Sentence example with the word 'onager'

onager

Definition n. an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges

Last update: October 21, 2015


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The wild ass, Gorkhar of Persia (Equus onager), is frequent on the sandy tracts in the south-west.   [Please select]

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Sclater: "The ghour or kherdecht of the Persians is doubtless the onager of the ancients."   [Please select]

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Elephas Indicus, 425 Eonycteris spelaea, 35 Equus hemionus, 427 " onager, 426 Erinaceus Blanfordi, 154 " collaris, 150 " Grayi, 153 " Jerdoni, 155 " megalotis, 156 " micropus, 151 " pictus, 152 Euphysetes simus, 270 F."   [Please select]

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[Footnote: An onager is a wild ass] Creep back to Falconhurst and bring me a piece of cord-- quietly now.   [Please select]

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We then loaded the onager with the acorns, and moved homeward.   [Please select]

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Next morning I found the onager after her night's rest as wild as ever, and as I looked at the handsome creature I almost despaired of ever taming her proud spirit.   [Please select]

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Watching a favorable opportunity, I sprang upon the onager's back, and seizing her long ear in my teeth, in spite of her kicking and plunging, bit it through.   [Please select]

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