The field book : or, Sports and pastimes of the United kingdom ; compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern (1833)
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850 · London : E. Wilson · leaf 74
strument.Bladebone, s. The scapula, or scapular bone.Bladed, a. Having blades or spines.Blain, s. A pustule, a blister. Blank, s. A void space.Blank-day, s. A sporting term, used when a cover is drawn without success. It is also applied when shooters are kept in-doors by severity of weather, tired… … The bleak is seldom more than six incheslong; the head is small, and the skull trans-parent ; the eyes are large, with a blood co-loured spot on the lower side ; the hides of apale yellow ; the under jaw the longest; thegills silvery ; the body is slender, greatly com-pressed sideways, not unlike…
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