| 单词 | protuberance |
| 例句 | It was the exact opposite: a slender, transparent concoction of black plastic and odd protuberances and mesh that looked like the exoskeleton of a giant prehistoric insect. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She thought she could see the white protuberance of bone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The cryptozoological critters are over-supplied with tusks, fangs and other pointed protuberances, usually made of clay but sometimes with found objects. In the galleries: At Osuna, scarlet makes a splash amid Hamami’s black-and-white 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The tropical hibiscus produces some of the most lurid blossoms in the garden — a broad, ruffled, flared collar around a central antenna full of knobbly, nectar-rich protuberances. The sultry plant that will break your heart 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The famous domed silhouette, with three protuberances – eyestalk, sucker arm and gun – and distinctive spherical skirt decorations, has retained its shape even into the current incarnation of the show. Raymond Cusick 2013-02-24T18:19:55Z As soon as you say what you see in his abstract configurations of swollen blobs, probing protuberances and welcoming crevasses, you feel that your words exaggerate the playful relationships that unfold in his elusive images. What to see in L.A. galleries: John Altoon, Maria Lassnig, a funky fairy tale and stenciled magic 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Throughout, every protuberance is thin and delicately rough-edged, like deckled paper. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z The galleries are filled, perhaps overfilled, with bulging tubes and protuberances that suggest body parts and desires — as well as fears and phobias — possibly for sex or death. Is Sarah Lucas Right for the #MeToo Moment? 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z ITV insisted otherwise, however: the protuberance, it claimed, featured only "very mild innuendo" that "had no overtly sexual content". Seinfeld takes up hip-hop and Rowan Atkinson takes on the law – and wins 2013-01-22T16:18:04Z The weird, wonderful accessories alone send a tingle down the spine — especially when horns appearing as protuberances from the shoulders, or platform shoes seem like organic growths. Exhibition Review: Alexander McQueen in All His Dark Glory 2011-05-02T13:00:52Z Moreover, the naturally occurring patterns in some stones — holes or circular depressions that resemble eyes, for example, or protuberances like noses — supposedly reveal a hard-wired hunger for representation: an aesthetic impulse in our evolutionary forebears. Was Australopithecus an Artist? 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z What’s more, he now possesses a fleshy protuberance on his forehead and a tentacle as long as his arm dangling from his chest. Review | ‘A Voyage to Arcturus’ may have sold 596 copies in its first printing, but it deserves a wider audience 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Snoods are the fingerlike fleshy protuberances that flop over a turkey’s beak. How Wild Turkeys Find Love 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The one who believes in equality, justice, free speech, truth to power, God, you, reflective outfits with strange protuberances, and above all, pop music’s grand utopian impulse. Perspective | Hollywood brightened Lady Gaga’s star. Las Vegas will protect her from oblivion. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Women generally appear here in slices — as membranes, fleshy protuberances, vessels for male insecurity and revulsion. A Prize-Winning Blend of Fact and Fiction Makes Itself at Home in the Minds of Killers 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z You find yourself turning Nurenberg’s playful pieces around in your hands, sticking your fingertips in form-fitting orifices, grasping protuberances and running the back of your hand across furry folds. Go ahead, touch the art. That's the point of 'Twiddle, Poke, Hold' 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Once on the roof, which commands a vista over deep space, the woman pushes a lever on a bell-shaped protuberance then tumbles off the roof and drifts hopelessly into space. Twin Peaks recap: episodes three and four – nobody said it would be easy viewing 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z To be a countertenor is to appreciate that gender is, essentially, a performance, and not something that's dependent on physical protuberances. Andreas Scholl and Philippe Jaroussky: pushing the envelope for countertenors 2010-12-06T21:31:00Z But for those primarily interested in consuming these weird little protuberances, Bone combined her own research with input from foragers, chefs and mycologists to produce a cookbook filled with delicious recipes and enticing photography. Are Mushrooms Our Friends? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z He detested the giant protuberances that unpleasantly punctuated the view from our bike seats, and often cursed them. A Year Without Oliver Sacks 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z For example, why were American women encouraged to torture themselves with cage-like corsets, don yards of cumbersome cloth and carry around a heavy protuberance called a bustle? Perspective | Fashion fight: This reformer wanted to change the way women dressed 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z On its outside surface, at the posterior midline, is a small protrusion called the external occipital protuberance, which serves as an attachment site for a ligament of the posterior neck. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Normally, turkeys top out around 20 pounds, with fleshy wattles that hang down their necks and another protuberance called a snood hanging over the beak. As wild turkeys grow in number, so do risky encounters with humans 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z After friends and family suggested the protuberance might be a contender for the Guinness World Records, the couple submitted an application for “the world’s heaviest potato,” sat back and waited. It Could’ve Been the World’s Largest Potato, if Only It Were a Potato 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z What he actually saw were the knobbly protuberances on the ovary now known as follicles, which contain the egg, fluid and other cells. Even the G-Spot is Named for a Man 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z The Troma influence looms large over “The Suicide Squad,” which is, among other things, a riot of exploding heads, hacked-off heads and heads with multi-colored protuberances. Review: James Gunn's ‘The Suicide Squad’ proves there’s life after ‘Suicide Squad’ 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z The nuchal ligament is attached to the cervical spinous processes and superiorly to the base of the skull, out to the external occipital protuberance. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z That explained the protuberance on its snout, which resembled a tiny battering ram. Quantum Mechanics, Plato's Cave and the Blind Piranha 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z It included a noticeable protuberance in the metal, allowing it to fit comfortably over the wrist bone. Elsa Peretti, fashion model and renowned jewelry designer, dies at 80 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z He said that the placement of where those protuberances set up is sometimes a game of luck, but is often key in substantially boosting the maximum diameter of a hailstone. ‘Gargantuan’ hail, nearly 7 inches across, struck Libya, a desert nation 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z The protuberances appear to bore into the cells’ bodies and inject their viral venom directly into those cells’ genetic command centers — thus creating another zombie. Inside the body, the coronavirus is even more sinister than scientists had realized 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Inferior to the anterior superior iliac spine is a rounded protuberance called the anterior inferior iliac spine. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z I noticed at first only three or four of these things: low, grass-covered protuberances, spaced a few hundred feet apart, their hexagonal concrete frontage jutting from the earth. Real estate for the apocalypse: my journey into a survival bunker 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z I can’t say how long I spent standing in front of its trunk, staring at its covering of bright green moss, its gnarled protuberances of bark, but it must have been at least an hour. Splendid isolation: how I stopped time by sitting in a forest for 24 hours 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z The unnamed 50-year-old day laborer’s protuberance – which also resembled a gnarled talon and pumpkin stem – was diagnosed with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, the second-most prevalent strain of non-melanoma skin cancer, study authors report. Doctors remove 5-inch cancerous 'dragon horn' from man's back 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z X-rays indicated that the non-wagging protuberance wasn't connected to any vital organs, but the appendage will be removed if it starts to grow inwards or towards the pup’s eyes, Steffen said. Abandoned Missouri puppy with second tail on forehead is rescued 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Inferior to this point on the medial side is the radial tuberosity, an oval-shaped, bony protuberance that serves as a muscle attachment point. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z “If you look at the base of your own wrist on the pinkie side, there’s a little pointy-out bone like a little protuberance,” Hartstone-Rose said. Behold, the strangest six-fingered primates on the planet (also the only ones) 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Much admiration is justly lavished on the exquisite Lovecraftian qualities of Giger’s designs, his creation of a monster whose various slime-dripping protuberances managed to be hideous, beautiful and unnervingly sexual all at once. Review: What made Ridley Scott's 'Alien' a sci-fi game changer? The documentary 'Memory' has the answer 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z My heart actually leapt when I spotted my first verpa bohemica, a little white alien protuberance. Want to get into mushroom foraging without accidentally poisoning yourself? These Northwest experts can help. 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Included in the fossils of the lambeosaurine are skull fragments with bone protuberances. Duck-billed dinosaurs roved the Arctic 69 million-years-ago, study says 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z The nuchal ligament is attached to the cervical spinous processes and extends upward and posteriorly to attach to the midline base of the skull, out to the external occipital protuberance. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z "No other spider in the world possesses a similar foveal protuberance," the authors of the paper said in a statement. Bizarre, new tarantula discovered with weird horn on its back 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Given that the Donald’s problems with where he put his, ahem, would-be presidential protuberance, it seems rather unfeeling to invoke images of the boudoir. Steve Bannon and his bedroom badinage | Jonathan Bouquet 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z They found that just beneath the thick top layer was a lower layer of papillae, the same kind of small protuberances found on the human tongue. Why Elephants Don’t Shed Their Skin 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z The most distinctive feature of the brick building is the set of four blocky protuberances dotted with three doors that jut out from the front. Perspective | What does a storefront in Mount Pleasant have to do with Mazza Gallerie? 