| 单词 | sharp-pointed |
| 例句 | The cow has a smooth body and a face that looks much like that of a mouse, with a sharp-pointed nose and whiskers, but the bull is different. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z With outstretched nets, noise-making implements, shouts, and sharp-pointed spears, they drove him back and back till he reached one of the iron gates, which was raised and then lowered swiftly behind him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z In his lean throat the sharp-pointed Adam’s apple made a surprisingly rapid up-and-down movement, and the beer vanished. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I carried the pieces home in my pockets and stuck them on a sharp-pointed stick which I kept hanging in the corn crib. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Its sharp-pointed prow lifted it at an angle from the stone floor of the docks, and though its shelter concealed him he could still watch the doorway easily. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Terry is serving a two-year and four-month sentence at the Category D prison near Woodbridge for affray, threatening a person with a blade or sharp-pointed article in a public place and theft. Hollesley Bay: Three prisoners abscond in one day prompting search 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z She flung the sharp-pointed strips across the highway like she was casting a fishing net. Officers remember 2015 Dallas police headquarters gunfire 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Douglas said he kept a piece of pipe in his office to protect himself because Robert would leave a sharp-pointed plumber’s wrench on his desk. A Durst Sibling Recounts the Violent Ripples Below a Charming Surface 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z I heard Kenneth Feld, Ringling’s owner, testify that he knew that his employees beat the elephants with the sharp-pointed bullhooks, sometimes to the point of drawing blood, to discipline and train them. Ringling elephants, free at last 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Bill very straight, sharp-pointed, compressed; both mandibles equally inclining to the tip, which is entire, and resembles a compressed wedge. Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Nearly smooth and glandless; stems diffuse; leaflets ovate-elliptical, reticulated; stipules ovate; flowers in heads on rather short peduncles; bracts broadly ovate, sharp-pointed.—Rocks, The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z This place was very finely situated on a big rocky and sharp-pointed mountain like an enlarged St. Michael's Mount. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z The nails should be very long, thin, and sharp-pointed, and by the women are usually stained of a red color. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A broad face should wear a large, full one; a long face is improved by a sharp-pointed one. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z The sharp-pointed one, a, is designed for the minutest forms and the larger points for large insects. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z P. occidentàlis, L. Leaves mostly truncate at base, angularly sinuate-lobed or toothed, the short lobes sharp-pointed; fertile heads solitary, hanging on a long peduncle.—Alluvial banks, S. Maine to N. Vt., Ont., The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z A fence had been constructed of sharp-pointed stakes, each about eight feet in height. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z In the absence of a drawing, strike a portion of the pitch circle with a pair of sharp-pointed compasses on a piece of zinc, which will show a very fine line quite clear. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z What she saw were two very small shining, brown, gently curved, sharp-pointed, sickle-like jaws sticking up out of the loose sand in the very bottom of one of the pits. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z They wore rings and necklaces and bracelets and brooches of rose-gold set with pink gems, and all four of the new arrivals, both men and women, carried sharp-pointed sticks, made of rosewood, for weapons. Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies 2012-03-17T02:01:04.773Z Scape 1° high, from a thickened caudex, leaves lanceolate, elongated, tapering to a sharp point, entire, woolly on the margins; scales of the involucre lanceolate, sharp-pointed, achene beakless.—Prairies, The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Some impale themselves on the sharp-pointed stakes, and, hapless benefactors! serve as gangways for their comrades who follow. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z They exchanged glances when the major-domo informed him that his presence would be required in a few minutes, and after the latter had gone out the negress handed Pacheco a sharp-pointed knife. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z It has, this creature, two great staring eyes, and stout, sharp-pointed spines stick out from various parts of the body. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z There was a narrow opening or crack there into which the lad jabbed his sharp-pointed candlestick. The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift 2012-02-28T03:00:24.413Z With a sharp-pointed knife, Andy picked away a small hole, and in it set a peg taken from the sledge. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z Its tall pickets, sharp-pointed and close together, seemed to suggest that strict rules were to be found inside; rules like the pickets, too firm and pointed to be easily broken through or climbed over. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z One of them carried a large wooden mallet; the others had between them iron staples with sharp-pointed ends. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z May be known by the narrow sharp-pointed leaves. Our Flowering Shrubs and how to know them 2012-02-18T03:00:16.030Z Leaves.—Palmately five- to seven-parted; the divisions slashed into sharp-pointed lobes. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z He was glad when, having shot her tiny sharp-pointed dart, she rose and went into the house. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z The aloe plant is commonly used for fences, its long sharp-pointed leaves proving an excellent repellant to any intruder. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z It was in the same year, that Franklin started the plan of proving the truth of his doctrine, by actually drawing down the lightning, by means of sharp-pointed iron rods raised high into the clouds. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z Thus one of the brothers Marion felt nothing of thrusts made by a sharp-pointed knife against his abdomen and the skin was in no instance injured. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z The flowers of the pearly everlasting have a peculiarly pure pearly look before they are entirely open, and their sharp-pointed little scales give them a prim, set look, like very regular, tiny white roses. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Their crown terminates in a cutting border bristling with sharp-pointed projections; this formation indicates that these teeth are principally designed for tearing. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z A form of “Moloch horridus,” bristling all over with polygamous excrescences, and cruel sharp-pointed spines, ever ready to thrust their awful venom into the unoffending human species. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z Bill short, straight, conical, sharp-pointed, destitute of a notch; nostrils basal, concealed by reflected bristly hairs. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Each group of houses forming a village is usually surrounded by a strong palisade of sharp-pointed posts, and further defended by pits lined with sharp stakes, which are lightly covered over with twigs and leaves. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Hungry whelks, finding them, could bore round holes in them with their sharp-pointed shells and so reach the juicy babies; wandering starfishes could clasp them in their long ray-arms and swallow shell and baby whole. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Shrikes are noted for their singular habit of impaling their prey on thorns or similarly sharp-pointed growths, or occasionally they may hang it in the crotch of a limb. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The other officers had absolutely nothing remarkable in their faces: coarse features, black eyes, twisted mustachios, sharp-pointed goatees, commonplace faces, on the whole, though manly. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Bill strong, nearly straight, sharp-pointed, of moderate length; nostrils basal, partly covered by a feathered membrane; first primary longest. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z California Walnut.—Leaflets in from five to eight pairs, more or less downy, but sometimes smooth, oblong-lanceolate, sharp-pointed, narrowing upward from near the base, two to two and a half inches long. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z Some broad-bladed, sharp-pointed instrument had been driven into his chest with such violence that the point had penetrated to the back. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z There, in the soft earth, they plainly saw several footprints, made by the peculiar, thick-soled sharp-pointed shoes the Chinese wear. Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise 2011-11-07T02:00:19.467Z In lieu of a pencil he was using the more inartificial substitute of a sharp-pointed piece of wood. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi 2011-11-02T02:00:10.087Z The leaves are oval, but sharp-pointed, and have each two little ones near the base; they are of a dusky green and indented, and they grow singly on the stalks. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z And along their tops was fastened a tangle of cut and sharp-pointed branches projecting well outwards, so that it was almost impossible to climb over. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Our muleteers were very accommodating fellows, and their interpretation encouraged them to renewed efforts to increase the speed of our donkeys, by applying, every thirty seconds, a sharp-pointed steel instrument. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z The other kind, often appearing on young growth or vigorous shoots, is awl-shaped, quite sharp-pointed, spreading and whitened beneath. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z There were dogs with little sharp-pointed ears and dogs with big flat drooping ears. Minor Poems Little Classics, Vol. 15 2011-09-29T02:00:16.533Z The leaves are numerous, nearly oval, sharp-pointed, juicy, of the colour of the stalks, and stand on longish footstalks, having membranous bases, which are furnished with long hairs at their edges. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z Quickly he tried several of his sharp-pointed tools in the locks of the handcuffs, but the mechanism was proof against manipulation, and he soon gave up the attempt. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z He gave no sign of having heard anything out of the common, and his sharp-pointed instrument never faltered for an instant in drawing the words on the waxen tablet. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z The twigs are smooth and reddish-brown, and the winter buds are smooth and sharp-pointed. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z A long sharp-pointed leaf; grows thin on the stalk; very tough and pliant. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z The danger of a sharp-pointed dibber is shown in the sketch. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z I would fain press on every conscience the sharp-pointed appeal—What is this Christ to us? The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z The city contains a great many handsome hotels or family houses, but is not generally well-built; the streets, all but one,—the Rue Calade,—are narrow: the pavement is of small sharp-pointed pebbles. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z The opposite leaves of the white ash are from 8 to 12 inches long and have from 5 to 9 plainly stalked, sharp-pointed leaflets, dark green and smooth above, pale green beneath. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Upon the willow trunk prone in the water, he saw a brown creature larger than any animal commonly seen, but chiefly in length, with sharp-pointed, triangular ears set close to its head. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z No: only a woman who has lived all her life where every man carries a sharp-pointed weapon. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z “I feel well enough to go down again,” said Dutch smiling; “but this time I must have a sharp-pointed iron rod to probe the sand.” Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z But there exist two groups of them, which are armed with curved and sharp-pointed hooks or claws, either in addition to, or instead of suckers. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z The compound leaves are 15 to 30 inches long, each with 11 to 17 sharp-pointed, oblong, finely toothed leaflets 2 to 3 inches long. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Mark could see three pairs of tiny, sharp-pointed ears in the grass. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Title deeds were for the most part written in blood, with a sharp-pointed one-nibbed steel pen. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Near by she found a sharp-pointed stick, the same that he had used, and with it began to scrape away the loose earth which hid the object of her search. The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z It is terrible to see the armoury of sharp-pointed pins that jut out at the sides of some women’s heads. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z It represented a woman with a wide-open mouth, through which protruded a long, sharp-pointed iron tongue. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z Then by his magic power he changed his companion into a sharp-pointed straight stick, while he himself took the shape of a dog, and they lay on the ground and waited. Canadian Fairy Tales 2011-05-30T02:00:14.087Z Sooner or later old Dame Fortune turns round her wheel and up comes her eldest daughter and pins your butterfly to the earth with the sharp-pointed pin of adversity. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z He had a red beard and a greenish-white complexion with watery blue eyes, thin red hair, and unusually ugly, protruding, sharp-pointed ears. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Its ability to find a sure footing on even smoothly glaciated rocks is due to the peculiar structure of the feet, which have a rubber-like pad beneath the sharp-pointed and sharp-edged hoofs. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z In one of its hands it held a sharp-pointed knife, and in the other it held a bearded spear. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z The daggers are flat and sharp-pointed, about twelve inches long, and made of horn or bone. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z Ascertain when done by means of a skewer or a small sharp-pointed knife. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z From many of the trees it had disappeared altogether, and these no longer bore any resemblance to trees, but looked like huge, sharp-pointed stakes, charred and black, as though profusely coated with coal-tar. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z The barley crop was heavy, and a trifle over-ripe, and the sharp-pointed awns which this cereal throws off had a way of seeking out our vulnerable points that was almost devilish. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Its leaves are long, sharp-pointed, and of a dark green color. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z In his hands he bore a long, sharp-pointed chitinous spear. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z Provençale.—With a sharp-pointed knife, make a small cut in the leg of mutton here and there, and large enough to stick into the cut a clove of garlic. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z From the ragged cap which he turned nervously in his hands to the large pair of sharp-pointed ladies' shoes on his feet, every garment was a misfit. Jimmie Moore of Bucktown 2011-02-24T03:00:53.640Z Seen from above, the head has a remarkable resemblance to the condition in Rhamphorhynchus, in the sharp-pointed beak and positions of the orbits and other openings. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z How beautiful they were, and how graceful was the shape of their sharp-pointed leaves! Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z Meanwhile, he slowly removed the sharp-pointed fragments, one by one. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z Immediately on taking them from the oven, cut off the cover with a sharp-pointed knife. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z It has a sharp-pointed blade, about 35 in. long, without any cutting edge, and the guard, or shell, is bowl-shaped, having its convexity towards the point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The raccoon looked sidewise at his sharp-pointed nose, and stroked it complacently. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z They were sharp-pointed steel things with a broad base, looking like enormous carpet tacks. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Once Burl paused to run his sharp-pointed weapon through a fleshy stalk and reassure himself that what he planned was practicable. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z Run a sharp-pointed knife or a skewer through, to ascertain when done. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z It proved to be an iceberg, shooting up to a great height, like one of the sharp-pointed Alps, and spreading out to a wide extent, on all sides. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z A sharp-pointed drill would bind in the hole and could neither be driven ahead nor removed without difficulty, but the sharp-edged tool cuts a hole as wide as the instrument. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z And one day he found Sam down on his knees poking a sharp-pointed stick in between the boards of the kitchen floor. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z The smaller victim had been a minotaur beetle, with a sharp-pointed horn like that of a rhinoceros to reinforce his offensive armament, already dangerous because of his wide jaws. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z In his distracted state, Uros had only time to lift up his arm in an attitude of self-defence, but Vranic was already upon him, plunging the sharp-pointed blade in his breast. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z This is easily done with a sharp-pointed knife, and requires but little practice to accomplish successfully. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z Between the mandibles is the sharp-pointed tongue, which can be thrust entirely through a grub, holding him impaled. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z “See that old fellow down the beach?” he inquired, pointing to an aged man who was picking up objects from the sand with a sharp-pointed stick. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z He seized the sharp-pointed snout of the victim, detached from the body, and fled from the scene. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z They are very hard, and endure for about fifteen years; are about an inch and a quarter long, and overlap, though their sharp-pointed ends turn away from the branch. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Take a loaf of bread two days old, which was baked in a round or a square tin; pare off the crust, and carve it with a sharp-pointed knife into vase or cup-shape. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z The sword was straight, sharp-pointed, short, sometimes less than 20 in., and rarely more than 2 ft. long. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The beak is sharp-pointed, the mouth very wide and large, the tongue very small, the eyes great, the foot hath four toes webbed together. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History She flung the sharp-pointed dart at him with so much quiet grace that he felt at once charmed and wounded. A Divided Heart and Other Stories C�sar for a time defended himself with the gown folded over his left arm, and the sharp-pointed style which he held in his right hand for writing on the wax of his tablets. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) His First Feat of Arms Peredur mounted his Rosinante, took for weapons a handful of sharp-pointed stakes, and rode forth to Arthur's Court. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Acu′leus, in botany, a prickle, or sharp-pointed process of the epidermis, as distinguished from a thorn or spine, which is of a woody nature. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide It is from six to eight inches long, and ends in a sharp-pointed hook of extreme strength and hardness. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Each of my side-pockets had a little packet of large-headed, sharp-pointed nails. The Spy in Black Acute, merely sharp-pointed, or ending in a point less than a right angle, 54. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The next instant Felix felt a violent stab; a sharp-pointed instrument had been thrust into him under the armpit between his breast and shoulder, so that his left arm dropped paralyzed by his side. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II With long, sharp-pointed steel wires they prodded into everything and every place where tobacco could be hidden. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document Too, Sadu had found man easy prey when he was alone—in numbers he was dangerous, particularly when backed by burning brands and sharp-pointed sticks. The Return of Tharn They are good horsemen and use their sharp-pointed arrows with the certainty of a bullet. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 Fortunately, however, this possible disaster was averted, for it came down directly over the sharp-pointed lightning-rod on the tower of our public library and stuck there like a piece of paper on a file. Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder My next move was to go to my room and take from my trunk a tiny hammer and some very small, sharp-pointed tacks. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth The girl, whose name, I believe, was Dhurea, or something like that, stabbed herself with the sharp-pointed spindle of the wheel, and in doing so laid a curse upon the Macduggan clan. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel The entire vegetation consisted of an occasional tuft of a low, sharp-pointed, smooth grass, ligneous within, and as hard as iron, but not brittle; so that it might very well be converted into mattress needles. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Upon the center of the elevation are several sharp-pointed rocks, from which the water rushes. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 The teeth in front of this are more or less sharp-pointed and compressed; the teeth behind broad and tuberculated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Look down into the greenish rush, and see how the waters hurl past these good stone piers, sharp-pointed up-stream against the tearing of winter ice! Careers of Danger and Daring Just beyond the camp, in a semicircle, facing the fire, a dozen dogs, resting on their haunches, lifted both their voices and sharp-pointed noses to the sky. Harper's Round Table, June 11, 1895 One could almost say that it was the same with the people here; when bad humor had fastened on these hard, sharp-pointed natures, the anger and quarreling had no end. Landolin She takes also with her an empty tortoiseshell in which to bring home the bulbs, and a sharp-pointed stick garnished at top with a circular piece of soft stone. Tales of South Africa The teeth are compressed and sharp-pointed, with a lobe on the inner side of the third, upper premolar not present in the previous genera. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" The oars hit the water as one, and the heavy, sharp-pointed whaleboat sprang away, taking a long leap over the waves with every powerful stroke of the oars. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers Kibatti gave his father a sharp-pointed spear, and gently laying his finger on the vital spot, between neck and head, showed him where to strike. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories Their food is chiefly fish, for the capture of which their long narrow beaks, armed with numerous sharp-pointed teeth, are well adapted, but some also devour crustaceans and molluscs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" "You know the old superstition—a present of sharp-pointed instruments dissolves friendship, and those who wish to be friends never give them?" Black Diamonds The sharp-pointed buildings could be seen to be interlaced with countless spidery cables and glistening bridges. Deepfreeze He was buttoned up in a cloth coat, and his cheeks rested in a pair of high, sharp-pointed collars, starched to an iron hardness, so that his body and head moved as one piece. A Marriage at Sea Charge a large jar, and insulate it; then connect two or more sharp-pointed wires or needles, with the knob of the jar, and connect the outside coating of the jar with the table. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments To my alarm, as the boat rose and fell on the waves, the heads of sharp-pointed stakes appeared and disappeared in the broken waters. Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical Journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5. On the right, Fastnet Rock rose out of the sea, crowned with a light-house; then the gray barren shore of Cape Clear Island, and soon the sharp-pointed Stag Rocks. An American Girl Abroad The "Needles of the Amphitrites"--we know that they could scarcely be seen from the terrace of the temple--were two narrow, sharp-pointed rocks, lying between the shore and the nearest lagoon island. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 It had a very keen blade, sharp-pointed and two edged. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine It was found by experiment in the wind tunnel that as the sphere was reduced to a sharp-pointed cylinder, the air resistance rapidly diminished to a certain point. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 Well, you'd have to have sharp-pointed iron shoes put on his hoofs, the same as they shoe horses for the winter. The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds But Wolfframb's songs came from the depths of a loving soul, and found their way to Mathilda's heart like glittering, sharp-pointed arrows. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. But the King's daughter stood near, devoured by ungovernable pride and envy, and when they chose me for the third time she took up a pair of sharp-pointed gardener's scissors----" "Stop! A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 What a misfortune that the wisp of straw which he threw at my breast when he took me to wife was not a sharp-pointed dagger! The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Another hundred yards, and they had struck the entangling abatis, and were feverishly working their clothes loose from the sharp-pointed limbs. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign With sharp-pointed missives they shattered My poor, stunned brain. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine She has a keen eye, a candid soul, a sharp-pointed pen. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920 The faces are quite white and staring—all as if in wonder; and they have such long thin legs! some of them ending in sharp-pointed shoes. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. One was round and smooth, the other was sharp-pointed. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children Personally, I don't think they will, for we've piled them up two deep, and a bag of grain affords tremendous opposition even to a sharp-pointed bullet. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front Carefully cut out the circles with a sharp-pointed knife. Primary Handwork "You will find a good one in the dining-room sideboard—a lady's knife, light to handle, and as sharp-pointed as a poniard." Shirley The solution of the problem of where to go had not been a thin-petalled rose, plucked from among particularly sharp-pointed thorns. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 The men wore their arms, which are composed of a hatchet, that they call aligua, a sharp-pointed spear of bamboo, and a shield; the women were muffled up in their finest ornaments. Adventures in the Philippine Islands Very likely the origin may be connected with the eruption of the first teeth after birth, or, in animals somewhat older, the entrance of a sharp-pointed particle of feed. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle The old man held his sharp-pointed beard by the tip, eying his nephew obliquely. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Such sweet society Is his delight, and his sharp-pointed dart Doth rouse within men's breasts the love of Art. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 In the Balsam Poplar the buds are large, sharp-pointed, and gummy; in the Ailanthus they cannot be seen. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination At length, the buffalo lowered his head, presented his sharp-pointed horns, stopped for a moment, then, with a sudden plunge, he rushed upon me, and I fired. Adventures in the Philippine Islands A sharp-pointed knife or a cannula and trocar should be introduced in the palm of the hand and pushed into the center of the rounded mass so as to evacuate the water. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Selecting a place where the water had left it hard and smooth, Storms, with a sharp-pointed stick, made 166 his characters and gave his instruction in the mysteries of mathematics. Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils Seeds adherent, numerous, notched, short, sharp-pointed, dark brown. Manual of American Grape-Growing There is no better way to recognize a Beech at any time of the year than by its very long, slender, and sharp-pointed buds. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination At night she is as serviceable as the best watch-dog, warning all trespassers by her piercing shriek, and by a furious dash at them with her strong neck and sharp-pointed beak. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba In case the end of the bleeding artery has retracted, a sharp-pointed hook, called a tenaculum, is used to draw it out far enough to tie. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle After reaching sea-level again we passed between acres and acres of taro-patches where the water mirrored the large bright stars and the arrow-shaped leaves cast sharp-pointed shadows. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 Seeds free, one to four, broad, sharp-pointed, plump, brown. Manual of American Grape-Growing Leaves much smaller and of a darker color than the American Elm, obovate-oblong, abruptly sharp-pointed, doubly serrated, rough. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Presently we see, above the leafy tops, a sharp-pointed minaret with a golden crescent above it. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit The trocar is a sharp-pointed instrument incased in a cannula or sheath, which leaves the sharp point of the trocar free. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Familiar faces, under shining helmets, moved towards him; the tips of sharp-pointed spears gleaming wickedly. Dream Town Seeds medium in size, length and breadth, sharp-pointed. Manual of American Grape-Growing Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, obovate-oblong or oval, abruptly sharp-pointed, sharply and often doubly serrated, soft-pubescent beneath when young, soon quite smooth; buds and branchlets smooth. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination The sinewy arms of the Indians could throw these sharp-pointed weapons with almost the precision and force of a bullet, and with far greater rapidity than the Spaniards could load and fire their muskets. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots It may be stuffed with parsley, if approved; in which case the holes to admit the parsley must be made with a sharp-pointed knife, and the parsley coarsely cut and stuffed in tight. 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 He had a small and rather sharp-pointed marline-spike, too, which he wore habitually, like a talisman, round his neck, and which stood him in hand in the intricate parts of his task. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life Seeds free, two to four, wrinkled, large, long, broad, sharp-pointed, yellowish-brown. Manual of American Grape-Growing Leaves ovate-oblong, small, 1 to 1� in. long, on short stems, sharp-pointed, serrate with equal teeth, smooth, green above and gray below, not oblique at base. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination The savages were armed with bows and arrows and with javelins, heavy, sharp-pointed, and nine or ten feet in length, which could be used either as clubs or pikes. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots Clear against the soft blue of the sky we see a sharp-pointed white cloud of a very curious shape, like an opened fan upside down. Round the Wonderful World There were great brown trees clinging stiff and frozen to their steep sides; sharp-pointed rocks, raising their great heads here and there from among the trees. