“Out there, a spirit knows what kelpy smells we need.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Welkening] Reference
A kelpy feeling wavered in Carl's stomach, hurry ing toward nausea. From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
This morning the air for him was kelpy with the sweetand-sour smell of the Hudson. From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
They were bred in Australia in the late 1800s, starting with the wild dingo and adding in things like bulldogs and kelpy. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
I hope, at the very least, that the whale can close its eyes and think of a happy, kelpy place, and as he drifts into whatever afterlife awaits him, that he's swum a few good laps, eaten some succulent fish, and given at least one Ahab a run for his money. From Wordnik.com. [The Ocean is a Giant Grave] Reference
"We haven't seen the kelpy, after all," said Reeves. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901] Reference
"Don't let the kelpy catch you," she said to him half seriously. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901] Reference
"Do you think a kelpy would look like that?" said the girl dreamily. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901] Reference
"An 'get a sicht o' the kelpy intil the bargain -- eh, Grizzie?" suggested Cosmo. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock o' Glenwarlock] Reference
"The kelpy would have been sure of its victim then," he said, trying to speak lightly. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901] Reference
The coastline could have been anywhere - rugged, rocky and kelpy - but beautiful nonetheless. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
The service has been just ok, the food at dinner was only mediocre, the beach has a really steep dropoff, and the water is extremely kelpy if you walk out past the first 2 feet. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
Now the light diminished to a distant star that seemed to twinkle on the waters, like those which, according to the legends of the country, the water-kelpy sends for the purpose of indicating the watery grave of his victims. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Mannering — Complete] Reference
I am afraid you have overtasked your strength trying to cheat the kelpy. ". From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901] Reference
Perhaps the kelpy understood it. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901] Reference
For she heard the water-kelpy roaring. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Old English Ballads] Reference
Quench, kelpy! quench, in bog and fen. From Wordnik.com. [A Legend of Montrose] Reference
"An 'I wuss ye may see the neist kelpy yersel'!. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock o' Glenwarlock] Reference
Wale, choice. wame, stomach. was, walls. water-kelpy, water-sprite. weirds dreed, fate is fulfilled. weize, direct, guide. wheen, whin, a number. whigging, jogging, urging forward. whinger, a hanger used as a knife at meals or in brawls. whittrets, weasels. worriecows, hobgoblins, scarecrows. wuss, wish. From Wordnik.com. [Glossary] Reference
The short, uneasy heave of waters in among the kelpy rocks, flowing from no swell or furrow on the misty glass of sea, but like a pulse of discontent, and longing to go further; after the turn, the little rattle of invaded pebbles, the lithe relapse and soft, shampooing lambency of oarweed, then the lavered boulders pouring gritty runnels back again, and every basined outlet wavering toward another inlet; these, and every phase of each innumerable to-and-fro, made or met their impress in her fluctuating misery. From Wordnik.com. [Frida, or, The Lover's Leap, A Legend Of The West Country From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore] Reference
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