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Example sentences for "caul"

Lexicographically close words:
caue; caues; cauf; caught; caughte; cauld; caulder; cauldron; cauldrons; caule
  1. Any gentleman or lady buying that caul and taking it to sea, could never be drowned.

  2. On their heads they wear a caul or close bonnet, some of silk and some of hair, having the hair of their heads very long, and bound up in a knot on their crowns.

  3. It is wrapped round in some places by a thin caul of the stratified primary rocks.

  4. The reader who is interested to know how much importance has been attributed to the caul will do well to consult Levinus Lemnius, De Miraculis Occultis Naturæ.

  5. The belief in the efficacy of the caul goes back at least to the time of St. Chrysostom, who, in the latter part of the fourth century, preached against this with kindred superstitions.

  6. Roast the breast with the caul on it till almost done; take it off, flour and baste it.

  7. If you roast, put a caul over it; if for boiling, a napkin.

  8. How was it possible for the Jews to get along without the directions as to fat and caul and kidney contained in Leviticus?

  9. Upon her head she wore a caul of gold, and over it, at the back, a round cap, embroidered with orient pearls.

  10. Her hair was left purposely unbraided, and was confined by a caul of black velvet.

  11. She was habited in a robe of violet-coloured velvet, furred with powdered ermine, and wore upon her head a caul of cloth of tinsel set with pearls, and above this a massive circlet of gold covered with gems of inestimable value.

  12. It is deemed lucky to be born with a caul or membrane over the face.

  13. Wearing a caul is a sure protection against drowning.

  14. And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.

  15. And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

  16. I will fall on them like a bear robbed of its young, and will tear the caul of their hearts, and will devour them like a lion--wild beasts shall rend them.

  17. I will meet them as a bear bereft of her cubs, that I may tear the caul of their heart, that I may devour them there like a lion: the wild beast shall rend them.

  18. From some place under hand she had since morning drawn a caul of golden coins, and adjusted it so the gleaming strings fell over her forehead and upon her cheeks, blending lustrously with the flowing of her blue-black hair.

  19. Now and again the caul was worn without the wimple, and this left the back of the neck exposed; from this all the hair was plucked.

  20. Certain it is that in this reign the close caul grew out of all decent proportions, and swelled into every form of excrescence and protuberance, until in the reign of Henry VI.

  21. She wears a white linen hood which shows the shape of the caul in which her hair is imprisoned.

  22. We see the caul grow from its circular shape into two box forms on either side of the head; the uppermost points of the boxes are arranged in horns, whose points are of any length from 4 to 14 inches.

  23. Her hair is enclosed in a stiff square caul of gold wire over cloth of gold.

  24. A caul of gold net came into fashion, but not until the end of the reign.

  25. Minced meats wrapped in caul and fried are kromeskis in kitchen terminology.

  26. May be interpreted thus: Cooked in an envelope of caul or linen, in which case it would correspond to our modern galantine of chicken.

  27. We urbanely informed the lady with the "Caul on her Face" that we had called to have our fortune told, and she said, "Hand out your money.

  28. His grandmother, as he could well inform your lordship, was born with a lucky caul upon her, which caul is still in the family.

  29. If a child is born with a caul it is preserved with religious veneration.

  30. We are not certain whether the caul is in general the perquisite of the midwife-- sometimes we believe it is; at all events, her integrity occasionally yields to the desire of possessing it.

  31. The caul is a, thin membrane, about the consistence of very fine silk, which sometimes covers the head on a new-born infant like a cap.

  32. At this day a caul will bring a good price in the most civilized city in the world--to wit, the good city of London--the British metropolis.

  33. The two little kidneys with the caul that is upon them which is by the flanks, and the fat of the liver with the little kidneys.

  34. The two little kidneys, and the caul that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the fat of the liver with the little kidneys: 4:10.

  35. With the kidneys, and the fat that covereth the belly and all the vitals and both the little kidneys, with the fat that is about the flanks, and the caul of the liver with the little kidneys.

  36. And the fat, and the little kidneys, and the caul of the liver, which are for sin, he burnt upon the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

  37. The fat also of the bullock, and the rump of the ram, and the two little kidneys with their fat, and the caul of the liver, 9:20.

  38. The two little kidneys, and the fat which is by the flanks, and the caul of the liver with the little kidneys.

  39. The two kidneys with the fat wherewith the flanks are covered, and the caul of the liver with the two little kidneys.

  40. But the fat that was upon the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two little kidneys, with their fat, he burnt upon the altar.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "caul" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.