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  • Had it been cold, every little feather would have lain down close against its neighbors, forming an admirable, wind-proof and cold-proof blanket.

    The Ultimate Weapon John Wood Campbell 1940

  • Thus equipped, snow - and cold-proof, he passed through the refrigerator-like storm porch, and stood on the front steps.

    The Adventures of Bobby Orde Stewart Edward White 1909

  • On the last hunt my snowshoe thongs had blistered my feet, but now, thanks to Oo-koo-hoo, I was shod with the most perfect footgear for winter travel I have ever known -- a natural sock that was both blister - and cold-proof.

    The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905

  • The sharp precipices and weather-worn sides are picked out by coloured lichens, and tiny cold-proof Arctic plants, and these, with the deep blue water and unknown vistas that keep constantly opening up as one steams along the almost fathomless fjords, afford a fascination beyond measure.

    A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Wilfred Thomason Grenfell 1902

  • I am cold-proof, and all the better for the Welsh trip.

    The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

  • I am cold-proof, and all the better for the Welsh trip.

    Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Economics and Evolution as Different Paradigms VI: Elinor Ostrom-Evolutionist Chameleons hunt with cold-proof tongues and zebrafish babies go blind at night

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • All Pentax Optio W90 models are waterproof, shockproof, dustproof and cold-proof and feature a

    TWICE - Digital Imaging News 2010

  • Cooperative behaviour spreads through a group, but so does cheating Smell a lady, shrug off flu - how female odours give male mice an immune boost Pocket Science - chameleons hunt with cold-proof tongues and zebrafish babies go blind at night

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Pocket Science - chameleons hunt with cold-proof tongues and zebrafish babies go blind at night Pay it forward?

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Ed Yong none@example.com 2010

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