Suppose a 600-pound bowlder which is embedded in the ground is needed for the tower of a building. From Wordnik.com. [General Science] Reference
Both above and below are the beds of bowlder clay. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
Such beds of clay are known as "till" or bowlder clay. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
Stone's eyes caught traces of where a bowlder had been moved. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
Immediately above this last was a second and much larger bowlder. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
It narrowed into a sort of cave, roofed by an overhanging bowlder. From Wordnik.com. [Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods] Reference
Not a hundred yards ahead lay on the right hand rail a huge bowlder!. From Wordnik.com. [Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America] Reference
A few seconds later both clambered upon a bowlder in the pool below. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
The cliff formed one side of the room and the bowlder acted as a roof. 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
"Opposite that big bowlder, on the left hand side," the sheriff replied. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys] Reference
In the canyon, which was very narrow, a large bowlder blocked my progress. From Wordnik.com. [History of California] Reference
Some consider it quite possible that the bowlder clays of Southern England and. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
By means of a lever, a 600-pound bowlder can be easily pried out of the ground. From Wordnik.com. [General Science] Reference
Striking a grass-concealed bowlder, he pitches forward, falling heavily upon the bank. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
By the use of an inclined plank a strong man can load the 600-pound bowlder on a wagon. From Wordnik.com. [General Science] Reference
Making a desperate effort, he staggered up the bank and fell exhausted behind a bowlder. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
North Sea, overran Denmark, and spread their mantle of bowlder clay far south into Germany. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
Stephen brushed the top of a low bowlder with his handkerchief and invited Deena to sit down. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
They bumped into a bowlder, the car shot back, and then the engine died with an awful rattle. From Wordnik.com. [The Mission of Janice Day] Reference
She indicated the bent tree with the great bowlder behind it that Allen had described to them. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run] Reference
It writhes with ceaseless noisy complainings through the twisting ways of bowlder-strewn gorges. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
This is exactly the amount of work which would have been necessary to raise the bowlder directly. From Wordnik.com. [General Science] Reference
All that had passed since they came to the bowlder was strange, bewildering and terrifying to her. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Moran peered around the side of the bowlder, and smiled exultantly when he saw Wade's still figure. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Gold] Reference
At the bottom of the valley lay the big bowlder, which had been dislodged and hurled into the depths. From Wordnik.com. [Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America] Reference
Immediately above it, and in contact with it, was a bowlder estimated to weigh over one hundred pounds. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
At the first turn in the road we passed a great bowlder, known throughout the country as 'the big rock.'. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
"Yes, there is," he says; "and, by George; there are two persons sitting on the bowlder -- our bowlder!". From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
There was a big bowlder just within the cave, and Nell seated herself on it, and he slid down at her side. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
The tunnel was made at the time the wall was erected, and passes under the bowlder over which the wall was built. 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
"You might come and rest," he coaxed, pointing to another bowlder that cropped out in friendly nearness to his own. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
(Zambales Province) there is a huge black bowlder which the Negritos believe to be the home of one powerful spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Negritos of Zambales] Reference
Toward the evening we found ourselves in a bowlder-strewn basin amid rocky, sterile hills, evidently the offshoots and spurs of the. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference
Petroglyphs are quite numerous, and one small bowlder to the left of and next to the kiva is covered with cups, dots, and carvings. 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
Suddenly above their heads a figure, which looked unnaturally tall in the darkness, rose on a great bowlder which overshadowed the water. From Wordnik.com. [Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds] Reference
Under the large bowlder to the right of the kiva a complete room had been built, with a doorway of the usual type through the front wall. 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
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