gelid
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Wagtail and Gelid were sitting on the side I stood on, so that I could not see them, although I heard every word they said.
From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael
Gelid fingers, farther reaching than the rest, touched the back of his neck.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
Gelid, Wagtail, and Reefpoint, were on board; the latter, though badly wounded, had crept out of his hammock, and on deck.
From Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
I went down into the cabin and sat down to breakfast with Gelid and Wagtail.
From Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
By this time it was broad daylight, and Wagtail, Gelid, and Bang, were all three on deck, performing their morning ablutions.
From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael
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