 | Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, and the end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oysters and muscles are ; and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, and the end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are: and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which... | |
 | James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...in form like a lace of silk finely woven 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 end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in... | |
 | James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 406 pages
...in form like a lace of 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 are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in... | |
 | William MacGillivray - Zoologists - 1834 - 418 pages
...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper-pointed, and of a whitish colour, and the end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are, and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which,... | |
 | John Warren - Mollusks - 1834 - 262 pages
...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed and of a whitish color; and the end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are, and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which... | |
 | William MacGillivray - Zoologists - 1834 - 420 pages
...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper-pointed, and of a whitish colour, and the end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are, and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which,... | |
 | William MacGillivray - Natural history - 1834 - 408 pages
...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper-pointed, and of a whitish colour, and the end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are, and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which,... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 796 pages
...that in time breaketh into certain shells, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper-pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing...the shell, even as the fish of oisters and muskles ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass, or lumpe, which in time cometh to the shape... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1865 - 1236 pages
...thing in form like a lace of silke, finely woven, as it were together ; one end wherof is fastened into the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters...are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rnde masse or lump, which in time cometh to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed,... | |
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Muskles are; the other end is made fast into the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird: when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string;... 
