 And also, of animals when they retired to rest, a hart was said to be harbored, a buck lodged, a roebuck bedded, a hare formed, a rabbit set, etc.  Willis's Current notes - Page 88by Willis's Current notes - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802 - 572 pages
...a labour of moles ; and also of animals when they retired to rest ; a hart was said to be hafbored, a buck lodged, a roebuck bedded, a hare formed, a rabbit set, &c. Two greyhounds weie called a brace, three a leash, but two spaniels or harriers were called a couple.... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Amusements - 1833 - 640 pages
...; and a labour of moles ; and, when animals were retired to rest, a hart was said to be harboured, a buck lodged, a roebuck bedded, a hare formed, a rabbit set, a fox kennelled, a martin tree'd, an otter watched, a badger earthed, a boar couched : hence, to express... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - England - 1838 - 420 pages
...cats; a shrewdness of apes; and a labour of moles. And also, of animals when they retired to rest; a hart was said to be harbored, a buck lodged, a roebuck bedded, a hare formed, a rabbit set, &c. Two greyhounds were called a brace, three a leash, but two spaniels or harriers were called a couple.... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1844 - 378 pages
...young cats, a shrewdness of apes, and a labour of moles." — Strutt. When animals are retired to rest, a hart was said to be harbored ; a buck lodged ; a roe-buck bedded ; a fox kennelled ; a badger earthed ; a hare formed ; a rabbit seated. Dogs which run in packs are enumerated... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1845 - 440 pages
...young cats, a shrewdness of apes, and a labour of moles." — Strutt. When animals are retired to rest, a hart was said to be harbored ; a buck lodged ; a roe-buck bedded ; a fox kennelled ; a badger earthed ; a hare formed ; a rabbit seated. Dogs which run in packs are enumerated... | |
 | H. Wharton Griffith - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1849 - 248 pages
...of asses ; a barren of mules ; a tribe of goats ; a skulk of foxes ; a singular of boars ; a sownder of wild swine ; a harras of horses ; a rag of colts...also a litter of whelps, and a cowardice of curs. Portland Vase. — A celebrated cinerary urn or vase, long in possession of the family of the Barberini... | |
 | George Willis - 1853 - 322 pages
...pace of asses ; a barren of mules ; a tribe of goats; a skulk of foxes; a singular of boars; a sownder of wild swine ; a harras of horses ; a rag of colts...that a list of books on Alchymy will be found in the Bibliolheca Chymica of P. Borellus, 12mo. ; and that a " Catalogue of Chymicall Books" was published... | |
 | George Willis - 1853 - 114 pages
...of asses ; a barren of mules ; a tribe of goats ; a skulk of foxes ; a singular of boars ; a sownder of wild swine ; a. harras of horses ; a rag of colts...Birmingham. SIR, — Your correspondent " A Customer and an Alehymist" [Current Notes for July, No. XIX. p. 61.] is informed that a list of books on Alehymy will... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris - Literature - 1891 - 322 pages
...cats ; a shrewdness of apes, and a labour of moles. And also, of animals when they retired to rest, a hart was said to be harbored, a buck lodged, a roebuck bedded, a hare formed, a rabbit set, etc. Two greyhounds were called a brace, three a leash ; but two spaniels or harriers were called a... | |
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