| 单词 | periwinkle |
| 例句 | The cries of street vendors mingled in a kind of exotic music: "Quick periwinkles, quick, quick!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Crosses, entire crypts, are painted periwinkle, neon green, purple. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Hazy blue mountains cut sharp lines into the periwinkle sky. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There’s a distinct difference between periwinkle and cobalt blue. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma drove through a roundabout planted with pink periwinkle flowers and lined with bricks painted alternating black and white. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z There it is, swirls of blue, purple, and periwinkle watercolor. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sitting in the armchair by the open window, watching the slow turn from indigo to periwinkle dawn to light gray morning. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She had on a pair of cutoffs and a periwinkle tank top that made her brown eyes look even darker. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Brimming bowls and colanders lined the countertop, spices and pastes were measured and blended, and eventually a collection of broths simmered over periwinkle flames on the stove. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The tender budding of our new year, the periwinkles and the jasmine, the soft, scented champak blossom, had yielded place to the fierce flowering jacaranda and gold mohur, before Ira’s time came for giving birth. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Clummer was creeping over the grounds around the castle; sky L_Jand lake alike turned periwinkle blue and flowers large as cabbages burst into bloom in the greenhouses. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z As periwinkles etched the beach with their purple trails, and sea foam blew off the waves and tumbled across the beach as if longing for a dog to come out and play. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Hyacinth and daffodil bloomed in the flower beds, violet and periwinkle in the meadows; damp, bedraggled white butterflies fluttered drunkenly in the hedgerows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Murphy gives me something new nearly every day—a skirt she says she found in a closet, a woolen hat, a camel-colored coat, a periwinkle scarf and matching mittens. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z If anything about Patagonia is still otherworldly, it’s the colors embedded in the landscape — teal, mauve, mahogany, jonquil, periwinkle, azure, lavender. | Explorer: In Argentina, Glaciers by Way of Patagonia 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z Also the painterly silk tee dresses with portraits by Mr. Phillips, the swishing long shirts over skinny trousers, the pleated soul goddess gowns in gold and periwinkle, with trainlike sleeves. Pyer Moss and the Power of Black Truth 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z She used silk for texture, including an optic T-shirt and periwinkle color blocked shorts that could be worn inside while reading a book or just as easily out to brunch with friends. Easy elegance, deceitfully simple, on NY runways 2011-09-12T20:18:12Z The boardwalk, the food carts, the play area and tiny water park, together with the periwinkle blue mountains shimmering across the strait on a late afternoon, felt perfect. Canada’s grand western loop around British Columbia is prime for a road trip 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Wyatt enters behind Ford: it’s Dolores, of course, her periwinkle skirts swishing. “Westworld” Season One Finale: Violent Ends 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z We turn around in our window seats to catch a bewitching sunset, a swirl of pink and periwinkle. Review | Primrose pours on the charm in Brookland 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z While some companies are already using Very Peri on furniture and home appliances, the periwinkle tone is having a polarizing effect on interior designers and other style watchers. Creating a Color of the Year for All Time and Space 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z She sent Mr. Cicoria a picture of a sapphire ring more periwinkle than deep blue. A Very Small Family Gathering Will Do This Time 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z A pirate-themed restaurant owned by a Vietnamese family and decorated with life-size swashbuckler mannequins, Claws serves a sauce-smothered style of crayfish as well as nontraditional dishes like periwinkle snails simmered in coconut-basil sauce. United Tastes: Vietnamese Immigrants Carry On a Cajun Food Tradition 2010-04-28T04:13:00Z Two shirts: one periwinkle with stripes, the other coffee-colored, also with stripes. Father 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Though one might expect Amy Adams, front row at Gucci’s spring show in Milan, to also choose a gown from that house, she decided on draped periwinkle Versace instead. Glitter and Feathers in Golden Globe Fashions 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z She wore a chartreuse blouse over a periwinkle silk skirt over graphic floral pants. The Real Housewives of Sustainable Fashion 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z She unbuttoned her periwinkle blouse, revealing a hot-pink conical satin bra underneath, and the audience squealed. Tokischa, Latin Music’s Newest Rebel, Isn’t Holding Back 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Add Madagascar periwinkle in front; then tuck in a lobelia on each side. Plant a Patriotic Container 2013-07-01T16:20:02.493Z It's also unrealistic to expect consumers to eat every single last green crab, lionfish or periwinkle. Can we really eliminate invasive species by eating them? 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z So were the mountains that rose behind them, and the predawn periwinkle and orange sky beyond. Frugal Traveler Blog: In New Zealand, a Man, a Van, a Plan 2012-04-03T20:21:34Z I wore an ivory embroidered Tadashi Shoji gown and clutched a bouquet of coral ranunculus and periwinkle thistle. The Wedding That Wasn’t Sad 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z My moto-carriage to the airport barreled around sinkholes as a technicolor jungle sunset stained vermilion and periwinkle streaked across the sky. Iquitos, Peru: Wet and Wild 2013-09-13T17:49:30Z Our 5,000-metre trek up a jungle mountain wall was accompanied by cicadas – their frenzied cacophony fading the higher we climbed – and dozens of butterflies flecked in amethyst, periwinkle, canary yellow and zebra stripes. Laos town known for drunkenness and tourist deaths cleans up its act 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Of course, the spare bedroom in Doug’s apartment on the top floor of a periwinkle Victorian house, where he lives with his wife, Andrea, was also a draw. Frugal Traveler: Budget Fun on the California Coast 2014-04-02T18:18:48Z An image of Harry Styles wearing a periwinkle Gucci gown with a slim black blazer is going to single-handedly dismantle good ol' rugged American masculinity. Candace Owens' attack on Harry Styles' masculinity reveals itself in that Marxist red herring 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z I’ve spent months on its long, quiet beach, watching my daughter collect periwinkles on sandbars that seem to go on for miles. A Father-Son Fishing Trip on the Chesapeake Bay 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z As he spoke, a full moon rose behind us and roseate spoonbills sailed in V-formation across pink cumulus clouds fading into periwinkle to the west. Tears for the Magnificent and Shrinking Everglades, a ‘River of Grass’ 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Inside my room there was a retro flair and playfulness to the cushy blue and white headboards and plush periwinkle damask-covered walls. | Boscolo Bari 2012-10-11T17:30:43Z I was finally clad in a periwinkle Ergo of my own. Divorcing while pregnant 2013-01-16T01:00:00Z Her signature palette includes muted peach, periwinkle, gray and lavender, which she creates by blending water-based paints with varnish or powdered pigment. An Artist Who Transforms Paintings Into Cosmic Sculptures 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z It was a moment when everyone — absolutely everyone — expected to see an ebullient Lady Gaga climbing to the stage in her dramatic periwinkle gown. Snubs, surprises and a Satanic shout-out? Key Globes moments 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Then it must be his silk prewar shirt, periwinkle with white stripes. Father 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z It registered in poplin bloomer shorts and a flaring minidress in white poplin worn with an open, boyish shirt in periwinkle stripes. Fashion Review: Earthbound at the Country Club 2010-09-14T14:46:00Z The fluid digital animation tickles the eye with a sea of periwinkle, pockmarked creatures and diaphanous, detailed wings. Gary Rydstrom’s ‘Strange Magic,’ From a George Lucas Story 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Wooden shelves still hold glass Mason jars full of Roy Lichtenstein’s old