Cruelty of "aigrette" hunters of albatross killers. From Wordnik.com. [Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation] Reference
That of Mahmoud is decorated with the imperial aigrette. From Wordnik.com. [Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo] Reference
In her hair was a diamond aigrette, and around her neck, a pearl dog collar. From Wordnik.com. [The Presidential Inauguration | Edwardian Promenade] Reference
Upon his head he wore a white turban with a jewelled aigrette of great value. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century] Reference
From the aigrette in her hair to the paste buckle on her shoe she was mondaine. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of a Star] Reference
The pawnticket was on the table and related to a diamond aigrette pawned by one James. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
Feofar mounted his favorite horse, which carried on its head an aigrette of diamonds. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Strogoff] Reference
Council, the native dignitary with a diamond-tipped aigrette in the front of his turban. From Wordnik.com. [The Pool in the Desert] Reference
Schah Abbas dropped the royal aigrette, called jigha, the mark of sovereignty among the Mussulmans. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828] Reference
He was dressed in a shawl caftan lined with fur, and wore on his little black cap a diamond aigrette. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
The royal aigrette of Schah Abbas was again broken, and immediately confided to an old comrade of Bebut. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828] Reference
At the top was an aigrette of diamonds of the purest water, the centre one as large as a sixpenny-piece. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Chersonese and the way thither] Reference
In such a case a fork or aigrette of five or more points should invariably be used in place of a single point. From Wordnik.com. [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference
We return to the room; she is the centre of the circle and seated; and they have placed the aigrette of flowers in her hair. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Do you wish to know if that dear one is thinking of you? blow again; and if there be left upon the stalk a single aigrette, it is. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
They put on their state robes in the hero's anti-chamber; and presented the aigrette, seated on cushions, after the oriental method. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1] Reference
I wore a blue satin trimmed fully with magnificent point lace -- light-blue velvet hat and feather, with an aigrette of sapphires and diamonds. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference
Arrived before Abbas, he did not dare lift his eyes, lest he should see the fatal aigrette, and the false diamond rise up in judgment against him. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828] Reference
His hat, lying carelessly on the table at his elbow, was devoid of aigrette, jewels or plume; a head-covering for the campaign rather than the court. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
And at length emerges the little aigrette of silver flowers, the ebony coiffure, the gray silk robe and mauve sash of Mademoiselle Jasmin, my fiancee!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Among them were many aigrette herons, white as the driven snow. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure] Reference
Legion of Honour across his breast and the diamond in the aigrette of his fez. From Wordnik.com. [The Nabob] Reference
His headdress was also in black velvet, surmounted by an aigrette of heron plumes. From Wordnik.com. [The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X] Reference
"The woman is frankly deceptive from the tip of her aigrette to the toes of her shoes," observed Craig. From Wordnik.com. [The Ear in the Wall] Reference
She had shaken hands with him and received her costume which was an aigrette and a peacock-feather fan. From Wordnik.com. [Tutors' Lane] Reference
Clouds of aigrette storks could be seen in the evening circling about, thousands and thousands of them. From Wordnik.com. [Across Unknown South America] Reference
She wore a rather severe evening gown of black net, and in her gray hair was a quivering black aigrette. From Wordnik.com. [Patty's Friends] Reference
It contained a superb aigrette, mounted upon a brooch-like ornament by which it was fastened to a turban. From Wordnik.com. [At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt] Reference
Even her gown was of that colour, and she wore a pink aigrette in her hair, fastened with a diamond ornament. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman with the Fan] Reference
On this occasion at the side of the topmost coil, a white aigrette scintillated and trembled with her every movement. From Wordnik.com. [The Pit] Reference
"The countess herself presided in a magnificent Persian costume of green and gold, with an immense white aigrette in her hair.". From Wordnik.com. [Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge] Reference
The Simiacine was sold, and the first portion of it spent went to buy a diamond aigrette for the dainty head of Miss Millicent Chyne. From Wordnik.com. [With Edged Tools] Reference
Only green and gold in her costume, no silver, no tin, no galvanized iron, just gold, plain gold; and only "one immense white aigrette.". From Wordnik.com. [Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge] Reference
At the head is the crimson tarbouch which the monarch wore in life, with a lofty plume, secured by a large and lustrous aigrette of diamonds. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity] Reference
As she drew near, Joe smiled, a little absently; the rusty steel aigrette perched on top of the bonnet like the horn of a unicorn was nodding so gravely. From Wordnik.com. [Stubble] Reference
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