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z We hope that this work will reveal whether the new limpets on the block can grow rapidly while competing with others. Warm water species here to stay five years after northern California's largest marine heatwave 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z A limpet mine is a type of naval mine that is attached to the hull of a ship, usually by a special forces diver. World Digest: Jan. 1, 2021 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z A limpet mine is a type of naval mine that attaches to the side of a ship, usually by a diver-member of special forces. Iraq team working to ‘neutralize’ mine found on oil tanker 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Two private security firms said sailors feared they found a limpet mine on the MT Pola, a Liberian-flagged tanker that was receiving assistance Thursday in the gulf off the Iraqi city of Basra. World Digest: Dec. 31. 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z That appeared to be a not-so-subtle reminder of US accusations last year that Iran planted limpet mines on passing oil tankers near the strait, which exploded on the vessels in the same area. Iran threatens US by targeting replica aircraft carrier in Strait of Hormuz 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z In tandem with the ecological experiments, our lab is sequencing owl limpet genomes to identify genes that potentially code for traits like faster growth or competitive prowess. Warm water species here to stay five years after northern California's largest marine heatwave 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z The two men from Oahu’s famed North Shore were allegedly caught picking the limpets in the Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District, state officials said Wednesday. Hawaii men arrested for illegal harvest of nearly 800 opihi 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Rather than illustrating damage inflicted by a rocket, Dr Kaushal said the holes appeared similar to those left after alleged limpet mine attacks attributed to Iran in June, which it denied. Iran releases photos of 'attacked' tanker 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z A limpet mine is a type of naval mine that attaches to the side of a ship. World Digest: Dec. 31. 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Yet now, reacting opportunistically to US attrition, Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards are apparently supplying – directly or indirectly – the drones, missiles and limpet mines used to attack Saudi oil fields, airfields and tankers. The world ignored the warning signs – and now the Middle East is on the brink | Simon Tisdall 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The United States has accused Iran of two attacks in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf, in which magnetic limpet mines exploded against the hulls of foreign tankers in May and June. Trump says the U.S. Navy downed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Navy expert says the limpet mines used to attack a Japanese-owned oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz on June 13 bore “a striking resemblance” to similar mines seen in Iran. Key events raising tensions in the Persian Gulf 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Other information appears to confirm that the object was an unexploded limpet mine. No war with Iran, for now — but Mike Pompeo and John Bolton still really, really want one 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Cyber Command had decided to target an Iranian spy group that had supported limpet mine attacks on commercial ships last week. Report: Trump favored Iran cyberattack 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z The spy group is close to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, a terrorist-designated entity, and reportedly supported the limpet mine attacks on two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says it will respond 'firmly' to US aggression amid retaliatory cyberattack, aborted military strike 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z Late last week, Iran allegedly used limpet mines to target two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Iran attack on U.S. drone creates ‘defining moment’ for Donald Trump 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The UAE says the blasts were caused by limpet mines planted by a "state actor". Trump: Iran made 'big mistake' in downing US drone 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Washington alleges Iranian forces surreptitiously planted limpet mines on two vessels in the Gulf of Oman last week. Oil shippers boost security after mysterious attacks in Gulf 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Our correspondent is shown fragments of a magnetic limpet mine like those said to be used by the Iranian military. In a hurry? Here's your five-minute news briefing 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Navy officials showed reporters pieces of debris and a magnet that alleged to be part of the limpet mines used in the attacks last week. Brian Hook, Iran adviser: U.S. still committed to diplomacy 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Navy exhibited pieces of limpet mines and a magnet it said its personnel extracted from one of two oil tankers attacked in the Gulf of Oman last week. U.S. Navy says mine fragments suggest Iran behind Gulf tanker attack 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The US again accuses Iran, releasing footage purportedly showing Iranian forces removing an unexploded limpet mine from a damaged vessel. Trump: Iran made 'big mistake' in downing US drone 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The limpet mine used on a Japanese-owned oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz “bears a striking resemblance” to other Iranian mines, U.S. Limpet mine used in oil tanker attacks 'bears striking resemblance' to similar Iranian Mines, US Navy says 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Navy explosives expert said Wednesday that the limpet mine used on a Japanese-owned oil tanker last week “bears a striking resemblance” to similar Iranian mines. U.S. Navy: Tanker attack mine similar to ones used by Iran 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z “The damage we observed is consistent with a limpet mine attack,” said Navy Cmdr. Brian Hook, Iran adviser: U.S. still committed to diplomacy 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Most important, instead of sea mines, which are clumsy to position and inaccurate in targeting, Iran now appears to be using limpet mines, which are affixed to the hulls of ships. A ‘tanker war’ with Iran would be more complicated than the 1980s version 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z U.S. officials also released a video on Friday supposedly showing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the vessels. US squadron of F-15E fighters arrive in UAE amid Iran tensions 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The so-called limpet mines got the name from the real limpets, small sea snails that easily cling to hard surfaces and rocks. Limpet mine used in oil tanker attacks 'bears striking resemblance' to similar Iranian Mines, US Navy says 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z “Iran is responsible for the attack based on video evidence and the resources and proficiency needed to quickly remove the unexploded limpet mine.” Iran will not wage war against any nation, says Hassan Rouhani 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Defense Department officials provided photo evidence that they said proves Iranian military personnel used limpet mines — small bombs that attach to ships via magnets — to target the vessels. Iran nuclear breakout closer as Trump deploys more troops 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The deadly bombs did not technically meet the definition of limpet mines because they were used on land. Limpet mines eyed in Iran attacks on tankers, U.S. officials say 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z “Iran is responsible for the attack based on video evidence and the resources and proficiency needed to quickly remove the unexploded limpet mine,” the U.S. military’s Central Command said in a statement explaining the still-images. U.S. military releases new images from oil tanker attacks 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Pictures of pieces of a limpet mine were released as part of that effort by the U.S. Limpet mine used in oil tanker attacks 'bears striking resemblance' to similar Iranian Mines, US Navy says 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z U.S. officials released a video Friday supposedly showing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the vessels. Europeans skeptical of Trump's claim that Iran to blame in tanker attack 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z But European nations appealed to all sides to de-escalate, as statements by the owner of one of the targeted ships appeared to challenge the U.S. account that Iranian naval boats had employed limpet mines. Trump administration steps up efforts to show Iran carried out tanker attacks 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Analysts say limpet mines are ideal weapons for Iran’s campaign against massive ships in Middle East waters, particularly