Gild is a perfectearmark of eighteenth-century descriptive verse: the shore is gilded and so are groves, clouds, etc.
This species of verbiage is the earmark of all eighteenth-century poetry and poets; not only of those who used the classic couplet, but equally of the romanticizing group who adopted blank verse.
Then for God's sake will ye gang up and tell him to come this instant to the Earmark cothouses.
I never saw a more typical criminal," Michael said, severely looking at the captive; "every earmark of it.
Some few were footsore or thin in flesh, but taken as a whole the delivery had every earmarkof an honest one.
They were a rag-tag lot, many of them big steers, while much of the younger stuff was clear of earmarkor brand until after their arrival at the home corrals.
Well, the Four-Bar-M earmark is a crop and an under-bit right and a swallow-fork left.
Then he added quickly, as if regretting his remark, "Our earmark is an under-bit right and a split left, you said.
So I earmark the calf with the owner's marks, and don't brand him at all.
There was absolutely not the slightest earmark of the Negro about them.
Tonight I'm calling on Congress to publish all earmark requests on a single web site before there's a vote so that the American people can see how their money is being spent.
For example, some Members of Congress post some earmark requests online.
I'm also calling on Congress to continue down the path of earmark reform, Democrats and Republicans--Democrats and Republicans.
I even git Jeff and the boys to brand and earmark 'em fer me, so they won't hev no hard feelin' fer the Old Man.
Well, that's Jim's earmarkon those sheep, and I know it.
Catch those yearling ewes with the wether earmark and change to the shoe-string.
She could no more preside at a dinner table or pour tea gracefully, as would be expected of his wife, than Beth could shear a sheep or earmark one.
Come here and help meearmark the rest of these yearlings.
