The endoscope is advanced to its most orad (toward the mouth) limit and then slowly withdrawn so that the mucosa can be thoroughly examined.

The robbin of rice in Malabar weighed about 84 pounds.

It's a lang, laigh, mirk chalmer, perishin' cauld in winter, an' no very dry even in the tap o' the simmer, for the manse stands near the burn.

The company would invite some of their bigger clients and it was frowned upon if any of the staff got Adrian Quist and made a spectacle of themselves, although I can remember a couple of bad hang-overs!