It was swollen and darkly discoloured.

So we all stood silent, staring as though fascinated at the hand which Simmonds held up to us; at those tiny wounds, encircled by discoloured flesh and with a sinister dash of clotted blood running away from them.

It was the dead man's hand he was holding; the right hand; a swollen and discoloured hand.

Just above the knuckles were two tiny incisions, with a drop or two of blood oozing away from them, and the flesh about them swollen and discoloured.

And he told me how men went out to take these whales, and stuck long, pointed darts into them; and how the sea was discoloured with the blood of these poor whales for many miles distance: and I admired at the courage of the men, but I was sorry for the inoffensive whale.

When the calf's head is taken out of the soup, cover it up, or it will discolour. Time.2-1/2 hours.

It will be fit for use in a week or two, and, if kept for a very long time, the cabbage is liable get soft and to discolour.

Add the gravy, and let it boil quickly for a few minutes, that it may not discolour.

Put the peas to soak over-night, in rain-water, and float off any that are wormeaten or discoloured.

Any negligence in stirring the contents of the freezing-pot before congelation takes place, will destroy the whole: either the sugar sinks to the bottom and leaves the ice insufficiently sweetened, or lumps are formed, which disfigure and discolour it.

There's for thy labour, Montjoy. Go bid thy master well advise himself: If we may pass, we will; if we be hindered, We shall your tawny ground with your red blood Discolour; and so, Montjoy, fare you well.

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

On the 27th they crossed the mouth of the River Plate, the water being very discoloured, and a good many land insects were found in it.

He therefore who looks upon the Soul through its outward Actions, often sees it through a deceitful Medium, which is apt to discolour and pervert the Object: So that on this Account also, he is the only proper Judge of our Perfections, who does not guess at the Sincerity of our Intentions from the Goodness of our Actions, but weighs the Goodness of our Actions by the Sincerity of our Intentions.

He gives us discoloured paintings of life; helpless, repining, unprofitable, unedifying distress.

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.

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.

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

By much folding it was creased and worn to the pitch of separation, and the second man held the discoloured fragments together where they had parted.

He has a wide mouth and discoloured teeth.

It was very much swollen and discoloured, and when Grizel saw this she gave a little cry, and the ointment she was holding slipped from her hand.

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.

He therefore who looks upon the Soul through its outward Actions, often sees it through a deceitful Medium, which is apt to discolour and pervert the Object: So that on this Account also, he is the only proper Judge of our Perfections, who does not guess at the Sincerity of our Intentions from the Goodness of our Actions, but weighs the Goodness of our Actions by the Sincerity of our Intentions.

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.

Acids of all sorts are injurious to the teeth, and very hot or cold liquids discolour them.