Word: otterness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...must own his clothes. His shoes must be low-cut brogues without buckles. The kilt must be made of his clan tartan, worn plain, no bows, no ribbons. The sporran (bag) must be of mottled leather or fur. If fur, the animal must be native to the Highlands, either otter, wildcat, badger, fox or skunk. The head must be mounted...
Henry Williamson is also author of the whimsical, profound, animal story, Tarka The Otter, His Joyful Waterlife and Death in the Country Of Two Rivers...
Cambridge traffic would be helped by this improvement, most of all by the new drives on the Boston bank which would fill in the present gap between Bay State Road and Otter St. The new drive would pass under the arches of the Harvard and Longfellow bridges and would thus give a continuous road which, after crossing Cambridge St., Brighton, at the end of the River St. bridge at grade, will have no other crossing at grade until it reaches the 'end of the Charles River Dam where it connects with Nashua St., which is now being widened. This...
...Quinn, which has not previously been announced, requested that changes favorable to the University's plan be made. In part, he said that "The public streets which we should like to have discontinued. ...are neither many nor important to the city. They are as follows: Colonial Way (formerly called Otter Street); South Street between Holyoke and Dunster Streets...... changes in the line of the southern end of Holyoke Street, as previously indicated to you." The changes referred to will consist of widening and straightening the passage...
...like a flash of concentrated lightning. Her social triumphs include New York, Newport, Washington, D. C., where she is a reigning belle in diplomatic circles and St. Louis, the city of her birth. Not only is she more than passing pleasing to the eye, but she dives like an otter, dances like a nymph and has a dramatic talent that would land her on Broadway were she ever to crave a dramatic career...