You had bitter aloes painted onto your fingernails to stop you biting them.

Of bitter aloes wreathed, 31My sorrow must be laid On your head like a crown.

Several times I was given money to go to the chemist's for bitter aloes or penny royal or a bottle of gin from the outdoor.

It's seasoned with bitter aloes and rosemary, and with the tears of brokenhearted virgins."

I replied by devouring, with smiles of exquisite pleasure, an orange which tasted of bitter aloes and contained, in its centre, a large weevil.

It is one of several Aloe species used to make bitter aloes, a purgative medication, and also yields a non-bitter gel that can be used in cosmetics.

The patch of bitter aloe blossoms by the path had at-tracted a flock of hummingbirds, and they sipped and hung fearlessly almost within Griff's grasp.

"I've got a compound there made from wild garlic, slippery elm bark, bitter aloe root and squashed dockleaf mixed with nettlejuice and blackweed compound.

Bernard Geary wrote the music for two ballets choreographed by Geoffrey Davidson for Irish Theatre Ballet: Bitter Aloes and Il Cassone.

Wounds had been treated with what was to hand - my powder-burned hands with juice of bitter aloes, for one; but he had nothing to stem the pain, except alternately and colourfully cursing the Wolf who shot him, and his own stupidity.

Aloe ferox, also known as Cape Aloe, Bitter Aloe, Red Aloe and Tap Aloe, is a species of aloe indigenous to South Africa's Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Lesotho.

Aloe ferox, also known as Cape Aloe, Bitter Aloe, Red Aloe and Tap Aloe, is a species of aloe indigenous to South Africa's Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Lesotho.

Aloe ferox, also known as Cape Aloe, Bitter Aloe, Red Aloe and Tap Aloe, is a species of aloe indigenous to South Africa's Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Lesotho.

Recently, three ferox weighing over 20lb were taken in a single day.

But Assynt also holds ferox of great size in its dark depths.

I call for help, linking with both Ferox and Invictus.

However it is uncertain whether the ferox of different lakes all are of a single origin.

Apalone Ferox should only be kept in an aquarium if it is a male and not one of the larger males at that.

I follow, along with Ferox, and the Third Battalion drops after us.

Other species, such as Aloe ferox also are cultivated or harvested from the wild for similar applications.

Later, more specimens were found in the stomach of a lancetfish, Alepisaurus ferox.

The largest member of this order is the lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox), found in all the world's oceans.

Cannibal Ferox was also claimed to be "banned in 31 countries", some of which lifted their bans only recently.

Some of the aloes, mostly the taller Aloe ferox, were showing early bloom.

It is Ferox, arrived at last.

At the opposite end of the prickliness scale are the 'Ferox' forms of the common holly.

The specific epithet ferox is Latin for "fierce".

These large fish are called ferox, a distinct species of brown trout that make their living by eating their smaller brethren.

The Alepisaurus ferox lives in the marine environment, and are known to be found in deep-water ocean.

After miraculously surviving the punishment, the fort is attacked by an indigenous alien race called the Ferox.

In August 2006, an Encephalartos ferox produced a double red-colored cone.

Well known for its trout (including ferox) and charr, it is a popular destination for anglers.

By fighting a delaying action, I might be able to hold them long enough for Invictus and Ferox to move up in support.

Closely related is Pseudopanax ferox, the toothed lancewood.

He was also previously a member of the bands 21 Lucifers, and Genocrush Ferox.

A sixth species, B. simplicidens, was later determined to be synonymous with Megalictis ferox.

They find Gaius half-dead buried under ash, but Ferox, a wolf, saves him.

Shortly afterwards, Mr Smith from Edinburgh came in with a ferox weighing 8lb 8oz.