dromedary

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• Of particular significance to ancient Arabia was the domestication of the dromedary (one-humped camel) in the southern part of the peninsula between 3000 and 2500 B.C.E.
• Venetian dromond was to other merchant-ships as the dromedary to other camels. Masters of the Guild
• Perplexed Tribune auditors decided the dromedary was a capital expense and wired O'Reilly: "WHERE IS CAMEL? Sparing no expense: Reimbursements to remember
• And he said there was another camel with two humps, and he was created for riding, and was called a dromedary, and when ye rode him, ye sat at your ease between the two humps, which made a soft saddle, just like an arm-chair ye straddled on, only without arms. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War
• The trot of the dromedary is a pace terribly disagreeable to the rider, until he becomes a little accustomed to it; but after the first half-hour I so far schooled myself to this new exercise, that Eothen
• -- E.] [Footnote 77: In modern language the term dromedary is very improperly applied to the Bactrian, or two-hunched camel, a slow beast of burden. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07
• The difference between a camel and a dromedary is the difference between a hack and a thorough-bred horse. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity
• The word dromedary is formed from the Greek _celer_, and only belongs to A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07
• The trot of the dromedary is a pace terribly disagreeable to the rider, until he becomes a little accustomed to it; but after the first half-hour Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East
• Other entremets at these festivities were more fantastic: a court dwarf rode in on the back of a lion and was given to the bride, Margaret of York, to whom it sang a song and presented a daisy in French, marguerite; they were followed by a dromedary ridden by Indians who released live birds to fly around the hall. Savoring The Past