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• Around the oval is a band of solid color containing the words CANADA POSTAGE above and the value in words below, all being in Egyptian capitals. —  The Stamps of Canada
• Even Benjy's round face was drawn into something of an oval, and Butterface made such superhuman attempts to appear grave, that the rest of the party almost broke down at the sight of him Great was the surprise among the natives when they perceived that the three oomiaks had disappeared My friends," said the Captain, rising, "I will now show you the manner in which we Englishmen use our oomiaks A soft sigh of expectation ran through the group of eager natives, as they pressed round their chief and Chingatok who stood looking on in dignified silence, while the Captain and his companions went to work. —  The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole
• Her face was oval, and brilliantly fair. —  Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend
• His face was oval, and his features small in proportion to the size of his frame. —  The Phantom Ship
• The island has been likened to a sheet of silver in a sea of pearl, but it looked to us anything but silvery, and for all the world like one of the native sheets of bread--oval and tawny. —  Southern Arabia

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