How To Use Serpentine In A Sentence

It looked like it was made of plaques of imperial jade, not softer serpentine. JADE ISLAND
You prayed to the devil in Serpentine avenue that the fubsy widow in front might lift her clothes still more from the wet street.
How about apatite, apophyllite, axinite, chlorite, hypersthene, scapolite, serpentine, tantalite, and wolframite?
It flew in search of waterfalls that fell off the hills and flowed in serpentine paths on the plains.
Arctic Village is an assembly of 40-odd spruce-log cabins that overlook the serpentine bends, oxbows, and channels of the East Fork.

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Not an imaginary scene, but a view of Philip's serpentine garden at Greystones, winding into the distance. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
An unusual pairing during Art Basel Miami Beach was the jointly held event between Pringle of Scotland, the design house for Scottish woolies, and Serpentine Gallery, one of the most respected galleries in London. Kiša Lala: ART AND FASHION: Pringle Of Scotland And London's Serpentine Gallery Collaborate To Promote Scottish Artists
She says her illustration of a frenzied cat with a serpentine body always provoked immense laughter from children.
I will wander down it and pick flowers, green cowbind and the moonlight-coloured May, wild roses and ivy serpentine. The Waves
Yvette Gilbert, the songstress of the vile, the recitationist of the vulgar, and Le Loie Fuller, the dancer of the serpentine, live off the fat of the land every day. The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10
The theme of dematerialisation is reprised at the top of the block, which is crowned with a glass belvedere (for meetings-with-a-view), connected to the lower floors by a serpentine spiral staircase.
Various mineral localities occur throughout the county, of which some of the most important occur on the shore at Portsoy, as for example the gabbro masses in Portsoy Bay with enstatite, hypersthene and labradorite, the graphic granite with microcline, muscovite and tourmaline at East Head, the chiastolite-schist west of the marble quarry, the mottled serpentine with strings of chrysotile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
I watched her serpentine through the doors and carry the tray directly to a table of people who had just sat down—she was a pickle passer.
And Antonio spent one portion of his life transforming a rocky hillside in Barcelona into a labyrinth of walkways, serpentine retaining walls, small ovalesque grottoes, a typography of earth and mind, a physical rendering of flamenco patterns, flying lines, and planes kerned in kinetic chthonic exclamations! The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
As one looks upward at the wall, one can find the serpentine road clinging to the mountain just like a snake with numerous whirls.
Limestone, serpentine, and acidic rock types are extensive in western Newfoundland; peatlands, fens, and forest cover large areas.
The road through this landscape moves with serpentine indecision: it rises, curves and double backs, hesitates, sinks, then curves back on itself once more.
There were more twists and turns in the BMW International Open over the flatlands of Nord-Eichenried than on the most serpentine of mountain passes.
The serpentine robots could also be used to disarm explosives while minimizing the danger to humans.
To quilt the sashing and borders, set the machine for a serpentine stitch and stitch parallel rows down the strips.
It is an easy drive on two lane roads that serpentine through the Laurel Mountains.
Now, the company cherished for its bold use of colored stones, cabochon cuts and serpentine coils is making its brashest move yet: a merger with French luxury giant LVMH. 20 Odd Questions: Nicola Bulgari
The show on the second floor of the multi-storeyed Customs House, attracted hundreds of excited buyers who stood in serpentine queues clutching bulging purses.
There are serpentine mahogany bureaux and marquetry tables à écrire.
Stopping in his tracks, Kaylun Looked around, and, out of the shadows, stepped a long, serpentine, dragon.
Nothing could have been more heart-warming than the sight of people standing patiently in a serpentine queue at the auditorium to buy the commemorative stamp!
It is underlain by schist, phyllite, and quartzite, although outcrops of serpentine are common in the area.
You can meander along the serpentine paths that lead into the forests and soak in some wilderness.
I was commended on one fine piece of unusual serpentine that I'd found, and felt very pleased with myself indeed, until I remembered that I had, after all, found it, and had had no idea in the world how rare it was until that moment.
