On the York River, near its embouchure, is the little port of Yorktown, famous for the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to the American forces in 1781. From Wordnik.com. [Plan of the Seat of War in Eastern Virginia] Reference
Don't you think "embouchure" is too big of a vocabulary word for the Anoop fans. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
It may be described as the embouchure of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
Miles Davis helps Jeanne Moreau develop her embouchure. From Wordnik.com. [Artists in Action #263] Reference
Queenston; Mississagua Point is at the embouchure of the Niagara. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919] Reference
The embouchure, well known to old traders, has been scientifically surveyed in our day by. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
Situated on the Bay des Anges and on the embouchure of the Paillon, mostly covered over, pop. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The northern baylet, preferred when southerly winds blow, is simply the embouchure of the Wady. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
According to Marmol, Mamora was built by Jakob-el-Mansour to defend the embouchure of the river. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Morocco] Reference
It is some four hundred and twenty leagues from Belem, and about ten miles from the embouchure of the Rio. From Wordnik.com. [Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon] Reference
To Zohawk, down the valley two miles beyond the mouth of Topehee ravine, or embouchure of the Kulloo-Rood. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
St. Jerome, in his commentary on the “Epistle to Philemon” says that Paul might signify the embouchure of a flute. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
A straight line from Cape Padrão to Chapel Point, now Shark Point, was more than double the breadth of the embouchure. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
Ungarish-Altenburg, situated in the marshy embouchure of the Leytha, was attacked by them by means of a causeway made of the trunks of trees. From Wordnik.com. [Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm] Reference
In the meantime, I'll just admire the raven-haired lovely, noting, of course that her embouchure is not bad and her fingers are in the right position. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
How do you say to them with a straight face that embouchure still matters, that the shape of this country may well depend upon the shape of their mouths?. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Steinberg: The Next Amendment] Reference
Its source and its embouchure were alike unknown to De Soto. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09] Reference
The breath is projected into the embouchure with modulated force. From Wordnik.com. [Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula] Reference
It is still to be seen to the north of the embouchure of the Hellespont. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07] Reference
Boga-panee, and the great mart of Chela, which is at the embouchure of that river. From Wordnik.com. [Himalayan Journals — Complete] Reference
The embouchure of a rivulet forms a small bay, which we dignified with the title of Victoria. From Wordnik.com. [Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery] Reference
It afterwards takes a southerly direction, before it reaches its embouchure in the Rio Grande. From Wordnik.com. [The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico] Reference
In vain I shifted my aching legs and worked my benumbed hands, looking out ahead for the embouchure of the river. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland] Reference
It has, from ten to twelve miles above its embouchure into Lake Ontario, one of the finest cataracts in the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago] Reference
It is the embouchure of a ravine, in short the pass he has been searching for, the same already known to the reader. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Shot A Story Retold] Reference
The breadth of this embouchure is a mile and a half, and the banks on both sides are high, steep, and little wooded. From Wordnik.com. [A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2] Reference
As soon as I entered the embouchure of the road, I espied the hoof-tracks of both animals going out towards the river. From Wordnik.com. [The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West] Reference
Then stands in expectant attitude, with eyes upon the embouchure of the upper path, scanning it more eagerly than ever. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Shot A Story Retold] Reference
We reached the long-sought town of Magungo, and entered a channel, which we were informed was the embouchure of the Somerset. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure] Reference
They perceive the embouchure of a path, that looks like the entrance to a cave, dark and forbidding as the back door of a jail. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Shot A Story Retold] Reference
I pass the sea-like estuary of the Ohio, and the embouchure of another of thy mightiest tributaries, the famed river of the plains. From Wordnik.com. [The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West] Reference
The rapid rise and fall in the water would seem to indicate that neither its source nor its embouchure can be at any great distance. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales] Reference
On the 4th of September we started for the village of Chela, which lies west from Churra, at the embouchure of the Boga-panee on the. From Wordnik.com. [Himalayan Journals — Complete] Reference
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