if the goal is to target and disable commercial vessels without sinking them or inflicting casualties. Limpet mines eyed in Iran attacks on tankers, U.S. officials say 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z To back up its version of events, the US military released a video which it says shows Iran's Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the ships - hours after the initial detonations. Corbyn challenges UK's Iran accusations 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z Last week, U.S. officials released a video last week supposedly showing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the vessels. Limpet mine used in oil tanker attacks 'bears striking resemblance' to similar Iranian Mines, US Navy says 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z As to chronology, the earlier limpet mine attack on the four vessels was on 12 May. Tanker attacks: Your questions answered 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Central Command released footage it said shows Iran’s Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from the Japanese-owned tanker Kokuka Courageous. Trump: Iran a ‘nation of terror,’ was behind tanker attacks 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z More broadly, some argue that the limpet mine may be Iran’s best way to launch small-scale attacks while preserving more serious military options should tensions with the U.S. keep escalating. Limpet mines eyed in Iran attacks on tankers, U.S. officials say 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The black-and-white footage, as well as still photographs released by the U.S. military’s Central Command on Friday, appeared to show the limpet mine on the Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous. Gulf tanker attack: Iran has form for using clingy, covert 'limpet mines' which instantly disable vessels 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The U.S. released footage late Thursday it said shows Iran’s Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from an oil tanker that was attacked near the Strait of Hormuz. China vows to develop ties with Iran after attack on tankers 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Those tensions rose markedly after the 12 May limpet mine attacks in the UAE. US says video shows Iran removing unexploded mine 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The black-and-white footage, as well as still photographs released by the U.S. military’s Central Command, appeared to show the limpet mine on the Kokuka Courageous. Iran Revolutionary Guard seen removing mine from tanker in U.S. military video 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Late last week, the company’s president, Yutaka Katada, said he did not believe limpet mines were used because the crew aboard the ship saw “flying objects” in the moments before the explosion. Limpet mines eyed in Iran attacks on tankers, U.S. officials say 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The mines got the name from the real limpets, small sea snails that easily cling to hard surfaces and rocks. Gulf tanker attack: Iran has form for using clingy, covert 'limpet mines' which instantly disable vessels 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The administration last month said Iran used limpet mines — a type of magnetized naval explosives — to attack commercial oil vessels under Saudi, Emirati and Norwegian flags near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Tanker attacks in Strait of Hormuz raise fear of Iran, U.S. conflict 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The report said the operation involved small, fast boats and trained divers, who were likely to have placed limpet mines with a high degree of precision on the vessels' hulls below the waterline. What we know about Gulf of Oman tanker 'attacks' 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z U.S. officials similarly accused Iran of targeting the ships with limpet mines, which are magnetic and attach to the hulls of a ship. Iran Revolutionary Guard seen removing mine from tanker in U.S. military video 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z U.S. officials say limpet mines also were used in a series of attacks on oil tankers last month in the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping channel in the Middle East. Limpet mines eyed in Iran attacks on tankers, U.S. officials say 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Both countries back then attacked each other oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, with Iran using the limpet mines to cause damage. Gulf tanker attack: Iran has form for using clingy, covert 'limpet mines' which instantly disable vessels 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Capt. Bill Urban, a Central Command spokesman, said a Revolutionary Guard patrol ship removed the limpet mine from the Kokuka Courageous. US says Iran removed unexploded mine from oil tanker 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z On Thursday, the U.S. reportedly spotted an unexploded limpet mine near one of the stricken ships. A Tanker War in the Middle East—Again? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The two tankers were hit in the Gulf of Oman, sending oil prices as much as 4% higher, a month after four other tankers were damaged by limpet mines in the same region. Ships in Gulf were attacked, other vessels at risk: INTERTANKO 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Given that the limpet mine results in a small explosion, analysts say, placement is crucial. Limpet mines eyed in Iran attacks on tankers, U.S. officials say 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The presentation denoted that divers were deployed to barrage the ships using limpet mines to cause impairment, without a mass explosion. UAE accuses 'state actor' for tanker attacks, but stops just short of Iran 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Divers were used to attack the ships using limpet mines in order to cause damage but not cause a major explosion, the presentation stated. 'State actor' behind UAE tanker attacks 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z He added that the Pentagon attributed limpet mines used in the attack to the IRGC. Pentagon says Iran’s Revolutionary Guards responsible for oil tanker attacks 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Gilday said U.S. intelligence showed the attack on the oil tankers off the UAE was the result of limpet mines placed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Trump approves sending more forces to the Middle East amid tensions with Iran 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Trump administration officials accused Iran of using limpet mines to target two oil tankers, the Front Altair and the Kokuka Courageous, in the Gulf of Oman last week. Limpet mines eyed in Iran attacks on tankers, U.S. officials say 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z “We used to practice it a lot, it’s general practice. You place a limpet mine and disable an enemy ship,” he said. Iran's elite naval forces said to pass skills to proxy fighters 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z But an evolutionary tree created by the researchers revealed that 54 of the 66 were genetically indistinguishable from the limpet F. californica, a United States native considered an invasive species elsewhere in the world. The invasive snail that fooled zoologists 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Experience has shown that haemocyanin, a protein derived from keyhole limpets, is particularly effective for this purpose, so that was the one the team chose. The search for vaccines against street drugs 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z But instead it killed any kind of marine life it came into contact with, from seaweed to limpets to fish. Torrey Canyon oil spill: The day the sea turned black - BBC News 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z "He's a political limpet and about as lively," Mr Hamilton told reporters in Cardiff Bay on Tuesday. UKIP's new leader Diane James to meet divided AMs - BBC News 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z The ochre starfish is a generalist predator, consuming barnacles, snails, limpets and more. Robert Treat Paine (1933-2016) : Nature : Nature Research 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z In terms of man-made materials, the limpet tooth is stronger than Kevlar fibres and almost as good as the best high-performance carbon fibre materials. Limpet teeth set new strength record 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z They found the teeth contain a hard mineral known as goethite, which forms in the limpet as it grows. Strongest known natural material - spider silk or limpet teeth? 