| 单词 | ropy |
| 例句 | It crashed into the monster, knocking it over in a tangle of legs and ropy appendages. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Above the beard, a fading black ropy tattoo stretched across his cheeks and nose. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A tree was growing out between the stones on the north side of the Gatehouse Tower, its gnarled limbs festooned with ropy white blankets of ghostskin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The ones at the corners of my mouth are lengthening into a pale ropy circle around my lips. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z No longer a ropy mass of gangly arms and gangly legs, but now a big, firm, curvy woman, exulting in her weight and height, and it made her imposing, a presence that drew the eyes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z At their head was a man stick-thin and very tall, with a drawn emaciated face made even longer by the ropy black beard that grew from his pointed chin nearly to his waist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I feel the ropy hardness of his arms, the warmth of his slightly concave chest, as he holds me tight, tighter than anyone has ever held me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The burly guard wore his hair in long, ropy dreadlocks. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The ropy plant dug into Thomas’s flesh— his chest felt numb. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Instead of repelling herself to a safe altitude, Holly crumpled onto the troll’s back, becoming instantly entangled in the ropy fur. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A burly security guard—maybe six four, 250 pounds, his hair in long, ropy dreadlocks—came up behind her. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z For Lee Chong dug into the grave on China Point and found the yellow bones, the skull with gray ropy hair still sticking to it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dark hair was still lustrous and long; someone had put it in two ropy braids that reached almost to her waist. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I grab a ropy branch and clutch it while I try to descend, but the mud slips under my feet and I end up hauling myself back up. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It also established the band’s dynamic exchange, a byproduct of Mr. Chambers’s deep groove pulling against Mr. Jackson’s ropy, ingeniously off-kilter bass lines. Music Review: The Mike Stern Band Brings Jazz-Rock to the Iridium 2013-12-20T21:27:21Z Kebabs: Ask for “Aleppo,” a ropy wand of garlicky ground lamb that summons Syria with a sprinkling of lightly toasted crushed pistachios. Review | Maydan is the gathering place we’ve been waiting for 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z You’ve heard some of MEN’s sound before: the cowbells and pulsing-octave bass lines and ropy guitars; and a nice, atmospheric, plainspoken track called “Rip Off” beats you to your conclusions. Critics? Choice: New Cds: Ricky Martin, Now as Himself 2011-01-31T23:07:14Z And the sound is incredible, deep and dense, with great ropy guitar timbres and throbbing tremolo effects, and Johnson’s full-toned, gracefully unspooling saxophone solos against the clave bell and hand percussion. New Releases by Optimo, Anita Wilson and Dexter Johnson 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Fortress: Sniper’s Eye Rated R for ropy action and risible acting. ‘Fortress: Sniper’s Eye’ Review: Back to the Bunker 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z We all know Rapunzel’s tale, how she sat at the top of her lonely tower, her long hair hanging out the window, until finally, a prince climbed its ropy length to rescue her. The Mirror: Why Can?t Middle-Aged Women Have Long Hair? 2010-10-21T22:44:00Z He is tall with a ropy build, and at his station his affect turned solemn. One simple dish changed the course of this visionary chef’s life: Scrambled eggs 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Any order is better with a box of light cheese puffs and one of the best pieces of meat in recent memory, pleasantly ropy beef cooked the color you want and framed in french fries. Review | These D.C. restaurants had tough tables to score. Their takeout shows why. 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Her blond bangs are offset by ropy orange braids; it’s all part of her costume. Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z She enrolled at Columbia University, and continued to work in a ropy, churning gestural style that took something from Cezanne and body-conscious abstractionists like Gorky and de Kooning. Shock of the Nude 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z A self-described product of the 1960s who, with his ropy ponytail and bushy mustache, certainly looked the part, Dr. Prados was both a scholar and an activist. John Prados, Master of Uncovering Government Secrets, Dies at 71 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z We had an unusually easy time at Kennedy International Airport, with our separate check-in desk and cordoned-off section of the departure lounge, but I already felt pretty ropy. Would 19 Hours and 16 Minutes in the Air Make Me Crazy? 