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z What looks like a peanut-shaped head on these planthoppers from American and Caribbean rain forests is really a hollow protuberance that shields their real noggin. Meet the Bug That Armors Itself With Shells 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z This so-called larchrymal saber is a bony protuberance just under their eye. Fish With a Built-in Switchblade and Other Secret Animal Weapons 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Long used by sparring males vying for female attention, a shortening of lethal protuberance signals increased civility among early hominins. Cocktail of Brain Chemicals May Be a Key to What Makes Us Human 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Symptoms include “warty protuberances” around the birds’ eyes. New Hampshire is counting turkeys again for annual survey 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z These small protuberances are common along the edges and flow fronts of pahoehoe flows advancing across flat or gentle slopes. Lava versus GoPro--Fight! 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z Tucking his hands under his gown and wiggling a thumb inside his fist, he argued that the witness might easily have mistaken one fleshy protuberance for another. Jeremy Hutchinson, lawyer in Britain’s ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ case, dies at 102 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Consisting of four different species in Spain, horseshoe bats may be distinguished from other bats by the horseshoe shape of their leaf-like nose protuberance. Spanish Caves Reveal a Trove of Biological Treasures 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z From this face extended a fleshy protuberance, similar to a mini elephant trunk or a tapir’s proboscis. Strange Mammals That Stumped Darwin Finally Find a Home 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Out of nowhere, it seems, there’s a painful protuberance at the lower end of the breastbone or sternum. Here are some worrisome medical symptoms that had simple explanations 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z “There are no weird protuberances. It’s incredibly subtle.” Every new Tesla now comes with hardware for full self-driving capabilities 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z It’s a pale, translucent, fleshy protuberance the size of a soccer ball that seems to glow in the dripping shade, its complicated folds an unnerving cross between boiled tripe and a sea sponge. Sex, Death and Mushrooms 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Flames erupted from its surface, as if the protuberance wore a corona or a ring of horns. In a new light : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Prison or Soviet-style design is out, and so is anything that could hurt visitors, like sharp edges or protuberances. Wanted at the White House: A Fence That Says Halt! (With Curb Appeal) 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Sony’s headset had speakers that rested directly over your earholes and drew its architectural stability from that connective band — all one piece, with no wires or pendulous protuberances. Review: AfterShokz’s Bluez 2 Bone Conduction Headset Aces Speech, but Muddles Music 2014-05-06T21:10:51Z Which explains it’s dome-like shape – a protuberance that doesn’t sit well in my pocket though. Feeling Skin Is First Smart iPhone Battery Case, Shares Mood With Friends 2014-04-23T06:18:00Z Scientists reckon that the arc and unusual protuberances in the usually smooth edge of the ring indicate the gravitational effects of a nearby object – the little moon. Saturn Creating New Baby Moon Peggy In Its Icy Rings 2014-04-15T18:23:00Z So how, by Neptune, are we to number these protuberances? Octopus, How Do You Count Your Suckers? 2013-12-23T01:15:02.318Z It was then that she noticed the protuberance pushing out the lower part of his gown. Haruki Murakami: “Samsa in Love.” 2013-10-21T04:00:00Z The protuberances I had grown increasingly to detest had been scoured from me. Touching a Nerve: Exploring the Implications of the Self as Brain, Part 2 [Excerpt] 2013-07-27T13:45:00.477Z He bought a house in Lapeer, a village in Michigan’s Thumb, a protuberance east of Flint whose anatomical nickname is derived from its resemblance to the loose digit on the mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula. Cleveland: Ground zero for the housing bubble 2013-05-12T21:00:00Z We find an odd protuberance, like an old lumpy sponge, at the twiggy tip of a nearby white oak. City Room: Spring Time: Lovely Flies, and Flies in Love 2012-06-07T16:13:26Z The figure thereof was long, and the jaws of the form called lantern, with high cheek bones, and a forehead so covered with protuberances, that it seemed made on purpose for the demonstration of phrenology. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Curious admirers as they were of smooth and polished surfaces, every inequality, every protuberance, was in their eyes a disgusting fault. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z Unlike most other types of cell, which are small, the protuberances from a nerve cell, known as axons and dendrites, may stretch from the animal’s spinal cord to the tips of its toes. Bespoke pets: Just press ?print? 2012-03-29T15:03:28Z If Eusapia had been able to adroitly slip her hand around and seize the book through the portière, the bare outline of the book would not have been seen, but a protuberance of the portière. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z After turning, its circumference is serrated as shown, so as to provide protuberances, or teeth, on the face of which the cutting edges may be formed. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The forehead and eyebrows may become very greatly thickened by general infiltration, or thrown out into very prominent folds and protuberances by the massing of individual tubercles. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z His coats and trousers were now always too short for his arms and legs, and he was remarkable for a lavish protuberance and exhibition of bone. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z He was a very broad-shouldered, florid-faced man of forty, with a protuberance in one cheek indicating the presence of a quid. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z In some practice, protuberances, or a web in the middle of the pulley, are cast on the pulley, and the balance is effected by cutting this away to reduce the weight on the heavy side. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Gratarola maintained that a great protuberance of the occiput indicated a good memory. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Galls or Cecidia are protuberances of the most varied shapes, colours, and sizes found on herbaceous parts attacked by insects, fungi, etc. Disease in Plants 2012-03-01T03:00:22Z Newport's southern peak was just overhead, its sharp protuberances made smooth by knobs of ice that resembled the bosses of a target. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z True, sir," said the simple mariner, bending his arm to raise the muscle, and looking at the knotty protuberance with great complacency; "I ha' done desperate deeds of strength in my time. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z In driving the key home these protuberances give way, and they do so most where the contact pressure is greatest, which would be at g in Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Lip recurved, bearing a small protuberance on each side at base. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Others are "monstrous protuberances" of mud and gravel. 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 July 4th.—10 a.m., headache in left anterior part of brain, as if radiated from left inner canthus; 12:30, headache in left occipital protuberance. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z The Cranchiidae are remarkable for their small size, the shortness of the ordinary arms, and the protuberance of the eyes, which in Taonius are actually on the ends of stalk-like outgrowths of the body. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z For rough grinding, such as on the edges of iron or steel plates, for removing the protuberances on castings or on narrow surfaces where rough grinding is sufficient. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Knee′-cap, the bone above the protuberance of the knee: a cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to save their knees in case of a fall.—n.pl. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z On this third portion is found a crest which, proceeding from the occipital protuberance, is continuous in front with the parietal crests, to which we will again refer in speaking of the parietal bones. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The ewes have commonly no horns, but only a protuberance in place of them. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z One glance at his abnormal hands, where every joint was an uncouth protuberance and every nail a line of inky darkness, left it certain that they held no dainty share of the world's manual requirements. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Female—general plumage brown of several shades; bill without the protuberance; nostrils, and a spot towards the tip, yellowish. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Hump′backed, having a humpback; Humped, having a hump on the back; Hump′y, full of humps or protuberances. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The occipital protuberance, hollowed on its posterior surface, rises vertically, and rests upon the parietal bone, with which it forms an acute angle. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z When the plates have been joined, the groove which is between the protuberances is a palm and three digits wide, and four feet long, and through it flows the silver-lead which liquates from the cakes. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z To ensure a clean discharge the hopper bottoms were designed so as to avoid joints and thus to be free from rivets or similar protuberances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z General plumage deep black; quills dusky brown on the inner web, glossy grey beneath; disk of the upper mandible orange-yellow; protuberance at the base black; no speculum on the wings. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Eland, ē′land, n. the South African antelope, resembling the elk in having a protuberance on the larynx. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Below the auditory canal is situated a round prominence, highly developed in carnivora; this is the tympanic bulla, also called the mastoid protuberance; it is an appendage of the tympanum. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The bird seemed intimidated for a moment, but soon returned to the charge; and covering her body with one of her wings as a buckler, struck her enemy with the bony protuberance of the other. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The bottom of the box was flat, except in one corner, where a slight protuberance suggested, as Sandys said, the possibility of there being something concealed beneath. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z General plumage velvet black; below the eyes a white crescent; speculum white; bill orange, protuberance at the base, nostrils and edge of mandibles, black; irides and feet red, the membranes of the latter black. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Knob, nob, n. a hard protuberance: a hard swelling: a round ball.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z In a short time he had found the slight protuberance mentioned by the doctor, but he hesitated for several moments before pressing it. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z The floor was uneven, the walls were rugged, a recess here, a protuberance there. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z My joints stood out as great protuberances, my skin turned to a dark amber color, and my flesh became transparent as does wetted horn. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Bill shorter than the head, depressed at the base, slightly curved, pointed; nostrils basal, oval, covered by a little protuberance. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Lump, lump, n. a small shapeless mass: a protuberance: swelling: the whole together: the gross.—v.t. to throw into a confused mass: to take in the gross.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The wall is apparently solid, but if you will carefully run your hand over the space I have indicated, you will find a slight protuberance. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Dinoceras, dī-nos′er-as, n. an extinct genus of mammals found in Wyoming, approaching the elephant in size, and named from three pairs of osseous protuberances on the skull. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Below, the places of many former limbs are covered over by immense gnarled and bossed protuberances. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z The female wants the red protuberance on the bill, and the colours generally are somewhat less bright. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z One thinks the larynx—the protuberance known as the Adam's apple—ought to be pressed down, and kept so. Seed Thoughts for Singers 2011-10-09T02:00:24.093Z When the curtain fell again he sat in his place, making way for his neighbours, as usual, to edge past him, grinding his knees—his legs were long—with their own protuberances. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Condyle, kon′dil, n. a protuberance at the end of a bone serving for articulation with another bone, esp. that by which the occipital bone of the skull is articulated to the spine.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The ilia of all species bear low dorsal protuberances. A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus 2011-10-04T02:00:15.227Z To this party Tom's companion evidently belonged, and had apparently been despatched to the public-house by his mates, as he was returning with two suspicious-looking protuberances on each side of his bosom. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z He attracted attention by the strange protuberances with which his skull was covered. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Of a sudden his hand slipped and a metallic protuberance scratched his wrist. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z In the pocket of her hunting skirt he noticed a little protuberance; the pocket was provided with a flap and tightly buttoned. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z A subaltern with a broom over his head was hitting out at a military tent with it where there appeared to be a protuberance. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z And the young American, "staring at the raw protuberance among the April daisies" in the Protestant cemetery, learns from the Roman's lips that Daisy was "most innocent." Henry James 2011-09-05T02:00:22.877Z This mottled appearance is due to a protrusion of a dark lamella of the integument between folded protuberances of albumen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z But a lens, that has the shortest focus, is most bulging or convex; and the protuberance of the lens will prevent the eye from approaching very near to the object. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Its mode of progressing was by vertical undulations; and five of the witnesses described it as having the hunched protuberances mentioned by Captain de Ferry and others. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z Feeling for a protuberance on which to rest my feet, and closely pressing the sides of the orifice, I slowly descended. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z These protuberances in their periodical appearance resemble the fleshy caruncles on the heads of certain birds; but whether they serve as ornaments must remain at present doubtful. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Unfortunately, the cosmetic side of it, that is, the absurdity of going round among one's friends with a very prominent abdomen, or with noticeable protuberances, is the particular motive that appeals to most people. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z It pauses and waves its protuberance for emphasis. Silent evolution 2011-06-15T17:20:55.003Z Who could paint the terrific desolation of that home of chaos,—the towering peaks, the jutting ledges, the Cyclopean, bulging protuberances? Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The protuberances of all the bony parts showed that the skeleton still resisted the disintegrating process of decay. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z The head is sometimes covered with velvety down like that of the pheasant; or is naked and vividly coloured; or supports fleshy appendages, filaments, and solid protuberances. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z It fell in a crumpled heap with one sheet, curving in upward protuberance, conspicuous to the eye. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z But it—the head—is of a purely classical form, having none of those bumps and extravagant protuberances, which phrenologists delight in. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z One skull had a protuberance at the bregma. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z The timber is strong and elastic, and the tree often yields large protuberances of gnarled wood, finely knotted and veined, and much esteemed for veneering. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z I saw the protuberance as he stooped down. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Among the rhomboid protuberances it made a whitish score, and that was all. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z The term “flame” is also applied to solar protuberances, which, according to the common view, consist of gases whose glow is of a purely thermal origin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z Twelve occiputs were flattened, and in four of these there was no tubercle; eighteen had an enormously developed occipital protuberance. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z "His nasal protuberance enveloped in vapor looks like an altar abundantly supplied with incense," said the Professor. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z The earth seemed to be in process of being pushed aside by rounded protuberances of which only the tips showed. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z We should not increase the beauty of the female bosom, by the addition of another protuberance; and the exquisite undulating transitions from the convex to the concave tendencies, could not be multiplied with any success. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Upon the Southern portion of this ring of light, rested that curved, elongated protuberance, of a fiery redness, rendered more ruddy in contrast with the dazzling silvery light of the corona. Canadian Eclipse Party 1869 2011-02-25T03:01:12.137Z The majority had a marked development of the external occipital protuberance; in an equal number of virtuous women it was present but four times. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z "I certainly recognize that nose," said Toney, pointing to an individual whose face was covered with an impenetrable thicket of black beard, leaving only two twinkling eyes and his nasal protuberance visible. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z The irregularly rounded protuberance offered a point of attack for the web spider. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z That the spirit should speak out in the language of the countenance, is to us as excellent sense as that it should tell its story in protuberances and indentations. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Now, look to the right and we see a protuberance with a triplicate form. Canadian Eclipse Party 1869 2011-02-25T03:01:12.137Z In relation to some protuberances on his forehead he remarked that they were the 'horns of Joseph' with which to push the people together, referring to his labors as an Apostle. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z "The fellow with the long rubicund nasal protuberance?" asked the Professor. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Glabella, the middle or frontal protuberance of the superciliary arch. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Suddenly we came to a queer sort of clearing dotted with protuberances like the bubbles on molasses beginning to boil. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z I cannot say whether all prominences are formed by the shooting-out of a flame, and then tumbling into a heap, but I do say that the great protuberance was formed in that manner. Canadian Eclipse Party 1869 2011-02-25T03:01:12.137Z He was dressed with some elaboration; pink coral buttons constrained his white waistcoat over a slight protuberance. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z Budding, a form of fission in which a cell or portion of the body forms a small protuberance or bud, which is then cut off from the parent and forms a new individual. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z The round doublet with protruding front became tighter at the waist, the protuberance taking a punchlike pointed form curving to almost between the legs and sloping sharply up the hips to the back. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z In approaching her lips to those of her defunct spouse, the nose had unexpectedly rolled off, causing a shock similar to that I experienced myself when I so unskilfully amputated my father's nasal protuberance. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z At E is seen the protuberance with a triplicate form, and appears to be three parallel planes of light; upon the upper one there appears a dark line, similar to those seen upon fig. Canadian Eclipse Party 1869 2011-02-25T03:01:12.137Z Because he, or she, or they understood that the underlying concept runs much deeper than the mere notion of an earlike protuberance on the side of a cylinder. Scene Stealer: Enough With the Elevator Pitch. What?s the Concept? 2010-12-25T17:51:03Z The scales of these cones are somewhat wedge-shaped, with a stout rhomboid boss, which has a depression round the central protuberance. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z But the payoff was enormous: they discovered at least nine new species, including a bright green frog with a Pinocchio-like protuberance on its nose, a gargoyle-like bent-toed gecko with yellow eyes and an imperial pigeon. A Eureka for Hardy Biologists 2010-05-17T17:48:00Z Conservation International said the frog's Pinocchio-like protuberance on its nose pointed upwards when the male called but pointed downwards when he was less active. Scientists find tiny wallaby, spiky nosed frog in Asia 2010-05-17T14:22:00Z As in the case of the Grindelwald Glacier the squeezing of the protuberances and of the spaces between them, is quite apparent, and where this squeezing commences the transverse structure makes its appearance. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. They are discernible by a protuberance or swelling on the back. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. The land is diversified by slopes of every degree of inclination,—extensive plains, depressions and hollows, ridges and protuberances of various forms; the highest, however, bearing a very insignificant proportion to the earth's diameter. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History It is from 3 to 5 feet long; the head is very wide, depressed, with protuberances, and bearing long separate movable tendrils; the mouth is capacious, and armed with formidable teeth. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The table was still covered, knobby protuberances indicating the pictures and books beneath. The Window at the White Cat At a depth of 132 feet the weight reached a ledge or protuberance of ice, and by shaking and lifting it, it was caused to descend 31 feet more. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The biceps loop is tendinous and the distal end attaches to a protuberance on the posterolateral edge of the femur at the proximal edge of the external condyle. Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study Complete baldness increased still more this hideous resemblance, for beneath the corded skin of his forehead, nearly as flat as a reptile's, might be distinguished the smallest protuberances, the smallest sutures of his skull. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 For my fingers seemed to be clasping, not the soft, rounded contour I beheld, but a great massed protuberance, hard and unyielding as a bunch of dried putty. The Haunted Pajamas Struma, a wen; a swelling or protuberance of any organ. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools Three stakes, placed, one on the summit, another on the frontal slope, and another at the base of a protuberance, would, I think, move with unequal velocities. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. In the second hall the faces were less dignified and the skulls were broader, each of them having a preternatural protuberance like an egg at the temples, whilst the crown of their heads was flat. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Then, almost like a cat, she crept along, her feet on incredibly small protuberances in the rocks and her hands clutching at anything she could find for support. The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold But, after all, how much more important mountains are as mountains, than mere gold-bearing protuberances, and how much more precious rivers are as life-givers to man and beast, rather than gold-bearers in their shifting sands. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 Paul, wiping his head, felt a protuberance under his hair, and directly thereafter drew forth a small pointed bullet, such as is much used with pocket pistols of the Smith & Wesson type. The Auto Boys' Vacation These swept concentric with the protuberances across the glacier, and remained upon its surface even after the swellings had disappeared. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Thus the chair which was not, even with its arms purposely suppressed, too ample during the several reigns of some form or other of hoops and farthingale, became monstrous when these protuberances disappeared. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The path was a sheet of ice, and I had to use hands and knees, and take advantage of every protuberance in the rock to prevent myself from being blown over the khud. The Unveiling of Lhasa The subsidiary crater has evidently never given much relief to the imprisoned, heated, and liquefied matter, for Kilauea does not form a lateral protuberance interfering with the general shape or uniform outline of Mount Loa. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Is it a man?—he has at least a hundred protuberances! Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. The depressions between the protuberances appeared to be furrowed by minor wrinkles, as if the ice of the depressions had yielded more than that of the protuberances. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The frontal bones form a somewhat square elevated protuberance in the middle line of the skull behind the nostrils, rising above the flattened nasals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Judith surveyed his shabby figure, compounded of all manner of curious depressions and protuberances, and half smiled herself. Thirty On their first appearance, they usually present a smooth, bare, rounded protuberance, a few feet or yards in diameter; and a single sea-gull often appropriates to itself this resting-place, resorting there to devour its prey. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology These three cups have button like protuberances on top for ease in handling. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology In comparison with the spots thus illuminated, the little protuberances were gray. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. This bird unlike the Toulouse is characterized by a knob or protuberance extending out from the head at the base of the upper bill. Ducks and Geese One or two protuberances are present on the midlateral concavity of the nasal. The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America The protuberance, which is the head, pushes the water aside and advances with a vague undulatory movement. Toilers of the Sea Glass breast cup with protuberance for holding milk, attached to a rubber bulb. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology The transverse cliffy ice-ridges are shown crossing the cascade, being subdued at the base to protuberances which gradually disappear as they advance downwards. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. There was another protuberance about two feet below the one on which he was standing. Insidekick One protuberance is present on the midlateral concavity of the nasal. The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America A luxuriant moss, having all the tints of the olive, enlarged and concealed the protuberances of granite. Toilers of the Sea A glass protuberance was often added to pumps exhausted by syringes or rubber bulbs, in order to collect the milk so that it could be fed to the infant. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology At the base of each protuberance I found a seam of white ice wedged firmly into the glacier, and each of the seams marked a place of dislocation of the veins. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The protuberance came loose from the wall with a grating noise mixed with the crackling hiss of a blaster bolt, and Albert plunged toward the street below. Insidekick He felt over the wall and discovered a protuberance similar to that in the room he had left. Barclay of the Guides If the protuberance which could be observed on the plateau were not a natural irregularity in the stone, it must necessarily be some remaining fragment of the shattered summit. Toilers of the Sea Cups were often pictured in 18th century surgical texts with such protuberances. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology When I examined it, I saw a protuberance there. Brknk's Bounty The transepts are square boxlike protuberances, which link the choir with the nave in most unappealing fashion. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine All the stones were rough and ill-fitting, but this protuberance awoke his curiosity. Barclay of the Guides He renewed the attempt; slung the rope further, aiming at the granite protuberance, in which he could perceive crevices and scratches. Toilers of the Sea The most singular thing in connection with the strange guttural protuberance which this disease develops is that females only are liable to it; at least, this seems to be the case in this island. The Pearl of India Its pods are distinctly five-angled and beset with irregular, warty protuberances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" When the cloud is opposite the sun, the surfaces usually presented to the observer have a greater brilliance than the margins of the protuberances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" So Si and Shorty crept in between the blankets, drew the top one up to their chins, and adjusted their bodily protuberances as best they could to fit the ridges and hollows beneath them. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran From below, it was possible to distinguish upon the upper plateau of the Great Douvre a sort of protuberance. Toilers of the Sea Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, inserted in a shallow cavity under a fleshy protuberance. The Apple Cirri; the segments of the first cirrus and of the posterior arm of the second cirrus are highly protuberant, the protuberances sometimes equalling half the thickness of the segments themselves. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. As the sun approached the horizon, the lad seated himself upon a rocky protuberance and looked off over the surrounding country. Through Apache Lands Towards the sea, it swells out the coast-line into a protuberance, like a bay window in a plan, and is fortified against the surf behind bold crags. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers He leaped sideways, and landed upon a slippery rock, falling to his knees, yet securing a hand-hold upon a protuberance. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga Stalk short to medium, rather slender; cavity rather large, sometimes a little greenish; calyx closed; basin medium, slightly corrugated, sometimes small protuberances; flesh white, half fine, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid; quality good to very good. The Apple Between the bases of the pedicels of the first pair of cirri, there are two closely approximate, conical flattened protuberances, like the single one to be described in Ibla. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The miscreant had managed to crouch behind a rocky protuberance, and then made a sudden leap upon the shoulders of the hunter. Through Apache Lands Nature had given me, in despite of the phrenologists, who find music indicated by two large protuberances on the corners of my forehead, a deplorably defective ear. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. There was a friendly protuberance there on either side. The Missourian The elevations, or protuberances, of the bones are called proc´es-ses, and are, generally, the points of attachment for the muscles and ligaments. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) The two spikes behind the cutting and crenated edges of the two terga, are blunt and almost touch each other; above their point of juncture, the membrane of the orifice forms a slight central protuberance. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Experiments have demonstrated that any change of temperature within the skull was soonest manifested externally in that depression which exists just above the occipital protuberance. Was Man Created? The only protuberance on the thing was a band near the rounded end. The Flying Stingaree McKay was very sure the protuberance had not been there before. The Pathless Trail I am a large man, but once when I gave him an overcoat he tried vainly to button it over his vast frontal protuberance, looking at me and saying, “Too short, too short.” Trail Tales Towards its extremity it exhibits protuberances which resemble the rudiments of ramuli, or they terminate in a vesicle which gives rise to a slender filament. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses Of a number of criminals examined, 16% showed an unusual development of the third trochanter, a protuberance on the head of the femur where it articulates with the pelvis. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso General Bambos swung back to the upright poise, or rather went a little beyond it since his bulky protuberance in front gave him the appearance of leaning backward. Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America She had no idea what this box was, but noticed that heavy wires ran to it, from each side, and that there were several protuberances upon its top, which shone like brass. The Ivory Snuff Box The jawlike pincers on it held the limp form of an officer in its sucking grip, while above, in a protuberance like a gnarled horn, a great eye glared into Thorpe's with devilish hatred. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 Sometimes these rootlets reduce themselves to one or more rounded protuberances towards the base of the sporangia-bearing threads. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses The pistol bullet which had struck me, was sticking in the fleshy part of my left shoulder, just below the skin, and made a small protuberance resembling a sloe in form and colour. Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. The sight of her delicious bubbies so excited me that I was compelled to hold my pocket handkerchief in front of me to hide the protuberance produced by her charms. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware The northwesterly tower has an elongated turret, extending from the lower ranges, which, when seen from a distance over the roof of the nave, appears as a protuberance not unlike a dove-cote. The Cathedrals of Northern France The outside of the minster has all sorts of grotesque protuberances, which, according to the ancient style of church-building, represent the evil spirits that religion casts out. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Two of these threads come into close contact through a considerable length, and clasp each other by alternate protuberances and depressions. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses The lower portion, he noted, was in the main flat, though a number of wartish protuberances jutted down from it, ejecting a pale violet emanation. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 Nay, I even encouraged him, for I allowed my hand to fall as if by accident on a certain protuberance in front of his pantaloons. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware It had been smoothly spherical before; it heaved itself into strange protuberances as he watched. The Finding of Haldgren The bronze forefinger found a pin’s point protuberance of gold, and pressing sharply, the shield flew up to reveal a tiny but exquisitely painted miniature of Leopold the First of Rhaetia. The Princess Virginia Some of the protuberances are prolonged into slender tubes. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses An odd shape, with an unusual protuberance of the forehead and the hind head, sometimes remain as the evidence of that condition in infancy to which I have just referred. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases Even Gray found that Mount Cenis carried the permission mountains have of being frightful rather too far, and Wordsworth and Shelley would have resented the Johnsonian description of a Highland Ben as 'a considerable protuberance.' James Boswell Famous Scots Series But the cleft was so narrow that a pack horse must be adept at squeezing past protuberances and gauging the width of its pack if it would travel the trail. Rim o' the World Capillitium of very slender colorless threads, furnished with numerous minute protuberances, much branched and combined into a dense net. The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio The rayed divergent protuberances are the direct producers and bearers of the propagating cells, spores, or conidia, and are called sterigmata. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses At last I made a lucky throw, and it tightened upon one of the smaller protuberances. Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers On each side of the spine, almost cracking the shirt, a protuberance bulged which the coat could not leap. The Trimming of Goosie This eruption commences with a small hard reddish protuberance; and as it advances, the sides are raised, and centre depressed or flat, and covered with thin white scales. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 Lincoln has now become accustomed to Seward, as the hunchback is to his protuberance. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Every sterigma at first produces at its point a little round protuberance, which, with a strong narrow basis, rests upon the sterigma. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses There were even tabs of flesh or bony protuberances that resembled ears. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 There is in both the same coronal elevation, occipital compression, and lateral protuberance accompanied with frontal depression, which mark the American variety in general.”7-* Some Observations on the Ethnography and Archaeology of the American Aborigines A cucuius, or cucuij, is a kind of beetle, about three inches long, which emits a very brilliant light from two large protuberances in its head, which look like its eyes. Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The plant is quite large, clavate in form, the head oblong, round, slightly tapering upward with a decided protuberance at the apex, as will be seen in Figure 491. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth Blumenbach, on the protuberance of the skull in Polish fowls, i. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) Off at the horizon there appeared a bulge in the copper surface, a round protuberance that resolved itself into a great dome-shaped structure as they drew nearer. The Copper-Clad World "The variation in light," he adds, "may be caused by the visibility of a larger or smaller portion of this protuberance." Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers On the point was a mushroom shaped protuberance. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Gradually, by reason of some disturbing causes, a protuberance, a sort of bud, forms at one side, and the great inchoate mass separates into two—one about eighty times as big as the other. Pioneers of Science The word means knob or protuberance, especially that in the center of a shield. Lady of the Lake The perfectly rounded ivory shoulders, bare now, were scratched and bleeding from contact with thorny protuberances that covered some of the lighter reed-like stems. The Copper-Clad World And it is a greatly younger beauty than the Cambrian and mica-schist protuberances that encroach on the sea on either side of it. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Then there were complicated machines with many levers and dials mounted on their faces, and with huge glass bulbs of peculiar shape with coils of wire connecting to knoblike protuberances of their transparent walls. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Another and smaller motion of a somewhat similar kind has been worked out since: it is due to the unsymmetrical attraction of the other planets for this same equatorial protuberance. Pioneers of Science The question then primarily at issue was that relating to the nature of the red protuberances. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition In the early part of the war we hampered our aeroplanes with fitments, cameras, and instruments, which were attached as protuberances to the streamlined body of the aeroplane and made speed impossible. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force From below the castle would look crushed by the redundancy of its upper protuberances if it were not for the enormous girth of its round towers, which appear to give it a robust lateral development. A Little Tour of France At the end of these lateral protuberances appeared the eyes, with gleaming golden irides, glancing horridly to the right and left. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Third, the explanation of this motion by Newton as due to the pull of the moon on the equatorial protuberance of the earth. Pioneers of Science Nutation is a real "nodding" of the terrestrial axis produced by the dragging of the moon at the terrestrial equatorial protuberance. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition This they would accomplish by feeling the rocks on either side, until they became thoroughly acquainted with the protuberances, or other marks that could be used as guides. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Of the size of a camel, and of a snowy whiteness, with a protuberance on the back, is a native of Madagascar and some other islands. Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. It was impossible to so bestow them about his garments that they did not cause large and unsightly protuberances and to carry them openly was not to be thought of. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton The earth's equatorial protuberance, being acted on by the attraction of the sun and moon, must disturb its axis of rotation in a calculated manner; and thus is produced the precession of the equinoxes. Pioneers of Science The pole of the satellite, owing to the pull of Neptune's equatorial protuberance, describes a circle round the pole of his equator in a retrograde direction, and in a period of over five hundred years. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition So enraptured was he at the sight of the pompous protuberance, that he shrieked out: "Divine art, how like a God am I!"—he sent immediately for her Grace to partake in his joy. Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. One organ forces itself upon our attention: it is the crop, which is very capacious, and dilated with irregular protuberances that put it out of shape. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles A long white beard fell down over his breast, and on either side of his brow two huge protuberances caught and retained the light. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt The earth's equatorial protuberance, being acted on by the attraction of the sun and moon, must disturb its axis of rotation in a calculated manner; and thus is produced the precession of the equinoxes. Pioneers of Science Immediately beneath this protuberance is a little cup, also of copper, filled with quicksilver. The Orchestral Conductor Theory of His Art The protuberance usually seen on the eastern side of Syrtis Major has this year almost disappeared, and but little detail is visible anywhere. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story But the most frequent cause of paraplegia is from a protuberance of one of the spinal vertebr�; which is owing to the innutrition or softness of bones, described in Class I. 2. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life We must consider the cranium as though all osseous protuberances had been shaved off, leaving the smooth, curving contour of the skull. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 The protuberance at its equator must, no doubt, be attributed to the high velocity with which the planet is rotating. The Story of the Heavens Into this the protuberance so entered as to establish the electric current without causing the slightest noise. The Orchestral Conductor Theory of His Art Our pupils acquire agility without angularity or unsightly protuberances anywhere. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession Less than a week ago a suspicious protuberance in the line of a local cigarette had attracted my attention. Jonah and Co. Not the least extraordinary peculiarity of these addresses from the stump was the immense protuberance they exhibited of the personal pronoun. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 The attraction of external bodies is able to grasp this protuberance, and thereby force the earth's axis of rotation to change its direction. The Story of the Heavens Eight cylindrical protuberances were affixed to the base while the four sides were equipped with fins such as are seen on aerial bombs to guide them in a direct, unswerving line through the atmosphere. The Jameson Satellite Their feet were mere toeless protuberances attached to the ankle bone. Omega, the Man With the dorsal umbo all sides of the apophysis are confined between other apophyses, and any extension is a dorsal thickening of the apophysis or a dorsal protuberance. The Genus Pinus "Where be 'ee off now?" asked the farmer, looking anxiously at the funny-shaped protuberances under Paul's arms. Paul the Courageous No doubt the sun is rotating on its axis, and, as it is the rotation that causes the protuberance, why should not the rotation have deformed the sun like the earth? The Story of the Heavens The old word for lopped branches and sharp protuberances, but now chiefly applied to sunken obstructions in the American rivers. 