He is the owner of a famous hammer called Miölner, and of a no less famous belt called Megingard; he wears steel gauntlets and brazen armour.
Tis flattering to his pride In arms to follow Asa-Thor, And carry, by the hero’s side, The iron gauntlets of the god of war.
He made no reply, but rose and walked to the window, and looked out across the snow, drawing on his gauntlets as he did so.
He scratched some frost from the pane and looked out to where the trooper in dog-skin coat, gauntlets and cap, was mounting his broncho.
Aviator's gauntlets draped the staff of the banner.
He stood there a moment in silence, dropped hisgauntlets on the table and seemed peering at the Master.
Upon the ground under the beam, and immediately beneath that part of it where the gauntlets were fixed, were laid three pieces of wood, of a few inches in thickness, and piled one upon another.
But what chiefly attracted the unfortunate captive's attention was a couple of iron gauntlets attached to it, about a yard apart.
If these fail, we can try thegauntlets and the rack; and lastly, the dungeon among the rats, and the hot stone.
These are the gauntlets Wherewith I wield it, And hurl it afar off; This is my girdle; Whenever I brace it, Strength is redoubled!
The blood upon their gauntlets and sword-hilts, on their blades still unwiped, told both had been where cowards would not be--in the thick of the fight.
Like the gauntlets in the picture of Suspense, it suggests the knightly deeds of chivalry with which the bloodhound seems appropriately associated.
The heavy door, studded with great nails, calls to mind the old Norman castle; the gauntlets on the table and the plume on the floor suggest the armor of the mediaeval knight.
She found Miss Jemima in a state of wild commotion, with her riding-dress buttoned awry, and one of her gauntlets torn half off with hard pulling.
They were beautiful in their perfect workmanship, huge gauntlets fringed with pearl and gold, and tasseled at the points with rubies.
And he glanced down proudly at the beautiful gauntlets on his hands, calculating what the pearls and turquoises might be worth, picked off, and vain at having outwitted Visconti.
Gallon the fool cast down one of the gay gauntlets on the head of its former owner, laughing till the whole cliffs rang, to see it strike him on the forehead, and deluge his fair effeminate face with blood.
The want of his gauntlets and brassards showed his arms covered with a quilted jacket of crimson silk, called a gambesoon, and large gloves of thick buff leather.
His gauntlets were made of the finest buckskin, and a gold-hilted small sword swung from his sash.
Jackson himself had not removed hat or gauntlets either, and the heavy cavalry cloak that he had worn on the ride remained flung over his shoulders.
Gauntlets of beautiful workmanship were not, of course, peculiar to Spain, but were adopted there as early as in any other country.
The gauntletsand leg-armour are composed of alternate horizontal bands, some showing a zig-zag pattern; the others, perhaps rings set vertically.
The gauntlets correspond in decoration and elegance with the rest of this magnificent suit.
There is no leg-armour attached to the suit, and the gauntlets have disappeared.
The tassets, cuisses, and gauntlets display the same decoration as the rest of the armour.
It is composed of breast and backplates, with taces; tassets; laminated gorget; espaliers reaching to elbows over sleeves of steel mail; and strong gauntlets with fingers united two and two.
She had gone up to prepare for her ride, and now came to the front in habit and gauntlets and whip, the rose branch at her button-hole.
The gauntlets show the Gadlings, or knuckle-knobs, which are a marked feature of this period, and the whole suit is richly decorated with engraved borders.
Whalebone was employed for gauntlets and also for swords used in the tournament.
Brass was employed for decorative purposes on the edges of the hauberk, or was fashioned into gauntlets, as may be seen in the gauntlets of the Black Prince, preserved at Canterbury.
Then the tabor beat a point of war, and the gauntlets began to do their duty; insomuch that the catchpole had his crown cracked in no less than nine places.
It had been better, said Epistemon, if those gauntlets had fallen upon the fat prior.
Then the tabor beat a retreat; the gauntlets were carefully hid in a trice, and sweetmeats afresh distributed to renew the mirth of the company.
Then came Their henchmen, and the gory gauntletsloosed In haste from those strong hands.
She found him halted just within the room, pulling off his gauntlets and forcing a white smile towards Roger, who was standing swaying on the hearthrug, his cheeks dribbled with tears.
Slowly and deliberately he smoothed out his gauntlets and laid them down on the table.
One day, a young artillery officer, fresh from civil life, was observed to have the wrists of his new white gauntlets covered with tables written with ink.
He began to dwell upon thoughts of squeezing Peters in the steel grip of his gauntletsuntil the pilot's fat face turned purple and his eyes popped.
Someone had noosed the thumbs of the gauntlets together and tied the cord to the harness supporting the air tanks.
Whenever I shook my big gauntlets bare, a cloud of exceedingly fine and hard snow crystals would hit my face; and seeing how much I still had ahead, I cannot say that I liked the sensation.
Every now and then my fingers would turn curd-white, and I had to remove my gauntlets and gloves, and to thrust my hands under my wraps, next to my body.
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