Chapter XII

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

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

later than; following

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

(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 ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

in addition

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

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

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

From this reading Also Kellerman made some interesting movies showing the work of landing the dead narwhal on the beach and cutting them up.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading There really were three more narwhal, but one of them was a little one which Harry Raven preserved whole, embalming it.

past form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

From this reading Also Kellerman made some interesting movies showing the work of landing the dead narwhal on the beach and cutting them up.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading Also Kellerman made some interesting movies showing the work of landing the dead narwhal on the beach and cutting them up.

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

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

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

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

-ing form of “embalm” — preserve a dead body

From this reading There really were three more narwhal, but one of them was a little one which Harry Raven preserved whole, embalming it.

plural of “eskimo” — a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (“eaters of raw flesh”) but they call themselves the Inuit (“the people”)

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

every person

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

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

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

annoy continually or chronically

From this reading There really were three more narwhal, but one of them was a little one which Harry Raven preserved whole, embalming it.

plural of “hunter” — someone who hunts game

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading Also Kellerman made some interesting movies showing the work of landing the dead narwhal on the beach and cutting them up.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

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

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

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

From this reading Also Kellerman made some interesting movies showing the work of landing the dead narwhal on the beach and cutting them up.

an intermediate platform in a staircase

From this reading Also Kellerman made some interesting movies showing the work of landing the dead narwhal on the beach and cutting them up.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading There really were three more narwhal, but one of them was a little one which Harry Raven preserved whole, embalming it.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Also Kellerman made some interesting movies showing the work of landing the dead narwhal on the beach and cutting them up.

the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

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

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

plural of “movie” — a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

From this reading Also Kellerman made some interesting movies showing the work of landing the dead narwhal on the beach and cutting them up.

small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Also Kellerman made some interesting movies showing the work of landing the dead narwhal on the beach and cutting them up.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading There really were three more narwhal, but one of them was a little one which Harry Raven preserved whole, embalming it.

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

From this reading The skeletons and skulls of the others were taken.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

past form of “owe” — be obliged to pay or repay

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use

From this reading There really were three more narwhal, but one of them was a little one which Harry Raven preserved whole, embalming it.

Danish ethnologist and Arctic explorer; led expeditions into the Arctic to find support for his theory that Eskimos and North American Indians originally migrated from Asia (1879-1933)

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

obtain or seize by violence

From this reading There really were three more narwhal, but one of them was a little one which Harry Raven preserved whole, embalming it.

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading There really were three more narwhal, but one of them was a little one which Harry Raven preserved whole, embalming it.

cut with a saw

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

established or decided beyond dispute or doubt

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

the display of a motion picture

From this reading Also Kellerman made some interesting movies showing the work of landing the dead narwhal on the beach and cutting them up.

plural of “skeleton” — something reduced to its minimal form

From this reading The skeletons and skulls of the others were taken.

plural of “skull” — the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates

From this reading The skeletons and skulls of the others were taken.

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

From this reading Also Kellerman made some interesting movies showing the work of landing the dead narwhal on the beach and cutting them up.

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

plural of “specimen” — an example regarded as typical of its class

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading The skeletons and skulls of the others were taken.

an acknowledgment of appreciation

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

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

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

in or at that place or location

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

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

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading There really were three more narwhal, but one of them was a little one which Harry Raven preserved whole, embalming it.

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

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

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

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

past form of “visit” — go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

desired or wished for or sought

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

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

From this reading There really were three more narwhal, but one of them was a little one which Harry Raven preserved whole, embalming it.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

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

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

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

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

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

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.

during the time that

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

which person or people

From this reading Of course all the walrus meat went to them, and also the meat from two more narwhal which had been captured while we were away, thanks to Dr. Rasmussen, who saw to it that everyone did all they could to get the specimens we wanted.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading There really were three more narwhal, but one of them was a little one which Harry Raven preserved whole, embalming it.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading ACROSS TO JONES SOUND We dropped all our hunters at Karnah after a day there, during which we visited around and settled up what we owed the Eskimos for the work they had done for us.