It is a bit of lichen from the nameless grave of one of the first settlers here. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves from Juliana Horatia Ewing's "Canada Home"] Reference
I love old graveyards, especially when the stones are weathered and covered in lichen or ivy. From Wordnik.com. [PhotoHunter: In Memory « Mudpuddle] Reference
Wheeler wrapped them in lichen he'd picked around camp ( "There must be iodine and iron in those plants!"), and the sores vanished. From Wordnik.com. [A MAN SENT FROM GOD] Reference
Others are symbiotic, such as lichen, which is a combination of fungus and a green alga or a cyanobacterium. From Wordnik.com. [deseretnews.com - Top Stories] Reference
Sure enough, there hidden in the lichen is a faint 'X.'. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
But the lichen is the star of the show here today–amazing!. From Wordnik.com. [Red In January « Fairegarden] Reference
The lichen is a red orange, really a nice contrast to the light green. From Wordnik.com. [Red In January « Fairegarden] Reference
The top surface of the lichen was a hard, silicon-rich armor against the piercing ultraviolet of Pocks's star, Ross. From Wordnik.com. [Across The Sea Of Suns]
The beard on that tree is a particular lichen which is very sensitive to pollution. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-04-01] Reference
The blackthorn is much lichened, the lichen which is built into the domed nest of the long-tailed titmouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Fields] Reference
In this case, as I understand it, there is something peculiar about the body, a mark of disease called lichen, I believe? ". From Wordnik.com. [manybooks.net] Reference
As far as I could see there were no grass, no weeds, no flowers; the earth was covered with a kind of lichen, uniformly blue. From Wordnik.com. [The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1] Reference
He showed her how curiously one kind of lichen grew upon another, omitting its own stalk and leaves, and making use of those of the other. From Wordnik.com. [Queer Stories for Boys and Girls] Reference
Red brown, 34 from alder, 40 from lichen, 20 from madder, 34. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
I returned to the closet, hung like lichen from the ancient brick. From Wordnik.com. [Creatures: A Memoir] Reference
They sidestepped several lichen crusted stones spouting from the grass. From Wordnik.com. [Golgotha] Reference
Page 68: Color was changed to colour (Tan colour fr. lichen) for consistency. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
Then boil up with sufficient quantity of the lichen till the desired colour is got. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
Mordant the wool with 3\% of Bichromate of Potash, then boil with the lichen for 1 hour or more. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
An uncooked cow after six days of lichen "infused spirit into our starving party," relates Franklin. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
If on the under side of a limb or branch a pinch of moss or lichen glued on will cover this fastening. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
To 10 lbs. lichen half a pound sal ammoniac is sufficient when lime and sal ammoniac are used together. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
Put into the dye bath the quantity of lichen according to required colour with about a teaspoonful of Acetic. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
Water in its heaviness pools in the lichen-lined hollows, or, crystalline, falls as snow on refrigerated rocks. From Wordnik.com. [An Experience Of Captivity] Reference
For the first few days nothing was to be found save lichen to eat, and the temperature was far below freezing-point. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
The ascent of the cliff was not difficult, though at first he made two or three awkward slips on the wet moss and lichen. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
The yard was full of rank weeds, and damp masses of lichen and moss hung from the eaves of the house, and covered its roof. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
This lichen will sometimes hang down from the branches in strings of weeping vegetation to the length of five feet and more. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
Architectural salvage yards are great places to find chipped, lichen-covered statues, urns or stone benches, but why stop there?. From Wordnik.com. [Homes: Big ideas for small backyards] Reference
They were almost twice as tall as the father, and scattered around them, like ruins or children, were more lichen crusted stones. From Wordnik.com. [Golgotha] Reference
Each label is inlaid with some of the bark of the tree, the moss and lichen, and a drop or two of the resin, if the tree produces it. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
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