"Neb" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... known as wattles, is also very rich in tannin and forms an important article of export. Such are Acacia pycnantha, golden wattle, A. decurrens, tan wattle, and A. dealbata, silver wattle. The pods of Acacia nilotica, under the name of neb-neb, and of other African ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia
... his bed He danced the Gillie Callum, An' wi's Kilmarnock owre his neb What evil could befall him! Hech mon! The pawky duke! What evil could befall him? When he cast his buits an' soopled his cuits Wi' ...
— The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots • David Rorie
... "I neb see such dreffle man," whispered Pomp, for fear of rousing my father. "Get late. Sun get up soon 'fore we get dah. Mass' Morgan an' Pomp fader gone down to de boat, and carry big bag somefin to eat. Pomp got de fishum-line, and ...
— Mass' George - A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah • George Manville Fenn
... length ensued. Some three or four of the group drew towards the crone, who sat almost double, her chin resting on the neb of her crutch. ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby
... Martin had let her be; but he spent a penny for every ha'penny she made, till all came to the hammer. Oxford puffed him up, and there was no one to check him; so he must needs be a gentleman, and give himself all kinds of airs, till people called him 'Gentleman Joliffe,' and later on 'Old Neb'ly' when his mind was weaker. 'Twas that turned his brain," said the sexton, pointing to the great window; "'twas the silver and green what ...
— The Nebuly Coat • John Meade Falkner
... become his own; She talked of ether and ozone, And painted yellow poodles on Her brother's razor hone; Then talked of Noah and Neb'chadnezzar, And Timon and Tiglath-pileser— While he at her heart portals knocked, She talked and talked ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) • Various
... end down into a fruit jar or other glass jar. Bait may be placed in the jar if desired, although this is not necessary. —Contributed by Geo. Go McVicker, North Bend, Neb. ...
— The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 - 700 Things For Boys To Do • Popular Mechanics |