paints, their colors ranging from scarlet to mustard to periwinkle. Roy Lichtenstein’s Studio Becomes Home to an Artistic Community 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z In this book, when they are not green they are “transparent” or “limpid” or “periwinkle” or some other scintillating tint. ‘Suspended Sentences,’ Novellas by Patrick Modiano 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z To people whose entrepreneurial plans were blown up by a virus that emptied out the streets, it's everything that makes their night sleepless, only bathed in pink and periwinkle neon lighting. All hail Uncle Clifford on "P-Valley," a vision of Black queerness not seen anywhere else on TV 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Beachcombing along the shore, we noticed dozens of common periwinkles, a species of snail, stuck to the sturdy grasses like fleas on a dog’s back. This secluded state park on the Chesapeake Bay offers an alternative to summer’s crowds 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Presented in an elegantly spare installation, the four works range from a two-ton elephantine conch shell, about 8 by 8 by 8 feet, to a knee-high 300-pound periwinkle. Art in Review: Marc Quinn: ‘All the Time in the World’ 2013-05-23T19:12:12Z She wrested a palette from her makeup artist, kicked off her periwinkle stilettos and took a seat. Bella Thorne, the Ex-Disney Star, Chillaxes With Yarn 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Then Zephyr plucked periwinkles from marsh grasses and watched them unfurl, looking like alien snails. On Virginia’s Chincoteague Island — all this and ponies, too 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z It’s chockablock with more fish and seafood than appear in a season of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” each prawn, mussel and periwinkle tasting true and richer for garlic and espelette in their broth. Fiola Mare brings the Adriatic to Georgetown In the end, I bought black men’s wear-inspired pants and a periwinkle striped sundress with red accents, both unfamiliar Parisian labels. Scavenger: For Designer Bargains, Step Into Their Closet 2010-04-07T21:37:00Z The crowd erupted when the 27-year-old heartthrob took the stage, decked out in cream boots and periwinkle bell-bottoms, tattoos peeking out of the sleeves of his floral shirt. Review | In concert, Harry Styles reminds fans what they’ve been missing 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Not long after that, he surprised her again with another present: a periwinkle Triumph motorcycle. You Could Write a Country Song About Them. (He Probably Will.) 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z I see the house my children draw in their pictures of home, periwinkle crayon for the siding, brown for the door, black squares with pluses for windows. Tracking the Demise of My Marriage on Google Maps 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Hillary Clinton was there, in periwinkle silk, bodyguards in tow. Ralph Lauren’s 50th Anniversary Show Was Eye-Popping. Then Came the Clothes. 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Of course, Swift attracted the most attention while gracing the red carpet in a pretty periwinkle gown and her signature red lip. Beyoncé?!?! And all the other celebs who attended Taylor Swift's Eras tour movie premiere 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z They recalled cleaning their graves in a cemetery whose stones, pottery and plantings of yucca and periwinkle were a window into ancestral burial practices. America’s Black Cemeteries and Three Women Trying to Save Them 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z At the Center for Natural Lands Management’s Violet Prairie native seed farm in Thurston County, row after row of periwinkle, yellow and pink flowers stretch across 5 acres. This Thurston County farm helps restore prairies with native seeds 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Disney added the city’s name when it ran the franchise from 1996 to 2003, while dressing players in periwinkle blue uniforms that were among the ugliest ever in professional sports. Column: Anaheim, it's time to tell the Angels and Arte Moreno adiós already 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Figure 21.5 Catharanthus roseus, the Madagascar periwinkle, has various medicinal properties. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z “The color jacaranda is an omen for a rebirth,” the agency, Trendo.mx said, describing the hue as between amethyst and mauve, comparable to periwinkle. ‘Merchant of Landscapes’: The Lasting Footprint of a Japanese Gardener in Mexico 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z The dew is cool and damp against the skin when we wake up, and everything, even the air, is bathed periwinkle blue. A Mississippi River journey by kayak brings lessons in history, friendship and life 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Last year, Pantone also said that its chosen hue inspired fearlessness, declaring that the 2022 pick, a periwinkle blue called Very Peri, had a “courageous presence” that “encourages personal inventiveness and creativity.” The Pantone 2023 Color of the Year is bold and very ’90s 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Last year, the color forecasters at Pantone were so hopeful about the new year, they chose an uplifting shade of periwinkle blue as its 2022 Color of the Year. Pantone’s 2023 Color of the Year is here — and so are gifts inspired by the bold hue 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “I hope we can get back to three staff in December,” Hannan, the owner, said one evening, when we were eating grapes and drinking mint tea under a periwinkle North African sky. In Morocco, a new take on working vacations 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Figure 38.8 Catharanthus roseus, the Madagascar periwinkle, has various medicinal properties. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Catharanthus roseus, the Madagascar periwinkle, has various medicinal properties. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z One was a long-sleeve, periwinkle blue Amish dress with a simple stand collar. What they wore: Clothes spotlight sex abuse in Amish, others 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Rich hues such as sapphire blue, seafoam green or perfect periwinkle are inspiring choices that add personality and a sense of drama to a humdrum space. Brighten the mood of your bathroom with a splash of color | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z “I love Putin, Putin, Putin!” he said, stripping off his periwinkle dress shirt in the middle of the roadside shop to slip on the custom white, blue and red stripes. He’s pro-Russian, anti-Zelensky and rallying for Putin in West Africa 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Cuomo, wearing a dark mask and suit with a periwinkle tie, delivered the remarks during the morning service at the Crown Heights church. Cuomo Re-emerges and Blames ‘Cancel Culture’ for His Fall 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z "And then the last drop you'll see will be this... explosion of the digital lavender," she said, explaining that the designers "heavily leaned" into periwinkle, the Pantone color of the year. Marrisa Wilson turns to digital spaces for first NY Fashion Week collection 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The sky was sliding toward periwinkle and the skate rentals had closed for the day, so there were few witnesses when my daughter pushed off onto the frozen lake. In Vermont, gliding along on natural ice 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Wearing a periwinkle neck gaiter with a flower print and the black-and-red Team China uniform, she doubled over to catch her breath after crossing the finish line. Bearing an Olympic Torch, and a Politically Loaded Message 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Their house is barely visible, obscured by a riot of flora that burst with colors — periwinkles, buttery yellows, whites, deep oranges, scarlets — from early spring through late fall. Meet an Ecologist Who Works for God (and Against Lawns) 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Even in her novels’ darkest moments, there’s a soft, periwinkle feeling. Review: How Elizabeth Strout's simplicity runs rings around more pyrotechnic novelists 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z For example, vinpocetine — a synthetically produced compound sometimes referred to on product labels as Vinca minor or periwinkle extract — is found in many supplements marketed for enhanced memory, focus or mental acuity. Don’t buy the hype. ‘Memory-boosting’ supplements aren’t all they’re cracked up to be 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z When she remonstrated with them, pointing out that the women had come to help restore the land so that their mothers and sisters could once again harvest periwinkles, they physically attacked her. The Nigerian Activist Trying to Sell Plants to the Oil Company That Destroyed Them 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Q: I recently removed a bunch of invasive periwinkle/vinca from under a large maple tree. Gardening expert weighs in on fall