We allude to the lizard with a frill round its neck, which has been universally likened to that worn by Queen Elizabeth: it is called the frilled agama. From Wordnik.com. [How to See the British Museum in Four Visits] Reference
I split some of the wood very fine and 'frilled' a few of the little sticks with my knife. From Wordnik.com. [Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts] Reference
For the first time, teacher Kevin Stinnette thought, his students could do hands-on lessons with cold-water species such as frilled anemones and Acadia hermit crabs. From Wordnik.com. [Delusional Duck] Reference
It's called a frilled shark. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2007] Reference
One to 7 nuts in cluster in fancy frilled and rolled back husk. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
She lifted a pink frilled parasol and carefully popped it open. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
She told Louise about the ranch and the linen frocks and the frilled aprons. From Wordnik.com. [The Trumpeter Swan] Reference
Shevaun was dressed in frilled pantaloons, her legs encased in silk stockings. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
She crammed the strings of her frilled nightcap between her teeth as a stopper!. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
To all appearances the corded and frilled wrappers are superior to the scalloped. From Wordnik.com. [Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)] Reference
He wore a most elaborately-frilled shirt-front, with three massive jewelled studs. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 13, 1891] Reference
The hood of the voluminous soft black cape which Ronny was wearing was slightly frilled. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
But also he was winged, and from the orange forehead waved those curious, frilled feelers!. From Wordnik.com. [The Winged Men of Orcon A Complete Novelette] Reference
"They are too wild and frivolous," the Goat-mother used to say, with a nod of her frilled cap. From Wordnik.com. [Soap-Bubble Stories For Children] Reference
This was the era of crested lambeosaurs and the extravagantly horned and frilled styracosaurus. From Wordnik.com. [New Theories And Old Bones Reveal The Lifestyle Of The Dinosaur] Reference
He was dressed most becomingly in a pleated white chemise, frilled rough, and tight black hose. From Wordnik.com. [The Stream and The Torrent] Reference
Maestro found himself before a little pink-and-blue tissue-paper box, frilled with paper rosettes. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
It played a faint tune, the leaves opened -- a rabbit with a wide-frilled collar rose in the center. From Wordnik.com. [The Tin Soldier] Reference
The frilled shark is also known as a living fossil because it hasn't changed much since prehistoric times. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2007] Reference
For a moment, she stared blankly, uncomprehendingly, at the frilled top of a canopied bed rising above her. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
There was a huge mirror on one wall, and crimson-frilled curtains were draped around the great four-poster. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Chris wore white frilled shirt-cuffs over the thick wrists, and a small discreet white frill round his neck. From Wordnik.com. [To The Hilt]
The leaves are finely frilled and curled, and spread regularly from a common centre in the form of a rosette. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
The little girl in the blue gingham dress and white frilled pinafore looked at her small hostess reproachfully. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
A very shallow crape bonnet, frilled and froth-like, allowed the parted raven hair to show its glossy smoothness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860] Reference
"She's getting mad," said the little girl in the pink dress and white frilled pinafore -- sister to the blue dress. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
He also had a frilled white shirt, a black shoestring tie and a definite air of strain under the confident exterior. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
Seen from the rear he had the appearance of a neat, if excited, package, unaccountably frilled about with embroidered flannel. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
The full mouth, the eyes, the cheekbones, the curve of her neck, the shadows above the white lace-frilled dress had caught him. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Sword]
Miss Honor Jamieson held a frilled blue parasol above her head, but it was quite unnecessary as protection against the sunlight. From Wordnik.com. [An Unacceptable Offer]
It consisted of chicken patties, hot rolls, cream cheese and white grape salad, and vanilla ice-cream in blue frilled paper cases. From Wordnik.com. [Entertaining Made Easy] Reference
The childish blue frock and the simple frilled 'kerchief did their work with his high soul as well; and he sat, charmed, and watched her. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness] Reference
Again, she would persist in wearing her frilled and lace-trimmed petticoats long after their dainty edges had been smirched and blackened. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
A variety of the Common Chervil, with frilled or curled leaves; the distinction between the sorts being nearly the same as that between the. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
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