Ned put the bottle to his lips, drained its contents, hiccuped lightly, then braced his shoulders.
Sketch map showing a very early stage in the history of the Great Lakes when two relatively small lakes in front of the ice wall separately drained into the Mississippi River.
The Algonquin-Iroquois stage of the Great Lakes when their whole area was ice-free, and all their waters drained through the Mohawk-Hudson Valleys of New York into the Atlantic Ocean.
Lake Duluth covered about half of the Lake Superior basin and drained through the St. Croix River into the Mississippi.
A good example of youthful topography is the region around Fargo, North Dakota, which is part of the bed of a great recently drained lake.
Any newly formed land surface, like a recently drained lake bed or part of the marginal sea bottom which has been raised into land, has a drainage system developed upon it.
The western district of Queensland was drained by rivers of great magnitude, that found their way through South Australia into the lake; but their many channels, and the direction and size of them had never been fully determined.
The soil of the country we passed over was a poor and cold clay; but there are many rich levels which, could they be drained and defended from the inundations of the river, would amply repay the cultivation.
A large extent of valuable pastoral country was found in the basin drained by this river, and many fine permanent springs discovered.
A large extent of valuable country was found in the basin drained by this river, and a fine permanent spring discovered.
As a rule, in hot countries, cautious white men do not drink much beer, but Wolf drained his glass of pale yellow liquor with obvious satisfaction.
Pepe brought him a cool drink, and soon after he drained the glass he went to sleep.
Betty drained her cup and gave him a level glance.
Jennings hardly spoke a word more; but drained his glass in silence, got up a sudden stomach-ache, and wished his aunt good-night.
The scene he beheld, however, was no way encouraging, and he instantly retreated to the bed, and settled himself once more comfortably amongst the clothes, after having drained the few last drops of wine that remained in the flask.
I drained it, and redrained it, to obtain the same blessing for myself.
I immediately plunged it in benzoline, took it out, drained the superfluous spirit off, and rapidly dried it by suspending it in a strong current of air.
Footnote: A humming bird, after relaxing by water, is, when drained sufficiently, best treated by plunging in benzoline and then carefully dried in plaster.
Roberts, a leading engineer, estimates that the lake drained twenty-five square miles, and gives some interesting data on the probable amount of water it contained.
The countrydrained by the little Conemaugh and Stony Creek covers an area of about one hundred square miles.
So far as the Signal Service is concerned, the amount of rainfall in the region drained by the Conemaugh river cannot be ascertained.
Johnstown cannot draw on the country immediately around about her, for that was drained days ago.
It has been partially drained of late years, in consequence of which the mean level has sunk three to four feet.
McCoy finished the last banana, drained the mug, and looked slowly around.
Two tins of salmon were left, and in the course of the day she battered holes in them and drained the liquid.
All Andalusia was now drained of its troops; there was an opportunity, therefore, for an inroad by which he might wipe out the disgrace of his defeat at the battle of Lopera.
Gratefully he drained the second lemon squash which the silent-footed Mohammed had placed at his elbow.
It makes an excellent wall plant, but by no means refuses to grow and flower freely without either shelter or protection, provided a fairly rich and well drained soil is provided.
The Escallonias are all of very free growth in any light, warm, sandy, and well-drained soil, and are readily propagated.
Rich, well-drained loam is all it wants, while propagation by seed is readily effected.
Light, sandy, well drained peat would seem to meet with its requirements.
Bonaparte had drained the country of its armies, had emptied its coffers, and taken away its king, all under the shadow of friendship and alliance.
Thus spake the bold Count Otto, And held his goblet up, And three times overflowing Each studentdrained his cup.
Thus spake Adelbert, smiling, And held his goblet up, And three times overflowing Each studentdrained his cup.
He took the cup of the wine of wrath out of our hand, and drained its very dregs upon the cross.
He drained the cup of wrath, that we might drink the waters of salvation.
As certainly as he hath drained the cup of wrath, and received the baptism of suffering, on Calvary, shall he wield the iron rod of justice, and sway the golden sceptre of mercy, on the field of Armageddon.
It is drainedby the Mincio, a tributary of the Po.
This over-drained river basin has an area of two hundred and twenty-five thousand square miles.
Including the Lithuanian provinces of Kovno, Vilna, and part of Grodno and Vitebsk, drained by the Niemen and the upper Dwina, and other portions of the former kingdom of Poland.
The portion of country drained by a river and its tributary streams is called its basin, from its catching the rains which fall within its circuit, and which the river carries to the sea.
By far the greater part of the country is drained northwards to the Baltic and the North Sea by its navigable highways, the Vistula, Oder, Elbe, Weser, and Rhine.
He carried on war with the Latins and Sabines, drained the city, laid out the forum, and dedicated a temple to Jupiter on the Capitoline hill.
In some instances the nest is suspended from a bush or tree, and is provided with a kind of overhanging roof by which rain is drained off.
To the west of China lies India, also drained by two great rivers, the Indus and the Ganges, which rise among the slopes of the Himalayas and flow in different directions to the sea.
Finally he dipped the bread into the water-jug and ate with increasing greed and drained the water to the last drop.
With staring eyes he stopped a moment, then, beginning again, he drained the mug to the last drop!
The city drained into the Clyde, and it became horribly filthy.
Egypt is that strip of country in the northeastern part of Africa, drained by the Nile and its tributaries.
What is it that has drained the wealth of Europe itself into the coffers of two or three of its principal commercial powers, but a marine?
She felt as though the evening had drained her of her strength and left her unequal to a battle of wills should Antoine prove to be in one of his hotheaded moods.
There was a pinched look about the nostrils and every drop of blood had drained away, leaving even her lips a curious greyish-white.
The blood drained away from June's face as suddenly as it had rushed there.
He raised his glass to his lips, drained it, and sat down.
His eyes were wild, his face was hot; he drained his glass at a draught, and drummed the table with his fingers.
There are but three more fences between the competitors and it, and seeing what he thinks a weak place in the next, Mr. Flintoff races for it over the sound furrows of the deeply-drained pasture.
