used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
abjectadjectiveUS /ˈæbdʒekt/
of the most contemptible kind
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading Added to this, the seeds of a pestilential disease had already been sown.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Added to this, the seeds of a pestilential disease had already been sown.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
bedsnounUS /bedz/
plural of “bed” — a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
in addition to; as well as
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
CapenounUS /keɪp/
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
From this reading Our destination was the Cape of Good Hope.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
corpsnounUS /kɔːr/
an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
destinationnounUS /ˌdestəˈneɪʃən/
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
From this reading Our destination was the Cape of Good Hope.
diseasenounUS /dɪˈziːz/
an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
From this reading Added to this, the seeds of a pestilential disease had already been sown.
doomedadjectiveUS /duːmd/
marked for certain death
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
dreadfullyadverbUS /ˈdredfəli/
of a dreadful kind
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
embarkverbUS /emˈbɑːrk/
go on board
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
fifteen-hundred-ton
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From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Our destination was the Cape of Good Hope.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
head-quarters
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From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Our destination was the Cape of Good Hope.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
Indiamannoun
a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
Lascars
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From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
literallyadverbUS /ˈlɪtərəli/
in a literal sense
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
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 We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
the force of workers available
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
used to form the superlative
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
orlop-deck
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From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our destination was the Cape of Good Hope.
pestilentialadjective
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
From this reading Added to this, the seeds of a pestilential disease had already been sown.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
PortsmouthnounUS /ˈpɔːrtsməθ/
a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
regimentverbUS /ˈredʒəmənt/
subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
remaindernounUS /rɪˈmeɪndər/
something left after other parts have been taken away
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
Identical; not different.
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
seedsnounUS /siːdz/
plural of “seed” — a small hard fruit
From this reading Added to this, the seeds of a pestilential disease had already been sown.
transport commercially
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
shippedverbUS /ʃɪpt/
inflected form of “ship” — transport commercially
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
sinkverbUS /sɪŋk/
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
slingingnounUS /ˈslɪŋɪŋ/
throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling)
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
sownadjectiveUS /soʊn/
sprinkled with seed
From this reading Added to this, the seeds of a pestilential disease had already been sown.
Spithead
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From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
having a supporting base
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
Surat
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From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Added to this, the seeds of a pestilential disease had already been sown.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
tiersnounUS /tiːrz/
plural of “tier” — a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our destination was the Cape of Good Hope.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
at the time that
From this reading We had not been long at Portsmouth, when the head-quarters of the regiment were ordered to embark on board of the _Surat Castle_ East Indiaman, a fifteen-hundred-ton ship, then lying off Spithead, and the remainder of the corps on board of other ships at the same place.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The _Surat Castle_ in which I was doomed to sail, was most dreadfully crowded; men literally slept upon one another, and in the orlop-deck the standing beds were three tiers high, besides those slinging.
which person or people
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
wretchednessnoun
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading An immense number of Lascars, who had been picked up in every sink of poverty, and most of whom had been living in England in a state of the most abject want and wretchedness, had been shipped on board this vessel.
