Chapter VII · Chapter 7

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From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

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

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

Having no one else present.

From this reading I was alone, for no one happened to strike off in the same direction I did.

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

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

plural of “bloodhound” — a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.

a city in eastern Tennessee

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

navigational instrument for finding directions

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.

confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

From this reading On leaving the train, I confess for a moment my heart sunk within me.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

traveling across

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

the first light of day

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

devoid of physical sensation; numb

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading I was alone, for no one happened to strike off in the same direction I did.

a line leading to a place or point

From this reading I was alone, for no one happened to strike off in the same direction I did.

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

to come or go into

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

divisible by two

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.

having lost freshness or brilliance of color

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

moving swiftly

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

plural of “force” — a powerful effect or influence

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.

a quick look

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

having or deserving or conferring glory

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

someone employed to conduct others

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

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

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

past form of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading I was alone, for no one happened to strike off in the same direction I did.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading On leaving the train, I confess for a moment my heart sunk within me.

provoking horror

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

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

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

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

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

vague or not clearly defined or stated

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

the act of departing

From this reading On leaving the train, I confess for a moment my heart sunk within me.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

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

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

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

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

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

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

a particular point in time

From this reading On leaving the train, I confess for a moment my heart sunk within me.

the natural satellite of the Earth

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

used to form the superlative

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

-ing form of “near” — move towards

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

not one and not the other of two

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

not any; not one

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.

the northwestern region of the United States

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading I was alone, for no one happened to strike off in the same direction I did.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading On leaving the train, I confess for a moment my heart sunk within me.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading I was alone, for no one happened to strike off in the same direction I did.

and nothing more

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

fraught with danger

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

plural of “phantom” — a ghostly appearing figure

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

the act of playing a musical instrument

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

plural of “point” — a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.

plural of “produce” — fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

a relationship between two lovers

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

Identical; not different.

From this reading I was alone, for no one happened to strike off in the same direction I did.

be bright by reflecting or casting light

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.

the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

From this reading I was alone, for no one happened to strike off in the same direction I did.

so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

doomed to extinction

From this reading On leaving the train, I confess for a moment my heart sunk within me.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.

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

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

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

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

create by training and teaching

From this reading On leaving the train, I confess for a moment my heart sunk within me.

the act of going from one place to another

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

plural of “vision” — a vivid mental image

From this reading Stupendous "Man Hunt"--My Own Adventures--Playing Acrobat--Perilous Crossing of a River--Hunger--The Bloodhounds--Flying for Life--No Sun or Star to Guide me--Traveling in a Circle--Nearing Chattanooga--Lost in Deadened Timber--Glimpse of the Moon--Fatigue Produces Phantoms--Dreadful Storm--I Sleep and enter Fairy Land--Glorious Visions--Reality--A Picket--Romance Faded--Horrible Situation--Day Dawn--No Relief.

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

From this reading I was alone, for no one happened to strike off in the same direction I did.

in or at the place that

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

used to introduce two or more possibilities

From this reading I knew not where I was--whether fifteen or fifty miles from Chattanooga[2]--neither had I the most indefinite idea of the lay of the country.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading On leaving the train, I confess for a moment my heart sunk within me.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading I only knew that north or northwest would bring me to our forces; but the sun did not shine, to give me even the points of the compass.