couler

Coulees (as used in this area of Southwestern Wisconsin) are the valleys between river bluffs, derived from the French word 'couler', to flow.

Hither and Yarn 2008

Ce mot “canard” a déjà “fait couler de l'encre” ... et je prends la relève.

canard - French Word-A-Day 2009

I always thought it was “en coulé” and assumed there was some verb, couler, which meant something rude.

gros mot 2007

Amongst which were appact very beautifully, roundes of Diasper, equally distant, and disagreeing from the couler of the pauement, and the corners closed vp with leaues and Lyllies.

Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna

The playne grounde that was hollowe and smoothe in euery cutting out of a limme or body, vpon the table of the stylipode, was like vnto red coroll and shyning, which made such a reflection vpon the naked bodyes, and theyr members betwixt them, and compassing them about, that they seemed lyke a Carnation Rose couler.

Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna

(Qui va couler aujourd'hui?), après les envolées lyriques et délirantes des premiers temps.

Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert

Let vs come now to the lymet and lowest parte of the doore, for entrance, which was of a great large and harde stone, powdered with sundry sorted spottes, white, black, and of a clay couler, and diuers other mixtures: vppon this stood the streight cheekes and sides of the doore, with an interstitious aspect, inwardly carued with as great cunning as the rest.

Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna

The Queene with an imperiall Maiestie sitting vppon it, goddesse like, and of a woonderfull magnanimitie in countenance: gorgiously apparrelled in clothe of goulde, with a sumptuous and curious attyre, vpon hir head of a purple couler, with an edging of Orient

Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna

As for the woorthie and excellent manner of glasing the gallerie without the pallace, the conspitious porche, the manner of building, the arched seeling aboue head, beautified and adorned with foliature and other lineaments of pure gould and asuer couler and excellent painting that whatsoeuer I had seene before I made finall acount of, as not worthie of remembrance.

Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna

The arche of which doore compassing like a halfe cyrcle, was wrought curiouslye and imbowed, and as it were bounde about with laces like beads of brasse, some round, and some like Eglantine berries of a reddish couler, hanging downe after an auncient manner, and foulded and turned in among the tender stalkes.

Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna