Chapter VIII

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

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

(followed by “to”) in agreement with or accordant with

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

later than; following

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

in the past

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

(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 We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

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

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

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

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

react verbally

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

eagerly desirous

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

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

From this reading Of their bones are coral made.

reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

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

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

for the reason that

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

From this reading Of their bones are coral made.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

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From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River; Clark was responsible for making maps of the area (1770-1838)

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

prepare a hot meal

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

a variable color averaging a deep pink

From this reading Of their bones are coral made.

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From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

greatly pleasing or entertaining

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

lying toward or situated in the east

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

divisible by two

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

at any time

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

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

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

a period of fourteen consecutive days

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

plural of “funnel” — a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

usually; as a rule

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

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

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

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From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

ten 10s

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

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

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

plural of “island” — a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

plural of “islet” — a small island

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

immediately past

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

go away from a place

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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 There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Of their bones are coral made.

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

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

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

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

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From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

not any; not one

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

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

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

plural of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

and nothing more

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

above and across; more than

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

past due; not paid at the scheduled time

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

plural of “owner” — (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

the largest ocean in the world

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

make a prediction about; tell in advance

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

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From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975)

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

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

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

a large beer glass

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

plural of “schooner” — a large beer glass

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

in or at or to some place

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

a short musical composition with words

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

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

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

waves breaking on the shore

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

express in words

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

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

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Of their bones are coral made.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

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

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

past form of “tour” — make a tour of a certain place

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

third-person singular of “vary” — become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

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From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

precisely as stated

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

be dressed in

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

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

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

at the time that

From this reading We were almost growing anxious about her in Raratonga--almost, not quite; for after all, she was only a fortnight overdue, and that is not much for an island schooner, even when she is run by white officers.

a Caucasian

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

a means of flight or ascent

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading _The Schooner at last--White Wings versus Black Funnels--Not according to Clark Russell--The Marvellous White Woman--The Song of the Surf--Why not?--Delightful Aitutaki--Into an Atoll--A Night in the House of a Chieftainess--The Scarlet Devil--Nothing to wear--How to tickle a Shark--The Fairy Islets--A Chance for Robinson Crusoe._ THE schooner _Duchess_ was in at last.

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

From this reading When the easy-going native runs her, no one ever knows when she will leave any port, and no one would venture to predict that she will ever arrive at all.

a late time of life

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading There are generally a good many native-owned schooners about the South Eastern Pacific, but, though all the numbers keep up, the identity varies, and if you return after a few years and ask for the ships you used to know, the answer will be, I have not space to tell you here of the native schooner that started from one of the Cook Islands, not so very long ago, to visit another island less than two hundred miles away, but, because of the wild and weird navigation of her owners, went instead to somewhere over a thousand miles off; toured half the Pacific; stayed away six months; and finally came back to her own little island by a happy chance, without ever having reached the place she set out for after all.