Which preposition to use with notch
It is a charming little thing, with a low, sweet voice, singing like a bird, as it pours from a notch in a short ledge, some thirty-five or forty feet into a round mirror-pool.
Between latitude 36° 20' and 38° the lowest pass, gap, gorge, or notch of any kind cutting across the axis of the range, as far as I have discovered, exceeds 9000 feet in height above the level of the sea; while the average height of all that are in use, either by Indians or whites, is perhaps not less than 11,000 feet, and not one of these is a carriage-pass.
"The moon, so white in the sky, becomes densely black when it is closely ranging with the sun, and it shows itself as a black notch on the burning disc when the eclipse begins.
They show a pine up here on the side of the Vision, which he notched at every new-comer, until reaching seventeen, his honest old heart could go no farther, and he gave the matter up in despair.
I must needs bear this notch with me unto the grave, belike.
Now I'm fain to know if for these twelve I may cut twelve notches from my belt, or must we share their lives betwixt us
To him nearly every notch between the peaks is a pass, though much patient step-cutting is at times required up and down steeply inclined glaciers, with cautious climbing over precipices that at first sight would seem hopelessly inaccessible.
And the ringing fight went on till Leothric's armour lay all round him on the floor and the marble was splashed with his blood, and the sword of Gaznak was notched like a saw from meeting the blade of Sacnoth.
She and her friends had driven down from the Notch by sunset and moonlight.
Here be two notches for theeso take back thy belt and go, get thee to thy restand, Rogerpray for one that tasteth death in life."
That length of wood had been cut to fit horizontally from notch to notch across the passage.
They wished to display "a notch above their betters."
"Then, for goodness' sake won't you tell me what they have cut notches out of their speed for; because I'm all balled up, and blessed if I can think of another thing!
This arrow he drew two or three times through his hand so as to smooth the feathering and make the web lie straight, before fitting the notch to the string.
When we finally halted to listen we at once heard the baying of the hounds in the black notch below us.
He could only remember fragments, such as a picture of rushing waters recurring again and againand sometimes an amazing horizon, a dark line curiously notched against a pale green background.
Till this time I never had distinguished the Sabbath-day; but now made a longer notch than ordinary for the days of rest, and divided the weeks as well as I could, though I found I had lost a day or two in my account.
Thorax narrow, the sides slightly rounded so as to be almost continuous with the lateral line of the elytra; behind it projects in the middle, and is notched over the scutellum: of a lively glossy green, the sides broadly margined with yellow.
First, with their double-bitted axes, each drove a deep notch into the sapwood just wide enough to take the end of a two-by-six plank four or five feet long with a single grab-nail in the end,the springboard of the Pacific coast logger, whose daily business lies among the biggest timber on God's footstool.
They were as sure that there was to be a seventh notch as of their identity.
During the last part of our way, the path was notched along precipitous steeps, where the storm was so thick that we could see nothing either above or below.