Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

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

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading There was plenty of ice all about.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.

(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 There was plenty of ice all about.

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

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

exceptionally bad or displeasing

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

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

From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

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

From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.

providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

plural of “current” — a flow of electricity through a conductor

From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.

without question and beyond doubt

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

the act of escaping physically

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

at any time

From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

stubbornly resistant to authority or control

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

recently made, produced, or harvested

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

cooked by frying in fat

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

the act of acquiring something

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

depressingly dark

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading We stood and warmed our hands.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

water frozen in the solid state

From this reading There was plenty of ice all about.

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

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

plural of “iceberg” — a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

the habitation of wild animals

From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.

put together out of artificial or natural components or parts

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

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

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

not any; not one

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

to, toward, or in the northwest

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading We stood and warmed our hands.

a person who requires medical care

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

easily irritated or annoyed

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

plural of “plate” — (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

a full supply

From this reading There was plenty of ice all about.

plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

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

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

in a clever manner

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading We stood and warmed our hands.

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

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

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

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There was plenty of ice all about.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

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

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

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

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

precisely as stated

From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.

walk (through relatively shallow water)

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

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

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.

having been warmed up

From this reading We stood and warmed our hands.

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

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We stood and warmed our hands.

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

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

From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.

but in spite of that

From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.