Chapter I · Chapter 1

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

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take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

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

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

in the past

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

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

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

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

plural of “ax” — an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

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From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

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

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

plural of “box” — a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

showing who or what does the action

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

made for or formed by carving (“carven” is archaic or literary)

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

plural of “chief” — a person who is in charge

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

the protruding part of the lower jaw

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

plural of “club” — a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

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

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

absence of light or illumination

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

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From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

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being ten more than seventy

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a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

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

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

plural of “feather” — the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

preceding all others in time or space or degree

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a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed

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the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

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From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

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

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

plural of “implement” — instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

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

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the act of beginning something new

From this reading Long striking and thrusting weapons used by the Maoris A Maori war-canoe INTRODUCTION.

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

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

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From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

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plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

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 Long striking and thrusting weapons used by the Maoris A Maori war-canoe INTRODUCTION.

possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who speak Maori and live in New Zealand

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

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From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

plural of “maori” — an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who speak Maori and live in New Zealand

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

a thick flat pad used as a floor covering

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

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From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

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

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

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

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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touching and supported by a surface

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

past form of “ornament” — make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

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a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

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From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

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From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

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the place where some action occurs

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

lift onto one's shoulders

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

the display of a motion picture

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

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

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

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

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sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

required or under orders

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understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

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

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

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

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

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causing a surge of emotion or excitement

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a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

From this reading Long striking and thrusting weapons used by the Maoris A Maori war-canoe INTRODUCTION.

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

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

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

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

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From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

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From this reading Long striking and thrusting weapons used by the Maoris A Maori war-canoe INTRODUCTION.

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

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plural of “weapon” — any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

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

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From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

at the time that

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in or at the place that

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

in the company of; together with

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

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

From this reading A Maori's shoulder mat Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place A door-lintel, showing Maori carving "Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood

From this reading Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri, or "Dark House" Scene in a New Zealand Forest Flute of bone A waist-mat Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair Carved boxes Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

plural of “yarn” — the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events

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a late time of life

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the ending of a series or sequence

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the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen

From this reading A Story of Adventure in New Zealand JAMES DRUMMOND, F.L.S., F.Z.S.