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Some appear dead, while others signal toward some unseen sight, perhaps salvation, their ropy muscles tense with effort but also with beauty. ‘The White Crow’ Review: The Young Nureyev, Gotta Dance! Gotta Defect! 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z It was a snaky, ropy river of goo. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Bless you, sneezer, for you have sinned 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z A hulking contradiction tucked under a stratum of ropy muscle, his Dennis is at once massive and passive, as big as a house and shy as a mouse. Movie Review: ‘Teddy Bear,’ With the Danish Bodybuilder Kim Kold 2012-08-21T21:47:54Z A fan switched on, sending the sacred flame that is the centerpiece of Act I flickering upward; the ropy vines of a primeval forest were pulled down taut with weights. Bolshoi Ballet Carries On Amid Acid Attack Scandal 2013-01-28T23:03:44Z His Tray remains something of an emotional cipher, at least until the final scene, yet his body is expressive — all ropy arms and springy legs and flashing teeth. ‘brownsville song (b-side for tray),’ at Lincoln Center 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The hot tub is a wide pan holding a steaming bath of lard and broth in which flaps of suadero burble happily alongside orange links of longaniza and ropy lengths of tripa, beef intestines. Taqueria Ramírez Brings a Mexico City Specialty to Brooklyn 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z “I’ll help,” he’d say, smiling and grabbing me with his ropy arms, twisting around me into a sort of human backpack. For 13 Days, I Believed Him 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Up close, De Pirro's ropy tangles look too artful to be a product of nature. Lines between nature and artifice blurred in outdoor exhibit 2010-07-01T20:46:00Z “He didn’t mind that they were in ropy condition,” Mr. Peattie said. A Peek Inside Howard Hodgkin’s Personal Collection 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z At Lava Beds National Monument, the floors come in three textures: ropy, cauliflower and clinker. The Calif. national park — with lava beds — that most people don’t know about 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z At the same time, Ms. Triozzi was often parading about in armor like Don Quixote, doing ropy mime, singing animatedly in Italian or expectorating like Daffy Duck. Dance Review: At Abrons Arts, Works Focusing on Bodily Sounds 2014-05-11T05:56:41Z Pub bores and playground wags impersonate him with ropy Geordie accents: "Deer 12 and the housemeets are in the smirking area." TV voiceovers 2010-03-25T15:43:00Z Our guide, a 43-year-old local man named Ten, had ropy quadriceps and a quizzical smile. Journeys: Ban Tham Lod in Northern Thailand 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z Now 83, Roman Polanski remains firmly in the public eye, despite not having shot a film since 2013’s ropy Venus in Fur. The most exciting films of 2017: returning auteurs 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Densities shift from inch to inch across the surfaces, tightly knitted passages suddenly loosening into porous nets or rolling into ropy twists. In Channing Hansen's knitted artworks, some of the credit goes to the sheep 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z I recently went to a supermarket and visited the aisle selling wet mops, the kind with long white ropy strands, the kind that birthed the term “moptops,” which was over-generously applied to the early Beatles. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Forget the Beatles. I’ve got a real moptop. 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The Turkish leader faces a tough election battle in mid-May with a ropy economy and high inflation, as well as criticism about his government’s handling of the recent devastating earthquake. Turkey’s Erdogan endorses Finland’s NATO bid. 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The blend incorporates rich, ropy lengths of hanger steak sourced from Pat LaFrieda, the famed meat supplier. Review | Ghostburger, that pandemic pop-up, is now ready for its close-up 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z The rub, which includes a small amount of sugar, seasons every bite, turning these ropy, fatty pieces of pork into something that goes down like candy. Review | Two chefs mess with the orthodoxy of barbecue, and we’re the better for it 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Rising from ropy stalks anchored on the seafloor, the prodigious algae unfurled slick, brown fronds that bobbed on the surface like banners. An ambitious new alliance works to identify what’s happening to our crucial kelp forests in order to protect — and, hopefully, restore — them 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Utilities say the wipes