One of the hindermost was a man named Gĕnih, and to him To’ Kâya shouted. From Wordnik.com. [In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula] Reference
Then it will be each for himself and the devil gets the hindermost. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Imbros, and Lemnos, but the four which were hindermost were caught off Elaeus. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
The horse is, in fact, standing upon the extreme hindermost portions of the feet. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
In other words, the 'seating' is not to be continued to the hindermost portion of the branches of the shoe. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
"Let the sharpest win, and may the devil take the hindermost," these were the tenets in his creed, if he had a creed. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Dodd] Reference
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2] Reference
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Le'ah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. From Wordnik.com. [Genesis 33.] Reference
And stay you not, but pursue after the enemies, and kill all the hindermost of them as they flee, and do not suffer them whom the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 06: Josue The Challoner Revision] Reference
After passing the hindermost transport, however, the. From Wordnik.com. [The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
A chain is fastened to the rear end of the hindermost log. From Wordnik.com. [The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter] Reference
Life was a scramble and devil take the hindermost with him. From Wordnik.com. [Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman] Reference
The top of the hindermost and highest is covered with snow. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Balder] Reference
Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. From Wordnik.com. [The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1] Reference
"The Devil take the hindermost" was the motto of industrial life. From Wordnik.com. [Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography] Reference
The hindermost looked round for a moment and caught a glimpse of us. From Wordnik.com. [In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting] Reference
The poet also noticed that "ever he rode the hindermost of the route.". From Wordnik.com. [The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems] Reference
In the allied countries too often we have let the devil take the hindermost. From Wordnik.com. [The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me] Reference
"Every man for himself and the devil take the hindermost" summed up their philosophy. From Wordnik.com. [The American Empire] Reference
"I listened to the hindermost part of it," she returned, "and it sounded purty lively.". From Wordnik.com. [Explorers of the Dawn] Reference
Officer help'd to Enclose, and happy was the hindermost who aided in this great Enterprise. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard Containing a Particular Account of His Many Robberies and Escapes] Reference
When walking, all the feet are concealed excepting the two hindermost which are slightly visible. From Wordnik.com. [Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02] Reference
The sound, however, though faint, had been sufficient to attract the attention of the hindermost creature. From Wordnik.com. [Werwolves] Reference
The hunters waited still hoping that one of the hindermost elephants might turn aside and come nearer to them. From Wordnik.com. [Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand] Reference
A Grecian guard was left on the hindermost of the three peaks, until all the baggage train should have passed by. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Great Retreats of History] Reference
They had eleven canoes in all, and they were tied together and the canoe of the guide attached to the hindermost. From Wordnik.com. [History of New Brunswick] Reference
The hindermost turned right round when I asked my question and sat unconcernedly with his back to the donkey's head. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia] Reference
It had always been the case with men and women in the world that he who could took and the devil got the hindermost. From Wordnik.com. [The Business of Being a Woman] Reference
When the horn is blown, there is a rush for the door, and the hindermost one is sure to get a blow from the overseer. From Wordnik.com. [My Bondage and My Freedom] Reference
And in His time He will sweep them before His presence, as the north wind drives the locusts into the hindermost sea. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah] Reference
Of these two, in a few strides, he was able to catch the hindermost, and then he found himself wrestling with Sam Brattle. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicar of Bullhampton] Reference
The three hindermost grinders in each half of each jaw are not replaced by "second" teeth, whilst all the other teeth are. From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
A gallery at this end of the hall threw its shadow over the hindermost benches and the gangway by which they were approached. From Wordnik.com. [The Fallen Leaves] Reference
Wedge-shaped the Herd raced for the leading horseman; hindermost labored the fatted bulls, but in front thundered the leader. From Wordnik.com. [The Outcasts] Reference
Then Hereward came in, and sat down on the end of the hindermost bench, and Martin stood behind him, till one of the ladies said. From Wordnik.com. [Hereward, the Last of the English] Reference
Robert Garnock was hindermost, being the last on the place of action, and says, he intended not to have been taken, but rather killed. From Wordnik.com. [Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies] Reference
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