Lexic.us

Lexicographical Neighbors of Treacled

Literary usage of Treacled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1882)
"In order to avoid the possibility of losing any insects in future, we direct our companion to place his net below the treacled patch before we turn on the ..."

2. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"I treacled here on nine evenings only, and my captures were, with a few exceptions, identical as regards species with Mr. ..."

3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1904)
"... Hudson informs me that one night recently he found on a treacled post a ... with a Ç Noctua Smithii, and on the same night on another treacled post, ..."

4. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1898)
"Oct. 16th, treacled on a sopping wet night in Birch- wood, Kent. We counted 125 Cerastis vaccinii on about twenty trees, and obtained one example each of ..."

5. The Home-maker by Jane Cunningham Croly (1889)
"The treacled narcotic, no doubt, answers that purpose, ... To all practical purposes, the effect of the treacled poison is that of a stunning blow : it ..."

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