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In German New Guinea the bent tusks of a boar are used as money.— Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
He wallowed, turned head over heels, kicked about with his four feet in the air, and got up black and disgusting as the inside of a chimney After this he halted, grunted a cheerful note, and wished to fawn on the monk, who checked him with a gesture Your boar is splendid!"— En Route
Sanglier is French for wild boar, the hairy, wiry cloth resembling the coat of the animal Sebastopol.= A twill-faced cloth named from Sebastopol, the Russian fortified town captured by the English and French in 1855 Serge.= Under this name are classed a large number of fabrics of twill construction.— Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades
"I confess to partiality for the thick of the fray, the brunt of the fight, where men press all around you Assuredly, my Lord; for then the boar is in his element; no matter how he rushes, his tusks strike yielding flesh Why should we fight at all--at present?"— Under the Rose
A great want of one part of the animal world has consisted in the desire of the exclusive possession of the females; and these have acquired weapons to combat each other for this purpose, as the very thick, shield-like, horny skin on the shoulder of the boar is a defence only against animals of his own species who strike obliquely upwards, nor are his tusks for other purposes except to defend himself, as he is not naturally a carnivorous animal.— Evolution, Old ; New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin

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