(n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
(n.) The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself.
(n.) Same as Bendlet.
(v. t.) To bind with a garter.
(v. t.) To invest with the Order of the Garter.
Example Sentences:
(1) The [14C]2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) technique was used to study patterns of neural activity associated with the species-typical courtship behavior of male red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis).
(2) Motor units in the thin transversus abdominis muscle of the garter snake were identified and physiologically characterized in the living state.
(3) Viremia in garter snakes has a cyclic rhythm independent of the temperature of the environment.
(4) Fibers of the garter snake transversus abdominis muscle fall into three classes according to contraction speed: faster and slower twitch and tonic.
(5) But it is also the incantatory darkness of dreams and visions, death and memory, as an observing consciousness creeps into the "blinded bedrooms" of the town's inhabitants, hushing and inviting us on: "Come now, drift up the dark, come up the drifting sea-dark street now in the dark night seesawing like the sea ... " Blind Captain Cat is dreaming of long-ago sea voyages and long-dead lovers; twice-widowed Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard of her henpecked husbands; Organ Morgan of musical extravaganzas; Polly Garter of babies; Mary Ann Sailors of the Garden of Eden; Dai Bread of "Turkish girls.
(6) The actions of two reversible anticholinesterase agents, edrophonium and physostigmine, were compared with the irreversible agent methanesulfonyl fluoride (MSF) on miniature end-plate currents (MEPCs) and ACh-induced end-plate current fluctuations recorded from twitch fibers of costocutaneous muscles of garter snakes (Thamnophis sp.).
(7) A study was made of feeding and temperature as factors affecting the appearance of western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus-neutralizing serum (VNS) antibodies in the serum of garter snakes (Thamnophis spp).
(8) A granulosa cell tumor was identified in a captive six year old Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis).
(9) The oxygen affinity of red cell suspensions from fetal garter snakes was higher than that of cell suspensions from their mothers.
(10) Now a 42-year-old lecturer in film and music at Trafford College, Manchester, she is a regular at the Morrissey Smiths Disco at the Star and Garter pub and, thanks to listening to Meat is Murder , a committed vegetarian.
(11) Male red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) court only on emergence from winter dormancy.
(12) Testosterone (T) was administered intracranially to intact adult male Canadian red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) in the fall and in the summer.
(13) Traits were measured for six or fewer presumed full-sibling offspring from each of 45 wild-caught gravid garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis).
(14) Four enantiomers of chloramphenicol have been tested for their effects on end-plate current and miniature end-plate current decay and amplitude characteristics in the voltage-clamped costocutaneous nerve-muscle preparation of the garter snake.
(15) He has already received the Garter and could retire as early as next summer.
(16) Newborn garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) responded similarly to worm and fish surface extracts regardless of whether the mothers were fed exclusively on fish or worms during the gestation period.
(17) Then, for his 15 minutes, Gove was before us, cross-gartered like foolish Malvolio, until another grandee, Kenneth Clarke , in concert with the Daily Mail, was ready to knife his guts.
(18) The model is applied to a vascular network of the glomerulus of the garter snake.
(19) Garter snakes were used to study the effects of venous CO2 loading using the skin as an exchanger.
(20) Using a simple ophthalmoscopic technique, the cone mosaic of a live garter snake was clearly visible when viewed directly through its natural pupil, providing the first definitive cone map in a vertebrate eye.
Stocking
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stock
(n.) A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.
(v. t.) To dress in GBs.
Example Sentences:
(1) The high frequency of increased PCV number in San, S.A. Negroes and American Negroes is in keeping with the view that the Khoisan peoples (here represented by the San), the Southern African Negroes and the African ancestors of American Blacks sprang from a common proto-negriform stock.
(2) The ulcers on seven of ten legs (70%) treated with Unna's boots and on 10 of 14 legs (71%) treated with elastic support stocking healed.
(3) Adjunctive usage of elastic stockings and intermittent compression pneumatic boots in the perioperative period was helpful in controlling leg swelling and promoting wound healing.
(4) China’s stock market rout Shanghai stocks Chinese shares have tumbled in recent weeks against the backdrop of a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy .
(5) Half a million homes were sold in Scotland, we lost a huge, huge chunk of stock, and as house prices began to escalate so any asset to the community has gone.
(6) Nintendo’s share price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange has plummeted 17% in one day, apparently due to investors belatedly discovering that the company doesn’t actually make Pokémon Go , the latest mobile gaming phenomenon.
(7) The PTA take 25% of sales, and most parents donate unsold stock."
(8) Analysis of mice injected with helper-free P90A virus stocks demonstrates that the variants are generated during viral replication in vivo, probably as a consequence of error-prone reverse transcription.
(9) Born in Dublin and educated at University College Dublin, he has also served on the board of the Washington Post, General Electric, Waterford Wedgwood and the New York Stock Exchange.
(10) As well as stocking second-hand items for purchase, charity shops such as Oxfam have launched Christmas gifts to provide specific help for poor communities abroad.
(11) Philip Shaw, chief economist at Investec, said: “Clearly, there is a much greater chance that the euro hits parity with the US dollar once again, as it first did in 1999.” Stock markets climbed and bond yields fell as the markets digested the full implications of the massive QE project that will involve the ECB buying €60bn (£45bn) of bonds a month until September 2016 or when eurozone inflation nears the central bank’s 2% target.
(12) First, the possibility of "vertical" transmission of the virus was examined, as the Papio stock in Sukhumi was genetically homogeneous.
(13) Results of trials designed to determine forage production at various stocking densities may not reflect the nutritive value of the forage, but instead the severity of parasite exposure.
(14) Shares in energy companies lost ground as the impact of the drop in oil prices rippled through European stock markets.
(15) In the 46 herds in which only the adult stock were slaughtered, 11 herds suffered breakdowns.
(16) "I believe it is important to take stock of how technological advances alter the environment in which we conduct our intelligence mission," he explained.
(17) World stock markets suffered another bout of heavy losses when trading began on Thursday, with the FTSE 100 falling 57 points within the opening minutes to 5879.
(18) The closest town of any size is Burns, population 2,806, where you should stock up on petrol, food and water before heading south into the wilderness on the 66-mile Steens Mountain Backcountry Byway.
(19) During the last ten years the stock of pigs in the Netherlands has doubled.
(20) Analysis by six enzymes (aspartate aminotransferase; alanine aminotransferase; malate dehydrogenase; glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; phosphoglucomutase; and glucose-phosphate isomerase) showed that these stocks have identical enzyme profiles and form a distinct zymodeme grouping.