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story Seeds free, one, two or occasionally three, small, short, sharp-pointed, brown. Manual of American Grape-Growing Leaves 2 to 3 in. long, rigid, entire, acute, densely crowded, sharp-pointed, of a rich dark green color, 5 together in lanceolate, deciduous sheaths. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination A man called the hurlie propelled half a dozen balls along with a long, sharp-pointed stick, between two given points, often far enough apart to make a trial of speed and endurance. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia The wheels groan and creak, the patient beasts turn in their dizzy circle, and the youngster seated on the wheel prods them with a sharp-pointed stick when they slacken. Round the Wonderful World Like flights of wild ducks the true sharp-pointed Vs soared off into the sky. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Seeds adherent, one to four, small, sharp-pointed, light brown. Manual of American Grape-Growing Leaves � to � in. long, rather slender, needle-shaped, sharp-pointed, incurved, pale- or glaucous-green; branchlets smooth. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination And he handed him a formidable clasp-knife, of which the curved and sharp-pointed blade was fitted into a strong horn handle. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 But she could not see that look warming his sharp-pointed features without feeling it again—that surge of desire that had driven her to give herself to him two months ago. The Saracen: The Holy War Daoud saw a line of sharp-pointed hills off to his left. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel A sharp-pointed punch will merely push the metal aside, and leave a very ragged edge to the hole. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity Leaves � to � in. long, strong, rigid, sharp-pointed, somewhat curved, glabrous, bright green, on stout branches with prominent buds. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination The leaves of the balsam are blunt or rounded at the ends and some of them are even dented or notched in place of being sharp-pointed. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties A sharp-pointed wooden pyramid over which a victim could be suspended. The Saracen: The Holy War There it was, to be sure—the little church with its sharp-pointed windows, every pane of which was sending streams of light across the glittering snow. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others A sharp-pointed wire nail will do for tin and copper. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity Cones oblong, 1 to 2 in. long, with sharp-pointed bracts half exserted and reflexed. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination From his sharp-pointed nose To the tip of his toes, He was all expectation!—when, suddenly "Snap!" The Nursery, May 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 5 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers However, the Earth forgot, and in her haste she struck the ground so hard with the sharp-pointed stick with which she dug turnips, that the floor of the sky was broken and she fell through. Wigwam Evenings Sioux Folk Tales Retold Varieties: Oblong cylindrical to almost conical, rounded at the base, sloping from the middle or above to the sharp-pointed apex. The Pecan and its Culture These continued to pursue the flying horses; the numberless obstacles so thickly strewn over the plain—the ravines, the hillocks, and the sharp-pointed cacti—could not stop them. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Leaves � in. long, very stiff, sharp-pointed, spreading broadly from the branches in all directions, dark green above and white beneath; petioles very short, dilated lengthwise at the point of attachment of the branches. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination The leaves when dry form stiff, sharp-pointed structures, which radiate in all directions, like knitting-needles stuck in a huge pincushion. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia This castle was very large, and had many towers and gables and little turrets with sharp-pointed, conical roofs. Gabriel and the Hour Book The dog had got transfixed on the sharp-pointed stake, planted firmly in the centre of the pit, and was now hanging on it in horrible agony, unable to get clear. The Giraffe Hunters Raise a small fold of skin in a pair of forceps, and make a small incision through the skin with a pair of sharp-pointed scissors or with the point of a scalpel. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. Leaves scale-shaped, somewhat 4-sided, closely overlapping, sharp-pointed, slightly tuberculate on the back; cones more or less clustered and nearly � in. long. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination For a few moments the little girl worked industriously, loosening the dry sun-baked soil, while Jonas scratched vigorously with his sharp-pointed stick. Christmas Light With that pair of long, sharp-pointed scissors which used to be on poor Henry’s writing-table. The Seven Secrets He tried to pull up a sharp-pointed stake that stood in the bottom of the pit. The Giraffe Hunters A good supply of needles must be kept on hand, both sharp-pointed and with blunt ends. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. Branches spreading, drooping, long, slender; buds small, covered with many sharp-pointed, overlapping scales; twigs green, somewhat grooved. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Have a sharp-pointed stick, about six or eight inches long, for the purpose of stirring the mould round the plants, in a similar manner to hoeing a crop in a garden. The art of promoting the growth of the cucumber and melon in a series of directions for the best means to be adopted in bringing them to a complete state of perfection It is a stocky bush two or three feet high covered with balls of flattened powerful sharp-pointed needles which will penetrate even a heavy shoe. The Book of the National Parks The space between the temple and the town affords a beautiful prospect, varied with undulating hills, green valleys, wooded slopes, and sharp-pointed rocks, and interspersed with gardens in the richest cultivation. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 With the sharp-pointed steel rod he picked and worked several minutes, but made very little progress in the flinty ice. Doctor Jones' Picnic Dr. Babcock puts it well in his lines:— The dark-brown mould's upturned By the sharp-pointed plough— And I've a lesson learned. Personal Friendships of Jesus I put my hand cautiously down upon its hair, which was coarser than bristles and sharp-pointed. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine You drive me, with all your sharp-pointed feminine weapons, to a painful task, and then you blame me because you fancy I've not discharged it as neatly as the angel Gabriel might. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice The latter is distinguished by a sharp-pointed bill closing laterally, the under mandible being about double the length of the upper one. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Drupe, fleshy, inferior, oval with the borders turned upward containing a very hard and fibrous nut; seed long and sharp-pointed. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines To accomplish the work with ease and success, a French boning-knife is desirable, but in the absence of one a sharp-pointed case-knife may do. Choice Cookery "Can you see that elderly man with the sharp-pointed features over across?" he asked. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution The leaves are small and slender, the flowers very small, with no display, and surrounded by little rigid, sharp-pointed bracts. Seed Dispersal In a few places snares are laid, or large holes are dug, and a sharp-pointed stake is stuck in the middle, covered with stalks and branches of trees, on which the bait is laid. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Two follicles, sharp-pointed, channeled, containing many imbricated seeds each with an awn. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines The nuts are oblong, sharp-pointed at the apex, cylindrical, bluntly rounded at the base, rough and jagged over the surface, and as a rule thick-shelled. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 An iron instrument with several sharp-pointed prongs and a wooden handle: it is used to find whether the bore is honey-combed. 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. Fled the clouds, the heavens were thundering, And the props of air bowed downward:310 Ukko's bow in twain was broken, In the moon the horns sharp-pointed. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes The huge creature was guided by a man called a mahout, seated on its neck, with a sharp-pointed stick in his hand. Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good On the upper plains, not far away, were her young companions, all busily employed with the wewoptay, as it is called—the sharp-pointed stick with which the Sioux women dig wild turnips. Indian Child Life Each wears shoes the soles of which are thickly studded with iron brads an inch long; and each carries a long pole called a “pick-pole,” which has a strong sharp-pointed iron spike in the end. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls He put on a short, snuff-coloured frock-coat, with a sharp-pointed collar, bound his neckerchief tightly, and incessantly coughed and stepped aside, with an agreeable and courteous mien. A Nobleman's Nest Thrust up from the trunk was a slim, sharp-pointed stub, keen and hard and preserved by its resin. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life The pistillate blossom assumes the form of one or more tiny nutlets with little sharp-pointed tips. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 They had seen the horns, sharp-pointed ones, which first came down, and then turned upwards in front of the animals' faces. Popular Adventure Tales The yellow bird burst into song, and the speckled starling uttered a sharp, jarring sound, and set up all its sharp-pointed, prickly looking plumes till it resembled a feathered porcupine. Witness to the Deed Then they all dived, and what their black sharp-pointed bills found under water tasted good to those hungry birds. Bird Stories She could dash off straight lines of writing,—line after line,—with sharp-pointed angles and long-tailed letters, in a manner which made her father proud of the money which he had spent on her education. Ralph the Heir But La Salle lay awake all night, watching the sharp-pointed autumn stars march overhead, and suffering what must have seemed the most unendurable of all his losses. Heroes of the Middle West The French To each of these he attached one of the sharp-pointed little hooks and fastened them at intervals a couple of feet apart on the line. The Young Alaskans On her right sat Theology, holding in one hand a sharp-pointed dagger, and in the other a blazing torch. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom Judge Branscombe, on the other hand, was a little man, with small, watchful eyes and sharp-pointed features. The Day of Judgment They scarified the seat of inflammation or rheumatic pain skillfully with sharp-pointed bones, and accomplished the cupping process by the use of gourd shells as substitutes for glasses. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) But almost before Joe realized it he had flashed over the water, and he was again speeding over the valley itself, with hard ground, rocks, stones and sharp-pointed trees beneath him. Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank Surgeon’s bent scissors are useful for frame embroidery, but they are not necessary, as ordinary sharp-pointed scissors will answer every purpose. Handbook of Embroidery The sky was all rosy and golden and clear beyond the sharp-pointed, dark firs on Lee's Hill. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 As we approached Portland, the sharp-pointed form of Mount Hood came prominently into view. Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California They brought him to a cavern and they bound him to three sharp-pointed rocks. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths Near the middle, on the upper part, it is armed with a long and sharp-pointed sting, finely serrated on two sides, which the fish can raise or depress at will. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Sometimes the frond of a giant fern brushed against my cheek, or the sharp-pointed leaf of a palm stung my face, but that was all. Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos When he distinctly feels the outline of the staff, he takes it in his left hand, and a short sharp-pointed bistoury in his right. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners The seed is contained in long, sharp-pointed cods, or seed-vessels, like unto the seed of yellow henbane, but somewhat smaller, and browner of color. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce The wood is hard and heavy, and was formerly used for making sharp-pointed spears. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture The beak is two inches long, black, slightly incurved, and sharp-pointed. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America From time to time he drew lines on the snow with a sharp-pointed stick. Historic Boyhoods Driven downward with savage force, a sharp-pointed, two-edged, straight-bladed knife had pierced the heart, and all was over in an instant. Waring's Peril But, unfortunately for this simple theory, the wound in the hound's shoulder was not of a kind to suggest the stab of a goat's horn or of an antelope's sharp-pointed antler. Kiddie the Scout At the bottom of the right side piece, and resting on the jaw of the press, was a sharp-pointed knife. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing I have never seen anything or anybody look much funnier than does a woman with a sharp-pointed nose and a pysche knot. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture Detail of the Foot Warmer The design on the brass can be made by tacking it on a board, laying out the design and piercing the background with some sharp-pointed tool. Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 Returning to them, and removing the wrapper, he exposes to view a half-dozen little rolls, in shape somewhat like regalia cigars, sharp-pointed at one end, and barbed as arrows. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco One of them was in the act of climbing over the sharp-pointed rails. Kiddie the Scout The men to move it had short paddles, like sharp-pointed shovels, and sitting with their faces to the bows, dug the paddles into the water, which they sent flying behind them. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading This animal is a long, low-bodied creature, with sharp-pointed snout, and an immense whip-like tongue, which he is capable of projecting to a great distance, in the same manner as the tamanoir. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys The rhinoceros, on the contrary, after regarding it for a moment, rushed fearlessly forward and drove its sharp-pointed horns into its body while it in vain attempted to defend itself with its trunk. Adventures in Africa By an African Trader It had tender stems, eighteen to twenty feet in length, and sharp-pointed leaves on long foot stalks. In the Wilds of Africa Treatment.—Hot baths and poultices are to be used until the presence of pus can be determined, when the tumor is to be opened with a knife or sharp-pointed iron heated white hot. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse In carnations leaves may sometimes be seen from both surfaces, from which project long, sharp-pointed tubular spurs at irregular intervals. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants He had a pair of fine large, showy, sharp-pointed whiskers; was exceedingl92y fond of hard words, and, in his speech, superfine in the extreme. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves It was a huge bull rhinoceros with a couple of sharp-pointed horns one behind the other. Adventures in Africa By an African Trader Stockades of sharp-pointed cedar posts outlined gardens near them. The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 The requisites are a sharp-pointed bistoury, blunt-pointed scissors, and a pair of Henry’s phimosis forceps, with fine needles and fine oculists’ suture silk. History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance "Here they are, Janet," he called, but even that was not necessary, for the twins had found each other, in spite of bobbing hats and sharp-pointed umbrellas, and were in each other's arms. Phyllis A Twin Some were well-shaped, with iron heads; but the mass simply pieces of hard wood sharp-pointed, which they hurl in great numbers. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Your sharp-pointed Lapp shoes will help you to do this, as they somewhat prevent the slipping of the skee. The Land of the Long Night "And I can imagine the whitecaps jumping like crazy things as the current hits up against the sharp-pointed snags and rocks that stick up like horns all over!" Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay The Disappearing Fleet The sailors leap up and hold her with loud cries, and get out iron-shod poles and sharp-pointed boathooks, and pick up their broken oars out of the eddies. The Aeneid of Virgil And for armour he had a rough jerkin, old and moth-eaten, and for arms he had a handful of sharp-pointed sticks of hard wood. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls The plaited leathern thongs, armed at the ends with lead and sharp-pointed bone, cut the back open in all directions, and inflicted such torture that the sufferers generally fainted, and often died. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. In the main channels of the river were sunk heavy, sharp-pointed chevaux de frise, or submarine palisades, with sharp points extending just above the surface of the water. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 I found thereupon that it filled my fingers with sharp-pointed prickles like needles. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon For, as he reached the surface of his nest, the sun went down. sharp-pointed toes that catch the slightest foothold in the bark. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Quick as a wink they stick their sharp claws in the soft body of the plant-louse and drink the blood with their sharp-pointed jaws. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Into one end of this he drives a sharp-pointed hard-wood spike, several inches long, and to the other end attaches a stout rope made of the fibrous husk of the cocoa-nut. Black Ivory Pressing quickly forward, he came to a broken part, near the centre, where, among a heap of grey, weather-worn rocks he perceived two sharp-pointed objects, like a pair of erect ears! Erling the Bold And having thus cut off the two hind legs, he made several deep gashes in them, thrust a sharp-pointed stick through each, and stuck them up before the blaze to roast. The Coral Island Ten toes behind and eight before, sharp-pointed toes that grip the slenderest twig, and catch the slightest foothold in the bark. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Then he struck a piece of bone, sharp-pointed, into the ice, and put the loop at the end of the line over it. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice The girl carried the cross to the window; an "X" had been scrawled by some sharp-pointed instrument at the junction of the bars. The Angel of Terror Now then, if that chap will only come to-morrow night, and forget another of these sharp-pointed toothpicks for Mister Archie, I shall be very much obliged. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris A waterspout is a whirling body of water, which rises from the sea like a sharp-pointed pillar. The Coral Island Its leaves were long, sharp-pointed, and dark green, hanging in large clusters. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa With all the strength I possessed, I darted down my sharp-pointed spear towards the top of its head. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory He carried in his hand a long, sharp-pointed knife, and the fierce monster pushed furiously towards him. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors The only weapon Manoel possessed, besides the manchette at his girdle, was his sharp-pointed staff,—not calculated for an encounter with so powerful a beast. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots It had long slender legs and large wings, its head being armed with a sharp-pointed hooked bill of prodigious size and strength. In the Eastern Seas “Dig, dig!” shouted Abel, and two of the new-comers began at once, while the leader of the party went to their sledge and dragged a sharp-pointed miner’s pick from where it was lashed on. To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze Gwyn gripped the knife, a sharp-pointed Spanish blade, and raised it, bending forward now, so as to look over Joe’s shoulder to see where to cut. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea The sidewalks rough with sharp-pointed stones, that made it misery to walk upon them. Recollections of Old Liverpool “Pomp know dat, Mass’ George,” cried the boy, poking the birds about with a long, sharp-pointed stick, one of several which he had cut ready. Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah The dogs sobered down and trotted beside him, each trying to walk with its sharp-pointed muzzle thrust into one of his hands. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales Artemus Ward touches this bubble with a pretty sharp-pointed pen. Pushing to the Front The tail feathers are sharp-pointed and stiff like a woodpecker's. Bird Day; How to prepare for it Through this incision a sharp-pointed stick was inserted. Winter Adventures of Three Boys They have sharp-pointed ears and very bushy, curly tails. By Canoe and Dog-Train It was also clear to them, that from this sharp-pointed thing, whether beast, bird, or reptile, came the hissing and hoarse croaking that puzzled them. The Castaways They had seen the horns, sharp-pointed ones, which first came down, and then turned upwards in front of the animals’ faces. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Tools Used in Laying Out Tenons and Mortises.—A sharp-pointed knife must always be used for making all marks. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations Played a “joke” on another pupil by fastening a dangerous, sharp-pointed, steel paper-file in the pupil’s seat for him to sit down on. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale Thereupon Grandmamma would take a hand, help her to fix her attention, to store away some of those barbarous dates in the Middle Ages, as sharp-pointed as the helmets of the warriors of those days. The Nabob, Volume 1 The hornbill’s beak, added Captain Redwood, is slightly curved, sharp-pointed, and about two inches long. The Castaways For this, he was put into a barrel driven full of small, sharp-pointed nails, and rolled down a steep hill—then taken out, all bleeding, and hung! Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure "Might it not have been a sharp-pointed one?" The Shrieking Pit Scattered, not overlapping, narrowly lanceolate or needle-shaped, sharp-pointed, spreading. Handbook of the Trees of New England "A bully good place to hide, all right," remarked Davy, as he glanced around at the wild character of their surroundings, and heaved another sigh in contemplation of further scrambling over those sharp-pointed rocks. The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol As the reader already knows, it is of a green colour, and covered with short stout spines, very sharp-pointed, whose bases touch each other, and are consequently somewhat hexagonal in shape. The Castaways Sometimes after the weaving is completed a few finishing touches can be satisfactorily put in by means of single stitches taken through the fabric with a sharp-pointed embroidery needle. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Lifting her skirt, she fetched from a sheath in her stocking a sharp-pointed knife. Ambrotox and Limping Dick Winter Buds and Leaves.—Buds ovate, conical, sharp-pointed. Handbook of the Trees of New England The ground is, or rather used to be, dug by sharp-pointed sticks. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia He saw one small scaled thing, rather like a crocodile in shape, but with a sharp-pointed nose; it waddled by, near enough to show two little black beads in its face. Son of Power To the right among these hills projected three sharp-pointed, pyramidal hills, indicating the location of the dumps of French coal mines, then operated by the Germans. On the Fringe of the Great Fight His horns are long, sharp-pointed, and bend backwards. The Human Side of Animals Winter Buds and Leaves.—Buds 1-1¼ inches long, conical, sharp-pointed, brown, slightly divergent from the stem. Handbook of the Trees of New England Some of Cupid's arrows were sharp-pointed and made of shining gold, and whoever was pierced by one of these felt love very deeply, at once. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs By turns, as the humour takes him, his noëls are sermons, or delicate religious fancies, or sharp-pointed satires, or whimsical studies of country-side life. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals There are three molars with sharp-pointed cusps in each jaw, with a small tuberculous tooth in the upper. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Another man came up, skinny, red hair, sharp-pointed nose. Four-Day Planet Winter Buds and Leaves.—Buds sharp-pointed, reddish-brown, minutely pubescent, terminal ¼ inch long, lateral ⅛ inch, appressed, the inner scales lengthening with the growth of the shoot. Handbook of the Trees of New England He had not fitted the answer to either of these sharp-pointed queries when a pair of light-fingered hands came from behind to clap themselves upon his eyes, and a well-known voice said, "Guess." The Price "Here is a weapon which will suit you better than that sword and javelin," he said, handing him a war club, a heavy weapon, with pieces of sharp-pointed obsidian fixed in it. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico The mnemonic songs are in nearly every instance incised upon birch bark by means of a sharp-pointed piece of bone or a nail. The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300 The sharp teeth, compressed and serrated like a palaeolithic spear point, and the powerful sharp-pointed curved claws on the feet, prove the carnivorous habits of these dinosaurs. Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections It is no longer the olive type of the Romans, or the heavy, stupid leaf of the earlier centuries of the Christian era, but has again turned towards the sharp-pointed, vigorous leaf of the Greeks. The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 04, April 1895 Byzantine-Romanesque Windows in Southern Italy Across the top of the great slope of broken wall glittered a fringe of sword-blades, sharp-pointed, keen-edged on both sides, fixed in ponderous beams chained together and set deep in the ruins. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes "Where is this place?" he asked, a wolfish gleam in his eyes, and his lips curved to a smile that revealed, under the black, curled moustache, the white gleam of sharp-pointed teeth. Tales of Destiny The dropping of any sharp-pointed instrument which sticks up in the floor, such as a knife, a pair of scissors, etc., foretells company coming from the direction in which the article leans. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk The leaves in form are lance-shaped, concave, reflexed near the ends, and sharp-pointed. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. For first, like wax she framed me by her eyes, Whose rays sharp-pointed set upon my breast Martyr my life and plague me in this wise With ling'ring pain to perish in unrest. Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles Delia - Diana Across the line occupied by his troops, a breastwork had been thrown up, and in front of this rows of sharp-pointed stakes had been stuck in the ground. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire When cold, some lines are engraved on the waxed surface with any sharp-pointed instrument. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The leaf is oval, has a sharp-pointed tip, is rounded at the base, and has fine, forward-pointed teeth. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Then taking two inch-and-a-quarter, thin, sharp-pointed nails he drove them obliquely into the tree just above the hole, so that about three quarters of each protruded into the hole. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure It was red, had small, sharp-pointed ears and nose and a bushy tail. Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's To Avoid Mistakes with Poison—When poison is kept in the house, push two stout, sharp-pointed pins through the corks crosswise. Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use Upon the edges of the flat border are sharp-pointed, colorless, spine-like processes, situated at equal distances around the entire periphery except at the anterior end. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 Morris exclaimed, and Ralph Tuchman, whose protruding ears, sharp-pointed nose and gold spectacles did not belie his inquisitive disposition, ceased writing to listen more closely to Abe's story. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures He said, If I can draw down electricity from the sky with a kite-string, I can draw it still better with a tall, sharp-pointed iron rod. The Beginner's American History Having fixed the carcass in position he drew forth his steel, sharpened his sharp-pointed “ripping-knife,” and at once proceeded to make all the opening cuts in the skin. The Extermination of the American Bison Had I been armed, the warrior who rose before me phantom-like in the laurel edging of the meadow would have had a most sharp-pointed answer to his challenge. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Some are long and sharp-pointed and adapted for piercing; others are short, cylindrical, usually retracted and capitate, adapted for sucking. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 The eastern extremity, as well indeed as the aisles, is surrounded by buttresses; and the sharp-pointed, or lancet windows, seem to bespeak the fourteenth, if not the thirteenth century. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Vines hung down over the face of the wall, coarse grasses and underbrush grew to its very edge, and sharp-pointed fir trees etched themselves against the clear blue of the sky. The Stolen Singer Small, sharp-pointed instrument used for making eyelet holes in needlework. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada But usually it was the other who got the worst of it, for those great, sharp-pointed horns of Big-Horn's tore and hurt. Mother West Wind "Where" Stories The body is spheroidal, ovate, or pyriform, with numerous sharp-pointed tentacles and a few straight, uniform tentacles. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 "At the foot of yonder second, sharp-pointed hill, lies SALZBURG"--said the valet: on receiving his intelligence from the post-boy. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three "There, I guess these two are ready," and he picked out two smoking hot ones, nicely browned, using a sharp-pointed stick for a fork. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods Bunker kept on making sharp-pointed sticks with his knife. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While It was not gray, but rather bright brown and smooth, with slender legs, pretty, sharp-pointed ears, and long whiskers round its big intelligent eyes. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross When about dusk, an aged gentleman, in a cloak, with a sharp-pointed cane in his hand, might be observed moving along the gutter of a narrow street. The Cross and the Shamrock Or, How To Defend The Faith. An Irish-American Catholic Tale Of Real Life, Descriptive Of The Temptations, Sufferings, Trials, And Triumphs Of The Children Of St. Patrick In The Great Republic Of Washington. A Book For The Entertainment And Special Instructions Of The Catholic Male And Female Servants Of The United States. Telemachus and his father took down the helmets and shields and sharp-pointed spears. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Their canoes are very neat, formed of two thin planks sewn together, sharp-pointed at each end and provided with outriggers. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants "Well, what is your guess, Sue?" asked Bunker, as he kept on making the sharp-pointed sticks. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While Don't run with that sharp-pointed boat in your hand. The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair And down fell many of the miserable wretches on their knees, and some on their faces, upon the sharp-pointed rocks. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader "On dat," and the Indian laid his hand upon a sharp-pointed prong which jutted out from the great root of a fallen tree. The King's Arrow A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists His nose was flat and sharp-pointed at the same time, and occasionally an expression came to his eyes that gave him the appearance of a weasel. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 "Yes, we might," replied Bunker slowly, as he laid down one sharp-pointed stick and began whittling another. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While The sharp knife enlarges the hole, which is the trail of the serpent, and the sharp-pointed, flexible wire follows the route until it has reached and transfixed the borer. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm My brother, fear not, nor infect With fear the Grecians; the sharp-pointed reed Hath touch'd no vital part. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Through this she thrust a sharp-pointed stick and held it over the glowing coals. The King's Arrow A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists The Indians also chase deer with dogs toward some narrow passage in the track where they have placed sharp-pointed pine sticks, two feet long, against which the deer runs and hurts itself. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan "What is Bunker making all the sharp-pointed sticks for?" Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While This sharp-pointed instrument was thrown on the ground to impede an enemy’s infantry and cavalry. New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America With the prevalence of maguéy as a cultivated plant, the appearance of the houses and other buildings changed, as all of them were thatched with the broad, long, sharp-pointed leaves of the famous plant. In Indian Mexico (1908) Brutus was getting well, but there would always be a scar on his shoulder, where the sharp-pointed shrub had entered the flesh. The Cromptons Its small size and sharp-pointed conical form are also characteristic. Studies of Trees Step up, ye divils, the Irishman shouted, applying his sharp-pointed spear to the sides of the most obstinate robber. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia It seems to me that I am walking along a narrow, badly-paved street in an ancient town, between many-storied houses of stone, with sharp-pointed roofs. A Reckless Character And Other Stories For a dozen years the maguéy plant stores away starchy food in its long, thick, sharp-pointed leaves. In Indian Mexico (1908) For there—where the hair joins the hoof, technically known as the "coronet"—was a deep, jagged wound, such as is caused usually by a horse slipping and jabbing itself with sharp-pointed shoe-calks. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police The bud in the yellow-wood is hardly noticeable and of a golden yellow color, while that of the beech is very long, slender, and sharp-pointed, and chestnut brown in color. Studies of Trees I was instantly struck with a sharp-pointed knife, and as I grappled with my enemies, I called upon my nephew to spare me. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia He slued about with the menacing, shrapnel look, and it seemed that there might be an explosion of sharp-pointed small bullets over the dinner-table. Joy in the Morning That low receding forehead, that sharp-pointed face, that foxy-looking beard, bristling off both cheeks; the long meagre figure, the sinewy limbs, the face, the cry. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales We stretched the material taut and then tacked it fast with sharp-pointed, large-headed brass tacks, and while inserting these we measured carefully the distances between the tacks in order to keep this trimming uniform. 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 Distinguishing characters: The bud is sharp-pointed, scaly, and reddish brown. Studies of Trees Upon the ground in front of the hut were half a dozen long, sharp-pointed spears, belonging to the natives, and almost their only weapons for defence or attack. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia If the design to be used is in the shape of a drawing or engraving, a sheet of gelatin may be laid over it and the outlines traced with a sharp-pointed instrument. What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 Yet oh! that the dames of the Scandalous School Would but use the same acid, and sharp-pointed tool, That are plied in the said operations— Oh! would that our Candours on copper would sketch! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood When they were gone Odysseus and Telemachus carried all the helmets and swords and sharp-pointed spears that stood in the hall, away to the armory and hid them there. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories The quaking aspen may be told by its reddish-brown twigs, narrow sharp-pointed buds, and by its small finely toothed leaves. Studies of Trees So, bidding his mother farewell, Peredur mounted his horse, and took in his hand a long, sharp-pointed stake. Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion Stretched on these sharp-pointed arrows I have felt this period to be as long as if it was a century. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 At this, Shalya, O monarch, excited with rage, deeply pierced all of them with ten arrows, like persons piercing mighty elephants with sharp-pointed lances. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 He carefully tore them here and there with a sharp-pointed piece of wood, while to complete the deception, he spoiled the appearance of his attire by daubing it freely with dirt. Heiress of Haddon In the honey locust the bark is not ridged, has a sort of dark iron-gray color and is often covered with clusters of stout, sharp-pointed thorns as in Fig. Studies of Trees This island is a high mountain with a sharp-pointed top, and is the north-westernmost of all the Friendly Islands. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship Hence, I shall destroy the eye with sharp-pointed arrows.' The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 He threw away his stout staff, his sharp-pointed iron-stick, his nets and springs, and his iron cage, and set at liberty the she-pigeon that he had seized and immured."'" The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 We went on it early, testing with axe and sharp-pointed poles. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America Behead a sharp-pointed weapon, and leave a fruit. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 The bill was four inches long, without nostrils, and very taper and sharp-pointed. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship The stalks are jointed, and the branches covered with leaves about eighteen inches in circumference, forming eight or ten sharp-pointed divisions, of a bluish green color, spreading out in different directions. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Snakes, sharp-pointed kusa blades, and pits, men avoid when they perceive them lie on their way. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 I also shot at it with one of my sharp-pointed arrows, but I did not hit it. When Buffalo Ran Her nose was long and straight, almost sharp-pointed; her face too thin to be a perfect oval. Nocturne The bill of this bird is red, and very strong, thick, and sharp-pointed. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) In Zilla, N. Mooradabad, in April, about six weeks after planting, the earth on each side of the cane-rows is loosened by a sharp-pointed hoe, shaped somewhat like a bricklayer's trowel. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. The last arrow which he drew out was headed with flint, sharp-pointed, and double-edged like a dagger. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time It had long, white hair, a white beard like a very old man's, two horns curved back over its head and its feet had sharp-pointed hoofs. Prince Jan, St. Bernard At the end he plucked an ear of corn, stripped away the half dried husk, and showed Hal and Mab some sharp-pointed kernels. Daddy Takes Us to the Garden The Daddy Series for Little Folks Sreng was armed with "two heavy, thick, pointless, but sharply rounded spears;" while Breas carried "two beautifully shaped, thin, slender, long, sharp-pointed spears." An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 The gods having thus captured Loki, dragged him without commiseration into a cavern, wherein they placed three sharp-pointed rocks, boring a hole through each of them. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson He wore a close, sharp-pointed Vandyke beard, and his gold-bridge glasses sat at almost right angles upon his nose. Twelve Men Whereupon a hot pursuit of Loki took place, who, after changing himself into many forms, was caught, and chained under sharp-pointed rocks below the earth. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Each one was given a pair of short sharp-pointed heavy bones. Through the Air to the North Pole or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch All this, with that sharp-pointed German bullet in the carotid artery! Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front The blood they obtain by shooting a very sharp-pointed arrow into the neck vein of the cow. African Camp Fires A large, sharp-pointed stone stuck out of the ground at his feet. Stories of the Border Marches His withered yellow body straddled a kind of bench, to which was fixed a sharp-pointed stick of iron-wood. White Shadows in the South Seas There is even a glass pen, consisting of a sharp-pointed cone of glass with grooves running down to the point. The Practice and Science of Drawing With the sharp-pointed tools ready for service, Tom and his three chums rushed toward the burning stacks. Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck This was the best shooting I did in Africa—or anywhere else—and is a first-rate argument for the Springfield and the high velocity, sharp-pointed bullet. African Camp Fires For on either side of every massive skull jutted out the sharp-pointed, curving ivory. The Elephant God And the place was free from moss, as they always said; the rude scratch, as of a sharp-pointed instrument. Marie After removing carefully all air bubbles from the sheet, place upon it another dry sheet of equal size and write upon it your communication with a sharp-pointed pencil or a simple piece of pointed hardwood. Disputed Handwriting An exhaustive, valuable, and comprehensive work upon one of the most important subjects of to-day. With illustrations and expositions for the detection and study of forgery by handwriting of all kinds She came out walking on a terrace of grey grass set with strange clusters of swords, sharp-pointed and double-edged. The Divine Fire Across the lake he saw a camp-fire and a pale, sharp-pointed object that was a trapper's tent or an Indian's tepee. The Mysterious Rider They indeed call the wind that brings this sharp-pointed snow, The Tormenta. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) These roots were unearthed by a long, sharp-pointed stick, called a root digger. Blackfeet Indian Stories Defects are easily cut out with an ordinary straight-back, sharp-pointed knife having a blade two and a half to three inches long. Every Step in Canning Our method is to go out at twilight the first Sunday in April, about the time the cutworms go to roost, and take a sharp-pointed stick. Mince Pie Beneath the sharp-pointed rock is the chamber with the box. The Rover Boys In The Mountains Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune Beneath the fruit hangs down, from the same stalk, a leafy sharp-pointed tuft, which seems to have been the flower. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Flowers in a ring about the top of the stem, length 1 in., the tube enveloped in long, black, twisted hairs; sepals brown-purple; petals narrow, sharp-pointed, purple-rose coloured; stamens white and yellow; stigma rose-coloured. