All 4 Uses of
protuberance
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- It was a featureless convexity of chalk and soil—an ordinary specimen of those smoothly-outlined protuberances of the globe which may remain undisturbed on some great day of confusion, when far grander heights and dizzy granite precipices topple down.†
Chpt 1-3
- Cainy Ball and Joseph, who performed this latter operation, were if possible wetter than the rest; they resembled dolphins under a fountain, every protuberance and angle of their clothes dribbling forth a small rill.†
Chpt 19-21 *
- In this gable was no window, chimney, ornament, or protuberance of any kind.†
Chpt 40-42
- Of these eight carved protuberances only two at this time continued to serve the purpose of their erection—that of spouting the water from the lead roof within.†
Chpt 46-48
Definition:
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(protuberance) something that sticks out from its surroundings