veggies, what to plant in a wet, shady strip and more 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z So different scenes had light pinks and periwinkles and light lavender, with dark jewel tones of that same color. Designing costumes for black & white 'Mank' is more fun than it sounds 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z The suit says the California Department of Justice found unacceptable levels of lead or cadmium in fresh and frozen clams, cuttlefish, eel, octopus, oysters, periwinkle and sea squirt. California sues seafood companies over alleged lead, cadmium 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z In the sparse backyard, the roommates have set up periwinkle blue patio furniture and planted a hopeful vegetable garden, which in June was teeming with kale, oregano and cucumber and pepper plants. How a New Wave of Black Activists Changed the Conversation 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The architecture is industrial-style, with arched windows and periwinkle awnings over the front doors. Courtyards foster a sense of community at Watkins Alley 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z To drive home her point, Jacobson commissioned a friend, the renowned Nigerian artist Aniekan Udofia, to paint an outsize periwinkle fist on the facade of her restaurant, a small Burmese retreat. Thamee got national acclaim for its Burmese food. Now it wants to become a model for racial justice. 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Instead, the hotel is clearly on the ground, horizontal rather than vertical, positioned next to a coral bell, pachysandra, periwinkle and some type of sedge grass. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Enough, already. Give women’s sports fair coverage. 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Pegged for years as “the worst town in Florida,” hardships galore lurk beneath these periwinkle skies and Everglades sunsets, where a water tower looms overhead, reminding its residents exactly where they are. Review: Documentary 'Pahokee' finds heart and hope in a small Florida town 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z One example involves the Madagascar periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, which has been used for centuries as a medicine in Africa and China. Why a landmark treaty to stop ocean biopiracy could stymie research 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Driving west in San Pedro late in the afternoon on New Year’s Day, I watched thick puffs of clouds overhead churn from periwinkle blue to flaming orangey pink in what seemed like seconds. Winter sunsets really are more spectacular. Here's why 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z I also bought a set of matte-textured periwinkle shells because that color is highly underrepresented in gaming accessories, and it’s also one of my favorite colors. How to customize the look of your Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Weckle was standing inside the periwinkle walls of the one-room schoolhouse of her youth, along with several former students, for an open house intended to raise funds and awareness for the schoolhouse’s restoration. Renovations underway at historic one-room schoolhouse 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z She looks up triumphantly, victory in her periwinkle eyes. They look white but say they're black: a tiny town in Ohio wrestles with race 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The ceiling joists have been painted creamy white, the other woodwork periwinkle blue. With Bistro Shirlee, Renee Erickson tips a chapeau to her Boat Street beginnings, and to her mom 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Gaga remained seated at the piano for the performance, wearing an oversized black T-shirt and a periwinkle wig. Bradley Cooper joins Lady Gaga at Las Vegas residency, performs 'Shallow' from 'A Star Is Born' live for the first time 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z It was a moment when everyone - absolutely everyone - expected to see an ebullient Lady Gaga climbing to the stage in her dramatic periwinkle gown. Snubs, surprises and a Satanic shout-out? Key Globes moments 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Mother Monster's periwinkle Valentino gown evoked images of Garland's final scene in the 1954 version of "A Star Is Born," but Gaga insists that the resemblance was unintentional. Lady Gaga channels Judy Garland's 'A Star Is Born' on 2019 Golden Globes red carpet 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z I used a photo of my grandmother’s embroidered parrot to guide a recent project: a bust of my mom sewn into a periwinkle handkerchief. Opinion | The Feminist Power of Embroidery 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Above them, the sky was periwinkle and the sun promised more warmth than it was delivering. Dispute between landowner and government threatens access to treasured trail in Utah’s Zion National Park 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Williams is wearing the black version of her tennis tutu by the designer Virgil Abloh, eschewing the periwinkle option. Serena Williams Accuses Official of Sexism in U.S. Open Loss to Naomi Osaka 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Shoppers should opt for a look that makes them feel wholly individual, whether it be a mismatched plaid oversize suit or a periwinkle tux. The New Power Suit for Women: It’s Not About Fitting In 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Those well-traveled seeds have since germinated in a greenhouse, and they look pretty normal from the outside, the periwinkle producing its habitual pink flowers and the valerian its serrated leaves. Will Launching Plants into Orbit Yield New Medicines? 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The Madagascar periwinkle has long been the main source of vinblastine, which is used as a chemotherapy for cancers including brain tumours. Recipe revealed for a plant-based anti-cancer drug 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z After a week of gray skies in the desert, the sun peeked through the clouds, a periwinkle backdrop for the first official workout of the 2018 Dodgers. Dodgers officially get back to work, 110 days after losing the final game of the World Series 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z But sometimes the blue or white flowers of the non-native periwinkle plant signaled a graveyard location. Book details Smokies’ cemeteries and their eternal residents 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z There’s still a passionate heat from enough red undertones, and a touch of periwinkle, but “it’s really the cool that prevails.” Pantone picks deep purple ‘Ultra Violet’ as color of year 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Elena told her there was nothing wrong with that, and then they went inside the salon and Shae got her fingernails painted periwinkle blue to match a homecoming dress she no longer wanted to wear. The wounds they carry 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The team searched a database of periwinkle RNA and identified two enzymes with the desired functions. Recipe revealed for a plant-based anti-cancer drug 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Just a few years ago, the sardine factory in her hometown of Lubec had closed and Keene was scrounging for a living digging clams and gathering periwinkles from the beach. Forget about lobster. Baby eels are Maine's thing, and the feds are cracking down on illegal eel trafficking 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Perhaps mountain people planted periwinkle for its protective powers or simply because it made cemeteries pretty and more pleasant, Palmer writes. Book details Smokies’ cemeteries and their eternal residents 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z The shell middens contained periwinkles, which are small sea snails, and cod. Cultural sites uncovered in Alaska island survey 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z In similarly open-minded moves, he wore a pretty periwinkle gown on the cover of his Jeffery mixtape and modelled a piece from the Calvin Klein women’s collection in a polarising ad. Young Thug's airport rant reveals a misogynist in a dress 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Ben blinked and rubbed his eyes — surely he was dreaming — but when he opened them again, the light was still there, intensifying, the telltale periwinkle hue unmistakable. Simple things : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z One afternoon at her apartment downtown, as she prepared to give a manicure to a hairdresser friend, she dunked her own fingers, with nails painted periwinkle blue, into a bowl of tepid water. The Face of Celebrity Nails 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Some European settlers believed periwinkle kept evil spirits away. Book details Smokies’ cemeteries and their eternal residents 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z The rider tweeted a picture of one of the car’s signature dark periwinkle seats, the edges of the upholstery already largely unglued from the frame. Delivery of Metro’s new 7000-series rail cars