Bahama Islands had become a rendezvous for pirates, and a few years later, King George the First issued a proclamation for their dislodgment. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885] Reference
But also other areas, in which fishes -- however they got there: a matter that we'll consider -- remain and dry, or even putrefy, then sometimes falling by atmospheric dislodgment. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
Panama in a single blast, bring to the steam shovels as much as 75,000 cu.yd. of material, the dislodgment of which by manual labor would have required days of time and hundreds of men. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171] Reference
If it be low down the gullet, and other means fail, its dislodgment may sometimes be effected by dashing cold water on the spine, or vomiting may be induced by an emetic of sulphate of zinc. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
The really great dislodgment in his life had occurred long before. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859] Reference
Bull Run on his front that his dislodgment would be a tremendous task. From Wordnik.com. [The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis] Reference
After dislodgment of the pin there was subsidence of the cough and rapid recovery. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The risk of dislodgment is often great and the fracture of limbs is a common accident. From Wordnik.com. [The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told] Reference
McWhinnie, in The Lancet, records a case of dislodgment of an enlarged liver from tight lacing. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The Russians had not cared to leave them there over night, but the dislodgment proved difficult. From Wordnik.com. [Red Fleece] Reference
One glimpse she caught and uttered a shriek of laughter, which threatened dislodgment of the stove-pipes. From Wordnik.com. ['Lizbeth of the Dale] Reference
With such purposes an alliance with liberals of Lord Palmerston's temper implied no wonderful dislodgment. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859] Reference
Rebels had taken refuge in a small, one-roomed adobe house, where they resisted all efforts at dislodgment. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Sunset] Reference
After giving it four or five years of close attention, I was satisfied with it, and I had no fear of dislodgment. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935] Reference
One of these results was, as had been hoped for, the dislodgment of the Jewish-German by the spread of the pure German. From Wordnik.com. [The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)] Reference
In fact, the dislodgment along our coast and in our mountains of the boarder by the cottager is to-day the great summer tragedy of. From Wordnik.com. [Reflections and Comments 1865-1895] Reference
Thirty years later Pandita Prakrama Bahu III, A.D. 1266, effected a further dislodgment of the enemy in the north; but Ceylon, which possessed. From Wordnik.com. [Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
"Sing me no more flattering strains in your letters about the emperor's dislodgment hence," he wrote on the 24th of December to his brother the. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4] Reference
On the least dislodgment of the earth, its fall would have crushed the habitation which it shaded: it had therefore been burnt near its foot, and cut down in such. From Wordnik.com. [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference
Stooping down, he groped diligently by his right foot, but was aware of nothing but a crabbed stump, that resisted every attempt they could use for its dislodgment. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
Her reasons were known though unspoken, namely, that the rejection of one or two valets highly recommended had made it plain that there had been no dislodgment of Gregorio. From Wordnik.com. [Nuttie's Father] Reference
The animal herself contributes materially to the quota of germ life finding its way into the milk through the dislodgment of dust and filth particles adhering to its hairy coat. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying] Reference
He shrank from certain gruesome possibilities, -- such as the dislodgment of stones at the bottom of the crevice and the consequent exposure of a thing that would haunt him forever. From Wordnik.com. [Quill's Window] Reference
Occasionally he has seen sneezing, especially if the mouth and nose are covered with a cloth, and the head leant toward the affected side, bring about a dislodgment of the foreign body. From Wordnik.com. [Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages] Reference
Having thus partly turned the Confederate position on our left, Sherman hoped that McPherson might complete their dislodgment by a similar flanking movement through Dallas on our right. From Wordnik.com. [Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865] Reference
General anesthesia is contraindicated because of the dyspnea apt to be present, and because the struggles of the patient might cause a dislodgment of the laryngeal intruder and aspiration to a lower level. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
Arabella Clinker was not sufficiently acquainted with the habits of its inmates to appreciate the unparalleled upheaval this dislodgment meant, but she saw that her informant was highly surprised and impressed. From Wordnik.com. [Halcyone] Reference
He walked to the wall and stared, for the dislodgment of plaster and paper had revealed three round black discs, set flush with the plaster and only separated from the room by the wallpaper, which had been stripped. From Wordnik.com. [Jack O' Judgment] Reference
The interval of time between the scraping dislodgment and the impact with the clay beneath implies a proportional interval of distance. From Wordnik.com. [The Frontiersmen] Reference
The dislodgment of the Afghan army by. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
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