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. Mrs. Lemuel Foster had raised her pompadour exceptionally high this morning, and the knot at the back of her head had the psyche-like protuberance reserved for state occasions. The Opened Shutters The protuberance is usually reflexed from the unequal growth of the two surfaces. The Genus Pinus On the return of moisture, a new growth takes place, which shows itself in knobby protuberances. The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. The sun takes twenty-five days to complete a rotation, and the protuberance appropriate to so low a velocity is not appreciable. The Story of the Heavens Also, a protuberance on the rocky summit of a hill; a rocky ledge below water. 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. While thus placed, I felt something pressing against my thigh, as though there was a protuberance on the plank, or some piece of hard material under me. The Boy Tar With the terminal umbo the protuberance lengthens the scale, with the dorsal umbo it thickens the scale. The Genus Pinus While glancing their eyes along its80 declivity, they noticed a number of small protuberances or mounds standing within a few feet of each other. Popular Adventure Tales The ledge still presented the same appearance; that of a smooth surface, though with many seams and protuberances upon it. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing A protuberance on the surface of sawn wood. 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. Was it likely that the protuberance would be large enough to make a hold for my jacket, and prevent it from slipping back? The Boy Tar The cone is very variable on trees of the same grove, both in size and in the protuberance of its apophyses. The Genus Pinus The forehead was large, round, without protuberances, and very gently receding to where thin black curls, that had once been redundant, began to tumble down to the ears. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti At his side was a thin man with a face pitted by smallpox, and a forehead covered with strange protuberances. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Foreheads with many angular, knotty protuberances denote perseverance and much vigorous, firm, harsh, oppressive, ardent activity. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science It was not long before I held it in my hand, and admiring its fine curving outlines, and the curious protuberances that covered them. The Boy Tar We were still travelling faster than she was, and had we steered directly against her, we would have crashed and bumped against her protuberances. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner The little curls of his black hair, deepening into an azure tint, twist symmetrically around a protuberance at the top of his head. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul The protuberance in all Polish fowls occupies the same position, but differs much in size. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. If it could be ascertained, that these red protuberances were not in actual contact with the moon, the demonstration would be complete. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 441 Volume 17, New Series, June 12, 1852 When first hatched out the young fish have a large translucent protuberance on the under-surface. Amateur Fish Culture The male of this curious fish has a conspicuous protuberance on the forehead, wholly awanting in the female and the young. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The interior of the protuberance, which is the fruiting part of the fungus, contains numerous black, flask-like structures whose tips reached the surface. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 He well describes the peculiarities of this protuberance, and he attended to the effects of the modified shape of the brain on the intellect of these birds, and disputes Pallas' statement that they are stupid. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. The folding of the wave, producing as it does a series of longitudinal protuberances and furrows which act like cylindrical lenses, introduces variations in the intensity of the light, and materially enhances its beauty. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The labrum is distinctly defined by a well marked suture, and forms a squarish, knob-like protuberance, and in size is quite large compared to the clypeus. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses It has a somewhat large head, short snout, and short, upright ears; while a fleshy protuberance is its representative for a tail. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America There are several varieties; the fingered citron is a curious fruit, and the Madras citron is very long and narrow; the skin is covered with protuberances. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture He then expressly states that he never observed this protuberance in male fowls. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. For let us consider the strain upon a single line drawn over the summit of the protuberance from a point on its rim to a point opposite. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 One of the little protuberances seemed to swell slightly—Ping. Attrition Such slabs are also occasionally marked by irregular protuberances, being the casts of hollows or cracks produced in ancient tide-beaches by shrinkage. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 These are of a flattened kidney shape, with a hard woody shell of a reddish-brown color, and covered with wart-like protuberances. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture But this gatekeeper's inspection was minute; and when he came to some slight protuberance on the breast of the coat, which, indeed, Douglas himself had not noticed, he demanded to know what it was. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols Looking at the Weisshorn through the Nicol, the glow of its protuberance was strong or weak according to the position of the prism. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 With a single blow he removed a protuberance, and then sank back exhausted. No Man's Land Some of the gouty old men had to be measured for a tender place here or a protuberance there, or allowance made for bad corn. A Little Girl in Old Boston The deformity lies principally in the countenance of these animals; and is caused by two pairs of large protuberances, or warts, that rise upon the cheeks and over the frontal bone. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys They rest, however, on a bony protuberance near the nostrils. In the Wilds of Africa A little farther on the cataract, after its first plunge, hit a protuberance some way down, and flew from it in a prodigious burst of spray; through this we staggered. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The absence of a tail—for that member is represented only by a very small protuberance or “knob”—imparts a character of lightness to his body. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire It appeared to him that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to climb into the first branches, at least by the exterior; for the trunk presented no protuberances. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery But the Indian buffalo has no such protuberance; nor yet the African species. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys It was a short, stumpy bowl or jar, upon which curious protuberances of all kinds clustered. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Heavy dark brows shadowed them, standing far apart, separated by the broad flatfish nose, the nostrils of which stood so widely open as to cause a protuberance on each side. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico They rise from a rough bony protuberance on the forehead, called the “burr.” The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire In that case, by the help of the protuberances it would be possible if not easy to get up to the fork. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery The singular protuberances have a complete resemblance to the “bosses” which were worn on the shields and breast-plates of warriors of the olden time. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Unwrapping some white mosquito-netting, she presented to view a large, bulbous object encircled with protuberances, excrescenced with golden knobbiness—this object, strangely sticky, smelled something like bananas; it was the Everything, completed and unveiled. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story It had a pair of big, staring eyes, its toes were armed with long, murderous-looking claws, and its brownish-yellow skin was mottled all over with wart-like protuberances. In Search of El Dorado In the Trumpeter this enters a protuberance that stands out on the dorsal aspect of the sternum, which is wanting in both the other kinds. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Two of them are ‘gibbous,’ that is, with a knob or protuberance upon the upper part of the bill. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North One is the Alco—a dog remarkable for a curious hunch or protuberance upon the back and shoulders, a thick short neck, and small pointed muzzle. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Caruncle: a soft, naked, fleshy excrescence or protuberance. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology Fact is, I'm going off to the country, and these protuberances you observe about my person are phonograms. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 8, 1893 I think that we did not emphasize enough that, if these structures were not icicles, but crystalline protuberances, such crystalline formations indicate long suspension quite as notably as would icicles. The Book of the Damned While glancing their eyes along its declivity, they noticed a number of small protuberances or mounds standing within a few feet of each other. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North This classification, however, rests principally upon an erroneous supposition—that the oblong protuberances on the head of the giraffe are horns, which in reality they are not, but mere continuations of the frontal bone. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Antennal process: Diptera; the frontal protuberance upon which the antennae are inserted. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology The form cannot therefore be rapidly modified by variation, and the thin and flexible integument will not admit of the development of such strange protuberances as occur continually in insects. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays The boy's clothes were shabby and travel-stained, and over his shoulders was slung a canvas bag, its miscellaneous contents making sharp, angular protuberances on its surface. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Who chiseled these mighty and picturesque masses out of a mere protuberance of earth? The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' Such stumps must be cut again the following year close to the trunk, or cushions of wood will form about their base, covering the trunk with protuberances. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside The wild boars of Africa have a broader snout than their European brethren, and possess two protuberances under the eyes, which prevent them from seeing anything underneath them. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals Above the collar of many coats rose the extraordinarily thin British neck, high, giraffe-like, with a pointed protuberance in front. Luna Benamor That clicking of heels business is highly effective on such occasions, but it is a perilous practice when you are adorned with hunting spurs; they have protuberances which have a way of catching. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 Articulating process, the protuberance, or projecting part of a bone, by which it is so joined to another bone, as to enable the two to move upon each other. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School In4 the original drawing there is a circle of little acute protuberances shown near the apex of the plant. Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces Its red-brick front swelled outward, not in the awkward proportions of the modern bay-window, which suggests some uncomfortable protuberance; but with a gracious sweep from the front door to the limits of the next property. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Its form is rounded, sometimes kidney-shaped, and rough with protuberances. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. “It is a popular error to suppose that phrenology depends upon ‘bumps,’ so called, or protuberances or hollows in the conformation of the skull. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony Process, a protuberance, or projecting part of a bone. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School There are some protuberances in various parts of the eminence, which you do not perceive till you are upon them or above them. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The Commissioner plunked a test shot next into one of the black protuberances. Legacy The skin varies in color from grayish-green to deep-green; becomes yellow at maturity, and is thickly spread with knobby bunches, or small protuberances. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. At this point was another protuberance, of a pyramidal form, called the “lump,” with several other small elevations, denominated the “ridge.” The South Sea Whaler Spinous process, a process or bony protuberance, resembling a spine or thorn, whence it derives its name. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Instead of a tail, there was merely a fleshy protuberance. On the Banks of the Amazon A single transverse wound, 2 inches in length, extended across the occipital bone, 2 inches above the level of the external protuberance. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre A bright sparkle now attracted my eye; and, on looking at the object attentively, I discovered, to my horror, that the spiral protuberance upon the vine was nothing else than the folds of a snake! The Rifle Rangers All these differ not only in size, colour, shape of their beak, and the protuberance that surmounts it; but also in the kind of food which they live upon. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" He at once saw that it had not been thrown at him by any person; for, with the sharp, prickly protuberances thickly set all over it, no one could have laid hand upon it. The Castaways It is the one marked by the singular foldings of its skin, thickly embellished with protuberances or knobs, that give it a shield-like appearance. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family These creatures were new to Basil; and their ugly earth-coloured bodies, their half-toad half-lizard shape, with the thorn like protuberances, upon their back, shoulders, and head, inspired him with disgust as he gazed upon them. The Boy Hunters He paused, and the old gentleman stopped groaning and stared at him with eyes of crab-like protuberance. Betty Trevor Its bill, like that of its mate already observed, was of a yellowish-white, the upper mandible being reddish around the base, while the casque-like protuberance exhibited a mottled surface of white and black. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" There were gun-ports visible here and there, and already a monstrous protuberance was coming into view midway along its back, as if forced into position from within. Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43 At his waist, and upon several hook-like protuberances of his chest, other weapons and devices were hanging. Wandl the Invader The Sarcoramphs have a fleshy protuberance over the beak—hence the generic name, which is a compound of two Greek words, signifying flesh, and beak or bill. The Boy Hunters Skinny borrowed a pin and lanced the white protuberance at the base of his second finger. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life The speculating systematists—who decide about genera and species, by some slight protuberance upon a tooth—have already created a wonderful confusion in the family of the goats. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Unhindered as they were by the traditional shapes, by wings or other protuberances, they had been able to design a machine of striking beauty. The Black Star Passes These branches begin as little protuberances of the cell wall at the top of the cell. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses The earlier in life this protuberance is punctured the more quickly he will become useful to himself and family. Watch Yourself Go By It hit him full in the face, and the sharp protuberances on the knot drew points of blood. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods The ellipsoid shrank to a sphere, the sphere grew a protuberance which separated and became a single bar-like cylinder. Invaders from the Infinite Fairchild raised his gad and chipped away the softer surface of the rock, leaving a tubular protuberance of cement extending. The Cross-Cut At the same time the captain's bed, which made a convenient protuberance in the side of the tent, was seized and tipped over, while tent-pole, canvas, and all, came down upon him in a mass. The Drummer Boy She is nearly the color of the African, but darker; has the same black bill, and high protuberance on it, but without the dewlap under the throat; and has black legs and feet. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings It attaches itself to some solid object, and then, as it grows, sends out little protuberances resembling buds. Plain Facts for Old and Young They are a whole lot like the waves of the ocean, only invisible, and there will be one straight over every protuberance or depression of size in the surface of the earth. Around the World in Ten Days These beautiful and affectionate human-like creatures of the water, wear, attached to their front flipper, a handsome comb-like protuberance. The Human Side of Animals The term "bull's eye" is applied to many circular objects, and particularly to the boss or protuberance left in the centre of a sheet of blown glass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The policeman neither assented to this proposition nor denied it; he only transferred the protuberance in his cheek to the other side, and observed: "I guess she's sick." The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) Small cooking bowl with protuberances to facilitate removal from fire. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 Both gloves were full and bulged out in queer protuberances, like Christmas stockings. The Guests Of Hercules At the withers there is a slight elevation, but no protuberance or hump, as in the Indian ox. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Four equi-distant protuberances are placed about the widest part of the body and rudely imitate the extremities of some animal. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 The policeman was a tall, lean-faced, sallow man, with a stoop of the shoulders, a small, steady eye, and something in his mouth which made a protuberance in his cheek. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) Small cooking bowl with protuberances to facilitate handling. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 Well, he has a couple of protuberances upon his head, three serious bruises on one leg, and a deep cut on the other from broken window-glass. His Heart's Queen It is believed that an estimate of the age of the animal can be made by these protuberances—after the third year a fresh knob is made in each succeeding one. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon His face was bright red with embarrassment and one of his cheeks exhibited a marked protuberance. The Man Who Rocked the Earth Looked along both pointed protuberances aimed at the surfaces of the lake, like fangs in an open jaw. Star Hunter Cooking bowl with protuberances to facilitate removal from fire. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 The protuberances of the back are roughly shown by oval markings, which are here continued on the legs. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices In the one next to the bottom was a protuberance, and from this I drew forth a casket of silver, delicately chased and inlaid with ivory. Tales of Destiny "The five protuberances, caused by the five ornaments of the luster, must certainly have been scientific masses, brought to the surface by the force of circumstances." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" If the protuberance behind the ear is large, it indicates generosity. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk Ditto, entire body of the vessel is covered with small protuberances to facilitate handling while hot. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 This conspicuous protuberance has been seized upon as a characteristic in the conventionalized figures, and serves to identify the king from the black vulture. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices At the equator, the whole protuberance of the earth is about 13 miles. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence I was squatted amidst a number of courtiers, one of whom had a sort of double skull, another smaller skull raised above the larger one,—a protuberance which came from an accident in infancy. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Perhaps," she whispered, "perhaps at this very instant, in the midst of that vast and flat and solemn desolation the only protuberance visible for miles and miles is Professor Bottomly. Police!!! Small decorated paint pot with spinous protuberances to facilitate handling. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 Immediately behind the attachment of the posterior wings is a slight protuberance, almost egg-shaped, which is distinguishable, on account of its dull black colour, from the neighbouring integuments, which are covered with a silvery down. Social Life in the Insect World It is convenient to regard it thus, and afterwards make the correction for protuberance. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence She resorted to a lazy pantomime by gathering her two lips to a snout-like projection and thrusting this protuberance forward in the direction of the doorway before which she was squatting. The Delight Makers Nevertheless, a bee on one side does not dig a hole or add a fragment of wax which does not correspond exactly with a protuberance or a cavity on the other side. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Small paint pot with spinous protuberances to facilitate handling. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 Beautiful veneers have come from the burl walnut, being formed by protuberances on the trunks of the trees near the surface of the ground. Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin Wayland noticed the livid tinge of the lips, the shadows round the eye sockets, the protuberance of veins on the backs of the old man's hands. The Freebooters of the Wilderness This barking is answered from a neighbouring protuberance. The Delight Makers The tiny yellow flame, ere it quickly flickered out in some mysterious draft, revealed an iron band to the left of the door, with slight protuberance, resembling the button of an electric-bell. Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune Three small paint pots with spinous protuberances to facilitate handling. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 The well-known wedge-shaped protuberance on the S. wall is due to a large irregular depression. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features Through the empty silence of this now deserted desert they rode in silence, till before them, above the grey waste of the sand, a protuberance arose. Bella Donna A Novel The cliffs had lost their yellowish hue and appeared white, with every protuberance, every indentation, or cavity, marked by intense shadows. The Delight Makers A large protuberance of the rocky floor had been roughly chipped into the semblance of a seat, God only knows by what hands and in what forgotten age. Romance Small paint pot with band of protuberances or knobs. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 Another cleft, also terminating at this crater, runs towards Arago and the more northerly of the protuberances. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features Her articulations and bones were so fairy-like and delicate that even with her transparent sleeved and necked dress there were no unseemly protuberances. By the Light of the Soul A Novel Like a protuberance in an air cushion, which if pushed down in one place reappears in another, the original advantage of the bank infallibly ends in reasserting itself. A Critical Examination of Socialism A good head, and then two protuberances, that on the chest very beautiful, and that on the stomach simply surprising; it was the stomach of a fat goose. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 Small sacred paint vessel with protuberances and decorated with frog figure. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 The two parts were then adjusted and bound firmly together with a fine wire passing in various directions, over the base of the cone, across the protuberances on the dart-shaped handle, and around both. Navajo Silversmiths Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-1881, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 167-178 There is something of a trick in turning such a hollow cone and leaving no "tit" or protuberance in the center, but it is important it should be done. Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology Mr. Bullsom sat with clasped hands in front of him resting upon that slight protuberance which denoted the advent of a stomach. A Prince of Sinners He had now no whiskers, but an immense protuberance of bristly black hair, rising like a wave above his kerchief. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Small pot for heating water, with protuberances, and ornate winding ridges for facilitating handling. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 One woman in particular had two protuberances dangling at her neck as big as quart bottles. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants Perhaps, it was, in part, if not wholly owing to a protuberance in the moon, which escaped my notice, but was seen by both the other gentlemen. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Towards the southwest and the immediate east, the plain appeared to be very flat, no protuberance, no prominence of any kind lifting itself above the general dead level. All Around the Moon This blackfellow's face was made up of hollows and protuberances ugly beyond all aboriginal ugliness. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Small pot for heating water, with protuberances, and ornate winding ridges for facilitating handling, or removing to and from the fire. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 If people have protuberances in wrong places, it of course requires a little time for the eye to become accustomed to them. A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with The Camp of Jung Bahadoor; including A Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home The bud, dark red and conical, carries a sort of protuberance which makes it extremely one sided as shown in Fig. Studies of Trees The line separating both was broken into a thousand bits of protuberances and concavities, dented, notched, and jagged. All Around the Moon Heaven only knows the scenes in which it is engaged, and the protuberances created by a long life of hard fighting. Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Small paint pot with protuberances representing spines of cactus fruit and made to facilitate handling. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 He's quite round in the shoulders; and yet so inconsistent are women that she calls a protuberance that resembles the letter C the line of beauty. Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Here the trees are provided with special woody protuberances known as “cypress knees,” which emerge above water and take the necessary air. Studies of Trees Dr. Jonnesco quickly ran his finger along the protuberances, and finally selected the space between the twelfth dorsal and the first lumbar vertebræ—in other words, the space just above the small of the back. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers No undue protuberance being visible about the monk's person, she turned her eyes to his face, and found that her visitor was one of the brotherhood whom she had not seen before. Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales Small paint jars furnished with protuberances to facilitate handling. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 This is done by girls, who, with very fine files, rub off the edges and any protuberances which may be there. Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 The stranger removed his cap, and discovered two very ugly protuberances, one on each side of his head, and of most unphrenological appearance. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841 His dress is a long brown-holland jacket, covering the protuberance known in Bavaria by the name of pudo, and in England by that of bustle. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841 The hornlike protuberances on her head were two "scarlet flowers, which were very becoming in her dark hair." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 Crude paint jars covered with protuberances to facilitate handling. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 An ingenious Yankee—a commercial traveler—has invented and patented an instrument made of gutta percha, to be fitted to the nose, and pass from that protuberance to the tympanum of the ear. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Her figure, conforming to the latest mode, had lost its pinched protuberances, and was long, slender, sinuous in its perfection of line. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage He who requires that his friend should not take offence at his own protuberances, will excuse his friend's little warts. The Works of Horace The folding of the wave, producing, as it does, a series of longitudinal protuberances and furrows which act like cylindrical lenses, introduces variations in the intensity of the light, and materially enhances its beauty. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 Each corner also has bronze protuberances, half an inch long, that stand out on the bottom, or edge of the cover, so that they raise the whole book. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California The protuberances were knots in the flooring boards. Romance of California Life I may say, in conclusion, that the application of a portion of uncooked beef to the protuberance has considerably reduced the swelling upon my son's nose during the night. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 The head is perfect in form, because of the curly hair, but on examination there is an enormous protuberance at the occiput. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Sometimes fasting, through necessity, for several days, and at other times gorging itself with animal food till its craw swells out the plumage of that part, forming a large protuberance on the breast. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831 Only here and there a lump or protuberance appeared, showing a bunch of marine growth, or a bent edge of a plate where it had started to rip off. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" He had reached middle-age to be sure, but he had a leg that many a spindle-shanked youngster might envy, nor was there any unbecoming protuberance at his waist. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories Frisch, it is shown to belong to the family of words which signify a heap or hilly protuberance. Notes and Queries, Number 31, June 1, 1850 It is remarkably tall, without branches, having regular and gradual protuberances, from the bottom towards the top, ending in five or six clusters of nuts, shaded by large deciduous leaves. Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa The Old Man pointed to the dull, smooth, black side of the mountain, without a crag, break, or protuberance, and said with ashen lips: "It's gone!" Frontier Stories It seems sprinkled with small crystals, with rhombs of tile-red feldspath on a dark background like velvet or charcoal, except for one reddish protuberance of an unknown substance. The Flying Legion Its surface was smooth, excepting for two lines of protuberances, each a few inches in height, and about a foot from each other. The Adventures of Captain Horn He had a sort of protuberance on one side caused by broken ribs which had not been set. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) The Hindoos," says Faber, "represent their mundane lotus, as having four large leaves and four small leaves placed alternately, while from the centre of the flower rises a protuberance. The Symbolism of Freemasonry Those people are commonly afflicted with fever and ague; and I have seen many, particularly females, who had immense swellings or protuberances on their stomachs, which they denominate "ague-cakes." A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America Only a pair of expert eyes would have been able to discover them, heaped together, each one huddled in a crack of the rocks, voluntarily raising his smooth skin into stone-like protuberances and ridges. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel On each side the breast, the present specimen exhibits two prominent naked protuberances, as in the female bust, perfectly destitute of hair or feathers. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 550, June 2, 1832 Wooden bowls and dishes were made from knots and protuberances of trees, dug out and smoothed by fire and the knife or by the latter alone. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People It was possible to trace the progress of the younger and slighter maids by a swiftly-descending squeal, while that of the more portly was visible as a leisurely protuberance. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 14, 1917 Here the vegetative filament puts out two protuberances, which become shut off from the body of the filament by partitions. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 A young lady however who had her arm round Hermione's waist and was playing with her, suddenly felt the round protuberance in her pocket. The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales They slope down to the water-edge in enormous protuberances, resembling billows of frozen lava, intersected by wide sinuous rifts, and present a most interesting field for geological research. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829 He checked Boswell for describing a hill as "immense," and told him that it was only a "considerable protuberance." Samuel Johnson But this one, you notice, has a bulge, or protuberance, on one side, so to speak. Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes The protoplasm in one of these protuberances arranges itself into a round mass--the oosphere or female cell. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 His right palm was resting upon a rounded protuberance, on the side of which were three small circular indentations. The Moon Pool In spite of Dr. Johnson, these "monstrous protuberances" do "inflame the imagination and elevate the understanding." A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains Miller tells of a West Point student who had an elongation of the coccyx, forming a protuberance which bulged very visibly under the skin. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine A sort of inner vision of myself as a four-footed beast with a protuberance on every part of my body where I had suffering, with my own face, begging me to acknowledge it as myself. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature The protoplasm of the other protuberance divides into many small masses, furnished with cilia, the spermatozoids or male cells. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 |
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