| 单词 | nape |
| 例句 | Mami scrubs my shoulders and the nape of my neck so hard that it hurts. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Instead he winds my hair around his fist and slices straight through it at the nape of my neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He looked fourteen, maybe fifteen, and had long, glossy black hair pulled back with a rubber band at the nape of his neck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Through her tears, Molly watches Vivian replace the receiver on the hook, wrap her robe tighter and tie it, pat the silver hair at the nape of her neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. Rickets, a woman of medium stature with blond hair pulled to the nape of her neck, began asking questions. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I paid attention to the small hairs rising on my nape. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Wordlessly, she reaches up to the nape of her neck and undoes the loose bun she wears when cooking. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Seven stiffened, prepared for its claws to sink into her, or its teeth to grab the nape of her neck like she was a puppy. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Sweat trickled across the nape of my neck and along my spine. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z At once I slip down into the water, my helmet on the nape of my neck and my mouth just clear so that I can get a breath of air. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The nape of the neck is a perfect place to tuck and fold. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And his fingertips graze the nape of my neck, in constant quiet motion. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z At that point, I noticed for the first time that the sculpture wasn’t a single piece of metal, but two, bolted together at the nape of the titan’s neck. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z He saw her just as he had seen her in history class, a pencil between her teeth, one hand laid against the nape of her neck, lost behind her effusive hair. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Héctor and Raymond were buttoned into their school assembly shirts, and us girls put on our good dresses, while Mami combed our hair into tight braids held at the nape with modest white ribbons. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He had the scent of the boy in his nostrils, a prickle at the nape of his neck. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She splashed the water on her face and ran her wet hands through her hair, pulling it loose from the knot at the nape of her neck. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A flicker of furtive movement in the shadows catches my attention, and the hair on my nape rises. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In her place was a skull with empty sockets, a few strips of marble-colored skin clinging to its cheekbones, and a lock or two of moldy hair at its nape. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Tillie, the Finnish cook, was a tall, ageless, red-faced, raw- boned woman with long, snow-white hair which she balled in a knot at the nape of her neck. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When Hansel and Gretel stood in the forest and saw the house in the clearing before them, the little hairs at the nape of their necks must have shivered. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A large strong hand took him in the nape of the neck and pinned him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He breathed the scent and taste of her, and shivered when her fingers traced up his arms to the nape of his neck. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He swiveled around on the rim of the sink and, craning over his shoulder, spotted two matching thumb marks on the nape of his neck. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Lice were biting a trail down the nape of my neck. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Her tears were further proof of the truth she felt and spoke, and when her mother’s hand caressed her nape, she broke down completely and was led toward the drawing room. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Sweat plastered his short hair to his temples and the nape of his neck. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The scar ran from the center of his head to the nape of his neck. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A blow landed hard against the nape of my neck. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch her long fingers at her nape, watch her lick her lips. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She undipped her hair, coiled neatly at her nape during the days, and pried the sneakers from her feet without untying them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The nape of Cari’s neck was warm and dry, and Naomi thought hard about staying safe, staying just this side of sleep where there would be no dreams. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He searched the nape of Orr’s neck for the probable site of the medulla oblongata. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Prickles rising on the nape of my neck, I bent to scrutinize the tree trunk more closely: silvery bark, cool to the touch, ants marching out of a fissure in a glittering black thread. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then, while I lean over the sink, my sister arcs the razor from the nape of my skull to the top of my forehead, again and again, one row at a time. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At the back of the sling I had sewn a tiny quilted triangle, red at its center against two shades of green; it marked the baby’s nape for luck. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her faded hair, knotted in a tight bun on the nape of her gaunt neck, glinted gold-red in the light. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z As they approached, the door to the bookstore swung open with a jingle and out stepped a black man with gray-frosted dreadlocks tied loosely at the nape of his neck. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Petey gathered her hair and tied it into a knot at the nape of her neck. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t have collected her hair into a ball at her nape now for anything in the world. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face, brown and blistered from the sun, rests at the nape of his neck as his body swivels left and right. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair had been woven then, as now, into a black knot against the nape of her neck. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The golden brown skin on the nape of his neck. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He knocked the blade aside and buried the axe in the nape of the man's neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The barber holds up the long strands of hair curling down the nape of my neck. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The way it brushes the nape of his neck. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Her skin is thin, almost translucent, and her wavy silver hair is gathered at the nape of her neck in a bun. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z So they ran as fast as they could to the house where a woman older than death lived, and they ignored the shivering nape hair and the softness in their knees. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulls Henry in by the nape of his neck and kisses him hard, Henry’s knee knocking against the center console as his hands move up to Alex’s face. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He needed a haircut—especially at the nape of the neck—the worst way, as only a small boy with an almost full-grown head and a reedlike neck can need one. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z His right hand slides up, he grabs hold of my hair at the nape of my neck and he twists. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A tightness ran up and down Jonathan’s spine, into the nape of his neck. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z And Bram’s hand sweeps smoothly over the nape of Simon’s neck. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I love the softness of the nape of his neck. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Her hair was gathered into a stubby bunny tail at the nape of her neck. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Queenie’s hair was scraped back severely from her forehead flat against her skull and wound into a tight bun at the nape of her neck. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Frankie’s breath coaxed up the fine down on the nape of my neck as he nuzzled my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He kissed her lightly on the nape of her neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Henry shuts and locks the door behind them, sliding one hand up the nape of Alex’s neck, cradling it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I loved the hairs on the nape of his neck. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She sat up and twisted her hair into a knot at the nape of her neck. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They parted it from their foreheads to the napes of their necks and then they parted it across from ear to ear. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The curls on the nape of his neck. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A prickle rose on the nape of my neck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The summer breeze riffled my clothes, chilling the sweat that beaded on the nape of my neck. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Miss Larsen’s long hair is coiled in a bun at the nape of her neck, and her brown eyes are clear and bright. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Angela's golden hair was tied in a knot on the nape of her neck. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a lady wearing a tiny green hat in the middle of the back row who kept scratching the nape of her neck. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Uncle Carlos holds the nape of his neck and slowly releases a long, deep breath. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z They had pulled their straight brown hair into a ponytail at the nape of their neck. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She pulled on the nape of Nelson’s T-shirt, extracting him from the stove so she might speak to him face to face. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He shuddered at the thought of their former occupants, the hairs rising on the nape of his neck as he swiftly abandoned the repulsive scene and hurried along the passage. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Even her hair, usually so thick and curly, was pulled back severely, held at the nape of her neck with a cloth scrunchie like a lot of the girls wear at school. