canary-seed

JOSEP. P. White mice will eat nuts of all kinds, canary-seed, and various other grains.

Harper's Young People, January 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

As a treat, a little crushed hempseed or summer cabbage-seed may be mixed with the canary-seed.

The Illustrated London Reading Book Various

Several great shipping lines call here; shipbuilding yards and various factories exist on the mainland; and there is a considerable trade in the exportation of wine, principally sherry from Jerez, salt, olives, figs, canary-seed and ready-made corks; and in the importation of fuel, iron and machinery, building materials,

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

A well-to-do farmer might rise to growing a little maize or cummin or millet or fenugreek for exportation, perhaps some broad-beans, chick-peas, or canary-seed; but the duties are heavy.

In the Tail of the Peacock Isabel Savory

The weaver-birds of Africa are mostly quite hardy and very easily kept, their food consisting, for the most part, of canary-seed.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

I plant canary-seed, and let it grow until it is about two inches high, and then I give it to my canary.

Harper's Young People, February 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

She opened them one by one and found canary-seed, blacklead, washing-blue, powdered cloves, cinnamon, sugar-candy, burnt-ash ... but no English salt.

The Path of Life Stijn [pseud.] Streuvels 1920

Fonske hid his in the drawer, next to the canary-seed, Dolfke his in the cupboard and Bertje shoved his portion into his pockets.

The Path of Life Stijn [pseud.] Streuvels 1920

"No; I fink she ought to eat canary-seed and fish-bone," chirped in

Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886

We searched for ammunition at all the houses for some leagues around, and at one house we found and purchased a quantity of exceedingly coarse gunpowder, with grain almost the size of canary-seed.

Far Away and Long Ago 1881