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z However, researchers report online today in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface that the record books need to be updated to properly recognize the incredible strength of the limpet teeth. Spider silk dethroned as nature’s toughest fiber 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Only then are our eyes directed to the rarer animals, culminating in a special reward for our sustained attention: the giant owl limpet, Lottia gigantea. In retrospect: Between Pacific Tides : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Their tube feet, outfitted with adhesive cells and a hydraulic system, are powerful enough to rip openings into limpets and mussels. In search of the starfish killer: The quest to save the original keystone species 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z The 500 great novels summarised among its pages are only those that have for him "stuck like limpets on the bottom of a boat" in the 70 years he has been a reader. The woman who went to the library and read every book on the shelf 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z Six of them arrive clinging to their steamer basket like limpets, their homemade flour skins pleasingly sticky. | New Jersey: A Review of Shanghai Bun in Princeton Junction 2014-05-03T22:50:05Z The constant grinding would be enough to quickly reduce most natural materials to nubs, but the limpets’ teeth boast a tensile strength of between 3 and 6.5 GPa, researchers report. Spider silk dethroned as nature’s toughest fiber 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Without the starfish to control their numbers, mussels eventually carpeted the plots and kept limpets and algae from taking hold in the region. Rethinking predators: Legend of the wolf 2014-03-12T18:50:33.419Z The limpet is the most endangered marine invertebrate in the region following decades of habitat loss and collection for their shells. The Incredible Mr./Mrs. Limpet: The Endangered, Sex-Changing Sea Snail 2013-11-22T16:15:12.207Z A February 13, 2012, attack on the wife of Israel’s ambassador to India, for example, also used the limpet magnetic bomb affixed to her car, causing serious injuries to her and three other Indian nationals. The Year of Iranian Terror 2013-05-30T21:05:00Z It was unrecognisable, badly eaten away, and held together largely by the limpets and barnacles attached to it. Salvaging a rare WWII plane from the sea 2013-05-03T00:55:13Z The bay's rocky intertidal zone normally hosts a thriving community of mussels, barnacles, limpets, anemones and algae. The Man Whose Dynasty Changed Ecology 2013-01-16T18:15:00.270Z The DNA sequence of the oyster will be compared with other mollusc genomes, including the California sea hare and the giant owl limpet. Oyster genome mystery unravelled 2012-09-20T08:13:46Z The reddish fluid in the syringe indicates that the limpet is a female. The Incredible Mr./Mrs. Limpet: The Endangered, Sex-Changing Sea Snail 2013-11-22T16:15:12.207Z Four attacks since 2007 on Iranian scientists used a specialized magnetic limpet bomb affixed to the target’s vehicle. Iran appears to be using this technique as well. The Year of Iranian Terror 2013-05-30T21:05:00Z The scollop and oyster Their two shells did roister, Like castanets fitting; While limpets moved clearly, And rocks very nearly With laughter were splitting. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z These invaders crowded out the algae and limpets, which fled for less competitive pastures. The Man Whose Dynasty Changed Ecology 2013-01-16T18:15:00.270Z "He clings to that crease like a limpet," 1030: Top of the morning to you. Live - England v West Indies 2012-05-20T09:29:16Z But the ribbed Mediterranean limpet sometimes takes it one step further by, apparently, switching gender once again. The Incredible Mr./Mrs. Limpet: The Endangered, Sex-Changing Sea Snail 2013-11-22T16:15:12.207Z The four men clung like limpets to the roof, crouching until the worst gusts were past and then resuming their hammering. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Jasmine, who came from Sirene, where any summer Italian duchesses bathing are to be found as thick as limpets on the rocks, was less impressed than she ought to have been. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Moreover, the limpet and other shells gathered by the squaws were commonly piled to windward of the hut. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Collecting limpets and muscles—cutting wood—and drying our clothes on one side by the fire, while the other got wet, were our only occupations. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z However, that was the one romance of her life, and she has clung to it like a limpet to a rock. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Two motorcyclists drove up to his car and attached a limpet mine that killed him on the spot. Will Israel Attack Iran? 2012-01-26T03:57:16Z Here they shot geese, made broth of limpets, and one of the boats captured an Indian and shot another dead. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z I have never seen or heard of the Yahgans eating any kind of meat or fish raw except certain kinds of limpets. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z I was two days over the time for which we carried provisions, but by my coxswain's care of them, and by using limpets and other shell-fish, we still had a sufficiency. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z In other cases they retain a circular shape on all parts of the body, and are then called thoko mbulewa or button or limpet yaws. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Then they heard the child laugh scornfully, and saw it point at the limpets. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Of course the limpets had to be gathered first, and as Kenneth was young and Duncan was old, it was the work of the boy to collect these. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z They had been obliged to live for weeks, as the Indians do, on limpets and clams only. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Having given our prisoners as much food as they could eat, muscles, limpets, and pork, we let them lie down close to the fire, all three together. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z It threw out octopean feelers at various tangents and established certain associations and connexions to which it clung, as a limpet to a rock or a devil-fish to its victim. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z Here they feed on mussels and other bivalves, limpets, worms, crustacea, and small fish; mixing freely with other birds while on the ground, but keeping to themselves while performing their flights. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z I've myself utterly ceased to travel—I'm a limpet now, for the rest of my life, on the rock of Britain, but I intensely enjoy the travels of my friends. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z Another source of annoyance was the manner in which the red-faced gentleman persisted in sticking to us, like a limpet--as if he were a member of the party. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Though young she was uncommonly fat, and did justice to a diet of limpets and muscles. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z These latter were easily distinguishable by the seaweed and the limpets with which they were covered. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z There I lay like a limpet stuck to the rock, against which I could feel my heart beat with accelerated rapidity. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z But the thought of Jess Morse and her widowed mother 39 clung to her mind like a limpet to a rock—even after she had dismissed her maid that night and retired. The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize 2011-09-05T02:00:21.083Z This circlet of gill-lamellae led Cuvier to class the limpets as Cyclobranchiata, and, by erroneous identification of them with the series of metamerically repeated ctenidia of Chiton, to associate the latter mollusc with the former. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z In pulling across the cove to get limpets, the squalls at times forced the oars out of the men's hands, and blew them across or away from the boat. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z When the little girl got to the bay the tide was only half-way down, and it was ever so long before she could get near the limpet rocks. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z It's a big thing is the Bible—big as a rock; and the Church is just a little limpet sticking on it. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z They may be described briefly as limpets with traces of a spire left. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z The eyes of the limpet deserve mention as examples of the most primitive kind of eye in the Molluscan series. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z One of my boat's crew was ill this day; the first man that had been seriously so, although several had been slightly affected by the muscles and limpets; and one had fits. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Gerna did not stay on the beach after the wee Brown Man had disappeared—she felt afraid somehow—and she went home with only half a basketful of limpets. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z Besides all this a conger fine and fat I bought, and buried in a fragrant pickle; Likewise some tench, and clinging to the rocks Some limpets. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z This animal is not only like the limpet in form but also in habits, being found adhering to the rocks and stones at low-water. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z Several million limpets—twelve million in Berwickshire alone—are annually used on the east coast of Britain as bait. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z After she was secured, we employed ourselves looking for limpets and muscles for supper, by the light of a lanthorn, as we had good appetites, and our provisions were scanty. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z My hands are ever so strong, and if they can get limpets off the rocks, they can open this tiny little thing, I’m sure. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z Now Icesius says that limpets are more digestible than those shell-fish which have been already mentioned; but that oysters are not so nutritious as limpets, and are filling, but nevertheless are more digestible. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Then the tiny point of her pretty shoe was always poking itself inquiringly into crevices, out of which Harry had to fish red anemones or unusually large limpets or mussels. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z The common limpet is a specially interesting and abundant example of the more primitive Aspidobranchia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z In Cascade Bay we found the abundance of limpets and muscles usual on these shores, and of particularly good quality. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The green, slimy walls were hung with seaweed and studded with pointed limpets, but of anything human there was no trace. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z But the limpet is univalve, and has a smooth shell; and the mussel has a united shell. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Glen stuck to the saddle like a limpet to a rock. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z Thus, then, we find that the limpet possesses a symmetrically disposed pair of ctenidia in a rudimentary condition, and justifies its position among Aspidobranchia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z After dark, we returned to the cutter and partook of a large mess, made of the swan we had shot, the coots, some limpets, and preserved meat. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z They held to every old custom they had ever heard of, as a limpet holds to a rock. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z Of limpets," says Diphilus, "some are very small, and some are like oysters. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z I saw a limpet give its shell half a rotation, then grow tall for an instant, and then shut itself snugly down upon the rock. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z And you yourself, Peggy—why, you are like a limpet on your rock. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z We found in this, as in almost every Fuegian harbour, abundance of muscles, limpets, and wild celery; some fish and some wild-fowl. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Our men were exposed to fire from three sides, but they held on like limpets to a rock. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z But Aristophanes writes the line with the word tortoise instead of limpet. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z "Oh, I thought you were limpet shells broken and mended," said the Child. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z With a shout he threw himself on Jabez and clung to him like a limpet. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z The species generally found are limpets and muscles, but with little variety and no novelty. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z "Start in a sand castle by the sea," she mocked, "with limpets for friends and neighbours." The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z And the shell being something like that of a cockle, it sticks to the rocks, just as limpets do. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z What human limpets they are; and how narrow are their paths to enjoyment! The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z In the last decade, scientists have identified and debated several attributes that have apparently "re-evolved" over time including stick insect's wings, coiling in limpet shells, larval stages of salamanders and lost digits in lizards. Frogs re-evolved lost lower teeth 2011-01-31T08:40:23Z Muscles, limpets, and sea-eggs abound here, and are good and wholesome of their kind. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Miss Breezy, who clung to certain old shibboleths with the pathetic persistence of a limpet, regarded a pack of cards as the instrument of the devil. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z And again Speusippus enumerates separately in regular order the cockle, the periwinkle, the mussel, the pinna, the solens; and in another place he speaks of oysters and limpets. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z She was not long in reaching the well-known spot—their old trysting-place, where the coarse sand was white, and the rocks which shut in the retired tiny cove rough with limpet, barnacle, and weed. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z But stocks then fell as oysters faced a number of challenges: over-fishing, parasites, invasive creatures such as the American oyster drill, slipper limpets whose faeces smother oyster beds and toxic paint on boat hulls. UK oyster production: nature's harvest 2010-06-22T13:16:00Z Yet Britain rescinded its approval of Corexit about 10 years ago because, in testing, the products were found to be too damaging to sea life like limpets in rocky shore environments. Agency Orders BP to Use a Less Toxic Chemical in Cleanup 2010-05-20T18:45:00Z I did not even turn and try to peer through the chinks in the stones, but simply sat like a limpet till the sounds had died completely away. The Spy in Black Oysters are of all the following kinds: there are the pinna, the mussel, the oyster, the cteis, the solen, the cockle, the limpet, the small oyster, the balanus. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Under a microscope of moderate power, the radula, or tongue, of a shellfish, especially a limpet, is a most interesting sight, and many molluscs can be identified merely by examining the tongue under a microscope. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them Here a small community must have lived, and hunted and fished, and fetched limpets and periwinkles from the beach to eat as dessert. The School by the Sea In some of the shell-fish, such as the limpets on the rocks, gods were supposed to be present. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II They are to be identified with the ring-like area of adhesion by which the foot-muscle of the limpet is attached to the shell of that animal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" A division of the Testacea, in which, as in the limpet, the foot is attached to the body. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The best way to obtain good specimens of these two Cominella is to break limpets, or other shellfish, and throw them into shallow water, close to rocks. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them Fortunately for Johnny, this propensity to stick fast—which he did like a limpet—was natural to him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative A sailor escaped from shipwreck had found a refuge there; had lived some time upon rock limpets, and had died. Toilers of the Sea Thus haematin is found in the so-called bile of slugs, snails, the limpet and the crayfish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" One foot lower than the highest bed of mussels, a few limpets and chitons were seen adhering to the rock where they had grown. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology We have few more beautiful or interesting shells than limpets. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them There's a stall in the market-house where they sell limpets and cockles, and——" "Oh, I don't want limpets and cockles! Better than Play The bell-shaped limpet shells, like tiny huts, were everywhere adhering to the rocks, distributed in settlements, in the alleys between which prowled oscabrions, those beetles of the sea. Toilers of the Sea The imported limpets on this Swiss rock of gentility were not sure of their own grip. The Silent Barrier Two feet lower than the same, dead mussels, chitons, and limpets were abundant. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The 2000 or so fine teeth found on the average limpet's tongue will quite account for the belief that the fish is poisonous, as great irritation must be caused by these sharp little teeth. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them I hesitated to say more; the orbless socket—the torn stump of the arm—the limpets that clung to her skin—the bosom pierced by Vanderhoek's mattock, were all before me, and shook my soul. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III Gilliatt breakfasted on a few limpets which he plucked with difficulty from the rocks. Toilers of the Sea Originally the Chitons were placed with the limpets, Patella, in Cuvier’s Cyclobranchia, an order of the Gastropoda. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" They were timid as sheep and ignorant as limpets; that was all. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) There is a reputation yet to be made by the man who can classify our New Zealand limpets. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them She appeared to be covered with limpets, and mould and moss clung to her as to a rock. Legends & Romances of Brittany Rock limpets and edible mosses abounded among them. Toilers of the Sea The sheltered waters of the broken southern coast, however, are rich in fish and molluscs, especially in mussels, limpets and barnacles, which are the principal food resource of the nomadic Indian tribes of those regions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The crab and lobster haunt in the crevices; and limpets, mussels, and the white buckie abound. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) It is really a limpet, which, having chosen mud and sand as its habitat, has adapted itself to its surroundings and become long and thin, instead of broad and flat, like the rock-loving limpet. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them I followed, clinging to the muddy sides like a limpet, half sliding, half crawling, in the impenetrable darkness. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. Like a limpet to a rock do they cling to this wretched, sinful world. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) With her iron-hard claws the mother bear scraped off a quantity of these limpets, and crushed them between her jaws with relish, swallowing the salty juices. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories The brainy dwellers of Hibernia know this, and stick like limpets to England. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The limpet family has not had the attention of our scientists which it merits. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them The children had tried again and again to pry Pop out of Waupoos, but he clung to it like a limpet. In a Little Town These, as well as the limpets, small boat-shaped or slipper-shaped conical shells found in similar places, are vegetable feeders. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 The cub tried clumsily to imitate her, but the limpets defied his too tender claws, so he ran to his mother, thrust her great head aside, and greedily licked up a share of her scrapings. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories A limpet on a rock is nothing to this baby. Lotus Buds The limpet resides on one spot, but moves about with the rising tide in search of the vegetation on which it lives. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them She rode low, like a limpet clinging, and her mind was on the two ahead––the man and the great bay horse. Tharon of Lost Valley Twice more the bad-mannered British Channel was violently rude to him; each time he crawled back to stick like a limpet in the depths of his bunk. The Dark Star As they left the limpets, a gaunt figure in gray homespuns, carrying a rifle, appeared on the crest of the cliffs above, caught sight of them, and hurriedly took cover behind an overhanging pine. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories In yet another zone we find the common limpet and the vesicular kelp-weed; and the small gray balanus and serrated kelp-weed form the productions of the top. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland The scollop and oyster Their two shells did roister, Like castanets flitting; While limpets moved clearly, And rocks very nearly With laughter were splitting. The Lilac Fairy Book Arrived home, she cooked her limpets, gave twenty to each of her cats, and reserved sixty for herself. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story None could climb like he, and he clung as firmly to the edges of the rocks as a limpet. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen He clung to me like a limpet and had to be removed by force, with despairing entreaties for mercy, disregarding my still puzzled assurances as to his personal safety. Pan-Islam I am fond of oysters, muscles, and cockles; but I do not think anything could induce me to taste a snail, a periwinkle, or a limpet. Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc A few armadillo shells and limpets crawl on the bottom, but 141 a frequent troubling of the water baffles me. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year He has attached himself to us, like a limpet to a rock. Vixen, Volume I. Only, if possible, shout first, and I will stick on like 121 a limpet, and try to withstand the strain. The Mistress of Shenstone Celia smiled and went on, "How do you make a speciality of limpets?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 East Cape consists of a few walrus-hide huts which cling like limpets to the face of a cliff overhanging the Straits. From Paris to New York by Land The Manx or Gaelic term for a limpet. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The people on the 7th were still employed in collecting muscles and limpets. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. So there were only a few limpets, who clung tenaciously to their spot, assured that all other spots on the globe were already occupied; and a few absolutely resigned persons. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia What is the connection between Mars and limpets? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 She fixed herself as firmly on this shelter as a limpet takes hold upon a rock. The Dark Tower A well-known shell-fish, giving rise to the brackish proverb, "Sticking fast like a limpet to a rock." The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. If it went much further he would gain for himself the reputation of being a limpet who attached himself to any chance rock of feminine amiability. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel "He's sticking to me as tight as a limpet," said Pete. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 If there are any limpets in Mars they are fresh-water ones. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 Some go gathering mussels and limpets along the strand, while the more robust of the women, under the direction of the old men, proceed to the construction of wigwams. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure A name applied to the shells of the Haliotis—a univalve mollusc found clinging like limpets to rocks; very abundant in Guernsey. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Close by was a small heap of limpet and mussel shells, and within his reach were two bottles—one was empty, but the other was full of water. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. The sands and yeasty surges mix At midnight in a dreary bay;— And on thy ribs the limpet sticks, And o’er thy bones the scrawl shall play. St. Winifred's, or The World of School Neal laughed, but he felt that to use Una's hair as a wrap for the red pulp of a crab's back or the soft, black belly of a limpet was a kind of profanation. The Northern Iron Again and again she brought the matter up, for, once she got an idea in her head, she clung to it with the tenacity of a limpet to a rock. The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story For eight days he had subsisted on such limpets as he could find among the rocks, and the rain water which he discovered in their crevices. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Well, sir, the last one that did that seemed to bring him to, for as it washed over his face he jumped up and held on to the rocks like a limpet. Wrecked but not Ruined Nevertheless, he clung to his seat like a limpet, and pulled at his oar with all his might. The Thorogood Family I’ll stick to the canoe like one of those limpet things; mind you do too. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy Alas, neither a crawling lichen, nor clogging limpets, nor a tinkling stone, but "one square, red mass, composed of—let me count—five-and-fifty—no, six-and-fifty—no, I was right at first, five-and-fifty bricks," &c. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. There were baskets of burnt limpet shells and lime, used in washing as substitutes for soap. Brittany & Its Byways Many women in wooden shoes—very poor, but very industrious—living on limpets, snails, garlick, and mushrooms.' Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts There are three men sticking to him like limpets now, and a couple are keeping an eye on Sir Ralph Fairfield. The Grell Mystery But we were in Jerusalem and didn't care a rap, even though the varnish on the seats was wet and we were stuck to them like limpets to a rock in the sea. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel It is useless to speak kindly to the limpet. Practical Mysticism A Little Book for Normal People This it seemed quite capable of doing, for no limpet ever stuck to a solid rock with greater tenacity than did that infant to the maternal waist throughout the chase. Black Ivory The poor boy had to drop the other two in order to catch the flying Jack, but the other two, sliding down his body, held each to a Thursday October leg like limpets. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers As for Captain Bunting and Bill Jones, they stuck to each other to the last, like two limpets, and both of them stuck to the sea like fish. The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West For several days the shipwrecked party continued to live chiefly on limpets and mussels gathered on the sea-shore. The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue By Detachment they mean the eviction of the limpet from its crevice; the refusal to anchor yourself to material things, to regard existence from the personal standpoint, or confuse custom with necessity. Practical Mysticism A Little Book for Normal People The infant required no assistance, but clung to its dam with its two little hands like a limpet, so that she could use her limbs freely. The Settler and the Savage Old Kannoa did the same, and stuck to the sledge like a limpet, with her chin resting on her knees and her sharp little eyes gazing anxiously ahead. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew The limpet is likewise a homing animal, and invariably returns to its home after journeys in search of food. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals Thus armed, and with a small quantity of cold pork, and a large allowance of cold boiled limpets and mussels in their wallets, they set out on their explorations. The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue “Why, you don’t mean to stick to that rock like a limpet all your life, do you? there’s plenty of work for you.” Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend My companions agreed to the proposal; and hunger being our sauce, we managed to get down a considerable portion of our store of limpets. Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures Reeking with wet, we climb the rock, picking a spot where limpets are not, and sit in that glorious sunlight, each atom of which seems to melt into the blood. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors At night they therefore, when the tide had gone out, crept down on the sands, and managed to cut off some limpets and other shell-fish with their knives from the rocks. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure The women were seen going along the beach to the shore, or descending into the small canoes, we concluded either to fish, or to collect limpets or other molluscs from the rocks for food. In the Eastern Seas The many limpets, too, which had been tight up against the smooth rock, like bosses or excrescences, were visibly raising their shells and standing up, partly detached. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days He got a good many bumps against the side before he was safely landed on the deck, but he stuck to his rope like a limpet, and came bundling on board at last. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War But perhaps the most grotesque object in the whole collection is the limpet shell with a human face sculptured on its inner surface. The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Though limpets may help to keep body and soul together for a short time, they are not wholesome food, especially when raw. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure "You let him be!" gurgled Tom, half-drowned but clinging like a limpet. Left End Edwards “Look at the limpets and mussels on the roof: this must be shut right in at every tide.” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days Between the hills and the sea spectacles are not found growing like limpets on the rocks, or shaking on the wind like the bog-flowers. Terry Or, She ought to have been a Boy I stick to the limpet shell of Mr. Millar, which, to my eyes looks anything but archaic. The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore I must not remind you and myself of limpets. The Call of the Blood When Brian tried to put him out he flattened himself, and clung like a limpet. Everyman's Land From the old man's description Ellen had thought they might be limpets. Where the Sun Swings North I often wonder whether they are wise in clinging like limpets to the Puritan tradition. The Way of Ambition We had to cling like limpets—whatever a limpet is—to the edge, and work our way over to where there was room to sit down. Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains A great cliff rises on the left,—Quirpon Point they call it,—and clinging to its base like an overgrown limpet is a tiny cottage, with its inevitable fish stage. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour They ran for Santa Martha, a little city to the east, where they hoped "to find some shipping in the road, or limpets on the rocks, or succour against the storm in that good harbour." On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. The little rills winding through the sand have made an islet of a detached rock by the beach; limpets cover it, adhering like rivet-heads. Nature Near London What time I wasn't clinging to his tail being dragged up a precipice, I was hanging around his neck like a limpet. I Married a Ranger Our landing was not pleasant for the Krumen; the shallow bottom was strewed with rounded pebbles, and the latter are studded with sharp limpets and corallines. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Will ye feed on the moss of the cave, And the limpets of the surf-beaten shore? Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends "There is nothing in that," he rejoined, too chivalrous to add that it was his cousin who sat by, escorted him, and clung to him like the traditional limpet. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma Big-mouthed fish, worms, spiders, anemones, sea-cucumbers, polyzoa, prawns, little fish like sardines, one spiky fish like nothing on earth, starfish and octopus, limpets with jointed shells, sponges, ascidians; isopods, and all kinds of sea lice. South with Scott The term rupia is applied when the crusts are prominent, dark in colour, and conical in shape, roughly resembling the shell of a limpet. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. If it failed to detach the limpet at once it would go on to another, knowing that when once disturbed the limpet requires great force to detach it. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles Off darted the monster at full speed—the sucker holding on as fast as a limpet to a rock, and the billet towing astern. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852 To retire, placed as he was, meant practical annihilation, so sticking to the rocks like a limpet he blew a bugle calling for reinforcement. The Story of the Guides But Dan dug his knees into the horse's sides, flung his arms about her neck, and, holding on for dear life, tore away up the trail with Zeb clinging like a limpet to his waist. The Puritan Twins There are, besides these, some small plain cockles, limpets; and some strangers, who come into the Sound, wore necklaces of a small blueish volute or panamæ. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 He did in his despair hold on, as he afterwards described it, "like a limpet," and thus though terribly battered he was saved, the sole survivor of his little crew. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles Neither you nor any one else, except the limpets. The Summons Having no more ammunition, Faiz Talab hugged his wall closer than a limpet, and noticed with growing satisfaction that ammunition was running out all along the line. The Story of the Guides Firm as a limpet, she sat thus upon Icon. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century In vain all that day Methuen tried by every rule he knew to draw the enemy; vainly, the Lancers rode recklessly to induce those human rock limpets to come out and cut them off. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front The ormer adheres to the rocks like the limpet tribe, but is seldom seen above low water-mark, like the limpet, who loves to be exposed to the sun and air twice a day. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles Once we began to eat a limpet!—Beyond that point my memory is dumb. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men When empty Rockham is a haven of delight, whether the little connecting coves be awash with the tide, or the limpets, in an unglued state, are airing themselves awaiting the return of the water. Leonie of the Jungle Thus encouraged, of course he clung like a limpet; and reverted to some subject they had been discussing, tacitly isolating Roy. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India We found some shellfish, namely limpets, periwinkles, and abundance of small oysters, growing on the rocks, which were very sweet. A Voyage to New Holland The granite rocks below high water-mark are simply spotted all over with myriads of limpets, some of them of enormous size. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles "My dear, do you think I want to be a limpet?" she said, "if I don't you know we'll never catch the train when it starts again." Captivity In the morning put out of the cove, and got four leagues down; then the wind took us a-head, and we put into another cove where we got muscles and limpets. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time For a few exasperating moments, he stood his ground, counting on bridge to remove the limpet. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India "I am a limpet really," she laughed, "think how I have stuck to your life." Balloons Vulgarity, it is said, sticks to a man like a limpet to a rock. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 Up he went, hand over hand, clinging to the rough pole with the tenacity of a limpet, and taking a turn of the rope over his right wrist at each upward clutch. The Wings of the Morning I was resolved to eat no more limpets till we landed, which we did some time after upon an island. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The mussels that are found here are enormous—from five to eight inches in length—and they, together with cockles and limpets, form a staple article of food. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months To the neighbours the headlands were places where rabbits were to be shot for dinner, the lower rocks places where ormers and limpets and vraie might be found. A Maid of the Silver Sea We belong to get limpets every Good Friday. The Altar Steps "Our good old Church is like a limpet on the shore," he said. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill On the 17th of May, being Whitsunday, got several wild fowls, and plenty of muscles, limpets, and other shell-fish, which we find very refreshing, having subsisted a long time on nothing but salt provisions. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The common limpet is most abundant on the rocky coasts of Britain. Christmas with Grandma Elsie We also saw some ostriches, but they were beyond the reach of our pieces: We gathered mussels, limpets, sea-eggs, celery, and nettles, in great abundance. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 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 Without this little store of savings, he might be rooted to his native spot, like a limpet to the rock. Thrift First of all they gave him the task of emptying Dosmary Pool, supposed to be bottomless, with a small perforated limpet shell. From John O'Groats to Land's End At low water we landed upon a spot that seemed to promise well, and here we found plenty of limpets. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time "The tongue when not in use, lies folded deep in the interior of the limpet." Christmas with Grandma Elsie We found abundance of wild celery and cranberries, mussels and limpets, but caught very little fish, either with hook and line, or the seine. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time But once she had grasped an idea she was like the limpet on the rock. Flames The local authority can do nothing; the people say they have nowhere to go, and cling like limpets to the rock. The Mating of Lydia I sat down to my oar again, placing my hat close to me, every now and then eating a limpet. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Those of some of the limpets of warmer climates are very beautiful," he answered; "large too. Christmas with Grandma Elsie We found no refreshment but a few mussels, limpets, and rock-fish, with a little celery. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 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 If your belly should be hard bound, the limpet and coarse cockles will remove obstructions, and leaves of the small sorrel; but not without Coan white wine. The Works of Horace "How do you make a specialty of limpets?" The Sunny Side She evidently thought it marvelous that such desolate bits of rock should have found human limpets to cling to them and be able to support life after a fashion. Sweetapple Cove It may be so in some instances, but the limpet is used for food and also as bait, by the fisherman. Christmas with Grandma Elsie Of fish we saw scarce any, and with our hooks could catch none that was fit to eat; but shell-fish, limpets, clams, and mussels were to be found in abundance. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 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 They never found out the names of more than those of the limpet, turban, and scallop, though they picked up baskets full of tiny pink and white beauties, all frail and of many kinds. Stories of California What is the connexion between Mars and limpets? The Sunny Side The comfortably reddish walls, with their pictures—like limpets on the face of precipices! The Price of Love The limpet is wiser; it never trusts to the shifting sand, but holds firmly to the immovable rock. Christmas with Grandma Elsie We caught mussels and limpets, and gathered celery and nettles in great abundance. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 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 Cuvier, besides erroneously mentioning that it is a native of New Holland, states that it feeds on carrion; the stomachs of two which I examined contained seaweed, limpets, and small quartz pebbles. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 If there are any limpets in Mars they are freshwater ones. The Sunny Side I caught at a mast as I went by and clung like a limpet. As Seen By Me What weight could the conversion of these few men, stuck like limpets to the stones of the past, have in the emancipation of humanity? The Shadow of the Cathedral The lagoon abounded with wild fowl, and we found wild celery, mussels, and limpets in plenty. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 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 Gerard himself avers that from Guernsey and Jersey he brought home with him to London shells, like limpets, containing little feathery objects, "which, no doubt, were the fowls called Barnacles." Gossip in a Library If work fails him altogether, he has not the means of moving to another field of employment; he is fixed to his parish like a limpet to its rock, and can neither migrate nor emigrate. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance But the wonder and charm of the compact little town which clings like a limpet to its base are more than can be expressed on the written page. As Seen By Me I continued three days feeding on oysters and limpets, to save my own provisions; and I fortunately found a brook of excellent water, which gave me great relief. Gulliver's Travels We found plenty of celery, cranberries, mussels, and limpets, many wild fowl, and some fish, but not enough to supply the ship's company with a fresh meal. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 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 We spent the better part of a day at Colonsay, and Gresson, so far as his duties allowed, stuck to me like a limpet. Mr. Standfast But Grace clung to her position like a limpet. The Woodlanders The shore was strewn with molluscs, little mussels, and limpets. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea She was a limpet, with the sensitive side of her stuck to a rock, for ever dead to the rush of fresh and beautiful things past her. The Voyage Out We found, however, sufficient wood and water to keep up our stock, mussels and limpets in plenty, some good rock fish, and a few wild fowl, but celery and cranberries were very scarce. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 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 A man of another temperament might have done so—and quite possibly have been right; but his effect on me was like tapping a limpet. The Man from the Clouds Be limpets to this pillar, or we are torn Down the strong wave of brawlers. Queen Mary and Harold They are between fifty and sixty years of age, and for the last thirty years have managed to gain a subsistence by gathering limpets week after week and taking them to Plymouth. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Good gods! that old hag has fastened herself to her youth like a limpet to its rock. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 On the stems of water-lilies, on piles, on weeds and roots in any shallow streams, but always on the under side of the leaves, are the limpets of the Thames. The Naturalist on the Thames There is a very interesting letter from the Dixie professor of Ecclesiastical History, Cambridge, who asks Graham to collect for him whelks, limpets, periwinkles, snails, cowries, etc. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha They have the gift of climbing into small but lucrative posts of administration, and there, once established, they sit fast like limpets, to the dismay of competing French office-seekers. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia In talking with them while they dexterously chipped limpets from the weed-mantled rocks, I mildly remarked that workhouses were now very comfortable. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Here is a limpet in some pond or other, left by the tide, and it has relaxed its grasp a little. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms See this other in some wild storm, with an arm round a steadfast tree-stem, to keep him from being blown over the precipice, how he clings like a limpet to a rock. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes There were plenty of limpets on the rocks, and with penknives they managed to dislodge some of them. Monitress Merle Tommy, of course, slithered down over the limpets in the ordinary way. First Plays Mr. Holt, who wrote notes upon this play, observes, that limpets are in some places called scams, therefore I have suffered scamels to stand. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies There is an obstinate Cornishman to get rid of, who sticks to the planks like a limpet. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War Scared by this escape, Outwood’s captain shrank back into his shell, sat on the splice like a limpet, and, offering no more chances, was not out at lunch time with a score of eleven. Mike It was only when a limpet was caught napping that it was possible to secure him: once he sat down tight and excluded the air from his shell, no amount of pulling could move him. Monitress Merle Scared by this escape, Outwood's captain shrank back into his shell, sat on the splice like a limpet, and, offering no more chances, was not out at lunchtime with a score of eleven. Mike and Psmith These names suit it well, for it does not live on oysters, but on mussels, limpets and whelks. On the Seashore Even the self-consciously efficient and outwardly imperturbable French stuck like limpets to the centre of the road, and would not give an inch to Staff cars, hooting their guts out behind them. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement He had stuck like a limpet for an hour and a quarter, and made twenty-one. Mike Sand-gobies were darting about in the pools, and came swimming up to fight for the pieces of limpet which the girls dropped in for them. Monitress Merle A dozen villages clinging like limpets to steep hillsides are before you, and away on your right front the tall spires of Christian churches at Ain Karim tell you you are approaching the Holy Sites. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine Pretty shells gleam here and there; and on the face of the rock there are more limpets, barnacles and mussels than we can count. On the Seashore "It's a big thing we have done, lad," Sergeant Corney said, as he drew himself up by my side while both of us hugged the earthworks as limpets do a rock. The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley As he came within reach he attached himself to his tunic with the vigour and concentration of a limpet. Mike Two or three sharp limpet shells waved feathery seaweed fans. The Spanish Chest Her most notable production at that time was a Puck sitting on a toadstool, with a conical shell of the limpet species by way of a cap; he somehow resembled his animated and clever creator. Hawthorne and His Circle Limpets.—These denote that you endeavour to wrest from others some valuable secret which they possess, but without success; limpets are a sign of good luck to fishermen and promise a big haul of fish. Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves Some say—but no matter: there they were: and there they stuck like limpets. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater Oysters there were none, but she gave him boiled limpets, and he thought it the manner of the place that made them tough. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale "You mean the limpet shells?" asked Max, looking up. The Spanish Chest For Theodore had attached himself limpet fashion to Clement, who with difficulty piled his books so as to leave a hand free for him. The Pillars of the House, V1 They fastened themselves closer against him, like limpets on a rock. A Prisoner in Fairyland We can feel this great weight of air pressing the limpet on to the rock; and we can see it pressing up the mercury in the barometer and so enabling us to measure its weight. The Fairy-Land of Science She took up a handful, and presently picked out one perfect valve like a rose petal, three fairy cups of limpets, four ribbed cowries, and a thing like a green pea. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Some thousand years ago when the original builders quarried this stone from the Jersey shore, they didn't trouble to scrape off the limpets that clung to it. The Spanish Chest Rough with crinkled limpet shells and sparsely strewn with locks of dry seaweed, a small boy has to stretch his legs far apart, and indeed to feel rather heroic, before he gets to the top. Jacob's Room In costive cases, limpets from the shell Are a cheap way the evil to dispel, With groundling sorrel: but white Coan neat You'll want to make the recipe complete. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry Have you ever tried to pick limpets off a rock? The Fairy-Land of Science The whole party had been collecting limpets and seaweed to eat with the stewed seal bones. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition From their prominent position the teeth of the male must also be used for grasping and levering or pulling steadfast limpets from rocks. Confessions of a Beachcomber Along any rocky shore, limpets grow as wide as two inches but remain hard to find. Let's Collect Rocks and Shells On the polished floor, near the window, were a child's cart, a little boat, some whelks and limpets. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Looking down upon Squillace, one sees its houses niched among huge masses of granite, which protrude from the scanty soil, or clinging to the rocky surface like limpet shells. By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy The hoosh-pot with our precious limpets and seaweed was kicked over in the rush. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition The tide was out, and we found a comparatively easy track close to the margin of the sea, having occasionally to wade through shallow pools and to clamber over rocks thickly studded with limpets. Confessions of a Beachcomber Better not stick here all night like a limpet. Ulysses And while such murmurs flow, the nymph Bends o'er the harp-top from her shell As the dry limpet for the nymph 180 Come with a tune he knows so well. Dramatic Romances He nestled in his seat with the earnest concentration of a limpet on a rock. The Intrusion of Jimmy The food was eked out with seal and penguin meat, limpets, and seaweed. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition It subsists on limpets and may be seen, a lustrous blue, at half tide feeding in favourite localities. Confessions of a Beachcomber The older formation is shown by its fossils to have accumulated in a deeper sea, and contains none of those littoral forms such as the limpet, Patella, found in the Red Crag. The Student's Elements of Geology Godfrey, a fixed and vacant look upon his face, went first; the Pasteur clinging to his arm like a limpet to a rock, puffed along beside him. Love Eternal She was as tenacious of her grievances as a limpet is of its rock, and she had never been so severely wounded before. The Captives The scallop and oyster Their two shells did roister, Like castanets flitting; While limpets moved clearly, And rocks very nearly With laughter were splitting. The Lilac Fairy Book They needs must be hard and have strength as well as science at the back of them, for a limpet can resist a pulling force of nearly 2000 times its own weight. Confessions of a Beachcomber In another instant the light would reveal his figure, clinging like a limpet to the rock, to those above. For the Term of His Natural Life Some woman, whose Well-Beloved flits about as yours does now, will catch your eye, and you'll stick to her like a limpet, while she follows her Phantom and leaves you to ache as you will.' The Well-Beloved In Scotland have been found necklaces of nerites and limpets; at Aurignac, eighteen little plaques of cockle shell pierced with holes in the centre. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples "Where are we to get it?" demand the carpers and doubters, clinging to their rocky fastnesses of tradition and habit like so many limpets. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) Yet encrusted as he was in that egotism of his—like the limpet in its shell—my lord perceived nothing of this, suffered nothing of it, understanding nothing. The Lion's Skin Attached to the flat surfaces of the numerous stones, moreover, were coarse limpets. For the Term of His Natural Life Of shell-fish we got here mussels, periwinkles, limpets, oysters, both of the pearl kind and also eating oysters, as well the common sort as long oysters, besides cockles, etc. Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier The population was evidently ichthyophagous, to judge by the vast accumulations of shells of scallops, oysters, limpets, pectens, and other mollusca. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The beach was strewn with mollusks: small mussels, limpets, smooth heart–shaped cockles, and especially some sea butterflies with oblong, membrane–filled bodies whose heads are formed from two rounded lobes. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea So, casting out my limpets and periwinkles, I hasted to pluck good store of this fruit, and with my turtle-shell thus well laden, hastened back to our refuge very well content. Black Bartlemy's Treasure Here I saw what I had never seen before, limpets and mussels in their natural state. Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland We found some shell-fish, viz., limpets, periwinkles, and abundance of small oysters growing on the rocks, which were very sweet. Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier I'm going to settle down like a limpet. Piccadilly Jim "Well, it's my daily bread, and with bread costing what it does, I cling to it like a limpet to a rock." A Poor Wise Man "Come in to breakfast, lad; and stop grinding and creaking upon those miserable limpets, before thou hast set every tooth in my head on edge!" Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth He was free far and far beyond most, but to certain things he clung like a limpet. 1492 I tore them off me, I throttled at them in vain: when I would have flung them from me, they clung to my hands like limpets. Lilith, a romance At a short distance from the throat it turned off nearly at right angles to his body, the part that thus protruded sideways being deeply fringed with barnacles, and plated with big limpets. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Moreover, he added for Lin's acceptance a small jar of crystallized limpets. Kai Lung's Golden Hours In which," says the chronicler, "we caught many strange fishes, and beside them, a sea-cow full seven feet long, with limpets and barnacles on her back, as if she had been a stick of drift-timber. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth I clung to the office with the true limpet touch for many long months, but, alas, I was combed out at last. Secret Adversary |
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