Word: adders
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...noises put up in various directions by the bustard, the secretary-bird, the ostrich, the stork. In the distance, the crashing and the rumbling of a passing elephant could faintly be heard. At the edge of a lake, a giant buffalo bellowed loudly for its mate; a frightened puff adder shot through the grass with incredible speed...
...osmopolitanism" of Hearst. But never before the current number has he set himself up as a crusader. Now he has dropped his wonted jollity and dedicated himself to that "stern god, Caustic Alkali." He has shed his Jester's trappings, has taken on a snake skin, and, with adder's blood, pursues the vermin. phrosyne sits alone at home...
...together with the news that Graduate Manager Berry has leased the Oaks, Cornell's historic training quarters at Highland, as the training quarters for the rowing squad which is now in training at Pough-keepsie. Coach Courtney was strongly in favor of the move in order to offer an adder spur to the leading candidates, as the Oaks have housed the Ithacan crew colony for many years...
...Withington '10 is at the head of the coaching staff. His assistants are S. T. Hopkins '14, L. Saltonstall '14, F. Wigglesworth '15, J. A. Gilman, Jr., '16, D. Adder '16, and D. Duncan...
...digging in the ground for grubs. When attacked these serpents often feign death, and do it so effectually that people have supposed that they fainted from fright. The small green snake, and the larger black snake are both well known and perfectly harmless, as is also the pugnacious checkered adder. The rarest snake of Massachusetts is the fox snake, which is much like a large adder. The water snake is quite large and often dangerous, for it will bite severely and hold on for a long time...