As long as he does not cut all the heads off, the dragon goes and rubs itself against a herb which possesses the virtue of fastening on to the body again the head which had been cut off.
But the idea of the healthful herb is incorporated in another image, very familiar to the popular Indo-European legends, and which is contained even in the Vedic hymns.
She showed him the herb garden and the greenhouses, the village church, some water-colour sketches that her sister had done in Corsica, and the place where it was hoped that celery would grow later in the year.
Dairy and poultry-yard, and herb garden, and all the busy places of the farm seemed to lead by easy access into its wide flagged haven, where there was room for everything and where muddy boots left traces that were easily swept away.
And even to-day the name "Herb of Grace" is sometimes applied to the common wayside flower which we illustrate.
It was given this name because in years gone by it was a popular herb with the "simplers," or gatherers of medicinal plants.
We read of the creation of "every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and everyherb of the field before it grew" (Gen.
And after the benediction when Herb and Elbow and Dex Smith crowded about her in the aisle, she smiled quite as usual, and made her quick, eager Frenchy gestures.
It was a success that had forced Elbow Jenkins and Herb de Casselles to ignore small rebuffs and persist in fighting over her.
They met, for a fleeting instant, but squarely, over Herb de Casselles' shoulder, the dark eyes of Cicely Hamlin.
Cicely was in the row ahead, Herb on one side, Elbow on the other.
Epiphyllum (d), having short and flat joints, with an ordinary leafy shrub or herbof equal size.
Also for any root-like base from which the herb grows up.
But stems are built up by a succession of leaf-bearing growths, such as are strongly marked in a reed or corn-stalk, and less so in such an herb as Flax.
An annual aromatic herb that will seed itself if seeds are left to ripen, and an abundance of plants may always be had.
The Herb garden should find a place on all amateurs' grounds.
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
And the earth brought forth grass and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit whose seed was in itself after his kind; and God saw that it was good, and the evening and the morning were the third day.
When they were turned out of Eden, God said to them "Thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
She stopped in the cabin, and got an herb she knew of to restore her.
She needed an herb for Natalie, she said, that could only be procured on the shore of a slough five miles away.
These are so stifling to the Spaniards who dwell about the mines, that they are obliged often to drink the mattea, or tea made of the herb camini, to moisten their mouths.
This is a resinous gum which is prepared from the root of a perennial herb which grows in stony Arabia.
Across where there is a mud-bank the stout stems of the willow herb are already tall.
Near it is a herb with a much-divided leaf, and curious flowers like small yellow buttons.
Herb Blewett fell off the hayloft last Wednesday, and rolled right down through the turnip chute into the box stall, where they had a fearful wild, cross horse, and rolled right under his heels.
They had entered the herb garden and were passing slowly down the central path.
Hard by, the herb of balm, with its leaves within the heart, and the sweet basil, which has the odor of the gillyflower, exhaled the most delicious perfumes.
The violent vomiting which followed the use of the infusion made with the dried leaves, did not take place with the fresh though she took near a pint made with the same proportion of the herb fresh gathered.
Or take of the juice of the herband flowers, clarify it, and make a fine syrup with honey, of which take three spoonfuls thrice in a day, at physical hours.
This medicine was composed of twenty or more different herbs; but it was not very difficult for one conversant in these subjects, to perceive, that the active herb could be no other than the Foxglove.
The herb bruised, or the juice made up into an ointment, and applied to the place, hath been found by late experience to be availeable for the King's Evill.
The Germans have a custom for maidens to gather this herbon the eve of St. John, and from its withering or retaining its freshness to draw an augury of death or marriage in the coming year.
The jaded reader who needs sauce for his literary appetite cannot do better than buy 'The Herb Moon.
The Herb Moon' is as clever as most of its predecessors, and far less artificial.
As for thee, thy will is done on the earth, and the herbgrows green.
Eridu seemed to have a ready answer: he too was able to create new land, out of which the rush and the herb could grow, where the cattle could be pastured, and the house built.
Among the other gods he has no rival; he causes the herbto grow, and the cattle and flock to bring forth; and he established law and justice among mankind.
This herb is oftentimes in tallness above three spans, but its root is like that of a turnip [for he that should compare it thereto would not be mistaken]; but its leaves are like the leaves of mint.
Now the fruit is preserved by this coat of the calyx, which fruit is like the seed of the herb Sideritis: it sends out a flower that may seem to resemble that of poppy.
From the fresh flowering herb of Mentha piperita, or garden peppermint.
From the flowering herbof Tanacetum vulgare (Linn.
The mandragora or alrun[52] is originally a very rare herb which can hardly be found except below the gallows where a pure youth has been hanged.
He who seeks the herb should know that its lower part has the shape of a human being, and that its upper part consists of broad leaves and yellow flowers.
Herb was snarling inarticulately, wiping vodka-and-ginger from his eyes.
Maybe it is trouble, at that," Herb said tightly, without turning around.
And not only that," Herb said, "but he spills the stuff on me.
If either Herb or Sam attacked him, he knew his oath would permit his fighting back.
And, at that point, Forrester realized that he wasn't going to have a fight with Herb or Sam.
Herb call'd Chia, they make a wholesome hot Liquor.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "herb" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
