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Not to lose any time, and to profit by this rainy day, he began by making sieves of different materials, which he fastened to a circle of pliant wood, and tried by passing through them the flour of the cassava; he made some with sailcloth, others with the hair of the onagra, which is very long and strong, and some of the fibres of bark.

The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Johann David Wyss 1780

Next there is the "onagra," "koulan," or "wild ass," supposed to be the origin of the common kind.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

"The onagra of the desert against any dog in the town!"

The Man-Wolf and Other Tales Erckmann-Chatrian

After waiting a quarter of an hour the fellow saw that his onagra was not likely to get any more customers, so, putting the beast up in the stable, he approached the pigsty, opened it, and drew out by his chain Baptiste, the Savoy bear, an old brute with a brown mangy-looking coat, as sulky and ashamed as a sweep coming down a chimney.

The Man-Wolf and Other Tales Erckmann-Chatrian

_Gonagra_, when it attacks the knees -- _chiragra_, if in the hands -- _onagra_, if in the elbow -- _omagra_, if in the shoulder, and

Japhet, in Search of a Father Frederick Marryat 1820

_Gonagra_, when it attacks the knees -- _chiragra_, if in the hands -- _onagra_, if in the elbow -- _omagra_, if in the shoulder, and _lumbago_, if in the back.

Japhet in Search of a Father Frederick Marryat 1820

Herds of goats, with pendent ears, sheep with large tails, and asses which remind you, by their beauty, of the onagra of Scripture, issue from the villages at the dawn of day.

Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814

But if the buffalo, the onagra, and the sow had not been able to provide for themselves, we must have killed them, for we had no food for them.

The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Johann David Wyss 1780

I knew it at once to be the onagra, or wild ass, a most important capture, if we could make it; though all naturalists have declared it impossible to tame this elegant creature, yet I determined to make the attempt.

The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Johann David Wyss 1780

The onagra, as soon as he got sight of Fritz, who was before me, raised his head, and started back, evidently only in surprise, as it was probably the first man the creature had seen.

The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Johann David Wyss 1780