Definitionn. duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
Last update: June 29, 2015
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Immediately after his coronation, he hastened to his newly won territories, accompanied by the principal civil and ecclesiastical dignitaries of Denmark, and was solemnly acknowledged lord of Northalbingia (the district lying between the Eider and the Elbe) at Lubeck, Otto IV., then in difficulties, voluntarily relinquishing all German territory north of the Elbe to Valdemar, who in return recognized Otto as German emperor. [Please select]
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The furs, seal-skins, seal-oil, and eider-down of Greenland are a government monopoly. [Please select]
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"The eider-duck is about the size of the common mallard, or wild duck proper." [Please select]
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Some suppose that the eider-duck could be easily domesticated. [Please select]
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Peggie, with her dormitory eider-down for a train, was a court lady. [Please select]
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Furthermore, "Eider down" was recognized as the most desirable of all feathers for certain domestic uses. [Please select]
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He, who was used to linen sheets and eider down, was without rough blanket or shelter; who was used to the best table in the state, was reduced to husks. [Please select]
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A cheerful fire burned in the grate, and a child lay, half-sitting up, in a bed covered by a silken eider-down. [Please select]
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