10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLOSSLESS»
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glossless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society
... are rather broad ovals in shape, but are subject to much variation ; they arc of
the usual dead, glossless white colour. They measure 0'6 inches in length by
about 0'47 in breadth. I have often found nests built in the foundation of other
large ...
2
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds
1876, was an excessively regular oval. The shell rather finer than in the case of
the egg first taken, but as before entirely glossless. The ground-colour of the egg
is white, with a very faint brownish pinkish tinge, and it is closely stippled all over
...
Allan Octavian Hume, Eugene William Oates, 1890
3
The Avifauna of British India and Its Dependencies: A ...
Eggs, three to four, dull and glossless, moderately elongated ovals, greenish
white or glossless white, thickly streaked, smudged and blotched with brownish.
Gen. Passer.— Brhs. Bill broad at base, slightly scooped at tip; 2nd and 3rd quills
...
4
Brush and Pencil: An Illustrated Magazine of the Arts of Today
... of the ware is glossless, satiny, the soft dull surface being a distinguishing trait
rarely seen in pottery. The colors cover a wide range, greens, browns, yellows,
and blues. In the manipulation of greens, however, the manufacturers have been
...
Charles Francis Browne, Frederick William Morton, 1902
5
STRAY FEATHERS A JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY FOR INDIA AND ITS ...
egg, pure white, coarse grained and glossless ; resting on some decayed chips
of wood. It measured 1"25" by 0*98." ... of chipped wood. The eggs were dull
dead white, glossless and roundish ; they measure respectively 0'68' by 059", ...
The eggs were white, smooth, and glossless, measuring 0"64 by 0'62 ; and 1 by 0
"66. They were placed without any attempt at a nest in a hole cut by the birds in a
dead branch about 20 feet from the ground. — F. W. B." 205.— Heirococcyx ...
The shell is coarse, with fine indentations and single deep pores, as in Coracias ;
it is everywhere polished and glossy, except a few of the paler and smaller spots,
which are dull and glossless. The ground-colour is pale pinkish-buff (cf.
8
The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds ...
Head violet ; nape, back of neck, and back, very rich scarlet ; lesser coverts and
scapulars glossless green ; a yellow band across the rump ; wings dusky,' edged
greenish ; upper tail-coverts scarlet ; tail, with the lengthened middle feathers, ...
Thomas Caverhill Jerdon, 1877
9
Bloodwinter: A Tale of Eron
And when she went to bed, she found something hard under her pillow that hadn'
t been there when she'd made the bed that morning. A simple, utterly glossless
black key. Somewhere in War-Hold, she reckoned, there must therefore also be a
...
10
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
The female of the Andaman Shdma is of a duller colour than the male, especially
on the wings and breast, which latter is glossless black ; tail also shorter ; and the
legs in both sexes are carueous. Of reptiles, the marine Testudinata of the Bay ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), 1861
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLOSSLESS»
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... flat, free-hand, painted surface (glossless, textureless, non-linear, no hard-edge, no soft edge) which does not reflect its surroundings--a pure ... «Huffington Post, Sep 14»
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Jeep refers to the glossless hue as “Dune-in-Matte.” The Desert Storm–ready vibe is further boosted by a mean-looking set of beadlock rims ... «Car and Driver, Oct 12»
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Of course, with the paper stock being Vertigo's traditional glossless material, even the whites of this book don't quite pop off the page. The result ... «Newsarama, Jul 12»
Toshiba 32RL858B
It has to be said that the glossless silver frame round the screen looks and feels a touch plasticky. But this is only to be expected, really, when ... «TrustedReviews, Jan 12»