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z A frigid wind picked up the hairs on the nape of her neck. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Her black hair, which was normally coiled in two careful braids tucked against the nape of her neck, was coming loose as though she had rushed through her morning rituals. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A crescent moon sits at the nape of her neck; an Egyptian ankh near her collarbone. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her long, shiny hair, with its gray strands here and there, was tucked into a neatly pinned bun at the nape of her neck. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He wanted so much to put his hand around the nape of her neck and pull her into him and taste her mouth, full and soft in the darkness. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He would remember how rigorously her hair had been woven into a black knot against the nape of her neck. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He came up behind her and laid his hands on her shoulders; bending low, he put his lips close to the nape of her neck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He had pulled his stringy, greasy hair into a long ponytail that hung down the nape of his neck. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He ran his fingers along the nape of her neck. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the curve of her nape. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well, come on, out with it!" growled Cockerell, seizing her by the nape of the neck as if to shake the answer out of her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A wind came in off the harbor, bringing the smell of the sea, ruffling the stray hairs that had escaped the braided coil at the nape of Inej’s neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As they approached, the door to the bookstore swung open with a jingle and out stepped a black man with gray-frosted dreadlocks tied loosely at the nape of his neck. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Estella asked, spinning to show the curls pinned in swirls over the nape of her neck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He pulled down his hood and revealed a head of long, dark hair, pulled back into a ponytail at the nape of his neck. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Then he reached in and briefly touched the nape of the boy’s neck, where the hair was soft. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The models came out in slim pants with vests, often with a drape at front or especially from the nape down, to soften the clear, clean lines. Dior Says It With Flowers 2012-07-02T17:48:48Z The girls can be distracted by the way one boy walks into the cafeteria or by noticing the downy fuzz on the nape of another boy’s neck during a P.E. class. Review | In ‘PEN15,’ two women play themselves at 13 and it’s not just another nostalgia trip 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Putting the finishing touches on Mr. Venegas’s arrows, Mr. London changed blades on his clipper in a single swift motion and then used a No. 1 to shave a crisp line across the rapper’s nape. The Gimlet Eye: Haircuts From the 1980s Are Back 2010-06-17T01:39:00Z Earlier this year, at Vera Wang’s fall ready-to-wear show, Mr. Paul’s slightly messy beehive with tousled locks at the nape captured an ingenious blend of prim and seductive. | Fall Fashion: A ?60s Bee Updates Its Hive 2010-08-24T22:45:00Z I reached out to pull her in close, burying my face in the nape of her neck. Before Jan. 6, I knew violence was coming. I know how far men like Trump will go to win 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z The flat ballet shoes, with transparent plastic bands fastening them at the ankles, were mirrored in the black satin ribbon necklets, joined at the nape to disheveled chignons. Special Report: Fashion: Reflecting on the Future 2011-01-25T18:18:38Z “The press always compared my family to the Kennedys — so much bad luck,” says Elkann, dressed all in black, her chocolate curls punctuated by a single lock of blue at the nape. T Magazine: Portrait of a Lady 2014-02-15T00:16:46Z I didn’t hear anything, though I did feel a tingling on the nape of my neck. Journeys: Death Valley: Three Million Acres of Weird 2011-10-28T18:55:00Z The show opened with red, pink and purple shades, textures of pony skin and velvet, and fancy embellishment from rosette skirt pockets to a bow at the nape of a cape. Fashion Review: As New York Fashion Week Ends, a Crisis of Identity 2012-02-17T17:58:42Z In its opening moments, “The Mad Women’s Ball” slowly focuses on the nape of a woman’s neck and the swirl of her hair pinned in a bun. ‘The Mad Women’s Ball’ Review: A Shock Within the System 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “When you are in a room full of people, lower your topknot to the nape!” Skin Deep: Mane-Taming Topknots Take to the Streets — Skin Deep 2013-05-15T19:42:55Z Their napes are festooned with triangular plumage as consistent as the teeth of a comb. The Wandering Creativity of Sophie Taeuber-Arp 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The first set starts above the ear, the second set is at the earlobe, and the third is at the nape. A Great Beach Selfie Doesn’t Make Itself. A Cool Hairstyle Helps. 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The elongated nape ensures perfect posture too, instantly trimming down the figure and enhancing your beach-ready bikini body - frequently demonstrated by pose expert Nicole. The ‘sunflower’ pose is a big hit with celebrities on Instagram 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z For more than eight minutes — eight of George Floyd’s last — it barely moves, as though that’s what God intended napes to be, a kneeler. The Videos That Rocked America. The Song That Knows Our Rage. 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z She also went on to note that it’s important to scrub at the crown and nape, which she says is "the most forgotten part." Woman's hairdressing video on TikTok says we're all washing our hair wrong 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Hair was smoothed into a bun on the nape and graceful shoes with slender heels made platform soles redundant. Gucci's Orgy of Gorgeousness 2012-09-19T17:33:55Z As you approach “Split-Rocker” up a curving path, you see that it represents the heads of two child’s rockers, sliced nose to nape and stuck together. At 37 feet tall, Jeff Koons’s flower-draped ‘Split-Rocker’ demands a whole lotta love 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Braid the first two sections along the hairline and the last section down your nape. How to Look Like You Live in Paris, or at Least Have Your Hair Claim You Do 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z “Pull your hair to the nape of your neck and twist it like a croissant, but the trick here is not to use an elastic,” he said. How to Look Like You Live in Paris, or at Least Have Your Hair Claim You Do 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z That might include a word like “kitchen,” which is a term used to describe the hair that grows at the nape of the neck. Hip, Woke, Cool: It’s All Fodder For the Oxford Dictionary of African American English 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z She combed back her wavy auburn hair and tucked tight braids into the nape of her neck. My search for the Nazi who saved my mother’s life 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Another officer had rested his knee in the man’s nape, comfortably. The Videos That Rocked America. The Song That Knows Our Rage. 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z And for a subtle but edgy detail, she darkens a crescent of hair at the nape of the neck, where the bob is shortest. Bye to ‘Real Housewife’ Hair 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The game puts a group of competitors in a prison and outfits them with collars that digitally display card suit symbols – that change each hour – on the napes of their necks, where they can't see. Why some see this "Alice in Borderland" breakout as a role model for survival 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Her long light brown hair, streaked with gray, was pulled back into a tight ponytail at the nape of her neck. In some Latin American drug cartels, women are the violent new overlords 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The hair at the nape of the neck, which is typically shorter, kinkier and considered more difficult to style. The first 10 words of the African American English dictionary are in 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Going forward, restorers plan to make fresh casts out of resin to replace the plaster patches that covered missing pieces, including on part of the nape of the neck and the pubis. Vatican experts uncovering gilded glory of Hercules statue struck by lightning 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z Stroking the bird’s nape, Mr. al-Humaidi gently removed a GPS device — another safety net — and rearranged its feathers with care. In Qatar, the Ancient Sport of Falconry Gets Some Upgrades 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z There was some curved precision buzzing that made its way to the nape of my neck, as well as trimmed right angles around my ears and mini-sideburns. A man without a hairline 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z He was sprayed with shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade, and one large piece lodged in the nape of his neck, threatening to paralyze or kill him if he moved. Last Stand at Azovstal: Inside the Siege That Shaped the Ukraine War 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z That was when he received an office visitor who wanted to discuss NAEP, pronounced “nape.” Perspective | This is the most important standardized test administered in America 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z The volume and power buttons are located on this control box, which sits at the nape of your neck. Kokoon Nightbuds review: a pricey Voltron of sleep tech 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z A peruke was made of long hair, often with curls on the sides, and was sometimes drawn back on the nape of the neck. London's callings: Odd, obsolete and old jobs in the capital 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z “He would not let go and then nuzzled his face into the nape of my neck. I felt he clearly didn’t know what he was doing,” she said. Olesen appears in court, denies sexual assault on flight 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z The team’s mantra — volemos, Spanish for “let’s fly” — is stitched into the nape of the neck. Angel City FC unveils franchise's first jersey 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Then, as he pushed my head downward to trim along the nape of my neck, I suddenly felt the scissors stop. ‘The Finality of Our Goodbye Settled Over Me, and My Tears Started to Fall’ 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z When the accountant denied any link, the soldier dragged him to the ground by the nape of his neck and forced him to kneel. A monk, a student, an artist: Tortured by Myanmar military 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Once she had taken those out, LaVar began to unravel the minuscule braids she had plaited months before, starting at the nape. The Joy of Black Hair 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Red sequins dripped from the nape of her neck down to her ankles. What Is Life Without Burlesque? 