That he had brought about such a result as this--that he had resurrected the dreaded "C" from the grave of musk and bear's grease was too much.
First it was the man of muskand bear's grease, who came between you!
The odor of his detestable musk hovered about her even now, but not yet could she realize that her "C" was no more.
Anyway, I get tired of that horrible odour of musk always.
Al-Nabhan sent, when a-wooing me, * Camels baled with musk and Nadd scenting air.
Musk is often ejected in a fine spray from glands in the tail as a further defensive action.
The tail is switched back and forth, and musk is emitted from glands on each side of the base of the tail.
The fine jets ofmusk are sprayed upward at about 45 deg.
The tail is sometimes vibrated rapidly and musk is expelled.
In 1855 the skull of the musk ox (Bubalus moschatus) was also found in the ochreous gravel of Maidenhead, by the Reverend C.
While these were slowly passing away, the musk ox, reindeer, and other arctic species which have survived to our times were retreating northwards from the valleys of the Thames and Seine to their present more arctic haunts.
It seems surprising that animal life should exist so far north; but that it does so was proved, six musk oxen having been shot at the Alert's winter quarters, besides fifty-seven others near Discovery Grave.
Proceeding twenty miles farther along the south side of Hayes Sound, they put into a snug harbour, near which was discovered a valley with abundance of vegetation, and traces of musk oxen.
It is noteworthy that this mode of escape is attributed, at the present day, to both the musk ox and the Ovis Ammon.
The males have pendant tusks, like those of the musk and rib-faced deer.
I am peculiarly sensitive to smells, and dislike that of musk in particular, yet I have no objection to a musk-rat running about my room quietly if I do not startle him.
The smell of this musk shrew is said by Kellaart, who names it S.
The musk bag is an abdominal or praeputial gland which secretes about an ounce of musk, worth from ten to fifteen rupees.
Kellaart mentions it in Ceylon as the "common musk shrew or rat of Europeans;" but he confuses it with the last species.
The musk does not seem to affect the flavour of the meat, which is considered excellent.
He was a musk buyer, buying muskin western Szechuan on the Thibetan border.
The musk rat haz a flat tale, with no more phur on it than a file haz.
The mink iz about fourth cuzzin tew the musk rat, and haz sum things in common with him; they both smell alike.
When i waz a boy i trapped every winter for musk rats, and bought the fust pare ov skates i ever owned with their skins.
The mink haz 4 times the kunning that the musk rat haz, and iz bilt long and slim like a little girl's stocking.
He haz no very strong pekuliarity ov karakter except hiz perfume, which iz about haff way in its smell between the beaver and the musk rat.
The musk rat iz bigger than a squirrell, and smaller than a woodchuk, and iz az unlike them az a Rokaway klam and a lobster are different from each other.
We have next to note a few thistles that are more or less common on downs and moors, the first being the Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans), common in the South of England, but much less frequent in the North.
He lost three ounces of blood, and took ten drops of laudanum with musk and salt of hartshorn, and recovered in an hour or two without any cold sweat.
Siberian musk (from the Siberian musk deer ) is very attractive to wolves in the Zoo.
Beaver musk (castoreum) and the commercial perfumery sold as musk have proved effective in many cases by causing the wolf to turn aside to follow the scented cross line and so walk into the trap.
Add half an ounce of assafoetida, dissolved in alcohol and one ounce of tincture of Siberian musk, or, if this cannot be procured, one ounce of pulverized beaver castor or one ounce of the common musk sold for perfumery.
Musk oxen are also killed, and farther south the moose is killed by wolves, but it is our belief that the number is comparatively small.
He loved musk as much as he feared lightning; and there was only one thing in all this world that he feared more, and that was Earl Simon of Leicester.
Very sure am I that many a pound of musk came into the wardrobe more than was paid for.
You should have some good thick curtains put up," said Miss Betty, gazing at the bare window, which had a pot ofmusk on its sill.
He mentions the Musk deer, which was known through the Arabian writers, though unnoticed by the ancients.
If musk is used it is sufficient to stir it in the mass, or 1 oz.
Gloves are recommended to be worn, scented with musk when baiting for stoats, weasels, etc, and with vervain or valerian if baiting for cats.
Of course the mixture, if kept exposed, dries up in time, and is then best wetted with a little warm water, into which a few drops of tincture of musk have been stirred.
I do not think it any better or worse than the arsenical preparations for preventing the attacks of insects, but the addition of tincture of musk (a lasting perfume) has seemed to me to be a great gain.
Musk deer are occasionally a nuisance on barasingh ground, and the writer once lost a shot by putting up one of them just as he was getting up to a stag which was calling in the forest.
A stone dislodged, a pheasant or musk deer disturbed, will be sure to start him off.
A musk deer just grazed by a bullet (by no means an uncommon occurrence with so small a beast) seems to vanish in a cloud of hair.
The male has an abdominal gland containing more or less musk according to the season, it being fullest during the rutting season in the winter; this pod is valuable (a good one is worth Rs.
Musk deer are generally found alone or in pairs, and as they keep a great deal to their particular bit of ground, if one has been seen and not fired at the sportsman may nearly always rely upon finding it again near the same place.
In Garwhal and Kumaon muskdeer appear to be bigger and heavier than in Cashmere.
Baboons, buffalo and musk deer roam over its hills.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "musk" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: ambergris; ambrosia; attar; balm; balsam; essence; extract; musk; myrrh; parfum; perfume; scent
