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  • He was trained to respond to shouted directions, turning to the right when "ouk" was called, or left for "rudder," the word being repeated several times by the driver in rapid succession.

    Troop One of the Labrador Dillon Wallace 1901

  • Presently they calmed down, however, to a jog trot, and Tom got off the komatik and ran by its side, guiding the team by calling out "ouk" when he wanted to turn to the right and "rudder" to turn to the left, repeating the words many times in rapid succession as though trying to see how fast he could say them.

    Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale Dillon Wallace 1901

  • They found their bone remains in some parts of the world. jee-ouk Says:

    World’s Tallest Horse Meets World’s Smallest Horse 2006

  • The chief MSS. give ouk ede anegkletos an dikaios eies en te patridi e se tima kai su prattois ta kratista, which might be rendered either, “and how be doing best for yourself?”

    Hellenica 2007

  • Cf. Lysias, 133, 12, ten de psephon ouk eis kadiskous, alla phaneran epi tas trapezas tautas dei tithenai.

    Symposium 2007

  • Oudeni gar eoike to anthropou soma ton epi sarkophagia gegonoton, ou grupotes cheilous, ouk ozutes onuchos, ou traxutes odontos prosestin, ou koilias eutonia kai pneumatos thermotes, trepsai kai katergasasthai dunate to baru kai kreodes all autothen e phusis te leioteti ton odonton kai te smikroteti tou stomatos kai te malakoteti tes glosses kai te pros pepsin ambluteti tou pneumatos, exomnutai ten sarkophagian.

    The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley 2003

  • Oti gar ouk estin anthropo kata phusin to sarkophagein, proton men apo ton somaton deloutai tes kataskeues.

    The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley 2003

  • Medicean MS. is {ouk eontas}, not {oukeontas} as stated by

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Editors omit {ouk}: the meaning seems to be that in case of necessity they are thrown off one after another to delay the pursuing animals.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • An example of inflexions of the same word is axios de staoenai chalkous ouk axios on chalkou;

    Rhetoric Aristotle 2002

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