bamboo

• Ned heard a hand moving over the bamboo, and made ready for a spring. —  Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box
• There was a shady nook here with bushes of bamboo, and a tree with a sweet flower like honeysuckle, and little red roses, and a border of Parma violets, and a seat made of bright green tiles--altogether a very retired and pleasant and suitable spot in which to hold a committee meeting. —  The Jolliest School of All
• For the burial a bamboo was to be provided--of length one shaku eight bu (one foot nine inches) between the joints With this notice Iémon and his companions withdrew. —  The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
• The inclusion in the bamboo was another affair. —  The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
• The left now stated their case, saying, "The bamboo--indeed, its story too--may be an old and commonly known thing, but the maiden Kakya, in keeping her purity unsullied in this world, is highly admirable; besides, it was an occurrence that belongs to a pre-historical period. —  Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan

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