Afternoons are a nightmare for commuters standing in serpentine queues at the rear entrance of the City Railway Station.
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The intellectual and creative processes by which we improve infrastructural code are no less natural than the geological forces that turn granite into gneiss, limestone into marble and peridotite into serpentine.
Her hands gripped his hair, her legs sliding in serpentine coils to lock behind his knees. Busy Weekend - much accomplished...
The stand, with its baluster legs and serpentine stretcher, is also japanned and similar to other European designs of this period.
We followed the serpentine course of the river.
He has four feet so he is not a serpent type, although his tail seems serpentine.
To return to the marks of glaciation: in the moraine at Mazze there are many large blocks of protogine and large and small ones of limestone and serpentine which have been brought down from Monte The Antiquity of Man
The shelled serpentine walks were bordered with low, closely clipped cassina hedges; clusters of white and rose oleander, scarlet geraniums, roses of countless variety, beds of verbena of every hue, and patches of brilliant annuals, all looked up smilingly at him. Beulah
KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court today once again deferred its verdict on alleged international serial killer Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj's case, further prolonging the dubbed serpentine's seven-year battle against the three-decade old murder charge. The Himalayan Times RSS
They consist of talcose-schiste, bluish-grey limestone, talc in beds, serpentine, black marble similar to the oldest in the Alps, quartz, feldspar, and porphyries. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
A serpentine flow meanders through formations of smooth pahoehoe lava and rough aa lava, the same forms common in basalt lavas.
'Euphotide' and serpentine, containing sometimes crystald of augite and uralite instead of diallage, are thus nearly allied to another more frequent, and I might almost say, more 'energetic' eruptive rock -- augitic porphyry. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
A hen I call him, as well for his cackling, ready and smooth tongue, wherein he giveth place to none, as for his deep and subtle art in hiding his serpentine eggs from common men's sight: chiefly for his hennish heart and courage, which twice already hath been well proved to be as base and deject at the sight of any storm of adverse fortune, as ever was hen's heart at the sight of a fox. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance
It was fascinating, as lanky and serpentine as a snake, but with humanoid characteristics.
The number of rare species includes the serpentine thrift (Armeria vulgaris serpentini), the pannonian thyme, the prostrated speedwell, the English galingale and the mudwort.
Finish with a 12-mile mountain-bike ride on the serpentine Forest Service roads of the Chugach National Forest, near Girdwood.
Its mineralogical constitution is not simple; in some parts the rock is of a cherty, in others of a feldspathic nature, including thin veins of serpentine. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
They are cut in the rock _in situ_, hard, blackish serpentine, which is a soft grey colour on the exposed surfaces. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
The intellectual and creative processes by which we improve infrastructural code are no less natural than the geological forces that turn granite into gneiss, limestone into marble and peridotite into serpentine.
Proving very popular are the new serpentine bedside cabinets in real satinwood handpainted with classical motifs, at about ￡600.
We had visited the asbestos claims, where the edge of a blanket formation of the rock known as serpentine, containing the asbestos, lay exposed to view, twisting around the head of narrow canyons, and under beetling cliffs. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
Others extracted from the sayings of Michael Angelo the precept that serpentine undulating lines were the true _lines of beauty_. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
There is an inlaid Victorian display cabinet, an inlaid serpentine chest and an Edwardian chiffonier.
Try and work on his balance and collection by riding full circles, half circles (to each side), figure eights and serpentines.
And that is what today's post is about-the unique plants and animals that call serpentine soil home. Museum Blogs
The grunstein, which farther north was less granulous, and passed into serpentine, here assumes a very different character. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
On the heels of a serpentine bass clarinet solo, the piece ends with sax, trombone, and clarinet wailing against a massive brew of drums, congas, and bass.