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation The upper part of this mountain as seen from Chamonix looks quite sharp-pointed enough to deserve its name of the "Needle of the South." McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 Her unhappy eyes and small, sharp-pointed face, shrinking into her furs. The Romantic Go due southwest from the pine tree sixty-two paces, to the flat rock, behind which is a sharp-pointed rock. The Rover Boys In The Mountains Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune A sharp-pointed twig is thrust straight through the head of the helpless victim at the eyes, and after one wild, fluttering agony—it is dead. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The stuccoed walls of the houses, and the sharp-pointed stylus which was used in writing on wax tablets offered too strong a temptation for the lounger or passer-by to resist. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature To unmold separate the paste from the pan—at the edge—with a sharp-pointed knife. Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes and Home Made Candy Recipes Under the loaded droop of green a grey sharp-pointed gable, topped by a stone ball. The Romantic "There ought to be a flat rock here, backed up by a sharp-pointed one," answered the eldest Rover. The Rover Boys In The Mountains Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune Above Lakeside, at the southeast end, is Monument Peak, then, about midway between Lakeside and Glenbrook is a sharp-pointed bare mass of rock known as Genoa Peak. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter A few sharp-pointed spires of tinted rock lifted above us a thousand feet or more. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico To guard against this, the divers always carry a sharp-pointed knife, and on seeing any of these fish above them, present the point over their heads, and stick it into the fish's belly. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. To the south-west I distinguished several small islands, of which the northernmost and largest is remarkable from two high and sharp-pointed peaks upon it, lying in latitude 33� 57' and longitude 134� 13'. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 "No sharp-pointed rock within a hundred feet of here," answered Sam, gazing around. The Rover Boys In The Mountains Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune A sharp-pointed spike is driven through the palm of each hand and through the feet. Quiet Talks about Jesus The spiked ball and the four-sided and sharp-pointed spike are of steel. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do The fishing spear is usually headed by a bundle of about four or six slender, sharp-pointed pieces of wood, two feet in length, sometimes barbed at the point. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 Off its northern end there is a queer pin-shaped rock, and off its southern end are same sharp-pointed rocks. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient I don't see anything of a sharp-pointed rock, do you? The Rover Boys In The Mountains Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune The eastern extremity, as well indeed as the aisles, is surrounded by buttresses; and the sharp-pointed, or lancet, windows, seem to bespeak the fourteenth, if not the thirteenth, century. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 The spikes are cut out of wood, sharp-pointed and cone-shaped, the base having a brad to stick into the ball. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do His features were large and gaunt, and he had the long, hooked nose, and the sharp-pointed bestial ears of a satyr, with leering eyes—betokening at once sensuality and cunning. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance He had been stabbed in two places in the breast with some sharp-pointed instrument. The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney Have your scales at hand, also a sharp-pointed knife and an apple-corer, a slaw-cutter and a large, deep porcelain dish to receive the sliced pineapple. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. At the falling of the night it reached far up towards the turret, a great sharp-pointed vine, with only here and there a miserable leaf on it. A Roman Singer The fruit grows singly from the center of a small plant having fifteen or more long, narrow, serrated, ridged, sharp-pointed leaves, seemingly growing from the root. Science in the Kitchen. Two miles at our left rises a sharp-pointed elevation, known to the inhabitants of the region as Round Hill. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation The rattlesnake inserts its poison in the body of its victim by means of two long sharp-pointed teeth or fangs, which grow one on each side of the forepart of the upper jaw. The Illustrated London Reading Book Scoop out with a sharp-pointed knife the fuzzy centres, leaving the soft base, which is the luscious morsel. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. The Loon or Great Northern Diver Length two and a half to three feet, with a long neck like a Goose's, and a stout straight black bill, very sharp-pointed. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Wash and wipe a quantity of smooth, even-sized tomatoes; remove the stems with a sharp-pointed knife. Science in the Kitchen. At the north-east corner are remains of sharp-pointed arches; here also is an enclosure with table, desk, and elevated seat. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832 Its frond-like branches are closely covered with very small sharp-pointed leaves of a yellow-green color, smooth and shining, and they remain on the tree five or six years. Among the Trees at Elmridge Blade two inches long, sharp-pointed, handle six inches long, wooden; not a clasp knife, blade immovable in handle. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Then I saw he was much bigger, and the beak was square at the end, as if it was cut off instead of being sharp-pointed. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Chapter twelve contains a warning against covetousness, enforced by the parable of the rich fool and its sharp-pointed application, "So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." The Teaching of Jesus Each one holds in his hand a short, sharp-pointed stick, with which to make a hole in the ground. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People We could see cattle in the distance, up to their necks in the lilies, their heads and sharp-pointed horns coming up and going down in the blue and white. Balcony Stories M.P., should be stuck there like a common soldier, with a heavy and dangerous gun and a nasty sharp-pointed bayonet, to stand and shiver while others slept. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Bill strong, straight, sharp-pointed, two-thirds of an inch long. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners The architecture or Fountains Abbey is mixed; in some parts are seen the sharp-pointed windows, in others the circular arches. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 343, November 29, 1828 The sun had already disappeared behind the sharp-pointed gray peaks. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People Her fingers, tipped with sharp-pointed grey and glistening nails, clawed the keys with a dreadful mechanical motion. Cheerful—By Request Segments linear, sharp-pointed, mostly fertile, having the margins entire and recurved, giving the sori the appearance of half-open pods. The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada Female: brownish and streaky like a big Sparrow, with sharp-pointed tail-feathers; two dark-brown stripes on the crown. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners I watched my opportunity, followed Mr. Tyrrel from the rooms, seized a sharp-pointed knife that fell in my way, came behind him, and stabbed him to the heart. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are It may be as well to mention that the sharp-pointed leaves have been known to inflict serious injury. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 397, November 7, 1829 This opening is best made with a sharp-pointed iron, and may afterwards be kept large enough by an occasional trimming with the knife. Diseases of the Horse's Foot See the sharp-pointed features of the Italian bard, and Homer no longer blind! A Cotswold Village They are heavy, wooden, sharp-pointed poles, ten or twelve feet long. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Allow to bake some time longer, remove from oven, and with a sharp-pointed knife remove the centre lid. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. The Germans advanced in a sharp-pointed column, of the form of a triangle or solid wedge. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Aichmophobia is a name given by the French to the fear of the sight of any sharp-pointed instrument, such as a pin, needle, fish-spine, or naked sword. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine And having thus cut off the two hind legs, he made several deep gashes in them, thrust a sharp-pointed stick through each, and stuck them up before the blaze to roast. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean The little man bowed and hastened away, to return presently with twenty curiously crooked dwarfs, each armed with a sling and a quiver full of slender, sharp-pointed darts. The Enchanted Island of Yew Cut out the whole of the paste round, oval or square, and with a sharp-pointed knife mark half-way through all round about an inch from the edge. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. Twenty of his Majesty's surgeons will attend, to see the operation well performed, by discharging very sharp-pointed arrows into the balls of your eyes as you lie on the ground. The Blue Fairy Book He says that in 543 cases of traumatism of the liver collected by Elder, 65 were caused by cutting or sharp-pointed instruments. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine A water-spout is a whirling body of water, which rises from the sea like a sharp-pointed pillar. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean Her fingers, tipped with sharp-pointed and glistening nails, clawed the keys with a dreadful mechanical motion. One Basket Split open, inserting a sharp-pointed knife right round and pulling apart. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. But, taking the point as proved, our German still allows that the Yankees have some sharp-pointed sense, which he illustrates by narrating how Hiram Twine turned a village of Smith-voters into the Breitmann camp. The Breitmann Ballads The stake was slightly curved at its upper part, being 43 inches long and three inches in circumference, and sharp-pointed at its extremity. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine On the upper plains, not far away, were her young companions, all busily employed with the wewoptay, as it was called—the sharp-pointed stick with which the Sioux women dig wild turnips. Old Indian Days He planted sharp-pointed sticks around the leaping flames. Old Indian Legends With a sharp-pointed knife split the biscuit open and place in buttered tin, with a bit of butter on the top of each, in hot oven till crisp and brown. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. |
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