wide-extending

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Yet again they sought a butcher, Sought again to find a slaughterer, On the ocean's shining surface, On the wide-extending billows.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)

Then it brought him out into the open country, and now Lilar, from the east, flung, over the wide-extending spikes of grain, the splendor of a high golden ball to meet him.

From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich

Further on, to the west, is a wide-extending pastoral district; and yet beyond, reaching to the foot of the Cordilleras, the soil is well-suited for agriculture.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles

From this height could be obtained a magnificent view of the Bay of Yedo, the leafy plains surrounding, and the wide-extending ocean.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

Approach thou now the lap of Earth, thy mother,     The wide-extending Earth, the ever-kindly;   A maiden soft as wool to him who comes with gifts,     She shall protect thee from destruction's bosom.

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.