-asses Sentence Examples

Horses, asses and mules are comparatively rare.

There are exceptionally fine breeds of cattle, asses and goats; cows of a large and very powerful build are used for ploughing.

These asses inhabit desert plains or open table-land; the kiang dwelling at elevations of about 14,000 ft.

Betsy screamed, It's like if The Lord Jesus was standing here, writing a mother's day card to the Virgin Mary, you'd be sitting around on your asses discussing if it was really the month of May!

He'll make a good warrior, one I can train to kill a couple pain in the asses I can't get rid of otherwise.

Pigs and goats, however, with cattle, horses, asses and dogs, have been introduced, have multiplied, and in considerable numbers run wild.

Asses are reared in Beam, Corsica, Upper Poitou, the Limousin, Berry and other central regions.

Traffic is carried on principally by means of caravans of camels, horses, asses and oxen.

Of imported animals, cattle, goats, asses and dogs thrive well, ponies and horses indifferently, and sheep badly, though some success has been achieved in breeding them.

Asses are abundant in most places, and two wild species occur.

Horses, asses, cows, deer, sheep, goats, swine, cats and dogs were introduced by the early Spaniards.

The Turkomans possess a famous breed of horses and keep camels, sheep, cattle, asses and mules.

Asses of excellent quality are bred all over the country; they are much used as mounts by the richer townsmen.

Some of the plains afford good pasturage for camels, asses, goats and cattle; others are desert tablelands.

It is true that the prophets absorbed the old seers, and that the Israelites, as we see in the case of the asses of Kish, went to their seers on the same kind of occasions as sent heathen nations to seers or diviners.

According to this report, which is not strictly trustworthy, there were in the republic 5,142,457 cattle, 859,217 horses, 334,435 mules, 287,991 asses, 3,424,430 sheep, 4,206,011 goats and 616,139 swine.

Until lately it remained quite uncertain, however, whether the invertebrate merely conveys the Trypanosomes or whether 1 Trypanosoma equiperdum, the cause of dourine in horses and asses, is apparently only conveyed by the act of coitus.

Here are to be found yak, wild asses (kyang), several varieties of deer, musk deer and Tibetan antelope (Pantholops); also wild sheep (the bharal of the Himalaya), Ovis hodgsoni and possibly Ovis poli, together with wild goats, bears (in large numbers in the north-eastern districts), leopards, otter, wolves, wild cats, foxes, marmots, squirrels, monkeys and wild dogs.

Away from the banks of the rivers, between the Euphrates and the Tigris and between the latter and the Persian mountains, are tribes of wandering Arabs, some of whom possess great herds of horses, sheep, goats, asses and camels, while in and by the marshes other tribes, in the transition stage from the nomadic to the settled life, own great herds of buffaloes.

Ladies ride asses and sit astride.

Cattle, horses, asses, sheep and swine were introduced by the Spaniards, and thrive well in some of the provinces.

In 1834, when the missions had already passed their best days, there were some 486,000 cattle, hoses, mules and asses on the ranges, and 325,000 small animals, principally sheep. Throughout the pre-American period stock-raising was the leading industry; it built up the prosperity of the missions, largely supported the government and almost exclusively sustained foreign commerce.

An urban council cFQ ' may also license proprietors, drivers and conductors of horses, ponies, mules or asses standing for hiring in the district in the same way as in the case of hackney carriages, and they may also license pleasure boats and vessels, and the boatmen or persons in charge thereof, and they may make by-laws for all these purposes.

In addition to agriculture, the breeding of livestock, more especially sheep, camels, horses and asses, fishing in the waters of the lower Tarim, and the transportation of merchandise are all important means of livelihood.

Fauna.-The animal kingdom embraces, besides the usual domestic animals (as horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, asses, &c.), wild boars, deer, wild goats, hares, &c.; also bears, wolves, lynxes, foxes, wild cats, jackals, otters, beavers, polecats, martens, weasels and the like.

The only animals belonging to Spain still noted for their excellence are mules and asses, which are recognized as among the best to be found anywhere.

These asses have moderate ears, the tail rather long, and the back-stripe dark brown and running from head to tail.

Their sandy or chestnut colouring assimilates them to the horse, and separates them widely from the African wild asses, which are grey.

In its relatively long ears and general build it approaches the African wild asses, from which it chiefly differs by the striping (which is markedly different from that of the quagga-group) and the reversal of the direction of the hairs along the spine.

Cases of fertile union are recorded between the horse and the quagga, the horse and the bonte-quagga or Burchell's zebra, the horse and the onager and kiang or Asiatic wild asses, the common ass and the zebra, the ass and bontequagga, the ass and the onager, the onager and the zebra, and the onager and the bonte-quagga.

It can hardly be expected that zebras and bontequaggas fresh from their native mountains and plains can be brought into competition as beasts of burden and draught with horses and asses, whose useful qualities have been augmented by the training of thousands of generations of progenitors.

All the existing members of the family, such as the domesticated horse (Equus caballus) and its wild or half-wild relatives, the asses and the zebras, are included in the typical genus.

We also have a couple of wild asses.

I'll kick their asses.

I Includes horses, mules and asses.

The present population draws its water directly from the Tigris, and it is distributed through the city in goat-skins carried on the backs of men and asses.

This change is due to the decline of horseand cattle-rearing in the llanos, partly in consequence of political disturbances and partly of a murrain which broke out in 1843 among horses, mules and asses.

In the early scheme, at a time when a pecuniary valuation had replaced land and its appurtenances (res mancipi) as the basis of qualification, five divisions (classes) were recognized whose property was assessed respectively at Ioo,000, 75,0 00, 50,000, 25,000 and Ii,000 (or 12,500) asses.

The fauna of the Tibetan Himalaya is essentially European or rather that of the northern half of the old continent, which region has by zoologists been termed Palaearctic. Among the characteristic animals may be named the yak, from which is reared a cross breed with the ordinary horned cattle of India, many wild sheep, and two antelopes, as well as the musk-deer; several hares and some burrowing animals, including pikas (Lagomys) and two or three species of marmot; certain arctic forms of carnivora - fox, wolf, lynx, ounce, marten and ermine; also wild asses.

There were 2,775,000 angora and 4,386,000 other goats, some 2,000,000 cattle, 250,000 horses and 10o,000 asses.

Getting knocked on their asses was exactly what happened— again and again.

So, how was he able to whip the asses of two heavily armed robbers?

We're just sitting our lazy asses deep underground, scooping the surface for idiotic whitehat trash to mess with.

For the wild asses I set no snares, dig no pits, shoot no arrows against them.

The occupation of this region by Europeans, and the introduction of horses, asses, cattle, sheep, goats and swine, have completely changed its aspect and character.

Cattle were hired for ploughing, working the watering-machines, carting, threshing, etc. The Code fixed a statutory wage for sowers, ox-drivers, field-labourers, and hire for oxen, asses, &c.

Salatis was followed in succession by Beon, Apachnas, Apophis, Jannas and Asses.

Similar results having been obtained with horses and asses, there is no escape from the conclusion that the telegony tradition is not confirmed by such methodical investigations as were suggested some years ago by Professor Weismann (see Cossar Ewart, The Penycuik Experiments, 1899) Telegony in Dogs.

Spears was transported to the hospital by ambulance, where she is continued to remain for up to three days so doctors can asses her mental and physical well-being.

Namco, the bad asses that brought you the fighting genius of their other acclaimed title, Soul Caliber, have done it again.

Just make sure our asses are protected.

Getting knocked on their asses was exactly what happened— again and again.