18 collocations for discolours

He has a wide mouth and discoloured teeth.

With cloak loose-pinn'd on each, that has been red, But long with dust and dirt discoloured Belies its hue; in mud behind, before, From heel to middle leg becrusted o'er.

The littleness of jealousy never discoloured a conception of his heart.

Observe the bullet hole and those dark stains that discolour your proud features.

In the agitation consequent upon his unexpected appearance, she dropped the basin, the contents of which, splashing in all directions, sadly discoloured his lordship's light pants, and greatly damaged the elegant carpet.

Morse employing a kind of short-hand symbol which indents the paper; Bain, a set of symbols which by chemical agency discolour the paper instead of indenting it; and House printing Roman letters in full by the discolouring process.

Re-reading these chapters, with a more or less critical detachment, and leaving themgood, bad and indifferentas they were originally printed, one is forced to the conclusion that sentimentwhich would seem to arouse what is most hostile in the cultivated dweller in citiesis an all-pervading essence in primitive communities, colouring and discolouring every phase of life and thought.

sincerityhis strong manly sensethe masterly force with which he grasps all his subjectsthe measured fervour of his stylethe precision and vivacity of his shorter sentencesthe grand swell and sonorousness of his longer; on his frequent monotonyhis sesguipedalia verbathe "timorous meaning" which sometimes lurks under his "boldest words;" or on the deep chiaroscuro which discolours all his pictures of man, nature, society, and human life.

The cloth, Lewisham observed, as he turned towards it, had several undarned holes and discoloured places, and in the centre stood a tarnished cruet which contained mustard, pepper, vinegar, and three ambiguous dried-up bottles.

These unhappy Effects of Affectation, naturally led me to look into that strange State of Mind which so generally discolours the Behaviour of most People we meet with.

Nor are these the only causes that may be assigned to reconcile the conflicting testimonies of various Navigators upon the existence of such dangers; the origin of which may be ascribed to drift timberreflected light discolouring the sea, and causing the appearance of broken wateror to the floating carcass of a whale, by which I have myself been more than once deceived.

It is then allowed to cool, a sheet being thrown around the carcase, to prevent the air from discolouring the newly-cleaned skin.

You may see how the root of a tree, penetrating the earth, discolours the soil with which it is in contact.

The eruption leaves behind, in some cases, the peculiar marks of the disease; and in others merely discoloured spots, which disappear in the progress of a short time.

Six miles North 40 degrees East from Cape Keith, we passed over two patches of only three or four fathoms; these we could not see from the general disturbed and discoloured state of the water, it blowing fresh from South-East.

More blood discoloured his right temple, welling from under the matted, coarse black hair.

Contrast had discoloured the good time.

It had been preceded by another cry, as the boy and the sapling he was twisted round toppled into the river together, uprooted stones and clods pounding after them and discolouring the pool into which the torrent rushes between rocks, to swirl frantically before it dives down a narrow channel and leaps into another caldron.

18 collocations for  discolours