Chapter VII

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

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

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

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

From this reading The ascent to this height was not so laborious as the one near the Arkansas.

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

From this reading The ascent to this height was not so laborious as the one near the Arkansas.

an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

plural of “ass” — the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

have

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

a member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plains

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

having or covered with or accompanied by blood

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

of or relating to Canada or its people

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

a young person of either sex

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

travel across or pass over

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

coming down or downward

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

a state in which all hope is lost or absent

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

-ing form of “divide” — separate into parts or portions

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

past form of “enable” — render capable or able for some task

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

rules governing socially acceptable behavior

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

decreasing in amount or degree

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

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

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

a boy or man

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

nonresinous wood of a fir tree

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

having or given a form or shape

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top

From this reading The ascent to this height was not so laborious as the one near the Arkansas.

poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading We however met here a misfortune of a more serious nature to us, than the storm that pelted us on the other ridge.

a sacred place of pilgrimage

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading We however met here a misfortune of a more serious nature to us, than the storm that pelted us on the other ridge.

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

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

a single distinct event

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

possessive form of “kelly” — United States circus clown (1898-1979)

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

an event that causes someone to die

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

From this reading The ascent to this height was not so laborious as the one near the Arkansas.

large or big relative to something else

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

engage in

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

female equine animal

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

a formally arranged gathering

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

the force of workers available

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

inflected form of “meet” — come together

From this reading We however met here a misfortune of a more serious nature to us, than the storm that pelted us on the other ridge.

unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading We however met here a misfortune of a more serious nature to us, than the storm that pelted us on the other ridge.

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading We however met here a misfortune of a more serious nature to us, than the storm that pelted us on the other ridge.

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading The ascent to this height was not so laborious as the one near the Arkansas.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The ascent to this height was not so laborious as the one near the Arkansas.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading We however met here a misfortune of a more serious nature to us, than the storm that pelted us on the other ridge.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The ascent to this height was not so laborious as the one near the Arkansas.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

above and across; more than

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

past form of “pelt” — cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

From this reading We however met here a misfortune of a more serious nature to us, than the storm that pelted us on the other ridge.

plural of “pine” — a coniferous tree

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

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From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

past form of “prevent” — keep from happening or arising; make impossible

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

(of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

a long narrow natural elevation or striation

From this reading We however met here a misfortune of a more serious nature to us, than the storm that pelted us on the other ridge.

plural of “ridge” — a long narrow natural elevation or striation

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

the place where some action occurs

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

From this reading We however met here a misfortune of a more serious nature to us, than the storm that pelted us on the other ridge.

the act of firing a projectile

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The ascent to this height was not so laborious as the one near the Arkansas.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

the season of growth

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

derogatory terms for an American Indian woman

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

From this reading We however met here a misfortune of a more serious nature to us, than the storm that pelted us on the other ridge.

the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

plural of “sweep” — a wide scope

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

having or showing or conforming to good taste

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

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

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading The ascent to this height was not so laborious as the one near the Arkansas.

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

From this reading The ascent to this height was not so laborious as the one near the Arkansas.

a vagrant

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

plural of “trapper” — someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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 But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.

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

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

plural of “tyrant” — a cruel and oppressive dictator

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

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

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

plural of “vegetable” — edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading The ascent to this height was not so laborious as the one near the Arkansas.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We however met here a misfortune of a more serious nature to us, than the storm that pelted us on the other ridge.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

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

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

a Caucasian

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm

From this reading An Ascent--A Misfortune--A Death--The Mountain of the Holy Cross--Leaping Pines--Killing a Buffalo--Asses and Tyrants--Panther, &c.--Geography--Something about descending the Colorado of the West--Dividing Ridges--A Scene--Tumbleton's Park--A War Whoop--Meeting of Old Fellow Trappers--A Notable Tramp--My Mare--The etiquette of the Mountains--Kelly's Old Camp, &c.--A Great Heart--Little Bear River--Vegetables and Bitterness--Two White Men, a Squaw and Child--A Dead Shot--What is Tasteful--Trapping--Blackfoot and Sioux--A Bloody Incident--A Cave--Hot Spring--The Country--A Surprise--American and Canadian Trappers--The Grand River--Old Park--Death before us--The Mule--Despair.

in the company of; together with

From this reading It lay up the face of a mountain which formed a larger angle with the plane of the horizon than did the other.

travel along a zigzag path

From this reading But it was clothed with a dense forest of pines, a species of double-leaved hemlock, and spruce and fir trees, which prevented our animals from {254} falling over the precipices, and enabled us to make long sweeps in a zigzag course, that much relieved the fatigue of the ascent.