116 adjectives to describe breeds

Among the distinct breeds kept in Egypt there was a massive wolf-dog, a large, heavily-built hound with drooping ears and a pointed head, at least two varieties of Greyhound used for hunting the gazelle, and a small breed of terrier or Turnspit, with short, crooked legs.

The number produced at each litter depends upon the character of the breed; 12 being the average number in the small variety, and 10 in the large; in the mixed breeds, however, the average is between 10 and 15, and in some instances has reached as many as 20.

His honored prisoner and guest, riding a splendid black charger of the purest Arab breed, and surrounded by his chiefs, awaited his return from the field.

On account of the extreme variability of the sheep under culture, it is generally supposed that the innumerable domestic breeds have all been derived from the few wild species; but the whole question is involved in obscurity.

From the earliest ages, Great Britain has been distinguished for the excellence of her native breeds of cattle, and there are none in England that have obtained greater celebrity than those which have this name, and which originated, about seventy years ago, on the banks of the Tees.

Likewise men had arisen who preached to them discontent, and other races of a lesser breed had joined themselves to them.

We have room for the man who will neighbor here, Who will keep his hands and his conscience clear; We have room for the man who'll respect our laws And pledge himself to our country's cause, But we haven't an inch of land to give To the alien breed that will alien live.

But who can drive the numerous breed? Chase one, another will succeed.

All these good, homely folk were Nevill's Courtiers of the genuine breed; born in the court, as had been their fathers before them for generations.

What practical application is made of this law in producing better seed and better breeds?

Further, the growths are more common in heavy cart animals of a lymphatic type than in those of a lighter breed.

Moreover, she had been a sportswoman of the rarest breed and merited every kindness he could do for her.

This reckless breed of men.

It is to be hoped that the efforts now being made by the Black and Tan Terrier Club will be beneficial to the increased popularity of this diminutive breed.

They are but a very small herd, and I am sure there are no fancy breeds among them.

Early conductors were tough breed.

But whatever may have been his impulse at times to give up in despair all attempt to improve the "little breed" of men around him, Marcus had schooled his gentle spirit to live continually in far other feelings.

They would have contrasted strongly with Cromwell's regiment of Ironsides, who were recruited from the dark-haired men of the fen districts, and who are said to have left the impression on contemporary observers as being men of a peculiar breed.

Let those, who question this report, To Pliny's ancient page resort; 20 How learn'd was that sagacious breed!

THE WELSH SPRINGER.Like the English Springer, the Welsh Springer has only very recently come into existenceofficially, that is to say; but his admirers claim for him that he has existed as a separate breed for a long time, though not beyond the bounds of the Principality, where he is referred to as the Starter.

But life was very easy in that snow-rimmed basin, lost to all the world, with neither thorns nor briars, with no evil insects nor any beasts save the gentle breed of llamas they had lugged and thrust and followed up the beds of the shrunken rivers in the gorges up which they had come.

They may not at first be as clever with the hoe as the Bessarabian or the Bokhariot, or whatever the fashionable breed is, but they have qualities of pluck, good humour, and a certain well-wearing virtue which are not altogether bad.

THE SPECKLED HAMBURG.Of the speckled, or spangled Hamburg which is a favourite breed with many persons, there are two varieties,the golden-speckled and the silver-speckled.

And after that, if those absurd Cocks of far-fetched breeds have not by to-morrow evening gone back to their cages, we will eat them all, no longer good for anything!

But the dogs that one meets in the Canadian woods are of the fiercest breed.

116 adjectives to describe  breeds