We likewise killed two or three civet cats; but their flesh is the worst of carrion.
The CIVET is common all over Europe as a perfumer's sign, as it was said to produce musk.
And a very fineCivet Cat, spotted like a Leopard, and is now alive, that was brought from Africa with it.
The presents conveyed to Portugal included seven hundred copper bracelets, elephant tusks, slaves, parrots, civet cats and other animals, and native cloth.
The man of culture spoke in those two words, "civet fur"; and Dunbar nodded quickly, his eyes ablaze at the importance of the evidence.
She wore a conspicuous motor-coat of civet fur, and it was this which first attracted Mr. Vernon's attention.
Side by side they descended to Henry Leroux's flat, ringing the bell, which, an hour earlier, the lady of the civet furs had rung.
He had a hazy impression that his visitor, beneath her furs, was most inadequately clothed; and seeking confirmation of this, his gaze strayed downward to where one little slippered foot peeped out from the civet furs.
She wore a magnificent cloak of civet fur wrapped tightly about her, and, as Leroux opened the door, she tottered past him into the lobby, glancing back over her shoulder.
And now the peeping light indiscreetly penetrated to the hem of a silken garment revealed by some disarrangement of the civet fur.
Gently, noiselessly, the lady of the civet fur sank upon the carpet by the table; as she fell, a dim black figure bent over her.
I will ask you then, for your own account, Mr. Leroux, of the arrival of the woman in the civet furs.
He turned the white face toward the light, gently parted the civet fur, and pressed his ear to the silken covering of the breast.
They can be built small for weasel or a little larger for mink, marten and civet cat; or larger for opossum and skunk; still heavier for coon and wild cat and even to a size that kills bear.
CIVET CAT should be cased and stretched on boards fur side in.
Civet orcivet cats are caught much the same way as skunk.
Trappers use large numbers of this size for muskrat, mink, opossum, civet and marten.
Skunks have a spot on the head and two stripes while the civet has several stripes and these sometimes run across the body instead of along the back from head to tail as on the skunk.
Find where the raccoon, skunk, civet cat, opossum, etc.
At his side was a valet, placing fresh sachets filled with civet within false pockets of the satin lining of his lord's waistcoat.
In the Genet and the Civet the contraction of the pupil is as in the Cat.
The majority have a scent gland beneath the tail, from which the perfumecivet is derived.
In perfumery, civet is chiefly used as an addition to other perfumes in order to strengthen them and make them more constant.
The civet is secreted in a cavity between the anus and the external genitals, and is scraped out with a spoon.
An addition of tincture of musk or civet should particularly be avoided.
When his mother saw the civet cat, she said, "My son, this is not the noondah, eater of the people.
It is sold everywhere, but for the last three weeks nobody will use any snuff but that sold at the 'Civet Cat.
The snuff of the 'Civet Cat' is but one example of the facility with which the crowd can be attracted to one particular spot.
We leave the Palais-Royal through the main gate, and I observe another crowd of people before a shop, on the sign-board of which I read "At the Sign of the Civet Cat.
This animal is known to the fur trade as well as the trappers, as the "civet cat", although the true civet cat is quite a different animal.
Its most dangerous enemies are, perhaps, the little spotted skunk or civet cat and the bull snake, as both of these creatures, once they get inside of the burrow, follow its course until they find their victim.
Castor is derived from the Sanskrit kasturi, which is used by the Malays and Javanese for the perfume of the civet cat (although they also use native and Arabic names).
In shape it somewhat resembles the cat's skull, though not so short, nor yet so long as that of the civet or dog.
Sometimes the animal rubs off the secretion on the walls and bars of its cage, which are then scraped; but the highest price is given for the pouch cut from the civet when killed.
Cuvier says of a civet which was kept in captivity in Paris: "Its musky odour was always perceptible, but stronger than usual when the animal was irritated; at such times little lumps of odoriferous matter fell from its pouch.
The most striking characteristics of the family is, however, the sub-caudal pouch, which in most produces an odorous substance, and in the typical civet the perfume of that name.
The drugcivet is usually collected from the glands of this and other species, which are confined for the purpose in cages in which they can hardly turn round, and it is scraped from the pouch with a spoon.
Mr. Swinhoe affirms that the Chinese also eat its flesh, and adds: "but a portion that I had cooked was so affected with the civet odour that I could not palate it.
Cryptoproctidae and the Protelidae; and the Civet family (Viverridae).
They used to kill the alligator for his musk-sacs, which they thought "as good civet as any in the world.
Or a bottle of essence," said the woodman, "that makes a man smell like a civet cat for months after it is expended.
As they possess many civet cats, although smaller than those of Guinea, they make use of thecivet and trade it.
Musk and civet are of this nature, and it is a significant fact that these substances are used as perfumes by human beings.
The method of removing the civet perfume is ingenious.
Since musk has become better known, the use of the Civet has been less popular, but at one time it formed a valuable article of trade.
It differs from the African Civet in having a longer and rougher coat.
The Indian Civet inhabits not only the Indian Continent, but also the neighboring islands.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "civet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