twist into ropy wads, either in a home’s sewer pipe or miles down the line. A nasty pandemic problem: More flushed wipes are clogging pipes, sending sewage into homes 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z For fast-growing parts of South East Asia, like Vietnam and Indonesia, holiday homes and smart locks are popular, but the internet connections may be ropy. Smart locks: Convenience comes with security doubts 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z He uses thick, ropy hanger steak for his fajitas, which allows the kitchen to cook the meat to a juicy medium-rare. Review | Three taco shops that you need in your life right now 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The truth is, I couldn’t have been happier with my order, no matter its color palette, as I paired saffron-tinted rice with long, ropy sections of sofrito-stewed pork, the combination sweet, rich and succulent. Review | Mecho’s is a fast-casual with the generosity of a Dominican mom 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z It was followed by a grueling three-hour trek over a volcanic smorgasbord of chunky lava — ropy pahoehoe formations, cinder cones and a goulash of grit. Perspective | As Sicily’s Mount Etna began to erupt, her ballet training turned out to be good prep 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z “This is awesome. I kept telling myself get the baby girl a ropy,” Harvick said. Kevin Harvick wins Brickyard 400; Jimmie Johnson to miss NASCAR playoffs 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z It was in ropy condition, but it had a lot of rooms, and a back yard where the children could play. The Radical Transformations of a Battered Women’s Shelter 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Lowry had gotten booming applause upon introduction at No. 1, then had sent a “ropy” tee shot into the tamer vegetation on the left, then a second shot into a bunker to a mass groan. Ireland’s Shane Lowry wins British Open in tournament’s return to Northern Ireland 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z On maps, it appears as a thick, muscular arm stretching into the Gulf of Mexico, with the Mississippi running, like a ropy blue vein, down the center. Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z No, this plate came with two charred lengths of hanger steak, the ropy, slightly kidney-tasting cut beloved by butchers and Francophiles alike. Review | Moreland’s Tavern proves that hospitality is everything 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z There and on his own land, the damage is inescapable: Cattle that are supposed to be heavy as cars are thin and ropy, making them hard to sell, if not impossible at a decent price. Drought Relief Is Coming. Australia’s Farmers Say It’s Nowhere Near Enough. 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z To get the right consistency, the researchers added a jelly-like goo called alginate and stem cells extracted from donor corneas, along with some ropy proteins called collagen. Scientists have 3D printed the most advanced artificial cornea ever using human cells 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The meat typically requires eight hours to achieve a delicious ropy tenderness, but the Breville pulled off the feat in half the time. Does the Instant Pot Actually Live Up to the Hype? 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z The milk breaks apart in the acidity and heat to become a ropy and fascinating sauce, and the garlic goes soft and sweet within it, its fragrance filigreed with the cinnamon and sage. The Secrets of Jamie Oliver’s Chicken in Milk 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z He once described his body as “gristly, tendony,” as if it were an inferior cut of beef, and a recent devotion to Brazilian jujitsu has left his limbs and his torso laced with ropy muscles. Anthony Bourdain’s Moveable Feast 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z He punched a mirror with his ropy arm and his hand started bleeding. Before the deadly fire, Ghost Ship was an an enchanting 'safe place' that many called home 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z I also like a little chew, which is why I adore a good slab of ropy hanger steak. Want the best beef tenderloin in the D.C. area? Head to Silver Spring. 