Lexicographical Neighbors of Onfalls
Literary usage of Onfalls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"I have also seen some bickering and scuffling. Six great land battles I count,
with four upon the sea, and seven and fifty onfalls, skirmishes and ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"... sutura naso fr onfalls). The sutures remain separate for a considerable period
after the complete formation of the skull. It is probable that they serve ..."
3. The Library World (1900)
"... into the remoter fastnesses of the boundless forest, in quest of surprises,
alarms, onfalls and romance, and a bountiful but inexpensive refection. ..."
4. The New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845)
"This gives about 138 days per annum for the onfalls as above, and about 227 for
days on which there is no onfall, or, in other words, 2764 stormy or wet ..."
5. Lectures on the Study of History: Delivered in Oxford, 1859-61 by Goldwin Smith (1866)
"... hatred, encroachment, border warfare, treacherous and murderous onfalls of
the weaker on the stronger, bloody vengeance of the stronger on the weaker. ..."
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