Chapter V

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From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

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From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

treat badly

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

(sentence connectors) because of the reason given

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

the part of the day between noon and evening

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

plural of “alderman” — a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading At length the destined hour arrived for our leaving this celebrated city and for pursuing our forced and cheerless marches to the place of our imprisonment.

filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

the power or right to give orders or make decisions

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

cattle that are reared for their meat

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

a short personal letter

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

eat an early morning meal

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

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From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading At length the destined hour arrived for our leaving this celebrated city and for pursuing our forced and cheerless marches to the place of our imprisonment.

a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

From this reading At length the destined hour arrived for our leaving this celebrated city and for pursuing our forced and cheerless marches to the place of our imprisonment.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading At length the destined hour arrived for our leaving this celebrated city and for pursuing our forced and cheerless marches to the place of our imprisonment.

of or relating or belonging to a city

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

an officer in command of a military unit

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

the person who leads a musical group

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

-ing form of “consist” — originate

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

a specialized division of a large organization

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

the act of departing

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

a statement that represents something in words

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in “college-bound students”

From this reading At length the destined hour arrived for our leaving this celebrated city and for pursuing our forced and cheerless marches to the place of our imprisonment.

the quality of being unlike or dissimilar

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

being one more than seven

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

half the width of an em

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

something that provides access (to get in or get out)

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

the act of escaping physically

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

all things; all of a situation

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

a ceremonial dinner party for many people

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

any joyous diversion

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

produced by or subjected to forcing

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

plural of “fortification” — defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

unproductive of success

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

assets in the form of money

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

the trait of being willing to give your money or time

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

past form of “halt” — cause to stop

From this reading Here we were halted for the night.

plural of “hat” — headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading Here we were halted for the night.

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From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

a university degree with honors

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading At length the destined hour arrived for our leaving this celebrated city and for pursuing our forced and cheerless marches to the place of our imprisonment.

putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

a small island

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

full of or producing joy

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

the month following May and preceding July

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

a landlord who is a woman

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

a landowner who leases to others

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

the act of departing

From this reading At length the destined hour arrived for our leaving this celebrated city and for pursuing our forced and cheerless marches to the place of our imprisonment.

the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

From this reading At length the destined hour arrived for our leaving this celebrated city and for pursuing our forced and cheerless marches to the place of our imprisonment.

an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

temporary living quarters

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

march in a procession

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

a region in central Italy

From this reading At length the destined hour arrived for our leaving this celebrated city and for pursuing our forced and cheerless marches to the place of our imprisonment.

the force of workers available

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

used to form the superlative

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

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

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

information about recent and important events

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

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

From this reading Here we were halted for the night.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

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

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

and nothing more

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

possessive form of “patrick” — Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

inspiring mixed contempt and pity

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading At length the destined hour arrived for our leaving this celebrated city and for pursuing our forced and cheerless marches to the place of our imprisonment.

exactly

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit

From this reading At length the destined hour arrived for our leaving this celebrated city and for pursuing our forced and cheerless marches to the place of our imprisonment.

the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

cook with dry heat, usually in an oven

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

larceny by threat of violence

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

an established line of travel or access

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

-ing form of “salute” — propose a toast to

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

plural of “seaman” — a man who serves as a sailor

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

the state of lacking unity

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

battle of World War II

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

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From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

plural of “suffering” — a state of acute pain

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

give something useful or necessary to

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

the act of someone who picks up or takes something

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

plural of “terror” — an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

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

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

possessive form of “third” — one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading At length the destined hour arrived for our leaving this celebrated city and for pursuing our forced and cheerless marches to the place of our imprisonment.

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

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

arousing affect

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

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

From this reading The next morning our kind officer astonished us by a most elegant breakfast, consisting of everything that the small town could supply.

a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped

From this reading Departure from Amiens--Arrival at Albert--Our French officers delicacy and liberality--A civic feast at Bapaume--Effects of champagne on French aldermen--A separation from our kind conductor--A new escort--A forced march to Cambray--Pitiable state and severe sufferings of the seamen--Entrance into Cambray--Imprisonment--Landrecies, Avesnes, Hirson--A billet upon the inhabitants--Rocroy--A brutal landlord--The robbery and abuse of prisoners--Givet--Charlemont--A description of the fortifications--An escape of prisoners--A fruitless pursuit--Generosity of the French commandant--Private lodgings--A Jacobin landlady--Exhausted funds--The 4th of June--Honours done to King George the Third’s birthday--Roast beef and plum pudding--French terrors of insurrection--The difference between taking off and only touching hats in saluting men in authority--Good news--A joyful departure in a cart for Verdun.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.

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

From this reading Accordingly, at about eight in the morning of the 17th of March, St. Patrick’s day, a day of great festivity in my native isle, we were put _en route_, and we arrived at the little town of Albert, in the department of the Somme, at five in the afternoon.