16th
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From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Two years already! and for two years the colonists had had no communication with their fellow-creatures!
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Two years already! and for two years the colonists had had no communication with their fellow-creatures!
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
basalticadjective
of or relating to or containing basalt
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
celestialadjectiveUS /səˈlestʃəl/
of or relating to the sky
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
civiladjectiveUS /ˈsɪvəl/
applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
civilisedadjective
having a high state of culture and development both social and technological
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
CoastsnounUS /koʊsts/
plural of “coast” — the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
colonistsnounUS /ˈkɑːlənɪsts/
plural of “colonist” — a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
From this reading Two years already! and for two years the colonists had had no communication with their fellow-creatures!
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
communicationnounUS /kəˌmjuːnəˈkeɪʃən/
the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
From this reading Two years already! and for two years the colonists had had no communication with their fellow-creatures!
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading What was now happening in their country?
the act of departing
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
fellow-creatures
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From this reading Two years already! and for two years the colonists had had no communication with their fellow-creatures!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
yet to be or coming
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Two years already! and for two years the colonists had had no communication with their fellow-creatures!
happeningnounUS /ˈhæpənɪŋ/
an event that happens
From this reading What was now happening in their country?
hemispherenounUS /ˈhemɪsfɪr/
half of the terrestrial globe
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What was now happening in their country?
a single distinct event
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
used to form the superlative
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
information about recent and important events
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
not any; not one
From this reading Two years already! and for two years the colonists had had no communication with their fellow-creatures!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading What was now happening in their country?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
by chance
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
ProbableadjectiveUS /ˈprɑːbəbəl/
likely but not certain to be or become true or real
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
ProjectverbUS /ˈprɑːdʒekt/
communicate vividly
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
rebellionnounUS /rɪˈbeljən/
refusal to accept some authority or code or convention
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
RecollectionsnounUS /ˌrekəˈlekʃənz/
plural of “recollection” — the ability to recall past occurrences
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
ReptilenounUS /ˈreptaɪl/
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
Sea-view
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From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
stainingnounUS /ˈsteɪnɪŋ/
(histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
not in physical motion
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
surveyingnounUS /sərˈveɪɪŋ/
the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
having edges that are jagged from injury
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two years already! and for two years the colonists had had no communication with their fellow-creatures!
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was now happening in their country?
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
From this reading Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future -- Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island -- Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was now happening in their country?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The picture of their native land was always before their eyes, the land torn by civil war at the time they left it, and which the Southern rebellion was perhaps still staining with blood!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Two years already! and for two years the colonists had had no communication with their fellow-creatures!
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading They were without news from the civilised world, lost on this island, as completely as if they had been on the most minute star of the celestial hemisphere!
a late time of life
From this reading Two years already! and for two years the colonists had had no communication with their fellow-creatures!
