Subsequently converted into land, wholly or partially as the case may have been, they now present the appearance of plains and plateaux of erosion, often deeply indentedby the sea.
Thus the highly-indented coast-line of those regions does not coincide with the edge of the plateau, but with those irregularities of its upper surface which are the result of antecedent sub-aerial erosion.
Two leaves produced, two rough indented leaves, Cautious he pinches from the second stalk A pimple, that portends a future sprout, And interdicts its growth.
The coast line is indented by several loughs and bays.
St Albans or Aldhelms Head is the next salient feature, after which the fine cliffs areindented with many little bays, of which the most noteworthy is the almost landlocked Lulworth Cove.
The county possesses a large extent of sea-coast indented by numerous inlets.
This is a cell similar to the last with a spherical, oval or indented nucleus, but it has much more protoplasm.
While Lesueur was sorting the papers on his teacher's desk, he came across a card strongly indented by the types in the press.
The west coast is indented by two deep inlets, (1) the northernmost, the Gulf of Ismid (anc.
The escutcheon, indented in a somewhat peculiar fashion, is surrounded by the Garter, and fastened to the front of the bracket, a highly ornamented piece of work, on which stand the two supporters.
The inscription is contained in an oval band; outside this is an oval leaf-wreath, and outside this again an indented frame.
Below the design is an oblong and indented bracket.
Reaching across the upper portion of the design is an oblong tablet, with indented shelly scroll-work edges, and a background border of large full-blown roses, with thorny stems.
Alsop had been an indented servant in Maryland, and gives a favorable account of the condition of Maryland apprentices.
Owing to its equable climate, Maryland had more of these indented servants than any other colony, and the statute book contains many acts relating to them.
The “freemen,” who were entitled to make laws, were early held to include all but indented servants, whether they owned a freehold or not.
It was long, however, before slaves took the place of indented servants, who formed a large part of the population down to the time of the Revolution.
The square mass below is solid, and the Ionic columns which are seen on each of its faces are half-indented in the rock itself.
The four hoof-prints, close together upon the bank, showed the point from which he had sprung; and the deeply indented turf testified that he had made no timid leap.
Resolving to come to America, he indentedhimself to a sea-captain for seven years, in payment of his passage.
On arriving in Virginia he was indented to Anthony Winston, Esq.
These Provinces occupy an extensive coast line, indented with bays and capacious harbours, presenting all the facilities for shipping, commerce and fisheries.
The two passages are not indented in the original; they are in smaller typeface that makes for difficult reading.
In the original, the quoted material is not indented but instead appears in a smaller typeface; I have chosen to indent the material half an inch to make it easier to read.
Evidence which cannot be refuted shows that this habit of coasting is general, though a deeply indented bay, an estuary or strait, is usually crossed, and by no means always at the narrowest point.
Even this reputed scarcity may be error, for how many reliable watchers are there compared with the immense length of this wave-indented coastline?
A strong nail, which folds back on an indented projection, thus forming a pincer, terminates the tarsus.
The Empusa, which forms another genus of Mantidae, has the antennae indented like a comb in the males, thread-like in the females.
It is well known that a country which has deeply indented coasts gains an early and extensive development.
Thus a house-post indented by a creeper is generally avoided in Selangor for a different reason, viz.
It is sometimes indented to the shape of the teeth, but more usually quite plain.
From Slea Head a magnificent view of Dingle Bay is obtained,--its indented shores flanked by the Dingle mountains stretching away for thirty miles of wonderful panorama of islands and rocks out to and around the Blasquetts.
To the north is the deeplyindented Black Sod Bay, with its myriad smaller bays, while to the south is Clew Bay, populated with numerous tiny islets, and the high-held head of Croagh Patrick.
The front margin isindented on each side of a three-spined rostrum, to form cavities for the eyes.
Crenulated^: Having a series of notches; marked as with notches, as theindented margin of a shell.
M285) Thus intersected in all parts with mountains, and deeply indented by the sea, Greece was both mountainous and maritime.
Or, was the wearied look, were the indentedupright lines between the eyes, called forth by inward care?
The indented line of pain had gone from his brow: he was as a man at rest within.
It has; the Mosaic, or checkered pavement; the indented tressel; that beautiful tesselated border which surrounds it, with the blazing star in the centre.
The coast of Cumberland is broken and indented by many creeks or inlets, the most remarkable of which is the noble harbour of Port Jackson.
The shape of New Holland is very irregular, its coast being much broken and indented by various great bays and smaller inlets; but it has been estimated to have a width from E.
Johnson derives this word from the French 'grele,' hail, marked or indented as with hailstones.
These areindented in the surface by means of a point (p.
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