In particular, the minerals concerned are: chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, anthophyllite, tremolite und actinolite, which are categorized on the basis of their chemical composition and fibrous structure as serpentine Asbestos 1. Introductory part: Asbestos - Deposits, uses, types, characteristics
There are also: serpentine, colubrine (if it's a cobra-like snake, can't apply to a constricter, say, or a sidewinder ...), anguine. Breakfast in Bed
The reigning Four Continents champions also executed a serpentine lift followed by synchronized twizzles, two curve lifts (one in combination with a rotational lift), a spirited diagonal step sequence, and a nice rotational lift.
The serpentine syntax of legal language is often used to obfuscate meaning and confuse those outside the law.
Our Sunday camp was beside what might be called a serpentine curve or series of loops in the river. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
Clustered on hills - its houses like red-roofed barnacles - and divided by serpentine rivers, the city is a haven both for Bulgarians seeking to reclaim their past and expats seeking to escape theirs.
Serpentine is a common name for the minerals antigorite, lizardite and chrysotile.
We followed the serpentine course of the river.
He created the field trip trophy from serpentine and quartz - a beautifully crafted piece of work.
Serpentine layering Climbers such as clematis, jasmine, wisteria and honeysuckle root wherever their long pliable stems touch the soil.
The second is a flowing, serpentine face coiled around the unutterable disgrace of national decomposition and dissolution.
Heel and toe: Driving the sporty GTI, we zipped through our serpentine handling course using the heel-and-toe technique to rapidly downshift, blipping the throttle while braking before each corner. Track test: How does brake-override affect enthusiast driving?
An aeroplane was moving over a world of forests and serpentine lakes. MURKY SHALLOWS
The plaques, many shaped like letters of the alphabet and engraved with serpentine figures, knives and guns in addition to names and dates of birth and death, can be found on utility posts around the city.
Addition of serpentine can reduce the pellet's RSI, whereas calcined dolomite or dolomite can make the pellet swell abnormally.
The locality and dimensions of the South Dakota ‘fish’ have led paleontologists to guess that the creature was a long-necked plesiosaur or a serpentine mosasaur.
The following perennial tropical forest latifoliate elements were combined: low altitude pluvial, submontane pluvial, montane pluvial, typical cloud, low cloud over serpentine, low altitude evergreen mesophile, submontane evergreen mesophile, and coastal microphile. Cuban moist forests
Drivers would continue on the serpentine route until the road they actually need from Brighton Hill is the first left.
Via an eventfully serpentine route, in the 1950's, she became an acclaimed model in Paris. Michael Henry Adams: "Black Royalty"?
Then the couple decided to throw some curves at the problem, in the form of a serpentine front deck that echoes curves in the home's landscaping.
A scurvy, vermiform scug with a serpentine twinkle in his solitary eye. On writing by stephen king
In some cases there is a strong tendency for the central part of the lesions to disappear, and the process then remain stationary, the patches being ring-shaped -- _psoriasis circinata_; and occasionally several such rings coalesce, the coalescing portions disappearing and the eruption be more or less serpentine -- _psoriasis gyrata_. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine
How about apatite, apophyllite, axinite, chlorite, hypersthene, scapolite, serpentine, tantalite, and wolframite?
Beaumont, Elie de, on the uplifting of mountain chains, 51, 300; influence of the rocks of melaphyre and serpentine, on pendulum experiments, 167; conjectures on the quartz strata of the Col de la Poissoniere, 266. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
They consist of talcose-schiste, bluish-grey limestone, talc in beds, serpentine, black marble similar to the oldest in the Alps, quartz, feldspar, and porphyries. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
Serpentine layering Climbers such as clematis, jasmine, wisteria and honeysuckle root wherever their long pliable stems touch the soil.
Masses sufficiently large for cutting are found in the norite of the Kupferberg in the Fichtelgebirge, and in the serpentine of Kraubat near Leoben in Styria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
‘Fish like snake,’ she cautioned, waggling her hand in serpentine gesture and shaking her head discouragingly.
When serpentine dissolves in sulfuric acid, the silicon in the mineral becomes silicon dioxide, or sand, and falls to the bottom, while the magnesium becomes magnesium sulfate.
Fossil fuel burning plants could simply place a serpentine reactor as the last component of their emissions clean up and sequester carbon on site.
