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Actin

noun

One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form.

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"Actin" Quotes from Famous Books

... Taylor, who for some unaccountable reason seemed to hold himself responsible for the general dampness and discomfort. "Fog ain't nothin' to us folks who are used to it. We've lived by the ocean long enough to love it no matter how it behaves. But for it to go actin' up this way for strangers is a pity. It gives 'em a bad impression same's a ...

— Walter and the Wireless • Sara Ware Bassett

... The men 'oo did 'is dirty work an' bore the 'eavy load Was the men 'ose job did correspond to mine. When NAP. dug in 'is swossung-kangs be'ind the ugly Fosse And made the Prooshians sweat their souls with fear, The men 'oo 'elped 'im most of all to slip it well across Was the men with actin' rank o' bombardier. ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, February 28, 1917 • Various

... among themselves, and winked, and laughed a little, and one said, "Right good play-actin'"; and watching, the sheriff knew that he could depend on only one man, his own brother, to help him. But he sent him off along with the others, and was glad to see that the crowd of townspeople went with his ...

— Southern Lights and Shadows • Edited by William Dean Howells & Henry Mills Alden

... I kin arrange hit. I'm actin' ez orderly an' messenger 'bout headquarters, but I'll come ter ye whenever I kin git a ...

— The Red Acorn • John McElroy

... old Jed, "who was doin' it? That's what I want to know. 'Cos all I got to say is that it'll cost somebody's father a consid'able to make good the damages to the coach and the hosses. The pole is snapped and the sorrel is actin' kind o' droopy." ...

— The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall - Or, Great Days in School and Out • Spencer Davenport

... to the bank and say: 'John, I've noticed Ab Handy actin' kind of queer about that hitching rack case.' That's all you need say, and pretty soon I'll step in and say: 'John, I don't see how I can help doin' something for Aunt Julia Worthington.' And I believe I can tap him for five hundred more ...

— In Our Town • William Allen White

... come over, that second night and actin' that queer I didn't know what was the matter. He went off just about nine o'clock, and I went to bed, and then I heard him come back in half an hour, while Mr. Hardy was out, and he went again before Mr. Hardy come in and started off to Branchville ...

— A Husband by Proxy • Jack Steele

... actin' like a mule? I swear I'll trade you off f'r a yaller dog. What do I keep you round here. for anyway-to ...

— Main-Travelled Roads • Hamlin Garland

Words linked to "Actin" : actomyosin, simple protein