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Meanings of green scum in anglès

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Usage of green scum in anglès
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The yellow water with its green scum made Hare sick.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
2
Water levels have fallen during the hot weather and a green scum has appeared.
The Irish Times
3
In the bottom of the canyon was a pool of water, covered with green scum.
The Last of the Plainsmen
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The green scum which forms on still water in this country is of vegetable origin-confervæ.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from ...
5
The standing water gets green scum on it.
Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
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Its paws were splashing at the edge of the water, sending ripples out into the green scum.
Something in the water
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The men would readily push away the thick green scum from every stagnant pool and drink with a relish.
History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantr...
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There was green scum all over the surface of the ornamental pool, unnaturally bright in the leaden afternoon light.
The Pariah
9
I drink the snow that melts on the rock, or the green scum that floats on the water of the swamp.
Cinq Mars — Volume 6
10
And all this time we watched the sky for rain and skimmed the green scum from the dam water to drink.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
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The swamp was thick with cypress, oak, hanging moss, and alligators and water moccasins; bayous were covered with velvety green scum.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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If one listens closely: the trickle of water below the windows, down a face of rock and into the green scum.
A Sport and a Pastime
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We encamped at a good-sized water-hole in the bed of this creek, the water of which was covered with a green scum.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
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The water is thicker than pea soup, a green scum floats through the thickened mass, and the temperature is upward of 130 Fahrenheit.
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
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The stone floor was uneven and damp, and at times they stepped into pools of noisome water that was covered with green scum.
Army Boys on German Soil: Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs
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They get covered with a rank green scum, and if their inky depths be stirred, the foulest and most fearful odours issue forth.
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier / Twelve Years Sporting Re...
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