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The grizzly features of the grenadiers soon appeared, and the dark column, half-climbing, half-running, were seen scaling the height.

From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Lever, Charles James

They took the form of half-climbing shrubs, their pitchers, of various sizes and forms, hanging in numbers from their leaves.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

A small-growing, half-climbing shrub, with leathery, deep green leaves, and inconspicuous flowers.

From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Webster, Angus Duncan

And at last there I stood; and then sat with my legs dangling over the precipice till I felt rested; and then, half-drawn, half-climbing, I made my way up.

From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by Fenn, George Manville

This handsome evergreen, half-climbing shrub is certainly not so well known as its merits entitle it to be.

From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Webster, Angus Duncan