Lexic.us

Lexicographical Neighbors of Treacling

Literary usage of Treacling

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

1. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"This large group appeared to be very sparingly represented during the month; at all events treacling—by which large numbers are usually captured—was ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"This large group appeared to be very sparingly represented during the month; at all events treacling—by which large numbers are usually captured—was ..."

3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1901)
"About eighty moths on a single treacle patch at one time and fifty-five or sixty species in a night's treacling is about my record. ..."

4. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt (1890)
"In June we tried treacling, but soon gave it up in despair when was ... good working honeydew, which is only attractive when treacling is lucrative. ..."

5. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1898)
"While the treacling was still on, I had a most successful evening at ... He had been in the reed-beds, but I had been treacling palings on the other side of ..."

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