The talus is the second largest of the tarsal bones. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6d. The Foot. 1. The Tarsus] Reference
This fort is what engineers call a talus, being, as I suppose, the exact area, very nearly, of the top of a cliff overlooking the town. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers]
"Because a talus is a person," Silk continued, "both in law and in fact. From Wordnik.com. [Exodus From The Long Sun]
I take it that's the part covering what I would call the talus's chest. ". From Wordnik.com. [Exodus From The Long Sun]
Below, there is a vertical drop of 30 feet to the top of the rough talus which is as steep as rocks and earth will lie. From Wordnik.com. [Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76] Reference
Ten miles up the talus has become a prominent feature. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198] Reference
A volley pelted the talus like rain, drowning Dace's reply. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
Against the foot of the talus, just above the ruin, there is. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198] Reference
The talus extended a lengthening arm as it rolled toward them. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
When they came to a talus slope, Ayla felt a sense of familiarity. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
We are to enter the Juzgado, using the tessera the talus supplied. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
As soon as we saw a narrow talus on the right we ran in and landed. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
We could've been killed back there when our talus fought the soldiers. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
The talus is also responsible for many movements of the foot and ankle. From Wordnik.com. [Trampoline trouble: A cautionary tale from the walking wounded] Reference
Stanton hid the rifle and then began making his way up the talus slope. From Wordnik.com. [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference
The talus's head completed its revolution, and the talus lunged forward. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
The talus was descending, the tunnel angling downward, if only slightly. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
You hit your head when the talus bought it, and we figured you were KIA. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
There is no ledge here, and the walls were built on loose debris of rocks and talus. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198] Reference
The talus slowed, and something struck its great bronze head, ringing it like a gong. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
The plan shows at least eight rooms stretched along the cliff at the top of the talus. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198] Reference
Not a single insect was obtained, except that on the talus at one of the other quarries. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
There is a high slope of talus here, the top of which is flat and of considerable area. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198] Reference
"Bad thing," Oreb muttered, watching the burning talus to see whether it could hear him. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
When he got to the foot of the talus he raised himself slowly and looked for the antelope. From Wordnik.com. [No Country For Old Men]
The old fisherman was shouting and waving, silhouetted by orange flames from the burning talus. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
Auk ignored him, watching Incus, who with Dace's help was scrambling over the side of the talus. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
Regular villages located in the cliffs or on top of the talus (class III) are a different matter. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198] Reference
The talus rolled forward before he had finished, and a soldier cried out as its belts crushed him. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
My fall resulted in such a serious injury because I broke the talus bone, which connects the foot to the leg. From Wordnik.com. [Trampoline trouble: A cautionary tale from the walking wounded] Reference
Doctors were concerned because when the talus bone is fractured, blood supply can be lost, damaging the bone. From Wordnik.com. [Trampoline trouble: A cautionary tale from the walking wounded] Reference
For a change Wildfire had climbed high up a slope of talus, through a narrow pass, rounded over with drifting sand. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
It is situated in a shallow cove at the head of the talus, 200 or 300 feet above the bottom, and is of comparatively easy access. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198] Reference
Access to the upper ledge from the top of the talus is exceedingly difficult, requiring a climb over almost vertical rock for 40 feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198] Reference
That way led northwards along the lake shore; it skirted the talus that had fallen from the cliff which rose three hundred feet above him. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
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