Chapter IV

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From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

changed in form or character without becoming something else

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

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From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

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From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

a person who exercises control over workers

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

plural of “buttress” — a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading Thither, a somewhat young and inexperienced mountaineer, in company with his wife, wended his way a few years later.

prepare a hot meal

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

third-person singular of “descend” — move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

being one more than seventeen

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading Thither, a somewhat young and inexperienced mountaineer, in company with his wife, wended his way a few years later.

a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

be agreeable or acceptable to

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

any creature of exceptional size

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

(used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

a slowly moving mass of ice

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

possessive form of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

not solid; having a space or gap or cavity

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

water frozen in the solid state

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

lacking practical experience or training

From this reading Thither, a somewhat young and inexperienced mountaineer, in company with his wife, wended his way a few years later.

plural of “interval” — a definite length of time marked off by two instants

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading Thither, a somewhat young and inexperienced mountaineer, in company with his wife, wended his way a few years later.

the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

provided with artificial light

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

a female domestic

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

worth remembering

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

attach to a support

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

someone who climbs mountains

From this reading Thither, a somewhat young and inexperienced mountaineer, in company with his wife, wended his way a few years later.

a change of position that does not entail a change of location

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

a condition requiring relief

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

not any; not one

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

an event that occurs at a critical time

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

relating to time long past

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

plural of “peak” — the most extreme possible amount or value

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

(of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

participate in games or sport

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

third-person singular of “pour” — cause to run

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

plural of “range” — an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

increase the number of rotations per minute

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

abounding in rocks or stones

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

lift onto one's shoulders

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

plural of “slab” — block consisting of a thick piece of something

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading Thither, a somewhat young and inexperienced mountaineer, in company with his wife, wended his way a few years later.

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From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

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From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

not in physical motion

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659)

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

From this reading Some six miles from its terminal face the Ball Glacier descends from the south-eastern shoulder of Aorangi, and pours its huge slabs of broken ice and a rubble of moraine into the parent stream.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

in or at that place or location

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

an old word meaning “to that place”

From this reading Thither, a somewhat young and inexperienced mountaineer, in company with his wife, wended his way a few years later.

(of a stream) flowing into a larger stream

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

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From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

often used as intensifiers

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Thither, a somewhat young and inexperienced mountaineer, in company with his wife, wended his way a few years later.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

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From this reading Thither, a somewhat young and inexperienced mountaineer, in company with his wife, wended his way a few years later.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

at the time that

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading IN THE OLDEN DAYS “The bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran; No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my wife and I, At God’s great caravanserai.”

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From this reading At the foot of this glacier, in a hollow between the moraine of the Tasman and the long southern arête of Mount Cook, the Rev. William Spotswood Green, with Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, pitched his fifth camp on the occasion of his memorable expedition in 1882.

in the company of; together with

From this reading _From an Old Play—slightly altered._ From the shoulder of the Hochstetter Dome down a long valley between the giant snow peaks of the Mount Cook Range on the one hand, and the rocky buttresses of the Malte Brun and Liebig Ranges on the other, swollen at intervals by tributary ice-streams, flowing with imperceptible movement, comes the Great Tasman Glacier—a veritable _mer de glace_—eighteen miles in length.

a late time of life

From this reading Thither, a somewhat young and inexperienced mountaineer, in company with his wife, wended his way a few years later.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading Thither, a somewhat young and inexperienced mountaineer, in company with his wife, wended his way a few years later.