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z As for Iggy, he seems to have grown only healthier and more clear-eyed with age, as he contorts his ropy frame into iconic S-curves that countless imitators have tried and failed to mimic. ‘Gimme Danger’: Iggy Pop and the Stooges, playing it straight 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The banking sector is ropy, the tax system a Byzantine nightmare. Stans undelivered 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Strolling through the crowd without a shirt as he sang his song “Fall in Love with Me,” the singer made no attempt to bat away the fans grasping at his ropy torso. Iggy Pop was a man with a plan (but no shirt) at the Greek Theatre 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The lack of joined-up thinking among the four local authorities explains why public transport is so ropy. London-upon-Avon 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z While the zucchini is cooking, beat the eggs with a fork until they are ropy and well-mixed but not foamy. Frittata and 11 more dinner recipes you can make in under 30 minutes 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, farmers will continue to depend on ropy government agencies for essential materials such as fertiliser and oil. Spring release 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Or it might be the ropy, deeply meaty morsels at the center of the beef roti, a light curry perfume clinging to every bite. At Caribbean Palace, a no-frills tour of West Indian cuisine 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z There are many variations, Babb said — "ropy, wrinkled, billowy, slabby, sticky, glassy" — and most all of them are to be found here on the southeast edge of the Big Island. Hawaiian is philosophical about lava after years of going with the flow 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Small crowds gathered around my table as I fingered the ropy optic nerve and the thick cornea, so satisfying to the touch. A Menagerie of Ideas, Unlocked in Odd Jobs 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z Free fonts, once ropy, are getting better; in the past few years Google has made more than 600 available. Ways with words 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z PR campaigns aside, he might address the expensive electricity and ropy infrastructure that many investors complain about. Intel outside 2014-04-16T04:00:00Z Toss with hands, letting it fall through fingers, until it’s ropy with some dry patches. The Heir And The Spare: Preserving Heritage And Heirloom Apples 2013-10-10T19:45:31.530Z I dashed back to my rather ropy hotel, rang The Certain Tabloid Newspaper, and told the news editor that the chairman appeared to have been on to something: he'd just got all the facts wrong. Asil Nadir, Polly Peck and the headless chickens 2012-08-26T17:02:13Z To appreciate the magic of the business model, start with the ropy ingredients. The economics of self-storage: The golden hoard 2012-08-16T15:04:05Z Still, as ropy as the Vampire Lord mechanics are, they're preferable to the new kit you're given if you decide to fight on the side of righteousness. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Dawnguard DLC – review 2012-07-10T13:39:53Z The thick, ropy noodles bathed in an earthy, smoky, velvety, tangy cream alone will call you back to this restaurant again and again. | Nutley: A Review of Queen Margherita Trattoria, in Nutley 2012-06-02T04:33:44Z A ropy structure emanating from the tail could be the vein providing the blood in my friend’s hematoma scenario. A Tale of 2 G-Spots 2012-04-25T12:45:00.243Z The first Stools are often thin, and yellowish; but in a little Time they are mixt with a viscid ropy Matter, which is often tinged with Blood. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z There was a café attached to the station, and I advised my fellow-passengers to take a cup of the delicious ropy chocolate of Spain, after which one accepts the inevitable more patiently. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z This preparation mixed with soups gives them a ropy consistence and a peculiar flavor, much relished by those accustomed to it. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Down their naked heels came in turn, pounding the ground; in one long, smooth sweep from waist to toe the legs flashed back in a quivering of ropy sinew. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z And along toward the end of October I remember thinking how like the blonde beast of the Yellowstone was a ropy coil of tawny current I found undermining a levee in Louisiana. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Few realised just how ropy the banks were. Brian Lenihan: A battle too far 2011-06-16T10:56:09Z Twisted silk, if used on a silk ground, should, I think, be rather fine; if thick and much twisted, it stands out in relief against the ground and gives a hard and ropy appearance. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z The champagne was not in good order, but no one liked to complain of its being ropy. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z The boiled bananas, which should have been light brown, were black, and the cabbage was not done enough, so that it was ropy or "long," as they aptly describe it. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z One of those new ropy girls—all shoulders and feet, you know. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Clarke has been in ropy, frenetic form throughout this Test series. Ashes 2010: Shane Watson might be the new face of Australian cricket 2010-12-19T00:07:32Z The remainders of his drink, in which he has lapp'd, is said by his keeper to kill dogs and other animals that drink after him, being, by his fome, made poisonous and ropy. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History "Huh!"