So gardens die, their meek breath scenting The cowl of Winter, done repenting. From LearnThat.org. [Wallace Stevens (1879-1955).]
cowl the boys and veil the girls. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Novices wear a black mantle and their cowl is short and unjoined. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
The CAVEMEN FAMILY fashion him a bat cowl from the corpses of the fallen Bat Behemoths. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce Wayne Returns in April | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News] Reference
The cowl is a draped, loose neckline with a cascading effect. From Wordnik.com. [The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines] Reference
You can hide yourself away under your cowl, that is a good place for you!. From Wordnik.com. [Pater Peter. English.] Reference
Under the cowl was the lover with whom Mademoiselle's thoughts had been engaged. From Wordnik.com. [Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France] Reference
I, that am but a woman, would try first whether my rock or his cowl was the better metal. From Wordnik.com. [The Abbot] Reference
Note that the purl side of the cowl is the inside, so that it matches the body of the vest when folded over. From Wordnik.com. [Wise Hilda Knits] Reference
On her cowl was a wreath of nightshade, with its dull purple fruit and blossoms clustering around her shadowed brow. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Children] Reference
The rather ominous word "cowl" has been mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [SI.com] Reference
He had on a great woollen night-cowl of gaudy hue with. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
There is no occasion to put a felt cowl upon thy head. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2] Reference
Ross pulled the cowl of his Foanna cloak up over his head. From Wordnik.com. [Key Out of Time] Reference
"El Diablo Cojuelo always wore a cowl which disguised him.". From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
When Hotep returned he carried his cowl and mantle, and a scroll. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
I recognized, under the cowl, the thin, sallow face and the sombre eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
He knew the tallest one, with hair like a black cowl around his shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Lamentations] Reference
It wore a black robe, and over its head was a cowl with two holes for the eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
They all wear an enormous plaited black cap, which looks like the cowl of a friar. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
The entire cowl board turned down, revealing a compact but powerful wireless outfit. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol] Reference
The cowl kept slipping over my eyes, and I'd been craning my head back so I could see. From Wordnik.com. [Movies: You've Got Chain Mail] Reference
What if he secured immunity from punishment for such as had laid aside the monk's cowl?. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
Sebba, King of the East Saxons -- a convert of Erkenwald, from whom he received the cowl. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch] Reference
She then pulled back the cowl of her robes, took down her hair and showed the king her face. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from the Old Attic] Reference
Costume consists of a dark robe, cowl made of black cloth, and face covered with a heavy beard. From Wordnik.com. [Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants] Reference
The Capucins themselves are disposed in niches, and each has a text from Scripture over his cowl. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846] Reference
Whichever way you turn, you see keen eyes peering upon you from under a three-cornered hat or a cowl. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864] Reference
During the singing of the anthem, Francesco enters with cowl thrown back and a lighted taper in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison] Reference
Over a white woollen shirt he was made to wear a frock and cowl of black cloth, with a black leathern girdle. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
Don Carlos took off his cowl and flung it aside, smoothed his jet-black hair with his hands, and drew a long breath. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
A gleam from the candle fell on her hood; it had slipped slightly and a strand of her hair hung from under the cowl. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
The priest's costume consists of a black surplice and cowl, white cravat, and a large cross suspended from the neck. From Wordnik.com. [Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants] Reference
His cowl had two holes cut for the eyes and a slit at the mouth, and she was wondering what manner of face it concealed. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
Outside the mist had given place to a dull persistent rain, and a peevish wind was complaining in area and chimney cowl. From Wordnik.com. [Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
Luther himself returned to live at the convent, resumed his cowl, and observed again the customary ordinance of fasting. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
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