| Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 pages
...sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour ; wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace Of silke finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oisters and Muskles are -. the other end is made... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 878 pages
...of a whitish colour : wherein is contained a thing in forme like a lace of lilke, finely woven, a* it were, together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, слеп us the fish of outers and muskles are ; the other end is made... | |
| John Stark - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silke finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters and muskles are ; the other end is made fast... | |
| James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape, like those of the mussel, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour,...as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end wereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and mussel are ; the other... | |
| James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 410 pages
...found a certain spume or froth, that in time breetleth unto certain shells, in shape, like those of the mussel, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour,...as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end wereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even, as the fish of oysters and mussel are ; the... | |
| James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 406 pages
...time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape, like those of the mussel, but sharper pointed, and pf a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in...silk finely woven as it were together^ of a whitish cqlbur ; one end wereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and mussel... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 566 pages
...sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour: wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silko finely woven, as it were, together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even з-> the fish of oisters and muskles are : the other end is made... | |
| Thomas Brown - Mollusks - 1836 - 230 pages
...sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of sUk, finely woven as it were, together, of a whitish colour,...fastened into the inside of the shell, even as the fiah of Oysters and Muskles are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lumpe,... | |
| John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 784 pages
...sharper-pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters and muskles ; the other end is made fast... | |
| Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 512 pages
...sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour; wherein is contained a thing in forme like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oistres and muskles are : the other end is made fast... | |
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