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Example sentences for "watchet"

Lexicographically close words:
watche; watched; watcher; watchers; watches; watcheth; watchfire; watchfires; watchful; watchfull
  1. My man and my son they be gone down to Watchet to 'elp with the cargo and the pack-'orzes.

  2. They wore homespun linen gowns off the same web of watchet blue, and little clumsy leather shoes like sandals, made by the village shoemaker.

  3. It was too valuable for her to use it herself; she cherished it and fed the soil, planting every seed, promising Mary that some day she should have a gown dyed watchet blue, of linen from their own flax.

  4. He brought from the ruinous steps her watchet mantle, and she let him clasp it about her throat.

  5. From its fellow of watchet blue she detached her floating silver sleeve.

  6. Watchet serves the district, between the Quantocks and Brendons.

  7. Coal is extensively mined in the Radstock district, and iron used to be obtained from the Brendons, though operations now seem to have ceased, and the mineral railway which brought the ore to Watchet for shipment is now disused.

  8. The waters of the Bristol Channel as far down as Minehead are discoloured; and, with the exception of a range of low cliffs near St Andries and Watchet and a stony foreshore at Clevedon, there are no rocks worth mentioning.

  9. So for a moment they stood, and then, as at some signal, from them broke out that deep chant with its terrible swinging melody, that had come faintly to me from Watchet haven.

  10. Tell us, Thane, of the Watchet landing," he said.

  11. Doubtless that was what the king had in store for him, for at once he gave him the manor of the Watchet thane who had been slain, for as it chanced he had no heirs, and the land came back to the king.

  12. But men must know that you yourself have power there, and, therefore, I make you lord of all Quantock side, from Watchet stream to Parret, and from the borders of your own land at Cannington to Severn shore between those two.

  13. The whole countryside turned out gladly, and the Watchet Norsemen helped also.

  14. Then the band set out, and we went across the hills seaward and to the west until we saw Watchet below us.

  15. That would be foolishness," Evan said; "the next thing would be that every one would know who the captive that was taken out of Watchet was.

  16. Watchet was on Gerent's left flank, and a force there was a gain to us indeed, if only by staying the force at Norton for a day longer.

  17. So it came to pass that in a few days all was ready for our going to Watchet to find Thorgils or some other shipmaster who would take us over.

  18. Norton is on the southern end of the Quantocks, and Watchet is at the northern end, as you know, King Ina.

  19. A fire of green brushwood and heather was sending a tall pillar of smoke into the air to tell the watchers on the Poldens and at Watchet that we had done what we came to do.

  20. At last I slept, nor did I wake till we had been alongside the wharf at Watchet for two hours, being worn out.

  21. Watchet being claimed as of Norse origin, I have not hesitated to place the Norsemen there.

  22. We went back to our own ship at once after this was done, but Eric would see us safely to Watchet before he was satisfied, and so we took up the quiet passage again, little harmed enough.

  23. Have any of your twenty told you that these knaves of Welsh have broken peace with us, tried to burn Watchet town--and had their heads broken?

  24. She is beautiful, she needs no plumpers, and she regards us kindly with her watchet eyes.

  25. We have put her away in an old chest with hoops and tie-wigs and gibbets and pirates and Newgate ordinaries and rotten boroughs and watchet ribbands.

  26. One more touch of powder, one more brush from the rouge pot, one more flounce and one more flirt while the watchet ribbands in the cap are hastily changed to ribbands of palest apple-green, and a pair of emerald snaps are quickly fastened.

  27. Her winsome, watchet eyes, they are the sweetest, Her chaussure and her gloves they are the neatest, Her toilette you'll consider the completest.

  28. The Minstrel sitting down to dine To retrospection doth incline; "A faultless figure, watchet eyes As sweet as early summer skies!


  29. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "watchet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.