A razor-backed horse. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
There are still undiscovered tribes living in the razor-backed, jungle-wracked mountain valleys. From Wordnik.com. [Impossible Places]
Battle has been joined in the valley because of its proximity to Kandahar city, a rich prize two miles to the east across a razor-backed ridgeline. From Wordnik.com. [Stryker soldiers say commanders failed them by defying Gen McChrystal's orders] Reference
The old man rode into camp on a razor-backed horse and professed great astonishment when he saw how nearly completed the work on the Wondership was. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone] Reference
Set his razor-backed tongue loose in a landscape grey and dreary. From Wordnik.com. [Ottawa Sun] Reference
He saw himself, in short, wrecked on the razor-backed shelving rocks of misery. From Wordnik.com. [Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII] Reference
They are generally razor-backed beasts, with one or two raws, and blind, at least, of one eye. From Wordnik.com. [Old Jack] Reference
Moreover, their stock is of poor breeds; the pigs especially being wretched razor-backed creatures. From Wordnik.com. [The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation] Reference
I'm gazing at the razor-backed mountains whose name I've forgotten, wondering if I'd call them beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [VQR] Reference
The old, razor-backed sow doubled and came flying past us, with her nimble-footed and striped progeny following. From Wordnik.com. [The Call Of The South 1908] Reference
There is another whale, found in the northern regions, called the razor-backed whale, from a prominent ridge on its back. From Wordnik.com. [Old Jack] Reference
The eastern razor-backed kopje, which formed the left flank and part of the frontal defence, was assigned to detachments of the. From Wordnik.com. [History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government] Reference
It is true that the "razor-backed" hog was seen running at large and sometimes as wild as the country in which they were found. From Wordnik.com. [The old plantation : how we lived in great house and cabin before the war,] Reference
From the ledge of rock which bordered the cove, the half-starved man pulled the razor-backed mussels from the sea-grass and broke them open with his pocket-knife. From Wordnik.com. [El Diablo] Reference
Shaggy Ridge is a six and half kilometre long razor-backed ridge that is the highest feature in the Finisterre Mountains in north-eastern New Guinea and is named after Captain Robert. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
From an aeroplane the mountains of northern California would suggest an immense drove of sleeping razor-backed hogs nestling against one another to keep warm, most of their snouts pointed northwest. From Wordnik.com. [A Backward Glance at Eighty]
The loss of the razor-backed kopje rendered the whole position untenable; De la Rey and Prinsloo therefore fell back with their men northwards, pursued by long-range volleys from the British infantry. From Wordnik.com. [History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government] Reference
The left flank mentioned above consists mainly of that eastern razor-backed kopje already referred to, which runs northward for a distance of some 1,200 yards, its crest line broken by a series of small knolls. From Wordnik.com. [History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government] Reference
Among the pastimes he indulged in was one which exhibited his skill with the rifle, and at the same time protected the camp from the intrusions and ravages of a drove of razor-backed hogs which belonged to Mr. Switzler. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army — Complete] Reference
Towards the river, now to the west of our course, peaks, razor-backed hills, and tents, similar to those we had observed when travelling at the west side of the river on the 3rd December (and probably the same), reappeared. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845] Reference
We straddled along the top of a snow ridge with a razor-backed edge, balancing the sledge between us as we wriggled: on our right was a drop of great depth with crevasses at the bottom, on our left was a smaller drop also crevassed. From Wordnik.com. [The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913] Reference
The flanks of this face are very definitely marked by two razor-backed kopjes, the one on the east and the other on the west, rising some 150 feet above the surrounding ground; both these kopjes run approximately from the south to the north. From Wordnik.com. [History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government] Reference
Last time I saw it it disappointed me, but now we headed straight round its projecting south point towards the harbour and had a glorious view of the razor-backed hill, the point bristling with guns, walls, and forts, and all along the west side buildings in white and ochre, with red roofs, all lit up in bright sunshine; plenty of trees about, palms and others, and green grass which is always a surprise to me after the barren peninsula. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
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