Dark-colored serpentine and gabbro also are found interstratified within the shales. Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests
Extended canter down the long side was the compensation to the horse after a three-loop serpentine at the canter with no change of rein.
But its neck was serpentine and its head no larger than a fist. COLDHEART CANYON
Starting in the mid-fifteenth century, the decorative stone serpentine was quarried in many small mines in Zoblitz, near Marienberg in Saxony.
The rocks chiefly relied on as evidence of this distribution consist of three varieties of granite, besides gneiss, chlorite-slate, euphotide, serpentine, and a peculiar kind of conglomerate, all of them foreign alike to the great Strath between the Alps and Jura and to the structure of the Jura itself. The Antiquity of Man
Serpentine is softer than nephrite, has a lower specific gravity, and is more fragile. JADE ISLAND
Often irony is the only redeeming quality of his serpentine sentences.
Various mineral localities occur throughout the county, of which some of the most important occur on the shore at Portsoy, as for example the gabbro masses in Portsoy Bay with enstatite, hypersthene and labradorite, the graphic granite with microcline, muscovite and tourmaline at East Head, the chiastolite-schist west of the marble quarry, the mottled serpentine with strings of chrysotile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
All eruptive rocks penetrate, as ramifying veins either into the sedimentary strata, or into other equally endogenous masses; but there is a special importance to be attached to the difference manifested between 'Plutonic' rocks* (granite, porphyry, and serpentine) and those termed 'volcanic' in the strict sense of the word (as trachyte, basalt, and lava). COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
It is the latter formation of euphotide which, by its mixture with diorite, is itself linked with hyperthenite, in which real beds of serpentine are sometimes developed in Scotland and in Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
Schists and serpentines yield the demantoid and topazolite varieties of andradite.
Banana trees hang out over the long and winding road and traffic rips around serpentine curves at speeds more appropriate to medical emergencies than the transportation of fruit.
Here, in addition to schillerization, the original enstatite has been altered by hydration and the product has approximately the composition of serpentine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
It has been suggested that the ultrabasic rocks, containing olivine, magnesium-rich pyroxenes, and amphiboles are first altered by hydrothermal processes to form the serpentine minerals; in a later metamorphic event, the serpentines are partially redissolved and crystallized as chrysotile fibers. Geology of asbestos
From each island proceeded a serpentine trail.
The play's targets – establishment fustiness, snobbery, racism and duplicity – aren't surprising, but the serpentine subtlety of the plotting is. The Children's Hour; Plenty; The Heretic – review
Large flames protruded from its claws and its tail seemed to be serpentine.
Dark-colored serpentine and gabbro also are found interstratified within the shales. Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests
He's an otherwise decent scientist possessed by the swirling, serpentine tentacles that continually whisper in his ears.
Over the past year their government has set about establishing that separation unilaterally by the construction of a serpentine course of fences, barriers, and walls.
a serpentine wall
Also mixed in the melange are sandy limestone and serpentine, as well as sediments that eroded off a precursor of our present Sierra Nevada Range.
None of this average crop of average tales, on examination, quite breaks the code; some pursue a serpentine wriggle around it.
The serpentine minerals antigorite and lizardite are clay-like constituents of tremolitic talc.
Layne's butterweed grows in open rocky areas of gabbro and serpentine soils within chaparral plant communities.
The white chalkstone glitters from afar; the light grey feldspar assumes a warm flesh tint; the limestone becomes straw color; the crystals of hornblende flash like fire-flies; and the veins of white quartz, running with their nodules of serpentine and chlorite through the dark clay-slate, gleam as do chain lightnings through the clouds. Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia
The dragon's serpentine body undulated like cloth in a fierce wind, nearly knocking Doriel off twice.
This runs from the main road to the north through the forest to link with a series of serpentine paths that meander around the grave fields on the eastern flank of the site.
