He set some babiche to soak for mending his snowshoes. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Mouse] Reference
With the babiche thong he had taken from his enemies he bound him hand and foot. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Snare] Reference
He tucked her into a nest made of blankets and then tied her in securely with babiche rope. From Wordnik.com. [Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail] Reference
Some new snowshoe frames were hanging on the trees to season before being netted with babiche. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
Over his heart Philip noticed a blood-stained locket, fastened by a babiche string about his neck. From Wordnik.com. [Flower of the North] Reference
For Miki, while still muzzled, now followed at the end of the babiche that was tied to Henri's sledge. From Wordnik.com. [Nomads of the North] Reference
That night, with doubt in his heart, Challoner fastened him near the tent with a tough rope of babiche. From Wordnik.com. [Nomads of the North] Reference
He gave a low cry of pain, and his hand clutched at the babiche cord which held the locket about his neck. From Wordnik.com. [Flower of the North] Reference
The giant's bleeding lips were gathered in a snarl and he was straining at the babiche thongs that bound him. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Snare] Reference
He swung his head toward the door with a great gasp and the babiche cut like whipcord under the strain of his muscles. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Snare] Reference
And then at last The Call that was coming to him from out of the night became his master, and he gnawed the babiche in two. From Wordnik.com. [Nomads of the North] Reference
He took his pack to the sledge and dogs in the edge of the spruce, and Kazan leaped to greet him at the end of his babiche. From Wordnik.com. [The Honor of the Big Snows] Reference
The snowshoe frames are made by the men, the babiche is cut and netted by the women, who display wonderful skill in this work. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
With babiche cord he re-secured his prisoner with the "manacle-hitch," which gave him free play of one hand and arm -- his left. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Snare] Reference
He picked up the end of the babiche rope with which the woman had assisted them to drag their load, and set off across the Barren. From Wordnik.com. [Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail] Reference
The babiche rope had slipped from his hand, and when things cleared before his eyes again the sledge was twenty yards ahead of him. From Wordnik.com. [Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail] Reference
The girl lay aside the snow-shoe and babiche and, taking up a tin cup, dipped some hot broth from the kettle and offered it to him. From Wordnik.com. [Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale] Reference
For a time little was to be heard save the creaking of the babiche lacing of the snowshoes, for the dogs were running silently, and. From Wordnik.com. [A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods] Reference
On the rear of the sledge was a huge bundle of pitch-soaked spruce tied with babiche, and out of this stuck the crude handle of an ax. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Snare] Reference
A rabbit snare is made of fine babiche, sinew, cord, or wire, and the loop is hung over a rabbit runway just high enough to catch it round the neck. From Wordnik.com. [The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure] Reference
In each was the inevitable roll of babiche, or caribou - skin cord, and a second and smaller waterproof narwhal bag in which were the Kogmollock fire materials. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Snare] Reference
Frequently, too, snares for deer are set in suitable places along the barrier, and while the snares are made of babiche the loops are kept open with blades of grass. From Wordnik.com. [The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure] Reference
One would like to see them, for example, for babbish, also babbage, babeesh, (` strips of animal hide '), for which there are two oral citations and for which the DC (under babiche) shows stress on either syllable. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2] Reference
Half a minute later Challoner had Neewa once more in the prison-sack, but this time he left the cub's head protruding, and drew in the mouth of the sack closely about his neck, fastening it securely with a piece of babiche string. From Wordnik.com. [Nomads of the North] Reference
'an unappetizing soup made from pemmican,' babiche. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4] Reference
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