back on track 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z He startled periwinkles by tapping them on the operculum, a sort of trapdoor on their shell, and waited. The Science of Humming to Draw Snails From Their Shells 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Try a soft shade like blush, mauve, pearl gray or dusty periwinkle in a minimal, Halston-esque gown in jersey or flowing wool crepe. How to Blend In With a High-Style Affair 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z When Yasuda lifted her hand out of the bowl, her fingernails were periwinkle slashed with vivid pink stripes. The Face of Celebrity Nails 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Todd says the pine trees haven’t thrived because of overcrowding and shading by invasive plants, such as privet, chinaberry, periwinkle and bamboo. Hot Springs National Park using goats to eat invasive plants 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z And in the works on the roof of the security center overlooking the memorial is the elevated public Liberty Park, nearing completion with a Living Wall installation of periwinkle, Japanese spurge and Baltic ivy. World Trade Center's newest $2.5bn skyscraper soars to full 80 stories 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Last year, he published a report about the personalities of periwinkles. The Science of Humming to Draw Snails From Their Shells 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z And in the works on the roof of the security center overlooking the memorial is the elevated public Liberty Park, nearing completion with a "Living Wall" installation of periwinkle, Japanese spurge, and Baltic ivy. World Trade Center skyscrapers: 3 up, 1 to go 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The Style collection includes black and white quilted bands, a periwinkle braided band, and even a camo band. Garmin adds a dash of style to its Vivo line of activity trackers 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Just outside, pale sunlight cast the hallways in a periwinkle glaze, nearly matching the color on the coffee mug resting before him, with Seton Hall’s logo, a patch-eyed pirate, splashed across it. A College Basketball Player Who Is Also a Law School Student 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Kate Middleton, dressed in a periwinkle silk Catherine Walker coatdress and an ivory Lock & Co. hat, made her first public appearance since giving birth to Princess Charlotte. Kate Middleton Makes First Public Appearance Since Giving Birth 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z The father, in a straw fedora and a periwinkle T-shirt, wondered if she knew the word in Basque. Amid Butterflies, a Bit of a Lingua Franca at the Natural History Museum 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Off the master bedroom, Las Vegas designer Linda Allen showed a new periwinkle color on her innovative wireless outdoor lamp collection Live. Kennedy show house shines at Palm Springs Modernism Week 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z And the first creatures we encounter there are the ones we really would notice: the familiar things, such as periwinkles, and the teeming ones, like rock lice. In retrospect: Between Pacific Tides : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z “They see a pile of stones or a lot of periwinkle and they think it must be a grave, but that doesn’t mean diddly squat.” No graves found at planned York County subdivision 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z When selecting a color scheme, before choosing between turquoise and periwinkle, consider what kind of vibe cool vs. warm tones will suggest. 12 Principles of Great Brand Design 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Plans call for planting additional Bartlett pear trees, Dwarf Mugo pines, peonies and periwinkle to bring the area back closer to what it was historically. Trees lost outpace trees planted at KU 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z “He recognized periwinkle, bluebells, marigolds, begonias, petunias and the short blossoms of morning glory,” she writes. Chinese Writer, Tackling Tiananmen, Wields ‘Power to Offend’ 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z A nurse came out in gloves, a surgical mask, goggles and an impenetrable gown made of the medically ubiquitous periwinkle blue mesh. Amid Concern About Virus in U.S., New York Hospital Says It’s Ready for the Worst 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Until recently many elver fishermen scraped together a living with multiple jobs: They fished for other species like lobster, worked construction, harvested periwinkles, gathered seaweed. Glass Eel Gold Rush Casts Maine Fishermen against Scientists [Slide Show] 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Our conversation ebbed, and we peered into the periwinkle night. Blink and It’s Gone: A Farewell Column About Chasing the Ever-Changing New York City 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z The boy looked at it and learned that it was a periwinkle—a snail of the sea! Zadie Smith: “Meet the President!” 2013-08-05T04:00:00Z Herbaceous ground cover plants like periwinkle and creeping phlox, and low-growing herbs like wooly thyme may fit your scheme. Ask an Expert: Gardening Advice for Aging Bodies, Part 2 2013-06-26T11:00:01Z It was his height that earned him his nickname "Winkle" - short for "periwinkle", a type of small mollusc - from his colleagues. Captain 'Winkle' Brown: Is he the greatest pilot ever? 2013-04-23T10:46:22Z When writing to her daughter, she begs her not to neglect taking such medicines as “cherry water,” “extract of periwinkles,” “viper-broth,” “uric acid,” and “powdered crab’s-eyes.” The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z Primroses, anemones, periwinkles, cyclamen, and many other kinds of flowers, all were in bloom as we drove through Resht on our way to Isphahan. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z As silent as a boiled periwinkle by all accounts. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Primroses, I am sure, and violets, and later on periwinkle and cyclamen, I dare say.' Christmas Tree Land 2012-04-06T02:00:25.787Z These grounds are well worth visiting—quite the ideal of a deserted Roman garden, a wealth of large Roman daisies, roses, and periwinkle spreading at will amid remains of ancient statues and columns. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z She says the extract of periwinkles “endowed Madame de Grignam with a second youth.” The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z Devil's tomatoes, heavy with golden fruit, and beautiful large-blossomed lavender periwinkle grew in great profusion about the devastated homes of the vanished people. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z And when I made him taste a whilk, and try a periwinkle, His last objections vanished—so she's soon to be my bride! Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z Many other shells I found, particularly the valves of quahaugs, and a periwinkle six inches in length. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z She also coordinated experiments on how plants react in space, using a greenhouse containing about 50 spinach, clover, sage and periwinkle plants. Janice Voss, Shuttle Astronaut and Scientist, Dies at 55 2012-02-10T04:48:04Z Writing to her daughter, “If you use it, when you re-appear so fair people will cry, ‘O’er what blessed flower can she have walked,’ then I will answer ‘On the periwinkle.’ The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z And it seemed a curious coincidence to remember that the last periwinkles I had seen were those growing about the base of the megalithic monuments in Minorca. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Vinca, ving′ka, n. a genus of woody herbaceous plants of the dogbane family, the periwinkles. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The natives used both these shells to manufacture their wampum, or wampumpeag, the delicate inner wreath of the periwinkle being preferred. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Flowers were about them all that day, the red anemone, the blue lupin, periwinkles, the yellow flower of the cytisus, but no living things. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z If “city quilter” sounds like an oxymoron, be advised: The more than 4,000 fabrics it stocks are not all granny prints in periwinkle and dusty rose. | Midtown Manhattan: City Quilter, a Temple to Fabrics 2011-09-29T20:36:00Z Her complexion was dazzling in its fairness; her cheeks rosy; her eyes sparkling, and blue as periwinkles. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z The partial dissection of a male specimen of the common periwinkle, Littorina littoralis, drawn in fig. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z But there were innumerable cockles and periwinkles lately come ashore, and emitting no pleasant odor. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The periwinkle, and the tough dogfish At even-time have got into my dish! Reincarnations 2011-08-27T02:00:25.223Z The shells in it are such as still abound on the beaches of the eastern coast to-day—whelks, scallop shells, cockles, periwinkles, etc. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z The tide rises and falls seven or eight feet; and at low water shell-fish, as periwinkles, muscles, and oysters, may be taken. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z I would never ask at all to go eating periwinkles. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z And in a subsequent passage he says— Sprats, tunny fish, and snails, and periwinkles. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z From a little bag she now produced a wampum belt, explaining that it was made of twisted periwinkle shells strung on hemp. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z She dipped a periwinkle in one of the weird cups, and held it towards me. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z It is that you give me, if so it pleases you, a sleeve from off one of your bodices, and a chaplet of periwinkle, to wear on my helm. The Book of the Duke of True Lovers 2011-07-18T02:00:24.030Z And as to the sea, there is something from it every day of the year, a handful of periwinkles to make kitchen, or cockles maybe. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z And again Speusippus enumerates separately in regular order the cockle, the periwinkle, the mussel, the pinna, the solens; and in another place he speaks of oysters and limpets. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z There was a thick border of periwinkle whose glossy dark green leaves enhanced the brilliancy of the plants beyond. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z Then they had a mania for gathering enough periwinkles for tea, Cynthia declaring that she would wriggle them out with a pin and eat them. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Daffodils peeped out their yellow faces from tufts of encumbering weeds; and stooping down, Rotha found an abundance of polyanthus scattered about among the other things, and periwinkle running wild. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z It is why I wouldn't go eating periwinkles, I'm in dread I might swallow the pin. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Then too there are other cockles, and sand-eels, And periwinkles, unproductive fish, Which men entitle banishers of men, But which we gods call white and beautiful. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Out of the dense shadow behind the mound of periwinkle came a sudden rushing sound, a sharp bark, and the large collie Pilot sprang over a stone wall and bounded up to the rockery. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z "About the eyes, when there is trouble in them; but hers were blue, like a periwinkle in the morning, while yours are darker, and change so." Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z I didn't see periwinkles or clams along the shoreline. How Did the BP Oil Spill Affect Gulf Coast Wildlife? [Slide Show] 2011-04-20T16:45:05.277Z They have angelic faces; their eyes, of pale periwinkle, are softly deep; their complexion is that of a flower, or an infant; their smile is divine. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Here and there a decayed villa stood by the roadside in its overgrown garden, huge aloes and tall cypresses rising from its tangled grass and periwinkles. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The garden walk she had followed divided, and into a narrow path she plunged, finding a resting place on a miniature rockery covered with fern and periwinkle. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Elizabeth would have turned that way, for the vines were quivering with dew-drops, and the periwinkles trembled like cerulean stars among them, so deeply did the shadows lie there almost till noonday. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z It was pale blue, with touches of faint periwinkle mauve: and young Bent, as he gazed, was trying to decide which colour matched her eyes more nearly. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z P. Goltra for the National Tropical Botanical Garden, www.ntbg.org The Madagascar periwinkle is a source of cancer drugs. Specimens: How Species Save Our Lives 2011-02-28T12:46:50Z They are found chiefly on the north coast of Denmark, and consist of the shells of edible mollusks, such as the oyster, cockle, mussel, and periwinkle. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z The meadows grew green, the hedges expanded their buds, the trees put forth tender leaves, the groves were embroidered with periwinkles. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z She was almost afraid to advance close, for the periwinkles that crept over the two graves had grown luxuriantly thick, spreading over them like a torn pall. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z As primary consumers in the food chain, oysters, clams, and periwinkles will likely be among the first animals to begin accumulating hydrocarbons and heavy metals, but they will not be the last. Scientists Study Impact of Gulf Oil Spill on Marine Food Webs 2010-12-28T16:16:00Z Now they routinely live, because of drugs developed from the Madagascar rosy periwinkle, a flowering plant. Specimens: How Species Save Our Lives 2011-02-28T12:46:50Z For example, the rosy periwinkle, a plant native to Madagascar, produces two cancer-fighting substances. UN meeting aims to set species-saving goals 2010-10-18T05:34:00Z And then there are common periwinkles, tiny creatures with round, brownish shells ignored wholesale by visitors to rocky New England beaches. Books on Science: Seashells by the Thousands, and the Stories They Tell 2010-07-12T20:38:00Z Joachim Löw, his German counterpart, who wore a periwinkle sweater to Maradona’s creased and shiny suit, noticed a cleaving of the Argentine team. Germany 4, Argentina 0: Germany Dominates Argentina to Advance to Semifinals 2010-07-03T20:02:00Z There must be no spring wire for the stem, as the periwinkle is a running plant. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 Above the slope leaning down to lull itself in bliss, the sky has just enshrined a light cloud the color of periwinkles, and the arch resounds like an Hallelujah in stone. Woman In shape and elaboration of ornament it resembled a throne, and as a finishing touch the motto "A Happy Birthday" was placed in yellow periwinkles at the foot. The School by the Sea Both mandrake and periwinkle were supposed to be endowed with mysterious powers against demoniacal possession. The Old English Herbals I could sweep a crossing with neatness and precision, and can pick periwinkles with unrivalled velocity. Love's Usuries The periwinkles meander charmingly over the roughest stones, and in the most dreary spots; their glossy ever-green leaves, and fresh bright little flowerets always looking cheerful whatever the weather. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them The sky was the colour of periwinkle, with towards the zenith a flight of silver cloud wings. Shadows of Flames A Novel Here a small community must have lived, and hunted and fished, and fetched limpets and periwinkles from the beach to eat as dessert. The School by the Sea And is not “joy of the ground” a delightful name for periwinkle? The Old English Herbals The buyo is a thing composed of three ingredients—the leaf of the buyo-palm, a sea-shell which is a species of periwinkle, and a root similar in properties to the betel of India. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 We have seen the rocks along another coast almost covered by the coiled shells of little gray periwinkles, and big clumps of black mussels hanging on the piers and wharfs. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place We have in like sort no small store of great whelks, scallops, and periwinkles, and each of them brought far into the land from the sea coast in their several seasons. Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison "There's nothing to eat on the place except raw periwinkles!" The School by the Sea As your grace is pleased to prefer periwinkles we must bow, but a good deal may be said for whelks. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) They watch those thrice-blessed mortals, The dirty guzzling boys, Who partake of dates, periwinkles, Ices and other joys. Songs of the Army of the Night Starfishes lurk in the hollows, and the tent-shaped shells of the little periwinkle encrust the wet rocks. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place And there were large irregular borders covered with the luxuriant green and the blue stars of the periwinkle, beds of marguerites and violets, bushes of lilac and honeysuckles, roses and jasmine. Ancestors A Novel Violets and periwinkles, and meadow flowers, white, red, and blue, were also gathered to indulge this pretty fancy. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens It had a window giving upon the old terrace, where the rose trees were now in bloom and the ivy and periwinkle shone darkly green upon the crumbling parapet. Francezka He does not describe a daisy or a periwinkle, but the cedar or the cypress; not “poor men’s cottages, but princes’ palaces.” Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature She now fixed the visitor with her periwinkle eyes, and replied severely: "I ain't got nothing to say against my lady-friend's looks, as you certainly know, brother Mason." The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself They were wrought to figure shells of periwinkles. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa Enormous pink poppies, phlox, and roses grow in riotous abandon, while old-fashioned periwinkle covers the roots of ancient trees. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria The terrace was overgrown with ivy and periwinkle, and some ancient rose trees were still living and blooming. Francezka Sometimes a wren or a sparrow fluttered in and out of the periwinkle, and once a small green lizard glided like the shadow of a moving leaf over a tombstone. The Romance of a Plain Man There are some men who go through life extracting the substance of every one they meet, as one picks out periwinkles with a pin. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories Yet now his speech upon the periwinkle problem has certainly not impressed the House. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 The purple and crimson trails of the periwinkle lengthened over the stones; then the spear-shaped buds, prompted by the flow of pulsing sap, lifted themselves above the glossy leaves and burst into flowers. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain I can hear the periwinkle man coming, and he's never late. People of Position Sitting up in the periwinkle, I watched him heap the coloured leaves around me into a brilliant pile, and then bending over hold a small flame close to the curling ends. The Romance of a Plain Man Ruskin himself had the smaller pool cleaned and set about with stone, and planted with periwinkle and daffodils. Highways and Byways in Surrey Her eyes were as blue as periwinkles and full of tenderness and love. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls The periwinkle bed was blue with flowers, the daffodils were just opening their bright cups. Eyebright A Story Discovery would come, and forth he would be drawn like a shy, unwilling periwinkle from its shell, once more to play his abased and bashful role of free entertainer to guffawing mixed audiences. The Life of the Party They were the gift of T�o Ventolera, as were two enormous periwinkles on the table, white, with erect points, and the interior of a moist rose-color, like feminine flesh. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan I am fond of oysters, muscles, and cockles; but I do not think anything could induce me to taste a snail, a periwinkle, or a limpet. Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Other seeds of this nature are those of wild ginger, celandine, cyclamen, violet, periwinkle, some euphorbias, bellwort, trillium, prickly poppy, dutchman's breeches, squirrel-corn, several species of Corydalis, Seneca snakeroot, and other species of milkworts. Seed Dispersal I am sure the periwinkles and the gulls must be pleasant company compared to you. The Light of Scarthey A name for the periwinkle on our eastern coasts. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. In the center of the table, between the periwinkles, was another gift from T�o Ventolera, a terra cotta female head with a strange round tiara crowning her braided hair. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan They feed upon a few fish, cockles, mussels, and periwinkles. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 There had been flowers all the way—wild phlox, the primrose, the creeping periwinkle, and white and red dentura, together with many trees of brilliant foliage similar in color to our Autumn tints. Travels in the Far East He must have looked like a periwinkle stuck in his shell. The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne At this place, too, the best food consisted of Indian conies, snakes, oysters, periwinkles, a few small turtles and a variety of small fish. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Lots of people eat them, and periwinkles too. Chatterbox, 1906 "Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trailed its leaves; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes." Days Off And Other Digressions It appears to have been influenced by the plant-name periwinkle, which is itself a corruption of Mid. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) She came again to them in the morning, when the sky was grey, and they were closed, sharp clubs, wonderfully fragile on their stems of sap, among leaves and old grass and wild periwinkle. The Lost Girl By the roadside a wealth of flowers is yours for the picking—wild thyme and asparagus and mallow, periwinkles, and the picturesque dock and crowfoot. A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes They soon collected quite a notable quantity of mussels and periwinkles, which they could eat raw. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery The streets were paved with huge clam shells, and the sidewalks were of periwinkle shells cemented together. The Enchanted Island The periwinkle crawls With flowers in its hair into the wood. Last Poems “They are like periwinkles in a snowstorm!” exclaimed Clare, tired of her own face; and she turned from the mirror and went to bed. Adam Johnstone's Son She was gone, over the dark trailing periwinkle, through the little gate canopied with honeysuckle. The Long Roll And so, honest Mungo, the garrison was not really taken by surprise that night you found yourself plucked out like a periwinkle from your wicket? Doom Castle The late Albert Smith, in his Christopher Tadpole, describes a lady whose weakness was periwinkles. A Life's Eclipse “Nothin’ but great high stony rocks, full o’ beds of great flat periwinkles and whelks; nowhere to land, nothin’ to see. Cutlass and Cudgel The place was a garden, somewhat gone to waste, with a gravel drive running round a great circle of periwinkles with a spotted aucuba in the middle. The Carbonels Now periwinkles may be a comfort, but what I shudder at is the idea of dirty linen. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War “Dear me, do you call that a periwinkle?” Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel Then he and Roger strode up the steep path, beside beds of blue periwinkles, and under old trees just bursting into leaf. Marriage à la mode Of a light, frivolous, flighty girl, whom Jerrold met frequently, he said, "That girl has no more head than a periwinkle." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Ella says she saw some periwinkles and young ferns there, and we need, oh! ever so many fresh roots for the rockery. A Houseful of Girls This was a slow process and after the novelty wore off, the youngster gave utterance to loud lamentations over Kayak Bill's fondness for periwinkles. Where the Sun Swings North “I declare I’ve found a periwinkle!” she cried—“such a fine one too.” Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel Gerard says, "the Nettle is a good medicine for them that cannot breathe unless they hold their necks upright: and being eaten boiled with periwinkles it makes the body soluble." Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trail'd its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language The darker earth above it contained a greater amount than heretofore of ashes, bones in small pieces, potsherds, mussel, snail, and periwinkle shells, and the like. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 We had a heavenly ramble this morning, and found blue periwinkles and anemones in the woods, but no primroses. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 “But, do you know, auntie, I thought when you said you’d found a periwinkle, you meant one to eat, like those periwinkles I’ve got in the aquarium you gave me.” Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel With tinkle, tankle, tinkle, Through fern and periwinkle, The cows are coming home. Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" The white, which was the product of the periwinkle, did not need so much labor to fit it for use as wampum, and it was cheaper. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O "They are shells of oysters and clams and periwinkles that we have eaten." The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone Her gaze dwelt on him calmly for and instant, with the faintest quiver of her full white lids, which appeared to weigh heavily on her rather prominent eyes of a pale periwinkle blue. The Miller Of Old Church These are generally reddish or yellowish, but in this species, which feeds on the periwinkle, they are bright blue, and in form as well as color closely resemble the blue petals of that flower. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Pitiful attempts at gardening lined the gravel entrance, periwinkle dried up in the blazing Western sun, sickly scented geraniums that shrivelled to the night frost, altheas that did better but refused to bloom. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Then she went out and pulled handfuls of grass to make a carpet, which she patterned over with blue stars of periwinkle. Honey-Sweet The next day, when the tide was out, the boys waded in and picked up periwinkles and oysters and clams, and threw them up on the beach. The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone Her pale eyes, like frosted periwinkles, dropped softly beneath his gaze. The Miller Of Old Church In the Oleander Hawk-moth there are two blue patches, which, both in color and form, curiously resemble the petals of the periwinkle, on which it feeds. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Not a bit," it said; "it was nearly all sand where I lived, and coal grew on trees, and the periwinkles were as big as tea-trays—you find them now; they're turned into stone. Five Children and It Her periwinkle cambric was a reflection of her eyes, and her brown hair seemed filled with rays of gold as she stepped across the courtyard at about ten o'clock on her way to the garden. The Man and the Moment But has your rash objector ever lighted upon that rare larva which lives among the periwinkles, and exactly imitates a periwinkle petal? Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science The air seemed alive with butterflies and moths, white and brown and red, and clouds of the "blue skippers" that look like periwinkles blown to life. Secret Bread The rivulets of periwinkles that flowed down them when first she arrived were gone, and now there were these bushes, incredibly rosetted. The Enchanted April Rousseau, in one of his botanical excursions, meeting with the periwinkle, fell upon his knees, crying out—Ah! voila de la pervenche! Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution Mr. Walker moved on with Ruston about a mile and there found Mr. Smith clambering up some rocks, and having plenty of periwinkles, of which he gave them some. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 Then, too, there is a sort of cousin of his, a periwinkle, who has a long ribbon-like tongue, armed with six hundred crosswise rows of hooks, about seven in a row. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated If a great storm blow on our coast, it will cast the whales on the strand, as well as the periwinkles. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) We found some shellfish, namely limpets, periwinkles, and abundance of small oysters, growing on the rocks, which were very sweet. A Voyage to New Holland She had gathered some little sprigs of box and a few blossoms of periwinkle and late lilies of the valley, and they lay on the bench beside her. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches They still halted, living on the periwinkles; but this evening the water was more salt. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 But underneath their covert, in the shade, grey periwinkles wind among the snowy drift of allium. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series The association for supplying London with periwinkles does not progress very rapidly. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 The periwinkle and wilk interest has sustained a severe shock; but potatoes continue to be done much as usual. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 He reached an edge of the garden where a thread-like stream trickled under a bank of periwinkle, phlox, and ivy, and on through a little wood of cedars. Lewis Rand There were, besides, some other sorts of shell-fish, particularly the large periwinkle. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time Over the big old tombstones creep vines of ivy and periwinkle. Invisible Links Some of the columns offered inviting seats as they lay prostrate amongst primroses and periwinkles. Abbe Mouret's Transgression Having been left alone with the cart of periwinkles, and forgotten, he went off idling. The Bed-Book of Happiness The periwinkle, the primrose and the mallow—we spare them with our tongue as with our hoe. The Pleasures of Ignorance He had a turban on his head, from which a piece of periwinkle shell hung down on his forehead instead of a jewel. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 They have no sheep, poultry, or fruits, and subsist wretchedly on a few shell-fish, such as cockles, muscles, and periwinkles, living without any government or order, and cohabit promiscuously like brutes. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. This was nothing more nor less than strings of beads wrought out of clams, periwinkles, and other shell-fish, and called seawant or wampum. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete We picked violets and the wild periwinkle, which we interchanged as hieroglyphics and preserved in the smooth leaves of the hellebore. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty They could not have seen the periwinkles or the violets, but only the irritating and fine gray rain in the gray sky. Romance of the Rabbit Aspen tassels thick are dropping All about, And the alder-leaves are cropping Broader out; Mouse-ear tufts the hawthorn sprinkle, Edged with rose; The park bed of periwinkle Fresher grows. Voices for the Speechless Muscles and periwinkles are here in great plenty, and the monkies open the shells at low water. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. Now when the man arrived at the girl’s house the people were all sitting on the floor eating periwinkle, and as they sucked the meat out of the shell, they nodded their heads. Philippine Folk Tales We are thought to excel in shrimps, to be far from despicable in point of lobsters, and in periwinkles are considered to challenge the universe. Yesterdays with Authors They and the rare periwinkles and the furze are the only flowers of this season. Romance of the Rabbit Pillars of stone incrusted with barnacles and periwinkles rise all around, while long tendrils of sea ferns wave like banners around their base. Byways Around San Francisco Bay Lord Bacon says that in his time people afflicted with cramp wore bands of green periwinkle tied about their limbs. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden We think of the lily of the valley, of the violet, the anemone, the periwinkle. Delsarte System of Oratory In other places at low water they seek for cockles, mussels, and periwinkles. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 They looked for the story in the windings of the checkerberry-vine and blue-eyed periwinkle, on the lichens curiously growing on the boles of aged trees; but for all these they had no dictionary. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 He does not describe a daisy or a periwinkle, but the cedar or the cypress: not "poor men's cottages, but princes' palaces." The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits It is in the midst of a burying-ground, where sleep some of the founders of the colony, whose old graves are greenly overgrown with the trailing and matted periwinkle. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America Having been left alone with the cart of periwinkles, and forgotten, he went off idling. The Uncommercial Traveller Men and women—boys and girls—sweethearts and married people—babies in arms, and children in chaises—pipes and shrimps—cigars and periwinkles—tea and tobacco. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people She is there, borne up above her guests as something indefinably fair, a rose above periwinkles. Men, Women and Ghosts Nothing but oysters and periwinkles, and common things like that.' Five Children and It The greater and stronger a man is the more he would be inclined to prostrate himself before a periwinkle. Heretics Plants grow in the pool and the shores are lined with iris, primroses, periwinkles, pampas grass and, overtopping these, weeping willows mingled with other lovely trees and shrubs. The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Patches of primroses and anemones starred the ground about her, and trails of periwinkle touched her dress. Sir George Tressady — Volume I Saps ascended everywhere around him, on the sides of the brown Pyrenees; there were longer and more tepid nights; the paths were bordered with violets and periwinkles.—But religious scruples held him still. Ramuntcho He looked round, and the sea was blue as a periwinkle flower, while gold and white and blood-red sails lit here and there upon the blueness. The Trespasser Also I put in some little periwinkles, that were very blue, reminding me of the eyes of the old woman. Twilight in Italy Daisies have snowed all over the Campagna,—periwinkles star the grass,—crocuses and anemones impurple the spaces between the rows of springing grain along the still brown slopes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 It might be taken out of the piece just like a periwinkle out of its shell, and the piece would be none the less clear and complete. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt There are mussels and periwinkles in it, and, judging from the shells on the banks, the natives must consume a large quantity. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart At first these creatures who ranged up and down the ancient Danish creek and devoured the clams and periwinkles must have been, as one might say, but little more than surely anthropoid. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man She wore a coat and skirt of heavy white English tweed with a silk blouse of periwinkle blue. The Sisters-In-Law There is a very interesting letter from the Dixie professor of Ecclesiastical History, Cambridge, who asks Graham to collect for him whelks, limpets, periwinkles, snails, cowries, etc. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha I give you all Salmigondinois, and my large shore full of whelks, cockles, and periwinkles, if, by your industry, I ever set foot on firm ground. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Some of the shells resemble the cockle shell, but are much longer, many of them being three or four inches long; the others are of the shape of periwinkles, but six times as large. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart The trees were half in leaf, the sky was periwinkle blue. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Kirkpatrick would have given his hopes of the speedy demise of capitalism if Alexina had picked up her periwinkle skirts and fled up the avenue. The Sisters-In-Law There she sot with her two eyes as wet as periwinkles, looking—looking after you all so wishful. The Old Homestead It was really a little blue bowl, not light blue like his oatmeal bowl, but almost as blue as periwinkles, or the sky some nights. Half-Past Seven Stories Surely you have not, you cannot have been in those woods, Helen: and yet, where else could this periwinkle grow, and these wild roses?—Delicious! The Bride of Fort Edward I felt like a kind of human periwinkle encased in boilerplate and frozen with cold and funk. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder Her hair was done in a classic knot and held with a comb—a present from Aileen—designed from periwinkles and green leaves and sparkling dew-drops. The Sisters-In-Law A porch which has as many spiral windings in it as the shell of the periwinkle, or sea-snail.—Steevens. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 The baby Hermit takes the empty home of a periwinkle. On the Seashore Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 Thirty years afterwards the sight of the periwinkle in flower carried his memory back to this occasion, and he inadvertently cried, "Ah, there is the periwinkle." The Folk-lore of Plants He presented Alexina with a Victrola which included the music for all the new dances, and a long coat of baby lamb lined with her favorite periwinkle blue. The Sisters-In-Law Many of them were covered with periwinkles, which Grizzel could not resist gathering. The Happy Adventurers They cover them with a slippery coat of green; when you turn these Sea-weeds over you find periwinkles and other animals feeding or hiding. On the Seashore The graves of the priests and grandees were overrun with periwinkle, and the only other flower was the indestructible Castilian rose. Sleeping Fires: a Novel The brick wall around the little graveyard was torn down in one corner, and, while the afternoon sun slanted between the aspens, the Governor was laid away in the open grave beneath rank periwinkle. The Battle Ground The coat, bound with silk braid, was lined with periwinkle blue, and there was a touch of the same color in her large black velvet hat. The Sisters-In-Law They had scrambled on ahead while she was tying up her periwinkles, and were now too far away to hear anything but a shout. The Happy Adventurers In this soil plant all sorts of ferns, together with some few swamp-grasses; and around the edge put a border of money-plant or periwinkle to hang over. American Woman's Home "The Monsters of the Deep," in No. 27, are represented by a periwinkle and a shrimp. Entertainments for Home, Church and School The primroses and anemones had followed the hepaticas and periwinkles. A Prisoner in Fairyland Alexina refurnished her bedroom in her favorite periwinkle blue; a low graceful day-bed with a screen before the stationary washstand helped to create the atmosphere of a boudoir. The Sisters-In-Law On the other side, the wall of rock was bordered by gardens, with streamers of ivy or periwinkle here and there hanging down. The Young Step-Mother They were put out on the bed every evening in order of size, and ranged from a large lump of Iceland spar down to a small dead periwinkle. Not that it Matters —Letters to: —Lymnaeus as periwinkles. —battles, like hypotheses, not to be multiplied beyond necessity. —immature fish. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Each day they bought armfuls of flowers from the suburban florists, with bundles of moss, and bundles of fern fronds, and periwinkle leaves to garnish the bouquets. The Fat and the Thin Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. English Literature for Boys and Girls When the tide ebbed he went to the low sand-banks, on which he collected savory periwinkles and beautiful pearl shells of the nautilus, which receding waves had left on the sand. Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 't is my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers The periwinkles, pink and white, were almost gone. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine No, and we'd got nothing to eat but chocolate creams and periwinkles, and Armie wouldn't look at them, and I don't think I could while they were alive. Magnum Bonum Out of shells, periwinkles with a pin, off trees, snails out of the ground the French eat, out of the sea with bait on a hook. Ulysses When he saw more of the Martins he invariably noticed the smell of fish; it seemed to be their principal diet—fish broiled or fried or boiled, or even at tea-time shrimps or periwinkles. Herb of Grace Passion-flowers and periwinkles—you will say they have no smell, but it's not true. Maurice Guest He pictured the scene to himself; he lying fermenting in the barrel, like a curious vintage; the bear sniffing querulously round it, perhaps cracking it like a cocoa-nut, or extracting him like a periwinkle! Letters from High Latitudes The periwinkle is a kind of shrub; it grows at the foot of the oyster-tree, and twines round it as the ivy does the oak. The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen So I was left with the would-be periwinkle, who was reduced to W�rzburger without further ability to voice his aspirations to perch, melodious, upon the summit of a valley. The Four Million One hoist of the great head, and out of the hole I came like a periwinkle out of his shell. Hunter Quatermain's Story And little periwinkles have a cool green smell; for they grew along an old paling fence, which was shady and sometimes even damp. Maurice Guest Of shell-fish we got here mussels, periwinkles, limpets, oysters, both of the pearl kind and also eating oysters, as well the common sort as long oysters, besides cockles, etc. Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier Ah! here is the hedge along which the periwinkle wreathes and twines so profusely, with its evergreen leaves shining like the myrtle, and its starry blue flowers. Our Village So, casting out my limpets and periwinkles, I hasted to pluck good store of this fruit, and with my turtle-shell thus well laden, hastened back to our refuge very well content. Black Bartlemy's Treasure It was all in deep shadow, fallen slabs, rank periwinkle, dust and mould—no cheerful sunshine had ever penetrated through the spreading cedars overhead. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields In spite of his jests over the periwinkles, he has a taste for flowers, and had obtained from the gardener the concession of a little plot of ground to cultivate according to his fancy. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels We found some shell-fish, viz., limpets, periwinkles, and abundance of small oysters growing on the rocks, which were very sweet. Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier M. de Latour now noticed some withered flowers among the sacred pages; but it was reserved for a friend to discover in the faded petals Rousseau's favourite flower, the periwinkle. The Library What a delight it is to see a periwinkle piercing through the snow! The Commission in Lunacy To climb the overgrown wall and lie upon the periwinkle was like entering, for a time, the world of shades—a world far removed from the sunny meadow and the low green hill. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields And while the children were moving off, he turned towards Gilbert and said, crossing his arms: "Well, my man of the periwinkles, what do you think of it?" The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels Then, when the anemones went, came a few stray periwinkles and Solomon's Seal, and all the birdcherries blossomed in a burst. Elizabeth and Her German Garden Like a true Frenchman, like Rousseau himself in his younger days, M. de Latour had not recognised the periwinkle when he saw it. The Library Raphael drew the little bit of skin from under his pillow; it was as tiny and as fragile as a periwinkle petal. The Magic Skin When they reached the bricked-up wall, which had crumbled away in places, he climbed over into the bed of periwinkle and then held out his hands to assist her in descending. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields He turned from her, throwing himself upon the carpet of periwinkle, and coming to where he lay, she sat down on a granite slab at his side. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields Thus M. Tenant de Latour had recovered the very identical periwinkle, which caused the tear of sensibility to moisten the fine eyes of Jean Jacques Rousseau. The Library |
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