Indeed, in the midst of the fields, even a hovel may have a certain grace derived from the pure air, the verdure, the open country — a hill, a serpentine road, vineyards, quickset hedges, moss-grown thatch and rural implements; but poverty in Le Colonel Chabert
A broad shaft of morning light poured through the open doorway in the ceiling of the room which was about thirty feet square, or roughly square, being irregular in shape, one side curving outward, another being indented by what might have been the corner of another building jutting into it, another alcoved by three sides of an octagon, while the fourth was serpentine in contour. Out of Time's Abyss
The series began in 2000, two years after the completion of John Miller's gallery refurbishment, and coincident with the Serpentine's 30th anniversary.
Her hips punctuate the bass tala, her hands move like the suvit's serpentine melody, the rest of her dances with the flute and govind.
Jeffrey pine and endemic oak and ceanothus species have evolved to grow in the potentially toxic and nutrient-poor serpentine soils. Ecoregions of Oregon (EPA)
The film's serpentine plot was difficult to follow.
Now, the suffering outweighs the enjoyment and just thinking about the stuff makes my innards do an unpleasant serpentine dance that might be inviting were it happening with a pretty lady in filmy draperies on stage rather than inside my guts where the appeal is distinctly lacking. Tigers & Strawberries » The Power of Plastik Cheez
Inside the undulating serpentine shape of the snake body are shapes that resemble the decorative patterns often found on snakes to camouflage them.
Limestone, serpentine, and acidic rock types are extensive in western Newfoundland; peatlands, fens, and forest cover large areas.
The extraordinary solo of one female dancer, lifting her torso and undulating serpentine fashion on her stomach across the stage, was nothing short of masterful.
She learned of her good fortune when a late-night phone call roused her from her hotel bed in New Delhi, India, where she'd gone to study qawwali, a local musical delicacy spiced with hypnotic, serpentine vocal lines. With Relish
Further down the field one group were delayed putting on the old ninth because an infant snake was making its serpentine way across the green, oblivious to the drama unfolding elsewhere.
Named after Cadboro Bay, a sightings hotspot, Caddy sightings are impressively consistent, with most reports mentioning a large-eyed, horse-like or camel-like head (often with short horns), a long neck, serpentine body, a pair of flippers and a bifid, horizontal tail (LeBlond & Bousfield 1995). Cadborosaurus
The Serpentosphere consists of an earth-wide nearly continuous layer (or spherical shell) of rock dominated by serpentine group minerals (serpentinite). At it Again
The semi - solid feedstock of A 356 aluminum alloy was prepared through a serpentine pouring channel.
A cormorant flew low over the water, long neck held in a serpentine curve; sandpipers and turnstones tottered among the rocks.
The 'puller' would steer the trolley in a serpentine direction up the hill with the others, backs to the load, pushing in small steps, all the while singing out a cadence that suggested they were actually having fun. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
A serpentine queue for check-in had spilled out in the street from the vast hall at five in the morning.
If you're into stone, there are items in verdite, black serpentine, leopard rock and butterjet, all from Zimbabwe.
The themes are derived largely from African folklore and transformed into figurative, semiabstract, and minimalist works that use a variety of stone, including black serpentine.
The center of old cities is the casbah (Arabic for fortress), a market of serpentine alleyways and intricate arches where a variety of traditional crafts are sold, from carpets to baskets to pottery.
Afar, the skyey spaces themselves seem to be full of buildings; near, wind the serpentine curves of waving trees and green footpaths. A Woman of Thirty
Steel and dimity and lacings defined but did not create the serpentine lines of the elegant figure, graceful as that of a young poplar swaying in the wind. Modeste Mignon
‘Fish like snake,’ she cautioned, waggling her hand in serpentine gesture and shaking her head discouragingly.
Other associated minerals include olivine (commonly altered to serpentine), phlogopite, enstatite, and many other trace accessory minerals.
Various mineral localities occur throughout the county, of which some of the most important occur on the shore at Portsoy, as for example the gabbro masses in Portsoy Bay with enstatite, hypersthene and labradorite, the graphic granite with microcline, muscovite and tourmaline at East Head, the chiastolite-schist west of the marble quarry, the mottled serpentine with strings of chrysotile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
Beyond, the Endeavour River meanders serpentine-fashion to the ocean.