—and her ropy neck went up again, but I struck first: "You've played smash, don't you know," I went on, tightening my glass. The Haunted Pajamas When the fringe is ropy, long, or uneven, or the selvedge eaten into or ragged, do not leave the rug to its unkemptness, but trim it religiously. The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. A slimy or ropy condition of milk is frequently noted on the farm and in the dairy. Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying You had better, however, not sit with your back against the wall, for it is as blue and ropy as that of a charnel-house. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) His dress was wet and begrimed with mud; his hair was frowsy, lying in ropy tangles upon his head and hanging over his brows; and his face was haggard with anxiety and suffering. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 Thus the salivary glands secrete the insipid saliva; the lachrymal glands, the saline tears; the liver, the yellow, ropy bile; and the kidneys, the acrid urine. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) He had found the entrance an opening no longer: it was sealed with a giant web of ropy strands—a network, welded together to a glutinous mesh. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 One of the most frequent troubles encountered is the appearance of a slimy or ropy condition in the starter, although the acidity developed may be normal and the flavor desirable. Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying Down both sides ran a row of ropy arms. The Other Likeness But he marveled again and again at the hungry things that made a mesh of ropy strands across the smooth area about the ship. The Finding of Haldgren He looked sidewise more slyly, whisked his ropy tail more demurely, and kicked his nearest neighbors more viciously than ever. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White He took a detonite cartridge from his belt and placed it on the floor close to the ropy strands. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Stir it now and then, till the soup is thick and ropy; then it is enough. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Two sets of conditions are responsible for these ropy or slimy milks. Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying Quite distinct is the search for the germs which cause undesirable changes, or "diseases"; and great strides have been made in discovering the bacteria concerned in rendering milk "ropy," butter "oily" and "rancid," &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" She threaded her way to the stage among the crowded tables, through the auditorium, a sallow-faced creature, obese and large-boned, with coarse features and singularly ropy hair. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia At the sight of her the fool flung up his arms and emitted a queer, ropy gust of laughter. The Proud Prince The beard is ropy and unnatural; it is, however, an imposing sort of figure. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I In one instance in the writer's experience, a milk dealer lost over $150 a month for several months from ropy cream. Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying Six ropy curls danced up and down as their owner moved to and fro across the room, and as the sunshine fell over them their beauty lifted the little girl from out her plain surroundings. The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras The solution of gum is very slightly acid, and has a mucilaginous, ropy consistence: it is almost tasteless. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock The fog, broken into thousands of white, ropy wreaths, was swept away upward. The Young Alaskans Floating in the sky were serpentine tendrils as thick as a man's wrist, purplish flowers and ropy fungus growths. The Sky Trap He was hacking at something ropy and writhing that squirmed on the ground as the lieutenant's blade bit into it. Despoilers of the Golden Empire In this condition the cotton passes to a doubling frame, and from thence to the lapping frame, a device combining six laps into one and drawing the whole out into one fine, delicate, ropy lap. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades Which, cracking, lets the ropy, trickling drop Of sweetness touch your tongue, or potted nests Which my recondite recipe invests With cold conglomerate tidbits—ah, the bill! The Book of Humorous Verse As he rose, ropy tentacles twined about him, and he saw what had saved him. Stairway to the Stars Above a ropy tangle of livid vines and creepers a kingly stench weed towered, purplish and bloated and weighted down with seed pods. The Sky Trap Expectoration continued the same, of tough, ropy mucus, small in quantity, and got up with difficulty from the air-passages. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners Boil it steadily, through the day, till it is ropy. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School "This last barrel of water from your spring is turning 'ropy,'" it said. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's "No," Frank answered, "this man is a big fellow, whiskers, ropy hair, gray eyes." Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor The milk is good and nourishing, but of a ropy consistency and a peculiar flavour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The effect is very rapid; and there appears to be no other method known, of rapidly recovering ropy wines. A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy The very nails had rusted out of the walls, and the creepers they should have supported hung down in ropy curtains. News from the Duchy Urged along by the more fluid lava underneath, this viscid coating takes a ropy or corrugated form. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography The generative organs are wasted and inactive, or so weakened as to secrete but a ropy, thin and glairy fluid, having few or none of the characteristics of Vital Fluid. Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc. A bit above medium height, ropy necked and thick-shouldered he gave the impression of a male at ease, confident but wary. The Universe — or Nothing From the mucilaginous impurities which malt vinegar always contains, it is apt, on exposure to air, to become turbid and ropy, and at last vapid. A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy There were others whose hair had become stiff, erect, and ropy, and who, amidst a torrent of blasphemies, a horrid convulsion, or a still more frightful laugh, had dropped down dead. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Note the "ropy" character of the half-frozen rock on the sides of the nearest rivulet of the lava. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography It is a ropy liquid, colourless or brownish green, having a somewhat unpleasant odour and bitter taste. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction They resemble a consolidated stream of "ropy" lava which has flowed through and over the wall and down the glacis. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features Asthma, Lobelia Tea for.—"There is no medicine that is half so effective as lobelia in removing the tough, hard ropy phlegm from the asthmatic persons." Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The long dry bars were like the protruding ribs of the beast when the prey is scarce, and the ropy main current was like the lean, terrible muscles of its back. The River and I Fermented, it becomes the whitish, dirty, ropy, sour-tasting, bad-smelling stuff so dear to the indians. In Indian Mexico (1908) There is a third species of diabetes, in which the urine is mucilaginous, and appears ropy in pouring it from one vessel into another; and will sometimes coagulate over the fire. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Mary Magdalen had brought a dog with her—a yellow dog of unknown ancestry, of shamefaced demeanor, a ropy tail, splay feet, and a rolling eye; named, she and heaven alone knew why, Beautiful Dog. A Woman Named Smith Pour boiling water on flaxseed and let stand until it is ropy, pour into hot lemonade and drink. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The following remedy for ropy cyder must be proportion'd with judgment to the degree of the disorder in the liquor. The Cyder-Maker's Instructor, Sweet-Maker's Assistant, and Victualler's and Housekeeper's Director In Three Parts The expressed juice was not limpid, but thick, mucilaginous and ropy. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Dollops, who was rather proud of the achievement, carried with him a full supply of ready-cut papers and a big collapsible tube of the viscid, ropy, varnish-like glue. Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces When unpacking the meat watch the brine to see that it is not ropy or moldy. Every Step in Canning Vomiting and yellow, foul, greasy, or ropy stools. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada But beer or ale is seldom known to be so ropy as cyder. The Cyder-Maker's Instructor, Sweet-Maker's Assistant, and Victualler's and Housekeeper's Director In Three Parts When the soap becomes thick and ropy, carry it down cellar in pails and empty it into a barrel. The American Frugal Housewife Its eyes, full of dread and dreadful, peeped out from beneath a brush of matted hair; a tough, ropy foam hung from its mouth. Red Saunders His Adventures West & East The mesa stream cleared from a ropy red to a sparkling thread of silver banked with vivid green. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life From prehistoric times the men of the sea had known this great, ropy beast of the abysses. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel If beer or ale should at any time get ropy, as in other disorders, you must proportion the strength of your remedy to the degree of the disorder. The Cyder-Maker's Instructor, Sweet-Maker's Assistant, and Victualler's and Housekeeper's Director In Three Parts Put a pint of clean sugar to a pint of juice, and boil it slowly, till it becomes ropy. The American Frugal Housewife There was a good deal of disjointed information on lavas, ropy or rapid flowing and viscous—also on spatter cones and caverns. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The only living inhabitants of these wilds were a few ruffian-like miners, two or three black slugs, and a scanty flock of straggling half-starved mountain sheep, with their brown, ropy coats. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 341, November 15, 1828 After diluting the ropy, mucilaginous juice with water, and shaking it thoroughly with an equal volume of ether, there was no turbidity seen in the supernatent ether. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 The sickly Taper By glimmering through thy low-browed misty vaults, Furred round with mouldy damps, and ropy slime, Lets fall a supernumerary horror, And only serves to make Thy night more irksome! The Monk; a romance Upon the pale scrubbed deal of the coffin-stool table they stretched like waving and ropy weeds over the washed gravel-bed of a clear stream. The Woodlanders He was content to eat the leavings, the big tough carrots and the little ropy ones, rather than to venture a short distance farther on to where the carrots were as yet untouched. Before Adam If it is taken off the fire too soon, or before it has boiled sufficiently, it will not congeal, but will be tough and ropy, and must be boiled over again. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches It was one of the common porters—a tall, too slender savage, with armlets of polished iron, long, ropy hair—a typical shenzi. The Leopard Woman I dashed it away, backwards, over my head, and, turning off the gas, abandoned myself to the strange influences that breathed hotly upon me from the clammy vegetation festering in the ropy night-air. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Mr. Vizetelly is of opinion that the pure juice was apt to grow harsh, or become ropy, with age. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I It was also slimy and ropy; and was drank only as a means and a wretched one of prolonging life. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale It may be a form that causes the milk to become ropy and slimy or one that gives it a bad odor. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency His coffee cup had a large flattened bowl, and pouring in the ropy cream with his free hand he lifted the silver cover of a dish set before him. The Happy End This water had probably been there for years, and was as ropy as molasses. American Prisoners of the Revolution Keep this however warm, upon warm Embers, that it may run. freely in a ropy Way from the Ladle upon the Seeds. The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm The atmosphere was laden with the ropy scents of the boiling stews and with the heavier smells of the soldiers' unwashed bodies and their sweating horses. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front On and on we marched, through vaults of flowery smilax, where lianas with strange and gorgeous blossoms snared our feet in their twining ropy stems. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction The mattress-maker of Pampeluna was a thin man with a ropy neck, and keen black eyes that flashed hither and thither through the mist of wool and dust in which he worked. The Velvet Glove After a few hours, a quantity of thick, ropy mucus is thrown out, hanging about the mouth, and causing suffocating fits of coughing to expel. The Book of Household Management Finally we stood on the verge of a vast, circular pit about forty feet deep, the floor of which is of black, ropy waves of congealed lava. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe In some places they have a ``ropy'' aspect; or they are like peascods filled with growing seeds, which eventually will become stars. Curiosities of the Sky The ropy sand tubes that make a sort of banks and reefs are houses of worms, that they build up out of sand, shells, and slime. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 In the first place, when the glands are excited they pour forth an increased amount of the ropy secretion. Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism Have ready a stewpan of boiling water, place the dish in it, and keep it boiling; stir occasionally, and when the soup is thick and ropy, it is done. The Book of Household Management Some of them produce acid and render the products sour; others make them bitter; others, again, produce a slimy material which makes the wine or beer "ropy." The Story of Germ Life When the crust of highly fluid lava remains unbroken after its first freezing, it presents a smooth, hummocky, and ropy surface known by the Hawaiian term PAHOEHOE. The Elements of Geology She sat, sleeves tucked up from her ropy arms, peeling potatoes as I read. In the Days of the Comet And a fearful place is that jungle, a dense dark mass of thorny shrubs, and ropy creepers, and tall canes, and tangled brake, and gigantic gnarled trees, which groan wildly in the night wind's embrace. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance |
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