Chapter XIII · The Super-Submersible

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

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

gotten through environmental forces

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)

From this reading “We cannot be altogether sure of his course,” murmured George Belding.

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

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

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From this reading This topic was the fruitful one of the _Redbird_ and her cruise to Bahia.

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

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

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From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

accept as true; take to be true

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

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From this reading “We cannot be altogether sure of his course,” murmured George Belding.

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

go after with the intent to catch

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

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

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading “We cannot be altogether sure of his course,” murmured George Belding.

drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure

From this reading This topic was the fruitful one of the _Redbird_ and her cruise to Bahia.

every day; without missing a day

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

the specified day of the month

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

made known or openly avowed

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

having the power of driving or impelling

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

in a serious manner

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

divisible by two

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

creating or arousing excitement

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

undergo or live through a difficult experience

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

a social unit living together

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

more distant in especially space or time

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

productive or conducive to producing in abundance

From this reading This topic was the fruitful one of the _Redbird_ and her cruise to Bahia.

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 The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

a person of German nationality

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

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From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

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

From this reading This topic was the fruitful one of the _Redbird_ and her cruise to Bahia.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

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

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

immediately past

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

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From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

-ing form of “litter” — strew

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

engage in

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly

From this reading “We cannot be altogether sure of his course,” murmured George Belding.

connected with or belonging to or used in a navy

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

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

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

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

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

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

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading This topic was the fruitful one of the _Redbird_ and her cruise to Bahia.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

by chance

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

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From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

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From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

the male is bright red with black wings and tail

From this reading This topic was the fruitful one of the _Redbird_ and her cruise to Bahia.

precisely, exactly

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

traverse or travel on (a body of water)

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

the work of a sailor

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

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From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

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

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

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

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

transport commercially

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

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

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

the utterance of intelligible speech

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

plural of “submarine” — a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading “We cannot be altogether sure of his course,” murmured George Belding.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

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

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

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

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

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

From this reading This topic was the fruitful one of the _Redbird_ and her cruise to Bahia.

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

From this reading This topic was the fruitful one of the _Redbird_ and her cruise to Bahia.

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From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

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From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

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

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

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

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading “We cannot be altogether sure of his course,” murmured George Belding.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The boys from Seacove and George Belding--but especially the last and Phil Morgan--had a second topic of daily conversation quite as interesting, if not as exciting, as that of the German raider, in chase of which the _Colodia_ was now driving at top-speed into the southwest.

in the company of; together with

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”

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

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading If the big sailing ship had left New York on the date promised, then the Belding family and Phil’s sisters would now be off Hatteras--perhaps even farther south.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “For you can believe me, Belding,” Al Torrance declared earnestly, and speaking with all the sea-wisdom acquired during his naval experience, “that Captain Lawdor would not sail right out across the Gulf Stream and make the Azores or the Canaries a landfall, as he might have done before Hun submarines got to littering up the Atlantic as they do now.”