He immediately began to neigh, and slipped his halter.

As they sat about the blaze after breakfast, laying out plans for the day, the sound of a horse's neigh startled them.

From the shed came the neigh of Maggie, calling softly to him.

Under the impact of that descending bulk the stallion crouched almost to the earth, but he came up again with a snort and a strangled neigh of rage.

A faint neigh floated down wind.

With a wild neigh of terror and pain the animal leaped to one side, carrying away a section of rotten fence.

At the same instant, the horses in the stable began to neigh furiously, whilst the cattle lowed as if choking.

V. boast, make a boast of, brag, vaunt, Puff, show off, flourish, crake^, crack, trumpet, strut, swagger, vapor; blague^, blow, four-flush [Slang], bluff. exult, crow, crow over, neigh, chuckle, triumph; throw up one's cap; talk big, se faire valoir

the neigh of my horse answered me from the hill, mocking me in my despair.

There he halted, and, flinging back his tossed mane, uttered a shrill neigh.

" The Knight-mare gave a loud triumphant neigh.

the striderous neigh!

As the horse of Darius was the first to neigh, Darius was proclaimed king.

And that true griffin's neigh, The damsel from the window spied Her lady borne away.

In response to the neigh of Greenleaf's steed Hilary's had paused an instant and turned his head, but now followed on again, while the laughter ended in the clapping of a hundred hands; for Kincaid's horse had the bridle free on his neck and was following his master as a dog follows.

I gave a long, shrill neigh for help.

Just as we were passing out of sight the poor creatures neighed pitifully after us, and one who has never heard the last despairing, pleading neigh of a horse left to die can form no idea of its almost human appeal.

Oh, I have heard them talk and talk, drinking o' nights in the gun-room, and the escort's horses stamping at the porch with a man to each horse, to hold the poor brutes' noses lest they should neigh and wake the woods.

" Sweeny looked discomfited; the next breath he bethought himself of a saving joke: "Liftinint, it 'ud sarve erry won av 'em right;" then another neigh of laughter.

" At this moment a loud neigh was heard from the stable across the yard.

He never once glanced back at the farm-house, but the mare several times bent her neck around and emitted a doleful neigh, as if complaining because her good days were now over.

Again, all the horses and donkeys neigh; for the bray of a donkey is only a harsher neigh, pitched on a different key, it is true, but a sound of the same characteras the donkey himself is but a clumsy and dwarfish horse.

Again, all the horses and donkeys neigh; for the bray of a donkey is only a harsher neigh, pitched on a different key, it is true, but a sound of the same characteras the donkey himself is but a clumsy and dwarfish horse.

From the very heart of the burning barn the sharp single whistle burst and over the rolling smoke and spring fire rose the answering neigh.

After that neigh and whistle, a quiet fell over the group at the barn door.