Chapter XII · Blood Fetish of Krobo Hill

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

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

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

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

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

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

possessing life

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

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

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

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

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

separated or at a distance in place or position or time

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

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

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

a city in northwestern Switzerland

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

the past participle of “be”

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

at or toward the back of something

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

accept as true; take to be true

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

confined by bonds

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

someone whose employment involves carrying something

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

plural of “carrier” — someone whose employment involves carrying something

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

an occurrence of something

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

a government administrator

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

past form of “conduct” — direct the course of; manage or control

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

the first light of day

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

plural of “disappearance” — the act of leaving secretly or without explanation

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

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

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

having a pattern of dots

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

compelled forcibly by an outside agency

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

the act of escaping physically

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

anything that contributes causally to a result

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

firmly closed or secured

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

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

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

start firing a weapon

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

be agreeable or acceptable to

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

relative position in a graded series

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

proceeding in small stages

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

shoot down, of birds

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

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

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

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

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

a collection of objects laid on top of each other

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

a large number or amount

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

plural of “home” — where you live at a particular time

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

the quality of being honest

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

kindness in welcoming guests or strangers

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

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

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

plural of “hymn” — a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

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

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

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

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

situated away from an area's coast or border

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

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

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

and nothing more

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

plural of “knife” — edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

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

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

immediately past

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

the pelt of a leopard

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

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

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

the force of workers available

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

the light of the Moon

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

plural of “negro” — a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

squeeze tightly between the fingers

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

not any; not one

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

many times at short intervals

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

on one occasion

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

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

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

above and across; more than

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

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

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

past form of “perpetrate” — perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

as yourself

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

have the will and intention to carry out some action

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

with little or no delay

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

of or associated with a province

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

on the contrary

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

past form of “remind” — put in the mind of someone

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

express in words

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

have in common

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

something reduced to its minimal form

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

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

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

having an oblique or slanted direction

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

great in vertical dimension; high in stature

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

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

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

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

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

torment emotionally or mentally

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

plural of “torturer” — someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)

From this reading In this last case I am glad to think that the torturers are bound to have run their share of risk, and must have received many a good hard nip.

plural of “torture” — extreme mental distress

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

tested and proved useful or correct

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

without doubt; certainly

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

not explained

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

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

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

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

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

at the time that

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

during the time that

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

a Caucasian

From this reading There were great tall ant heaps too, or rather the homes of the termite, the white ant which is not an ant at all I believe, and these reminded me of the ghastly form of torture sometimes perpetrated by the negroes.

which person or people

From this reading _To Dodowah by motor lorry--Orchard-bush country--Negro tortures--The Basel Mission factor--A personally conducted tour--Great hospitality--A dinner by moonlight--Plan a night journey--The roadway by moonlight--Barbarous hymns--Carriers who “no be fit” once more--Honesty of the African carrier--Extraordinary obedience--The leopard that cried at Akway Pool--A hard-hearted slave-driver--Krobo Hill--Blood fetishes--Terror of the carriers--Story of the hill--The dawning of a new day--Unexplained disappearances--Akuse at last--The arrival of a whirlwind--The fire on Krobo Hill._

in the company of; together with

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading A Provincial Commissioner once told me that he had several times come across on these hills, which are often ten or twelve or twenty feet high, the skeleton of a man who had undoubtedly been fastened there while he was alive; and another went one better and told me how another form of torture was to place a man on the ant heap without any fastening whatever and then to surround it with men and women with knives, so that when he tried to escape he was promptly driven back.

of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

From this reading Inland from Accra the country is what they call orchard bush, that is to say, it was rather flat country sloping in gradual gradation to the hills behind, covered now, in the end of the dry season, with yellow grass and dotted all over with trees, not close together as in the forest country but just far enough apart to give it a pleasant, park-like look.