Trade was important and again focused on the ceremonial sites: obsidian, magnetite, serpentine, and mica were among the materials acquired through exchange.
It is the latter formation of euphotide which, by its mixture with diorite, is itself linked with hyperthenite, in which real beds of serpentine are sometimes developed in Scotland and in Norway. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
The higher elevations of the Nicobars often contain serpentine and gabbro formations, whereas at lower elevations Eocene sediments (sandstones, shales, and siltstones) with ultrabasic igneous intrusions predominate. Nicobar Islands rain forests
Serpentine veins rise across the dorsum of her hand, swollen with the back pressure of blood. Healer
The center of old cities is the casbah (Arabic for fortress), a market of serpentine alleyways and intricate arches where a variety of traditional crafts are sold, from carpets to baskets to pottery.
Some plant species are tolerant of edaphic factors in serpentine soils.
Equally large claws burst forth from his greaves, and a serpentine tail snaked forth from the small of his back.
The creature was sinuous and serpentine in appearance.
Got on a pedalo and pedaloed round the Serpentine.
Serpentine avenue Beelzebub showed me her, a fubsy widow. Ulysses
Tony Stone is also exhibiting an extremely rare matching set of four George III serpentine fronted knife boxes in flame mahogany with filigree silverwork.
You prayed to the devil in Serpentine avenue that the fubsy widow in front might lift her clothes still more from the wet street. Ulysses
They consist of talcose-schiste, bluish-grey limestone, talc in beds, serpentine, black marble similar to the oldest in the Alps, quartz, feldspar, and porphyries. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
Very different from this is the ancient serpentine or ophite of Sparta called the _Lapis Lacedæmonius_, found in different hills near Krokee, or in Mount Taygetus in Lacedæmon, where the old quarry has recently been opened. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
This rare work of porphyry, limestone, serpentine and onyx is unique north of the Alps.
Zig-zag roads and serpentine rivers criss-crossing different valleys of this far-flung district, make the landscape even more fascinating.
True, but names such as apatite, apophyllite, chlorite, serpentine, and tantalite are very common names that appear frequently in the world of a beginning collector, so their absence from references can only lead to frustration.
The film's serpentine plot was difficult to follow.
Her mermaids, with their serpentine jointing, displayed an uncanny sinuousness. Robert Loerzel: Chicago, "Puppeteer" City
The serpentine, which is very pure and of a fine green, varied with spots of a lighter tint, often appears only superimposed on the mica-slate. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
It was fascinating, as lanky and serpentine as a snake, but with humanoid characteristics.
Twisting his serpentine body, he saw a familiar face.
Neither had iron tools and instead used such hard stones as flint, jade, dolerite, basalt, and serpentine to make axes, knives, and chisels.
The fringing of the furniture also harks back to the 1670s by being straight, rather than bunched in the serpentine line characteristic of the following decade.
The naturally occurring mineral serpentine sequesters carbon dioxide very slowly over eons.
Valida ” the atlerdan ” the brazen serpentine column ” the exchange ” the bisisten ” humanity of the Turks towards their slaves ” the historical pillar fallen down ” the dervises ” their devotion and dancing. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e
Their putties were not soaked and not caked; say, rather, that there may have been a core of puttie inside, but that the men's legs were imbedded in a serpentine cast of clay. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900
It loomed above them, an enormous serpentine shape with pearled scales and filmy translucent fins.
And then, when there were no more full bites left, the last three of the group slid across the grass to absorb the blood and tissue from the lawn, laid low and sopping up his traces with their absorbant Kharal bodies, efficient and masterful to watch—like serpentine bio-cleaners, sliding on their bellies and wiping the land squeaky clean. The Hiders
This rare work of porphyry, limestone, serpentine and onyx is unique north of the Alps.
How about apatite, apophyllite, axinite, chlorite, hypersthene, scapolite, serpentine, tantalite, and wolframite?
