10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIND-BROKEN»
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Tom Brown, Works, II. 234. (Danes.) wind-broken (wind'bro'kn),^. a. Diseased in
the respiratory organs; having the power of breathing impaired by chest-disease :
as, a wind-broken horse. Also broken-winded. wind-changing (wind'chan'jing), ...
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
See wind-broken. Twould wind-break a mule to vie burdens with her. Ford.
windbroacht (wind'broch), n. The hurdy-gurdy or vielle. Nero, a base blind fiddler,
or player on that instrument which is called a irindbrbach. Urquhart, tr. of
Rabelais, ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
See Minded and wind-broken.— the wind. See byL— Cardinal winds. See cardl' .
-cioss to the wind See dong. adv. — Down the Wind. (0) In the direction oi and
mov' ing with the wind: as, birds fly quickly down the wind. (I) Toward ruin, decay,
...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1900
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The American Dictionary of the English Language: Based on ...
WIND-BROKEN 487 WINTER'S-BARK WIND-BROKEN, wind'-brOk'n, adj.
diseased in the respiratory organs : having the power of breathing impaired by
chest disease : as. a wind-broken horse. WIND-CHANGING, wind'-chanj-ing, adj.
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American Soap Journal and Manufacturing Chemist
In the warrant Searcy claimed the men traded a wind-broken horse to him for a
sound horse, agreeing to pay him $80 in money. He had previously sold them the
wind-broken horse for $50, and the sound horse Ixdonged to Joe Staebler, the ...
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The Southwestern Reporter
He alleged that the mule was badly wind-broken, which greatly lessened its
value, and asked for the purchase money paid by him and for $40 for the keep of
the mule from the time of the purchase. Appellee denied the warranty and stated
that ...
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The relation of animal diseases to the public health: and ...
These quarantined animals — among them was a somewhat wind-broken but
otherwise apparently healthy work-horse — were declared to be free from the
disease at the expiration of the time fixed by law. No other horse was bought in
the ...
Frank Seaver Billings, 1884
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The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End ...
Do the (June an the other side, and presently let the Dog loose, and you will
plainly see him draw his Breath exactly like a Wind- broken Horse. The most
obvious Observations from this Experiment are, I . That the whole manner of
Respiration ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, 1716
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The Philosophical Transactions and Collections: Abridged and ...
.Dd the lame on the uihcr side, and presently let the Dog loose, and, you wtll
plainly fe el: art draw his Breath exactly like a Wind-broken Horse. *)*tic moll
obvious Observations from this Experiment are, i« That the % hole manner
ofRespiration ...
Royal society of London, 1705
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The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of ...
the Breaft, and cut it off, ahd fow the Hole up very clofe. Do the fame on the other
Side, and prefently let the Dog loofe, and you will plainly fee him draw his Breath
like a Wind-broken Horfe. The moft obvious Obfervations from this Experiment, ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WIND-BROKEN»
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Why Water Makes You Happy
... water lake, wading out from the ocean's shore into an unbroken horizon of blue or dunking off the dock's edge into the dark wind-broken water in the evening. «Huffington Post Canada, Aug 14»
Upper West Side Sandy
The Upper West Side, where the greatest havoc seems to have been wreaked on cars, by wind-broken branches, was not nearly as hard-hit as other areas of ... «New Yorker, Oct 12»
Trash the Umbrella! Gusty Winds, Heaving Rain Strike Region
A plethora of four sodden, wind-broken umbrellas got dumped in a garbage can on 23rd and 8th in Chelsea this morning – forlorn possessions of bad weather ... «NBC New York, Mar 10»
