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... mouth, &c." The garter, which is of blue velvet bordered with fine gold wire, having commonly the ... sovereign, to whom it was presented upon a velvet cushion by garter king at amis, with the ...

... Velocity. (See Mechanics.) Velveret ; a species of cotton velvet (See Velvet.) Velvet ; a rich kind of stuff, all silk, covered ... Italy, are most noted for the manufacture of velvet. There are cotton velvets manufactured in imitation of ...

... characteristic. The yarn is now ready for weaving. Velvet (Italian, vd- luto, shaggy) is one of the ... and softness to the touch. The beauty of velvet results, in a great degree, from the uniform ...

... bone, and are shed annually; even the Wapiti deer sheds its huge antlers every year, and the extinct Irish elk formed no exception to this rule. Antlers are very vascular, and are covered by a vascular mem- brane, termed the ' velvet,' until the full growth, when they lose the ' ...

... a spring morning about sunrise. The group of deer are just stepping into a pool to drink. The male is on guard. He looks us in the eye with a questioning expression and although his horns are merely in the velvet, not mature nor hard, he seems ready to ...

... which may effect the sex-ratio of the deer-mouse (Pero- myscus). Biol. Bull., Lancaster, Pa., 1922, ... the formation of a narrowly localized race of deer-mice (Pero- myscus). Am. Naturalist, Lancaster, Pa., 1917, ...

... race maintenance, to secure which both food and safety, despite their enormous value, are readily surrendered. Beginning crudely with care for the children this curious "urge" extends itself in some species to the immediate asso- ciates, as in herds of deer, or elephants; in man, to his whole town, ...

... empty state. It is of a soft or velvet-like appearance, and is constantly covered with a ... times the diameter of those of the Musk Deer. There is, however, a more uniform relation between ...

... six to ten inches. It is soft like velvet when young, but afterwards becomes hard and ligneous. ... directed by the British Colleges. This species of deer inhabits Europe, Asia, and the North of Africa. ...

... The young branches are covered with a soft velvet-like down, and from their re- semblance to ...