Chapter XVII

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

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

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

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

a committee having supervisory powers

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

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

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

goods carried by a large vehicle

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557)

From this reading VOYAGE OF JACQUES CARTIER--MARITIME PROJECTS OF FRANCIS I. OF FRANCE--GULF OF ST.

the British cabinet minister responsible for finance

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

reason by deduction; establish by deduction

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

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

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

the act of discovering something

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

to come or go into

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

plural of “enterprise” — a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

a native or inhabitant of Europe

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

From this reading VOYAGE OF JACQUES CARTIER--MARITIME PROJECTS OF FRANCIS I. OF FRANCE--GULF OF ST.

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From this reading VOYAGE OF JACQUES CARTIER--MARITIME PROJECTS OF FRANCIS I. OF FRANCE--GULF OF ST.

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

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

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From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

coins made of gold

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

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

From this reading VOYAGE OF JACQUES CARTIER--MARITIME PROJECTS OF FRANCIS I. OF FRANCE--GULF OF ST.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

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

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

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From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading VOYAGE OF JACQUES CARTIER--MARITIME PROJECTS OF FRANCIS I. OF FRANCE--GULF OF ST.

of the present time and place

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

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

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

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

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

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From this reading VOYAGE OF JACQUES CARTIER--MARITIME PROJECTS OF FRANCIS I. OF FRANCE--GULF OF ST.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

go away from a place

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

possessive form of “magellan” — Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521)

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen

From this reading VOYAGE OF JACQUES CARTIER--MARITIME PROJECTS OF FRANCIS I. OF FRANCE--GULF OF ST.

French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

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

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

a city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River; the largest city in Quebec and 2nd largest in Canada; the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

the northwestern region of the United States

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading VOYAGE OF JACQUES CARTIER--MARITIME PROJECTS OF FRANCIS I. OF FRANCE--GULF OF ST.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

go across or through

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

an amount of time

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

the act of having and controlling property

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

plural of “project” — any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

From this reading VOYAGE OF JACQUES CARTIER--MARITIME PROJECTS OF FRANCIS I. OF FRANCE--GULF OF ST.

the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

accomplished rapidly and without delay

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

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

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

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

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

term of address for a man

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

that is looked for

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

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

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

plural of “spaniard” — a native or inhabitant of Spain

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

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

From this reading VOYAGE OF JACQUES CARTIER--MARITIME PROJECTS OF FRANCIS I. OF FRANCE--GULF OF ST.

a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

required or under orders

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

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

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

for that reason; as a result

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

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

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

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

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

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

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

crossing the Atlantic Ocean

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

inflected form of “undertake” — enter upon an activity or enterprise

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

a tube in which a body fluid circulates

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

an act of traveling by water

From this reading VOYAGE OF JACQUES CARTIER--MARITIME PROJECTS OF FRANCIS I. OF FRANCE--GULF OF ST.

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

From this reading They did not do so, however; and a generation was destined to pass away before a second European vessel should enter Magellan's Strait.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We must for a time, therefore, leave the Spanish and Portuguese in quiet possession of their Indian and American commerce, and turn to the several transatlantic and Arctic enterprises undertaken at this period by the French and English.

relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

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

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.

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

From this reading It would appear natural for the Spaniards to have sought to derive immediate profit from their discovery of a western passage to the South Sea.

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

From this reading LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND RICHARD CHANCELLOR--DISCOVERY OF NOVA ZEMBLA--DISASTROUS WINTER--FATE OF THE EXPEDITION--MARTIN FROBISHER--HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE--GREENLAND--LABRADOR--FROBISHER'S STRAITS--EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVES--SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF GOLD--SECOND VOYAGE--A CARGO OF PRECIOUS EARTH TAKEN ON BOARD--META INCOGNITA--THIRD VOYAGE--A MORTIFYING CONCLUSION.