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z He saw how, as she received the bundle, the woman shuddered from the nape of her neck to her feet. The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel – read the exclusive first extract 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Cho shifted into the role of a single hair: “I came from the armpit. Those guys came from the nape.” A Korean American stand-up comic walks into a bar in Korea. Hilarity ensues — or so he hopes 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Short hair, messy and curly, sloped just below the nape of his neck. “Visitor” 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z The head sculpt stands out due to the finely painted red lips and the long plastic strawberry blond hair that flows down to the nape of her back. Zadzooks: Marvel Legends: ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Molten Man review 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Lily was working on the nape of my neck when she said this. “All Will Be Well” 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z And suddenly she touched the nape of my neck with her damaged hand and I was in her power entirely. “All Rivers” 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Three roundels are tattooed on its nape; beside it lie a hundred-dollar bill, stained with purple dye, and a “ghost gun,” shorn of identifying marks. “Stan & Ollie” Explores the Slapstick Pair’s Plaintive Dusk 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z But those words dissolved on Poke’s tongue, and he shook his head instead, and he rubbed the nape of his neck with his palms. Fiction by Bryan Washington: “Waugh” 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The young stylist disciplined each errant follicle, cleaved my hair into a precise part and groomed my nape to perfection. Your Haircut Is (Probably) Too Cheap 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The Parasite throbbed in his stomach and he felt a static charge under his skin, making the hairs stand up from the nape of his neck. A transgender girl rises up against alien invaders in Rich Larson’s novel Annex 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z “They framed me because I was framable,” says Cooper, now 60, his graying hair falling from cornrows to the nape of his neck. 'They framed me': On death row for decades, inmate pushes for new DNA tests in Chino Hills murders 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z I want to be the blade striking knotted brown, to kiss the nape of any hunger; American beautyberry or rutted cane, warm branch of man pinning me here in mute study. “Gospel of the Misunderstood” 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z “You both are trying to stab each other in the nape in the same time and twist.” New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Indeed, one feels the ragged breath of authoritarianism moving the hairs at the nape of the neck. Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King might be controversial, but he’s no terrorist 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z A search by fellow workers and villagers found Effendi unconscious in shrubs on the edge of a river, but he died later due to bleeding from a wound on his nape, Rafi said. Sumatran tiger fatally attacks man in western Indonesia 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Evelyn stood there anxiously, her gray hair pulled tightly into a tiny bun at the nape of her neck. Gang raped at 17.Therapy at 65. 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z The eastern black rail is the size of a sparrow, about 6 inches long, with black or dark gray feathers flecked with white and a brown nape. Reclusive ‘feathered mouse’ disappearing from Virginia 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z You feel something on the nape of your neck. Event celebrates the legends born out of the Lyric Theatre 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z “Somebody’s going to have to grab me by the nape of the neck and say ‘that’s it!’” he said. Louis Gossett Jr. reflects on career as he turns 80 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z EUGENE, Ore. — Alexi Pappas’s hair bun, wound as tightly as a coach’s stopwatch, slowly unraveled as she quickly completed her workout, tendrils snaking down the nape of her neck as on some Medusa figure. Alexi Pappas Veers Far From Her Lane 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z In Pond 1, two employees taught Mr. Arneson and another student to pluck two-foot alligators from the water by the nape. Alligator Wrestling in Colorado? A Draw for Thrill Seekers, and Critics 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z It’s a song that tends to register via alternate senses, a clamminess on the nape of your neck or a cloying taste, like children’s cough syrup, in the back of your mouth. 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z “Keep this biddable phrase for whispering into a nape from which the absent hair has just been swept.” I love you, I love you, I love you … why we can’t stop using those three little words 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Casual brawling is less common now than in decades past, the thinking goes, so perhaps it is more acceptable for one’s club and one’s opponent to be separated only by a nape. Two Teams on One Scarf? Many Fans Say, ‘No Way’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z It is a moment that makes the nape of your neck prickle. The business of cathedrals 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z As you'd expect in this wonderfully post-post-post ironic word, the style has since made a comeback, so too its firstborn son, the wedge, in which the length aborted just prior to a bald nape. The Joy of Six: Roger Federer to Phil Tufnell - ponytailed sportsmen 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z “The crested auks that I study smell like tangerine during the breeding season,” Dr. Hagelin said, “and they spend a lot of time sniffing each other around the nape of the neck.” Basics: For Birds Whose Odor Conveys Fear, No Tweets Necessary 2012-08-13T22:58:32Z But how did this dog find out that a cat can be carried safely and comfortably by the nape of her neck? A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Fulvous olive, beneath white; head and ears black; nape with a white crescent, skin of the eyebrows red. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z Blue-green; upper part of the head, neck, and all beneath, pale cinnamon colour; ears green; round the nape a slender black collar. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z White: neck above, back, wings, and line from the ears to the nape, black; tail-feathers black, with their base and spots on the inner margin white. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Once, he was aware of a curious contraction of the skin at the nape of his neck. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z His face, square and sallow, was indeed wrinkled and lined; his eyes lay deep in his head, his shoulders were beginning to bend, the nape of his neck to become prominent. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Black Hornbill, with the abdomen, stripe on each side of the nape, and tip of the tail white. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z It is all over with him; the hunter is instantly on the spot, gripping the nape of his neck and holding on in spite of his contortions. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z As he did so Coke gripped him on a sudden by the nape of the neck, and irresistibly but silently forced him to his knees. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z When the stupor is profound, efforts should be made to rouse the patient by the use of counter-irritants to the shaven scalp or to the nape of the neck. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Nancy laughed and kissed the nape of Anne-Marie's neck, which was plump, and fair, and sweet to smell. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z Her hair, hastily knotted up in the hurry of the previous night, hung in a thick plait to the curve of her waist; the nape of her neck showed beside it milk-white. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Tudla, a champion fighter, had been seized twice, by the nape of his neck, and made to travel several yards without touching the ground. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z “I have drunk too much,” I thought to myself, as I pushed my cap on to the nape of my neck, and raised my forehead towards the sky. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z The nape of the neck, the muscles of the trunk or extremities, or the large or small joints, or lower parts of the spinal region, may be the seat. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Why, I'd take the situation by the nape of the neck and shake all the fight out of it. The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift 2012-02-28T03:00:24.413Z And I could see that he reddened to the nape of his neck with anger. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z He threw himself on his back so as to lessen his weight, and placed the nape of his neck on the rim of the ice opposite to but not far from the sledge. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Description.—Dark green; lores blackish; feathers of nape dirty white margined with green; front and cheeks bluish: beneath dusky green, crissum scarlet: whole length 9·0 inches, wing 6·5, tail 3·2. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z The young are not picked up by the skin on the nape of the neck, as are the juveniles of dogs and cats. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z The Bella Coola Indians say the soul is a bird enclosed in an egg and lives in the nape of the neck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Nor was the discovery that the back of her head and an inch of the nape of her neck had this effect upon him the worst. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z To vary the mode of operation, she occasionally seized it by the nape of the neck and flung it out of harms way, and then snapped at the dogs with an earnestness that meant business. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Female similar, but head uniform black, and no red on the nape. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z All wear brown or white felt skull-caps, and shave their heads for a width of five inches from the brow to the nape of the neck, leaving long side-locks. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z In Indianapolis a man named Dodds was arrested—a sound Democrat—so sound that the Government had to take him by the nape of the neck and put him in Fort Lafayette. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z Then he soaped him scientifically, first the beard, next the eyebrows, at last the temples and the hind-head; and shaved him from throat to nape as smooth and bald as a Death's-head. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Screaming in rage he seized the cat by the nape of the neck—to be safe from teeth and whizzing claws—and stamped across toward the high-burning fire with her. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Female similar, but without any red on the nape. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z The crown is utterly bald; the hair is scanty about the temples, but grows in thick, lank tufts on the nape. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z If a man has hired an ox, and has broken its foot or cut its nape,244 to the ox's owner he shall make up ox for ox. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z The next instant, with a little tingling at the nape of his neck—just where, on a dog or a moose, the hair stiffens at such moments—he understood. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Her hair—a little lighter in colour than the eyes, is worn in a loose, curly roll over her brow, and a thick coil on the nape of her neck. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Female similar, but only the nape scarlet, rest of cap like the back. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z She wore it in smooth plaits wound like a wreath from brow to nape. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z Toward the front he distinguished a man with gray hair that was parted from the forehead to the nape of the neck, and brushed forward mingling with his side whiskers, in an Austrian fashion. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z He could see that she was in her student’s blouse; tendrils of her hair, slightly disarrayed, curled about the nape of her white neck; her delicate nostrils were extended and her manner strangely quiet. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z The dorsum bears a dark chocolate brown hour glass-shaped mark, which in some individuals is broken into a large mark posteriorly and a smaller triangular one on the head and nape. A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico 2011-12-31T03:00:17.400Z Female similar, but without the yellow on the nape. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z In both specimens the tip of the snout is yellow; a broad yellow band on the parietals and temporals is bordered posteriorly by a black band on the nape. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala 2011-12-25T03:00:10.957Z Only a narrow fringe of reddish hair divided the rear depression of his fevered brow from the nape of his fat red neck. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z It was dressed low on the nape of her neck; evening's last gleam delighted in its glossy blackness against her olive skin. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z A, B, from the nape to the margin of the lips, 0·60 metre. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The crested feathers on top of his big, powerful head reach backward to the nape like an Indian chief's feather bonnet, and give him distinction. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The dorsum is brown with dark brown blotches separated middorsally by a narrow orange-tan stripe extending from the nape to the base of the tail. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala 2011-12-25T03:00:10.957Z We could not see his face, but the nape of the neck was blackened from exposure to the sun. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Or, he was slightly pinched in the nape of the neck; he dreamed of having a mustard plaster applied, and of a doctor who had treated him in childhood. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z Distance, A, O, from the nape to the internal angle of the eye, 0·22 metre. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Any freelancer should feel a chill at the nape of their neck at the phrase “grow their portfolio”. Are Redundancies Making Game Development a Buyers' Market? 2011-12-05T18:08:30Z There is a black band five scales in length on the nape followed posteriorly by a red band six scales in length and then by a complete black band one and one-half scales in length. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala 2011-12-25T03:00:10.957Z Forehead, crown, head, and nape black; upper parts grey; wings dark grey, lighter at the edges; cheeks, throat, and breast dull white. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z The Stegosaurus, also an early settler in Wyoming, had huge bony plates, like ploughshares, sticking out all along his back from the nape of his neck to the end of his tail. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z It is again equal to: A, C, from one arch to the nape; A, D, from one arch to the middle of the face. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z All he saw before him was the mighty back, and the muscular neck, and the livid, shaved nape of his head underneath his cap. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Then Swarup took the man by the nape of his neck, shoved him out of the temple, and on his return entreated the Master to pardon the man. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z Head, nape and upper part of the back, black with violet reflections; lower part of the back, and all the under parts, pure white; feet and toes covered with downy feathers; tail forked, moderate. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Similar, but head and throat white with grayish on nape and behind eyes. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The white nape of her neck was crimson. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z I wanted to take him by the nape of the neck, and shake the ugly out of him: nothing but my fixed principles of neutrality prevented me from doing so. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z The first had passed out of the nape of the neck without breaking the skull bone. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Female—head, nape, neck, and breast ash-brown; above the eye a light yellowish brown streak; rest of the plumage less bright. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Similar, or in some specimens, nape band absent; pinkish of crown and breast dingy. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z He looked down upon the bowed head and the little white nape of her neck. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Their fair or red hair was brought forward from the crown of the head towards the forehead, leaving the nape of the neck uncovered; they shaved the face except the upper lip. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z She need not let her hair stand out over her ears, or make those two little curls in the nape of her neck. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Forehead and lower parts dirty white; crown bright red: nape, back, and wings black, with white bars; tail black, the outer feathers tipped with white and barred with black; iris red. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Top of head and nape entirely sooty gray. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z From brow to nape of neck his skull had been left bare to the bone, in which were deep indentations from the animal's claws. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Specimens from the Big Blue River resemble H. n. placita from the Walnut River in body shape, robustness, and in the embedding of scales on the nape. Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas 2011-10-15T02:00:26.927Z It seemed as much part of her as a certain little curl on the white nape of her neck. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Top of the head, lore, nape, back, and scapulars pale olive; over the eye a streak of bright yellow; chin yellow; lower parts of the same colour. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z No red nape band; crown brownish; throat bluish gray; lining of wings and tail reddish. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Female—Similar, but without scarlet on the nape, which is white. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Galvanization from supra-orbital foramen to nape stopped the pain in five minutes. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z The hair is drawn back from the forehead in a smooth mass, and falls behind the ears over the nape of the neck, where it is cut off square. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Crown of the head and upper parts black, with violet reflections; back of the head and nape grey; lower parts duller black; iris white; beak and feet black. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z No red band on nape; throat bluish gray, its sides with a red patch. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Male—Upper part grayish blue, with prominent crest on head reaching to the nape. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Blisters to the nape of the neck, and a few subcutaneous injections of morphia, removed the pain and the vertigo completely. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z The hair is gathered into a thick mass behind the ears, and cut off square at the nape of the neck; on the top of the head is a snake coiled. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Head, throat, and a line passing down the centre of the breast, black; back olive-green; cheeks and a spot on the nape white; breast and abdomen yellow. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Crown and back black margined with rusty; nape brighter; below whitish; breast feathers dusky at base; sides streaked with blackish. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Male and Female—Grayish olive-brown upper parts, with conspicuous white line over the eye and reaching almost to the nape. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Besides the bones, the shoulders, elbows, and nape of the neck are attacked sometimes simultaneously, sometimes successively. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z His hair is parted over his forehead, and falls behind the ears in a thick mass to the nape of the neck.—Camiros. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Crown of the head, throat, and front of the neck black; cheeks and nape white; upper parts grey; wings bluish grey, with two white bands; under parts white, tinged with grey. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Black areas and nape veiled with whitish or buffy tips; ♀, like ♀ in summer. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Male and Female—Upper parts gray; darkest on wings and tail; back of the head and nape of the neck sooty, almost black. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The crown was bared sometimes longitudinally, sometimes latitudinally, from the nape of the neck to the forehead, or from one ear to another. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z In some specimens these primary stripes begin as spots or dashes on the nape and become continuous stripes posteriorly; in others they are continuous for the length of the body. A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) 2011-09-25T02:00:14.967Z Young in autumn—cheeks, head, nape, and back variously mottled with black, brown, grey, rust-red and dull white. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Crown reddish chestnut, forehead blackish; a black line from eye to nape; back streaked with black, reddish brown and grayish brown; wing-bars not conspicuous; below grayish white; bill largely black. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z A whitish streak, beginning at base of bill, passes through the eye to the nape of the neck. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z With the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, I grasped the vole by loose skin of the nape, and simultaneously grasped the tail at a point approximately three-fourths of the distance to the tip. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z Posterior to the nape the 3rd row was medium brown. A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) 2011-09-25T02:00:14.967Z Winter—forehead, front and sides of the neck white; nape and cheeks white, streaked with greyish black. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Crown reddish brown, a gray line over the eye, a reddish brown stripe from behind it to nape; back reddish brown streaked with black; below whitish, no streaks, breast washed with buffy; two white wing-bars. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Yellow spot before the eye, and a white line, apparently running through it, passes backward to the nape. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Natalie’s neck was a very advantageous spot and she could not see him when he lit on her collar and quickly crept up to the soft smooth skin in the nape of the neck. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z Diagnosis.—Dark stripes either absent posterior to the nape, or present as a row of small spots on fourth or seventh scale-row; no dark stripe on first scale-row; eight supralabials having dark ventral margins. A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) 2011-09-25T02:00:14.967Z Summer—head dusky; face and nape white; feathers of the back dusky, bordered with orange-brown; front and lower plumage brick-red. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Crown and nape pale olive-green streaked with blackish; back bright reddish brown streaked with black and gray; below white; breast and sides washed with buff and streaked with black. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Gray crown, bordered from the eye backward and on the nape by chestnut. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The portrait of Mary Stuart did not invite one to go in and buy an ell of calico; nor did Absalom, hung by the nape, indicate to one that he was passing a hairdresser's parlors. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z The lateral pair is the posterior continuation of the stripe that on the head passes through the eye; it continues on the nape as a narrow stripe on the 4th row only. A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) 2011-09-25T02:00:14.967Z Top of the head, lore, and nape lead-grey; over the eye a white streak; scapulars, back, and upper tail-coverts greenish olive, tinged with yellow; chin white, in the young male yellow; under parts bright yellow. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Broad line over eye, throat, breast and sides rich buff; nape chestnut and gray; back black narrowly margined with chestnut and, at the sides, broadly with buff; sides streaked; breast rarely with a few streaks. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Head yellowish brown, with two black stripes through crown to the nape; also black lines from the eyes to neck. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The baronet turned away as the bobby started toward the station house, conducting his bewildered victim by the nape of the neck. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z In a few specimens the lateral stripe broadens to include the upper third of the 3rd row posterior to the nape. A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) 2011-09-25T02:00:14.967Z General plumage white; crown, nape, scapulars, lesser wing-coverts, and primaries, black; bill black; irides reddish brown; feet bluish ash. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Similar to No. 550, but greener above; the feathers of head and back usually, those of nape always, with black centres. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z I have seen one lope down a mountain side, through about six inches of snow, carrying a fawn by the nape of the neck in its jaws, and swinging the body clear. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z The sheared strands slid down my head, and converged into a heavily inter-woven mass of hair at the nape of my neck. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z The secondary stripes are those on the 3rd and 8th rows; of these, only the one on the 3rd scale-row is present on the nape. A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) 2011-09-25T02:00:14.967Z Summer—streak over the eye, nape, and all the under plumage, rusty-red, the nape streaked with black; back streaked and spotted with black, red, and grey. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Throat chestnut, forehead and rump cinnamon-buff; nape gray; crown and back glossy blue-black, the back streaked with white. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z I invented that song myself, in January, 1918, when circumstances led me—so to speak, by the nape of the neck—to heat my home with wood because nowhere could I buy coal. The Comforts of Home 2011-08-11T02:00:13.980Z When Dan was six years old his father had literally picked him up by the nape of his neck and thrown him into the water like a pup and watched him swim. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z The paravertebral stripes begin anteriorly on the nape or at any point on the anterior one-third of the body and continue as discrete stripes onto the base of the tail. A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) 2011-09-25T02:00:14.967Z Edges of mandibles distinctly serrated; head crested; nape feathers elongated and ornamented; plumes of fore-neck not disintegrated; no dorsal train. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Foreneck and back bluish black; throat, neck, and back streaked or barred with white; crown and nape gray; belly white. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z There I found Bernard, the soap merchant, whom you do not know—a little man, bald to the very nape of the neck, with great wens on his head—and Donadieu, the Harberg forest-keeper. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z Low in the nape of her neck, her golden hair lay lightly, and from its soft masses fragrance came to him. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z It rippled away from her forehead and broke into shining little curls about her ears and at the nape of her neck. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z She had pinned a pink rose in her hair, too, so that its petals just lay against the nape of her neck. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Similar but no red on nape, brown of crown continuous with that of back. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z At that moment the old Rabbi Heymann came in, with his old martin-skin cap drawn down to the nape of his neck. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z He dragged in by the nape of the neck, as it were, tirades whose proper place had been in a leading article. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z And as the words were uttered, a hand was thrust down from above, which, grasping the dwarf by the nape of the neck, drew him upwards. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z The violinist, stretched out with ankles crossed, occupied a common kitchen chair which his body touched at two places only, with the end of his spine and the nape of his neck. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Crown and throat red; a whitish band from eye to eye across nape; belly washed with yellow; breast patch black Ad. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Their hair, which is woolly, is worn by the women long, reaching below the nape of the neck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Shortly before the completion of the molt, the dorsal area of molt divides into two patches, one on the rump and one on the nape. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z Does the idiot maker suppose that a woman's dress is hung all in one piece, body and skirt, from the nape of the neck, to trail its extremest length? Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z I really think I might just have half an inch cut off—just round the nape of my neck you know. Mr. Punch On Tour 2011-05-22T02:00:12.297Z Resembles No. 524, but little or no gray on hindhead, the black of forehead passing gradually into brown of nape and back. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z He wore it neither short nor long, but brushed up, sticking out, though cropped on the nape and round his ears. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z On top was a trigger lack is on a gun, and de doctor would put de block of wood at de nape of dere neck an' pull dat trigger. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z "Out of the city!" answered Sancho; "are your worship's eyes in the nape of your neck, that you do not see them now before you, shining like the sun at noon-day?" The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z She now applies the foot-warmer, also putting mustard plasters to the nape of the neck and pit of the stomach. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z Back brown, wings and tail externally rusty; a yellow crown-patch; forehead, line over eye and across nape white; throat white, below yellow. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Something cold, and round, and hard was pressed none too gently against the nape of his neck. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Whereupon the said Edmund seized one fellow by the nape of the neck, and another by the waistband of his breeches, and with pith and power propelled them from the premises. Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z At length one of the men, laughing a great roistering laugh, stooped and seized the dog by the nape of the neck and swung him round in the air. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Taken back smoothly from the brow and temples, her luxuriant hair was rebellious where it was gathered at the nape of the neck, its golden wealth impatient of restraint. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z White; head and nape straw color; primaries hoary grayish brown; tail white. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z You were masquerading in a madonna front, and a Grecian knot at the nape of your neck. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Shoot the victim in the nape of the neck with a blunt arrow, and bring him down. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Presently," writes Lucas Malet, "his hand dwelt shyly, lingering upon her bent head, her cheek, the nape of her slender neck. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z His straw colored hair was combed down on his forehead, curled slightly around his ears, and grew down the nape of his neck. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Above grayish brown, sometimes with rump chestnut, nape black. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z "If," said he, "I had been baptized with your hand, I feel that the water which was poured on the nape of my neck would have burnt me." Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Kim looked intently; Lurgan Sahib laid one hand gently on the nape of the neck, stroked it twice or thrice, and whispered: 'Look! Kim 2011-03-13T03:00:25.327Z And the black fishers in their ships, In their cold ships, are clad in shreds; Down their cold nape their old hat drips And drop by drop in water sheds All the mist. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z It was beautiful hair, growing low on her forehead and waving backward in loose undulations to the thick knot at the nape of her neck. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z W. 5; the nape band red; red of throat encroaching on black bordering streaks; female the same but chin white. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Along the centre of the back, from the nape of the neck to the tip of the tail, there is a band of black, very slightly interspersed with dark brown hairs. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Each he killed with a single grip of his muscular hands, gripping them at the nape of the neck, where the bones parted in his powerful fingers. Polaris of the Snows 2011-03-02T03:00:28.900Z "Sit down," ordered Billy, and grasping his comrade by the nape of the neck he bent his head until it rested on his knees. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z As I thought, my eyes went wandering over her back and finally stopped at the nape of her neck. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z Forehead, face, throat and sides of neck red, crown and ear-coverts black, nape band and rump whitish; back gray; no white in wings or tail. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z In dressing the hair they part it so as to let it lie in a net at the nape of the neck. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Sunlight slanted on his shoulder and her hair, gilding the nape of her white neck where the hair grew blond and fine as a child's. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Her thick dark hair was loosely twisted into a heavy knot; and pinned back just above the nape of her neck. Vestigia Vol. II. 2011-02-04T03:00:22.950Z His hair was lank and plentifully sprinkled with grey: he wore it tied at the nape of the neck with a silk bow which certainly did not harmonise with the rest of his clothing. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z Back grayish or brownish blue, usually not sharply defined from nape; crown, nape, wings and tail blue; throat gray; belly dingier; breast streaked with blue; under tail-coverts blue; a narrow white line over eye. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z I paddled over to him and grabbed him by the wet suit at the nape of the neck and pulled his head out of the water. The Bay Citizen: Illegal Craft Saves Surfer?s Life, Renewing the Attack on a Ban 2011-01-30T03:14:58Z Forehead; b. crown; c. occiput; d. nape; e. chin; f. throat; g. jaw-patch, or mustache. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z I am going to take Destiny by the nape of the neck. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z Several years ago a keeper at the Zoological Gardens, showed me some deep and scarcely healed wounds on the nape of his neck, inflicted on him whilst kneeling on the floor by a fierce baboon. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z Similar to No. 480, but back brown; usually sharply defined from nape; blue areas brighter, throat and belly whiter; breast less streaked with blue. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Top of head black, flecked with tan; nape cream, followed by dark band six scales long; dark nape stripe from posterior edges of parietals to first dark body band. Systematic Status of the Colubrid Snake, Leptodeira discolor Gunther 2011-01-16T03:00:23.960Z P. a. alascensis, Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker.Smaller; more white; nape very white; more white on top of head.Alaska, south to 48°. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z Then let one of us get the razor and shave off all his beard and his eyebrows, and the hair of his head even to the nape of his neck. Khaled, A Tale of Arabia 2011-01-16T03:00:23.317Z She wore long, dangling ear-rings, and her abundant plaits of dark hair were gathered into the nape of her neck, confined by a coarse-fibred net. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z After breeding, head white; nape with black streaks. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Her hair was in a great gleaming knot of gold at the nape of her neck. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z My strength returned; with feverish hands I sought the mark on the nape of the neck. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z With a shudder that began at her knees and ended at the nape of her neck she went to the cupboard and took out a carton of baking soda. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z Stat. v.c. houses 5 Crown, nape bluish-gray; behind eye, side neck broad chestnut band; upper brown; one white bar on wing; cheeks, throat black; under whitish; f., duller; darker below; no black throat. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z Crown white; nape black; bill dark; tail shorter. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Next went Ponting, a figure so haunted now as to make the hairs stand up on Watson's nape. England end 24-year wait to retain the Ashes in Australia 2010-12-29T01:23:39Z Then, after a few moments, I added that I had also found the family sign on the nape of this man's neck. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z There were never any "scolding locks" at the nape of her neck, as there were on other necks that had come under his eye. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z Red stains appeared; and he saw that the muffler held a thick wad of cotton-wool in position against the nape of the neck. 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z Forehead and line over eye white; lores and crown black; nape whitish; back sooty gray or sooty brown; outer tail feathers white, except at tip; inner ones grayish brown. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Davey watched them dancing, this tall slender girl with her hair knotted up on the nape of her neck and the long-limbed, bearded man who had come to the sales for Sam Maitland. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z All that I do remember is his own next words, the swift and agonising collapse of the whole man as he said them, and the feeling of my own nape and spine. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z The short-tailed albatross is a striking bird, with a bright pink bill, a white body and a golden-colored crown and nape. Observatory: Rare Bird Expands Breeding Grounds to U.S. Islands 2010-12-10T17:32:00Z Eventually, time passed and he buried his fingers in the hair at the nape of her neck. Samantha Hunt: “The Yellow.” 2010-11-22T05:00:00Z Head blue, purple, and green; a white band from eye to eye across nape. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z To detect lice early, check your kids about once a week: Use a light and a magnifying glass to check at the nape of the neck and behind the ears. When head lice surface, your first move: Relax 2010-09-10T04:01:00Z Again there was the little flurry about the flower at her throat; her bent nape was towards me; the thing was movingly clumsily done. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Her white hair was gathered at the nape of her neck, and her voice was low. A Pacemaker Wrecks a Family's Life 2010-06-18T14:46:00Z He ran his hand through the fullness of hair at my nape and turned my head around. Gary Shteyngart: “Kokiri.” 2010-06-07T04:00:00Z Central tail-feathers much lengthened; in winter, crown, nape, throat, and neck all around white. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The peaked cap pushed back on the nape of his neck, his brow pouring with perspiration, the veins standing out in knots on his temples, his glance stern; thus he rode up to the fence. The Undying Past She was nearly as tall as I, and I noticed as we passed the windows that, that night at any rate, her red-gold plait had been taken up and was closely swathed about her nape. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z She was in the last stages of what slangy young men call "flapperdom," and her hair was gathered on the nape of her neck with a big black bow. "Pip" A Romance of Youth The sun lay warmly on the fields outside, a gay little breeze spiced with pine danced in at the open window, stirred the curls at the nape of the girl's neck and whisked out again. The Trail of Conflict In summer, crown, cheeks and nape blackish, throat and breast dusky; a whitish patch back of eye. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The porker was stone dead, being bitten through the nape of the neck. Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers Long it bends, then with a natural gesture of arms flung up, and hands locked upon the nape, steps out into the full moonlight, clear to view. The Unknown Sea Almost simultaneously Cullyngham became conscious of something that gripped him by the nape of his neck, just below Elsie's fettered wrists—something that felt like a steel vice. "Pip" A Romance of Youth She crimsoned even under the tiny curls at the nape of her white neck. The Trail of Conflict Throat and neck black nearly divided by a white ring; top and sides of head white, forehead and nape greenish; breast chestnut. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Her heavy braided knot hangs low on the nape of her neck. Woman No. 21069, ♂?, taken on August 21, is in molt, with one patch of new fur on the rump and another along the midline of the nape and shoulders. Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway His bull neck, wide as his head across the nape, sagged in a thick fold over his cravat, and his thighs swelled against the close-fitting cloth of his riding-breeches. Beggars on Horseback He saw the nape of her beautiful neck with its fringe of crisp, dark curls, gleaming near his knee. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Black, nape and crown white; bill orange, yellow, and white, a round black patch on its sides. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z A languid sense of well-being spread all around, played over the hollow of your arms, and padded the nape of your neck: you thought of nothing. Woman The hangman, after having flung a rather short rope round his neck, slipped a thick stick down his nape, and began to twist it round in the manner they press bales of wares. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Robert experienced a chill that crept, via the spine and nape, to his brain. The Gay Adventure A Romance Without making any reply, the executioner began to cut the long gray hairs of the prisoner very close, especially at the nape of the neck. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 Above brownish black with more or less rusty, particularly on the nape; below brownish rusty with black streaks on breast. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z An old brown wig, or, rather, as yellow as his bilious complexion, perched on the top of his head, showed the nape of the old fellow's withered neck. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 The second blow missed an agile warrior's head, but caught him in the nape of the neck, and he swung, to bury his face in the red-hot ashes at the edge of the fire. Last Words Her yellow hair, bright as gold itself spun into an aura of hazy filaments, was piled up on top of her head, so that curls escaped against the white, baby-like nape of her neck. Nancy of Paradise Cottage The distributional picture is somewhat complicated because some individuals having the torquata-type of nuchal pattern also have a faint nape stripe. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México Above bluish slate; crown darker; a whitish line over the eye to the nape; below finely marked with gray and white. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Soft feminine scents rose from her hair; he saw the dark tendrils over the nape of her neck. A Bed of Roses Many people when nervous bite their nails, but Annie, in that state of mind, had a funny habit of putting her hand to the nape of her neck and rubbing her hair upward. Life on the Stage A sudden blow with a club or a stone on the nape of the neck was the usual way of despatching him, lest the body should be mangled or a bone broken. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II It lay now in long, heavy, deep rolls, down the nape of her white neck, along the sides of her head, covering her little ears, still shapely. The Broken Gate A Novel Back of head and nape paler than body; basal two-thirds of tail white. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Her hair was pulled away from the fat nape of her neck. A Bed of Roses He grasped the dog by its nape—Bobby held it tightly about the stomach. Shadows of Flames A Novel Frieda, you ought to take him by the nape of the neck, hale him to the Bureau of Licenses, and thence to a parson. A Top-Floor Idyl His grand leonine mane fascinated me as it started from the lofty forehead, and bounded Niagara-like with one leap to the nape of the neck. Fragments of an Autobiography Ear-tufts small; eye surrounded by rusty, then by gray; crown, nape and tips of scapulars largely rusty; neck band rusty. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Her fair hair clustered low over the creamy nape. A Bed of Roses The firm little nape with its "duck-tails" of purplish-red curls filled him with detestation. Shadows of Flames A Novel Feathers of forehead, crown, back, and rump blackish-brown, bordered or washed with yellowish-citrine, those of nape and upper back whitish at the base. Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo Bulletin of the AMNH , Vol. XXXIV, Art. XVI, pp. 509-513, Oct. 20th, 1915 Also her hair straggled somewhat about the nape of her neck. The Garden of Eden Back of head and nape, spreading on to sides of breast, pinkish cinnamon; back distinctly streaked with brownish black; throat always, forehead and line over eye usually tinged with yellow. ♂, winter. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Jack's eyes dwelled for a moment on their shapely strength, then upon the firm white nape of her bent neck. A Bed of Roses She had wound her long braid round and round her head to avoid its weight at the nape of her neck. Shadows of Flames A Novel Her maid is a deal more simple; her hair is dressed very plainly, a loop by the ears, a twist at the nape of the neck. English Costume Their hair was combed back from the forehead and made into a plain knot at the nape of the neck. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia Tail grayish with a broad black band; nape and back ashy brown; forehead and under parts white. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z His graying hair was cut at the nape of his neck, sweeping back from his swelling temples in a manner really suggestive of a mane. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Reaching forward, the bully gripped the perpetrator of this outrage by the wool where it ended over the nape of the neck, and literally plucked out a wisp thereof. Haviland's Chum The men wore their hair long and brushed out about the ears—long, that is, to the nape of the neck. English Costume With one hand they grasp the collar of his coat, a little below the nape of his neck, and with the other, not his arm, but the sleeve of his coat. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 Similar, but head and throat white; nape region dusky. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Coloration essentially as in Lepus callotis except that nape is plain buff, without a trace of black, and upper parts paler, more vinaceous buff. A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha She wears a wig of stiff curly locks in rigidly regular lines plastered closely to the head, reaching almost from the eyes in front to the nape of the neck, and hiding the ears. Oriental Women This man wears his hair long and curled at the nape of his neck. English Costume I caught the reptile by the nape of the neck, which made him open his ugly mouth in a curious way, and he wriggled about so much that I could hardly hold him. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant With white plumes on neck and rump and white patches on flanks; nape and forehead, crested. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Upper parts Drab to Light Drab; underparts creamy white; grayish patch on nape and shoulders; skull broad; tympanic bullae large; total length 189; hind foot, 30. A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha He could smell the soft, sweet fragrance of her hair, of the skin at the nape of her neck. Voyage To Eternity His hair is straight, and falls to the nape of his neck; he wears a black velvet cap upon his head. English Costume To the nape of the neck a small blister may be applied; and if it rises, the hope will mount with it. The Dog With forehead and nape crests and white patches on flanks. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Before combing the hair protect the pillow with a towel; then part the hair in the middle from the forehead to the nape of the neck, and draw it to either side. American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick The emperor was anointed on the head, the nape of the neck, the breast, the right arm between the wrist and the elbow, and on the palms of both hands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Every form of beard or moustache was used, and the hair was worn long to the nape of the neck. English Costume "Take 'em by the nape of the neck and——" "IF we're such a lot, why do you marry us?" The Widow To Say Nothing of the Man Head, breast, and belly slate; back blackish brown barred with white; nape reddish brown. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z "What is there in a simple relieving of—" Calvin strode to him, catching him by the nape, lifted him bodily from the floor, and sent him reeling after the others. The Enormous Room Or it falls over the nape of the neck and is kept in position with a band; or again as a cloth cap has lappets to protect the ears. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" This lady has her hair cut short at the nape of her neck, and bound about the brows with a golden circlet. English Costume He then took him by the nape of the neck, almost crushing him to atoms, lifted him out of the window in the air, and said, 'drive in, now--you shall not fall.' The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. Reddish purple, crown and rump blue, nape red. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z He had him by the nape of the neck, and promptly administered the well-merited punishment. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 He drew his finger along the heavy coil of hair that rose from the very nape of her neck and pushed forward a soft little mass on to the brow. Ancestors A Novel Rick felt a chill run through him and the short hairs on the nape of his neck bristled in a reaction older than the race of man. The Blue Ghost Mystery “But he’s yours to buy and sell; you have your hand on the nape of his neck; and I ask you—I have my wife here—to use the authority you have.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Forehead black with a gray median line; crown bright chestnut; below grayish white; sides brownish, nape gray; back grayish, black, and buff. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The big red hand of the policeman struck her in the throat, and the nape of her neck hit against the wall. Contemporary Russian Novelists When Did Doom, though lame, not bide its time, To clutch the nape of skulking Crime? The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West The hollow, exhibited between the wig and the nape of the neck, invited him. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Her long hair was tied at the nape of her neck with a black bow. Anxious Audrey Crown brown; a white patch on nape; back bluish gray; below grayish white, sometimes tinged with buff. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Her hair on the back of her head, and its shape to the nape of her neck, were so beautiful—she had never seen it: how could she say it wasn't? The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories Then, midway in his leap, a bullet struck him in the nape of the neck. Jena or Sedan? In some individuals a gray patch on the nape remained but emerging hair was not apparent; perhaps the molt had been halted just prior to completion. Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado The miller once more coloured to the nape. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Resembling No. 488, in color but glossier below and with the feathers of throat narrow and lengthened; nape feathers gray at base. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Then she twisted the plaits in a huge coil at the nape of her neck; that was the way she had worn her hair in her girlhood, and that suited her best. Absolution The bursting bullet had torn out the back of its head and the nape of its neck. In Desert and Wilderness When the Indian struck with his mace upon the but-end of the pole, the iron pierced through the nape, into the vertebral column, and penetrated the spinal marrow, the only vulnerable part. Adventures in the Philippine Islands He stepped up behind the physicist in the pitch blackness, and judging carefully, brought his fist down on the nape of the man's neck in a hard rabbit punch. Psichopath Throat and cheeks buff; breast and belly black; crown black, nape chestnut; lesser wing-coverts black tipped with white. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z "I reckon you are right," says I, taking another little fellow by the nape of the neck, and biting him off at the shoulders. Phemie Frost's Experiences They flew quite low and in the clear atmosphere could be plainly seen some pelicans with curved napes, slowly moving immense wings. In Desert and Wilderness He felt the hairs rising on the nape of his neck. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 That’s what I call it, and if the draught hits the nape of your neck, set the other side of the hearth where there ain’t no draught.” At the Crossroads Throat and crown black; nape chestnut, cheeks brownish; two white wing-bars. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z “We will take them home by the nape of the neck and deliver their children into their keeping to have and to hold.” Our Next-Door Neighbors The itching of his back spread and became a prickly feeling in the small hairs at the nape of his neck. Double Take It is a handsome species with white forehead, underparts and nape with a small isolated black cap on the crown; the rest of the upper parts are blackish. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. The crown rose eighteen inches in perpendicular altitude from the nape of the neck, while the front poke retained the modest dimensions of the original gipsy hat. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Throat and upper breast black; crown slate; band behind eye and on nape chestnut. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z On one occasion, one of the doctors came quietly behind him and thrust a needle rather deeply into the nape of his neck, apparently without producing any sensation. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso Taking in the situation at a glance, she seized the cub by the nape of the neck with her teeth, and tried to drag him free. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories These are perhaps the most beautiful species of Cormorants, having brilliant violet green metallic reflections and, in the breeding plumage, crests on the forehead and nape, as well as large white flank patches. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. To make cords in nape of neck, which support the mane, thread a large sewing needle with heavy thread for small birds, a darning needle with string for larger. Taxidermy Below white, breast and sides washed with buff and distinctly streaked with black; nape olive-green; cheeks orange-buff; ear-coverts gray; crown olive-chocolate with a blue-gray central line; back olive, buff, black and gray. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z By applying a magnet to the nape of the neck, the sensations of such individuals become polarised, that is, what appeared white to them before becomes black; bitter, what was formerly sweet, or vice versa. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso Repentance had got hold of this girl by the nape of her neck; it shook her roughly, if justly. Nobody The male of this species is entirely black, except for the white patches on the forehead and nape, and the vari-colored bill of black, white, pink and yellow. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Run wire out of mouth, remove cotton and release free end of nape cord. Taxidermy Crown grayish olive; a whitish patch on nape; a dark brown line through eye; below white tinged with buff. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The lance of an English officer "entered above the right eye, declining toward the nose, and piercing through on the other side, between the nape and the ear." Henry IV, Makers of History Another––the size of a silver dollar––landed sheer on the nape of Jim’s neck just where the coat and his hair did not meet. The Spoilers of the Valley This large species may be generally recognized by the white crescent on the nape; it is about 15 inches in length. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Make an incision from middle of back of head down nearly half length of neck, alongside where nape is bare of feathers. Taxidermy Similar to No. 730, but bill larger, crown grayer, back less bluish gray, nape patch more conspicuous, underparts white with scarcely more than a trace of buffy. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Forister might have an arm so supple and a sword so long that he might be able to touch the nape of his neck with his own point, but I was firm on English soil. The O'Ruddy A Romance A strong belt or strap is buckled into one great loop that passes round the head of each: that is, crosses his nape. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Its plumage is a rich brownish black, very old birds being golden brown on the nape. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Draw wire back to base of skull, leaving nape cord hanging from mouth. Taxidermy She was dressed in black, and her hair was smooth over her ears, knotted neatly on the nape of her neck. The Spanish Jade There were always little stray curls on the white nape of her neck. Olive in Italy Also two kid curlers showed at the nape of her neck. Blue-grass and Broadway The male bird has a red crescent on the nape. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Pull the nape cord taut and tie it to neck-wire in roof of mouth. Taxidermy Purgatives—blisters to the nape of the neck, and to be kept open. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 In L. c. curti the nape is all black in one specimen and the median band of buffy is present in the other three but is narrower and more dusky than in L. altamirae. Mammals Obtained by Dr. Curt von Wedel from the Barrier Beach of Tamaulipas, Mexico She had tied her hair in at the nape of the neck with a bit of blue ribbon, leaving it to fall lower down in two thick plaits well below her waist. A Bride of the Plains This variety differs from the last, chiefly in addition of a band of scarlet on the nape in place of the white on the Yellow-bellied species. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. He placed the cold muzzle of his revolver against the nape of the fellow’s neck and drew a shriek from him. The Web of the Golden Spider For the pain in the head, a blister to the nape of the neck. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 Worn at the nape of the neck it is domestic; lower, romantic; on a level with the head, classic; on top of the head, stylish. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society She was still in her riding clothes, her 212 head bare with its ribbon half untied in the nape of her slender neck. Tharon of Lost Valley This species has greenish upper parts, white lower parts and superciliary line, and gray crown and nape. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Most of the stevedores were hatless, and Chris snickered at the sight of the short braid of hair at the napes of their necks. Mr. Wicker's Window Her blue-black hair was parted in a white line that might have been centered by the tip of her tiny nose and an unseen point on the nape of her pretty neck. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The hair is smooth against the heads, falling to the shoulders but slightly waved against the nape of the neck. Hymen "I am the proprietor of this estate," he shouted, seizing the fellow by the nape of his neck and pulling him out of his canoe, "and we will see whose rights are to be regarded." From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services They have a yellow bill with a black tip, a black crown and nape, and white forehead. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. It should shade from the sun, and if used in hunting protect the nape of the neck from rain. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid Part the hair in the middle from the forehead to the nape of the neck. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts “I can’t go down there and take her by the nape of the neck, can I?” Rose O'Paradise Ranny held it, with the nape of its absurdly loose and heavy head supported on his left wrist, and its little soft hips pressed into the hollow of his right hand. The Combined Maze This Tern is similar to the last except that the nape is white and the white of the forehead extends in a line over the eye. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. The patient should be kept at rest in bed, and, when the injury is in the cervical region, extension should be applied to the head with the nape of the neck supported on a roller-pillow. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Thus, in many persons, a slight stimulation of the nape of the neck, of the scalp, &c., has an erogenic effect. The Sexual Life of the Child In the other hand was Milly Ann, carried by the nape of her neck, hanging straight down at the woman’s side, her long yellow tail dragging on the floor. Rose O'Paradise She had a fine accuracy of aim—she hit him on the nape of the neck, just where his hair came down in a queer little curly "cow-lick" in the middle. The Ranch at the Wolverine Similar to the Texan Woodpecker but whiter below, with whitish nasal tufts, and the fore part of the crown black and white striped, the red being confined to the nape region. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Diffuse lipomatosis usually begins over the nape and spreads more or less symmetrically till it completely surrounds the neck. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. In this connexion, I need merely allude to the production of voluptuous sensations by tickling the nape of the neck. The Sexual Life of the Child No one claimed it; and Joe was watched with great interest, and warned most zealously, as he took the poor little creature by the nape of its neck to the nearest pump. Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly |
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