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  • noun A cowshed

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Examples

  • As we measured one another's strength and skill in the first few moments of the encounter, I heard such remarks as, "Folar will cut the fool to pieces," "He hasn't a chance against Folar -- I wish he had," and "Kill the mistal, fellow; we're for you."

    Carson of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1939

  • "Do you forget that Carson of Venus is the mistal that flies over Zani troops and drops bombs on them?"

    Carson of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1939

  • "Laughing at me, are you, you stinking mistal?" he bellowed.

    Carson of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1939

  • She thought that a mistal might easily go up and down such a trail.

    Lost on Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1935

  • He poured the liquid into the stable gutter and flung the bottle on to the dung heap in the mistal.

    The Three Sisters May Sinclair 1904

  • She trotted after him through the house and out into the mistal and up the Three Fields.

    The Three Sisters May Sinclair 1904

  • A narrow track led to it, through the gaps, slantwise, from the gate of the mistal.

    The Three Sisters May Sinclair 1904

  • And as they turned away Jim's voice thundered after them from his stronghold in the mistal.

    The Three Sisters May Sinclair 1904

  • He had built himself another granary on the north side of the mistal.

    The Three Sisters May Sinclair 1904

  • In the house behind them, in the mistal and the orchard, in the long marshes of the uplands and on the brooding hills there was stillness and solitude.

    The Three Sisters May Sinclair 1904

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