One of the most specific signs of poisoning by darnel seeds is said by Seeger to be the trembling of the whole body.
Hassall states that the flour of the darnel seed presents the following appearance under the microscope:--"The starch corpuscles are polygonal, and resemble in this respect those of rice.
True, it is not high praise to say of Miss Aurelia Darnel that she is more alive, or rather less lifeless, than Smollett's heroines have been heretofore.
He now produced the letter which had caused such fatal disquiet in his bosom; and Miss Darnel no sooner eyed the paper, than she recollected it was a formal dismission, which she had intended and directed for Mr. Sycamore.
They differed about a bet upon Miss Cleverlegs, and, in the course of the dispute, Mr. Darnel called him a petulant boy.
Mr. Thomas Clarke being consulted on this occasion, gave it as his opinion, that Miss Darnel should, without delay, choose another guardian for the few months that remained of her minority.
You are deceived, if you thought Aurelia Darnel could be so insensible, ungrateful, and--inconstant.
In two days Mrs. Darnel departed this life, and Aurelia was removed to the house of a relation, where her grief had like to have proved fatal to her constitution.
At this period Squire Darnel chanced to die, leaving an only daughter, a minor, heiress of three thousand a year under the guardianship of her uncle Anthony, whose brutal character all the world knows.
But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.
But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.
As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.
When darnel seed is ground up with wheat the bread becomes dangerous, for the poison produces severe headache, vertigo, and giddiness.
The use of darnel in the adulteration of wheaten flour may give rise to serious sanitary results.
And another Grain shall answer, 'Darnel and no Wheat, am I.
Lo the disregarded Darnel With itself adorns the Wheat-field, And for all the Early Season Satisfies the Farmer's Eye; But come once the Hour of Harvest.
The wheat and the darnel were opposite in character and consequences as light and darkness, but they were precisely alike in the manner of their growth.
Thomson gives unequivocal testimony, at the same time, that at the present day no instance is known of the growth of darnel among the wheat being caused by the malicious act of an enemy.
The grains of the darnel are not so heavy as the wheat, and not so compactly set upon the stalk.
It was agreed among them that good seed had been sown, and the darnel or false wheat was by common consent and without hesitation set down as the work of an enemy.
The darnel is permitted to grow in summer, and in harvest is cast into the fire,--both for the sake of the wheat.
This darnel is easily distinguishable from the wheat and barley when headed out, but when both are less developed, 'the closest scrutiny will often fail to detect it.
The traditional belief commonly held is that the plant referred to in the parable is the darnel weed, known to botanists as Lolium temulenium, a species of bearded rye-grass.
But when the stalk grew up and bore fruit, then the poisonous darnel appeared.
Then leaving the multitudes; he went into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the poisonous darnel of the field.
As, therefore, poisonous darnel is collected and burned with fire, so shall it be at the consummation of the world.
According to Gerarde, "darnel hurteth the eyes, and maketh them dim, if it happen either in corne for breade or drinke.
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat, and went away.
And his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.
The good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the darnel are the sons of the evil one, (39)and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil.
And when the blade sprang up and produced fruit, then appeared the darnel also.
As therefore the darnel are gathered up and are burned with fire, so shall it be in the end of the world.
The soil was good, and so the wheat and darnel grew; and when the servants saw the tares among the wheat, they found the owner of the field and said, 30 You surely sowed good seed; from whence these tares?
Then Jesus spoke another parable; he said: 27 The kingdom I may liken to a field in which a man sowed precious seed; 28 But while he slept an evil one went forth and sowed a measure full of darnel seed; then went his way.
When I am dead, and years shall pass, The scythe will cut the darnel grass Now and again for decency, Where we forgotten people lie.
The grass was rank, but it had been mown down for this occasion round the tombs of the Ironsydes, though elsewhere darnel rose knee deep and many venerable stones slanted out of it.
And the same is repeated in the first Georgic, and in both places lolium is always translated Darnel, and so by common consent Darnel is identified with the Lolium temulentum or wild Rye Grass.
For further early references to Cockle or Darnel see note on "Darnelle" in the "Catholicon Anglicum," p.
There is some reason to suspect that the old custom of using Darnel to adulterate malt and distilled liquors has not been wholly abandoned.
A general trembling, followed by inability to walk, hindered speech, and presently profound sleep, with subsequent headache and vomiting, are the symptoms produced by Darnel when taken in a harmful quantity.
Mrs. Darnel replied immediately, expressive of the pleasure it would afford her to meet again one of the most intimate companions of her youth, and to have both Mrs. Forrester and the colonel staying at her house.
The conversation was finally interrupted by the arrival of some female visitors, who joined Mrs. Darnel in lamenting the inconveniences of the times.
A wet season is said to encourage the growth of darnel with the varieties of corn.
For an intelligent man, these were very stupid thoughts, but the devil is a cunning fellow, he does not seek out the prudent and strong, when he wishes to sow darnel and cockles in the fresh furrow, he takes the foolish and weak.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "darnel" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