As though pursuing the serpentine river that in a Claudean painting unifies the diminutive human foreground with its vast skies, we now follow this "wanderer Man" into the "boundless void" of "futurity" -- or, in more painful moments, back into this human dilemma: "when affliction bade his spirit bleed,/If 'twere a Father's love or Tyrant's wrath decreed? Hemans, Heber, and _Superstition and Revelation_
Millions of devotees, who waited in serpentine queues for the arrival of Sammakka, sang hymns in praise of the deities even as shrieks of 'Sammakka-Sarakka thalli... mammamalanu kapadu thalli save us mother' reverberated the area. Archive 2008-02-01
Dr. Ross and other opponents of the bill are concerned that removing serpentine, which is occasionally used in jewelry, as the state's rock would demonize it and thus inspire litigation against museums, property owners and other sites where the rocks sit; they cite the inclusion of a letter of support from the The Volokh Conspiracy
Other associated minerals include olivine (commonly altered to serpentine), phlogopite, enstatite, and many other trace accessory minerals.
The duo began calmly, the serpentine music seemingly focused on ushering listeners into a trance as Saeid Shanbehzadeh played pipe, flute or neyanban, a double-reed bagpipe. The Globalfest Melting Pot
Serpentine is a secondary mineral, a magnesian silicate, formed from minerals such as olivine and orthopyroxene.
The metamorphic mineral serpentine - or magnesium silicate hydroxide - is composed of magnesium, silicon and oxygen and is plentiful.
This fully expresses one characteristic of the stream, which, in former times, fetched many serpentine sweeps in its passage through the carses.
Gladiator weds the heroic scope of movies like Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Braveheart, and Rob Roy with the serpentine political treachery of I, Claudius.
Then there are his freak-of-nature traits, such as his elbows, which hyperextend a good 10 degrees past level, and his serpentine toes, which are, in a word, gross. MIGHTY MICHAEL
The serpentine quality of the Nile, as it endlessly meanders from one end of the manuscript to another, marked by small tributaries, is remarkable.
Near the Serpentine, he became aware of a smart green and yellow phaeton stopped ahead of him.
Their putties were not soaked and not caked; say, rather, that there may have been a core of puttie inside, but that the men's legs were embedded in a serpentine cast of clay. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War
A serpentine array of tidal creeks lined with tall-form Spartina occur throughout the marsh.
When he beholds a Lamia, a mythic water snake whose body is partly female, partly serpentine, he considers her the solution to his aesthetic questions of light, geometry, color, and transparency.
Neither had iron tools and instead used such hard stones as flint, jade, dolerite, basalt, and serpentine to make axes, knives, and chisels.
They complement each other wonderfully, their serpentine lines constantly weaving in and out, creating a dense tapestry.
The reference to emerald stone probably indicates color rather than medium, which suggests that the statue was carved of green basalt, granite, porphyry, or serpentine.
I retaliated by coiling my serpentine body around its neck and trying to constrict it to death.
The validity of the serpentine movement controlled by the CPG model is verified through a snake-like robot model.
Porfido verde di grecia or serpentine crusta fragment Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Stone Report 1
However, dodge he did, and he was most thankful afterwards that he had for, instead of an arm and a hand, the monk had a thick, serpentine body with fat snake's head where the hand should be.
Raising the weapon to his shoulder, he checks the pan, lock, and serpentine, wiping away any interfering sand and mud.
Hydrated silicates such as serpentine and talc are also predicted to form by reactions between anhydrous silicate grains and water vapour in the nebular gas at temperatures below 300 K at 10 4 bar.
These fluids have brought about emplacement of cinnabar and metacinnabar at New dria, altered serpentine to calc-silicate assemblages (these include melanite and topazolite garnet, diopside and vesuvianite), reacted with serpentine to form coalingite and artinite and altered some of the Franciscan blocks.
Second, Goondiwindi's water park incorporates the Serpentine Creek, a branch of the Macintyre River.
Install the serpentine drive belt and tighten to obtain the specified tension.

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