Chapter XXIX · Expedition despatched at the Instance of the Royal

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From this reading In the year 1768, the Royal Society of England induced the Government to equip and despatch a vessel to the South Seas.

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

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

to an ample degree or in an ample manner

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

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

From this reading In the year 1768, the Royal Society of England induced the Government to equip and despatch a vessel to the South Seas.

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From this reading Thirty years, however, have elapsed since the voyage of Anson,--the last of the royal buccaneers.

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

From this reading The vessel whose career we are now to chronicle sought neither capture, nor spoil, nor prize-money.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

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From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

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

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

all the plant life in a particular region or period

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

plural of “buccaneer” — someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

From this reading Thirty years, however, have elapsed since the voyage of Anson,--the last of the royal buccaneers.

the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

the particular occupation for which you are trained

From this reading The vessel whose career we are now to chronicle sought neither capture, nor spoil, nor prize-money.

plural of “chew” — a wad of something chewable as tobacco

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

A detailed written record of historical events in order. (Sử ký, biên niên sử lịch sử.)

From this reading The vessel whose career we are now to chronicle sought neither capture, nor spoil, nor prize-money.

an officer in command of a military unit

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

a very intense and uncontrolled fire

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

one of the large landmasses of the earth

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

prepare a hot meal

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

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From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

having been demonstrated or verified beyond doubt

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

send away towards a designated goal

From this reading In the year 1768, the Royal Society of England induced the Government to equip and despatch a vessel to the South Seas.

-ing form of “do” — engage in

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

one or the other of two

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

(of time) having passed or slipped by

From this reading Thirty years, however, have elapsed since the voyage of Anson,--the last of the royal buccaneers.

a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading In the year 1768, the Royal Society of England induced the Government to equip and despatch a vessel to the South Seas.

provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose

From this reading In the year 1768, the Royal Society of England induced the Government to equip and despatch a vessel to the South Seas.

serving to promote your interest

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

a volcano in south central Guatemala

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

From this reading In the year 1768, the Royal Society of England induced the Government to equip and despatch a vessel to the South Seas.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Thirty years, however, have elapsed since the voyage of Anson,--the last of the royal buccaneers.

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

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading Thirty years, however, have elapsed since the voyage of Anson,--the last of the royal buccaneers.

form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

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

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

plural of “incident” — a single distinct event

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

brought about or caused; not spontaneous

From this reading In the year 1768, the Royal Society of England induced the Government to equip and despatch a vessel to the South Seas.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

immediately past

From this reading Thirty years, however, have elapsed since the voyage of Anson,--the last of the royal buccaneers.

an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

a commissioned military officer

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

having or bringing misfortune

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

an amphibious division of the United States Navy

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

the quality or state of being mortal

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

plural of “native” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

not one and not the other of two

From this reading The vessel whose career we are now to chronicle sought neither capture, nor spoil, nor prize-money.

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

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

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

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading The vessel whose career we are now to chronicle sought neither capture, nor spoil, nor prize-money.

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

From this reading The vessel whose career we are now to chronicle sought neither capture, nor spoil, nor prize-money.

a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

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

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

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

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

by chance

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

select carefully from a group

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

goods or money obtained illegally

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

Goods or treasure taken by force or theft, especially in war or banditry.

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

plural of “pocket” — a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

past form of “precede” — be earlier in time; go back further

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

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

From this reading The vessel whose career we are now to chronicle sought neither capture, nor spoil, nor prize-money.

past form of “promote” — contribute to the progress or growth of

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

a person who enjoys reading

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

unusual or striking

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

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

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch

From this reading In the year 1768, the Royal Society of England induced the Government to equip and despatch a vessel to the South Seas.

a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading In the year 1768, the Royal Society of England induced the Government to equip and despatch a vessel to the South Seas.

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading Thirty years, however, have elapsed since the voyage of Anson,--the last of the royal buccaneers.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

that is looked for

From this reading The vessel whose career we are now to chronicle sought neither capture, nor spoil, nor prize-money.

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

From this reading In the year 1768, the Royal Society of England induced the Government to equip and despatch a vessel to the South Seas.

in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

From this reading The vessel whose career we are now to chronicle sought neither capture, nor spoil, nor prize-money.

come to a halt, stop moving

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

past form of “subvert” — cause the downfall of; of rulers

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

carry out

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

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

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

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

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

in or at that place or location

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three

From this reading Thirty years, however, have elapsed since the voyage of Anson,--the last of the royal buccaneers.

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

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

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

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

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

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

an old word for “to”

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

the second nearest planet to the sun

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

a tube in which a body fluid circulates

From this reading In the year 1768, the Royal Society of England induced the Government to equip and despatch a vessel to the South Seas.

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

an act of traveling by water

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

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

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

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

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading The vessel whose career we are now to chronicle sought neither capture, nor spoil, nor prize-money.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

belonging to which person

From this reading The vessel whose career we are now to chronicle sought neither capture, nor spoil, nor prize-money.

plural of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

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

From this reading The reader may perhaps imagine--and, from what has preceded in this volume, he would be amply justified in so doing--that its purpose was plunder, and its object either the capture of the Manilla galleon or the sack and pillage of the luckless town of Paita.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading In the year 1768, the Royal Society of England induced the Government to equip and despatch a vessel to the South Seas.

a late time of life

From this reading Thirty years, however, have elapsed since the voyage of Anson,--the last of the royal buccaneers.

the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen

From this reading SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES PICK THEIR POCKETS--THE OBSERVATORY--A NATIVE CHEWS A QUID OF TOBACCO--THE TRANSIT OF VENUS--TWO OF THE MARINES TAKE UNTO THEMSELVES WIVES--NEW ZEALAND--ADVENTURES THERE--REMARKABLE WAR-CANOE--CANNIBALISM DEMONSTRATED--THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT SUBVERTED--NEW HOLLAND--BOTANY BAY--THE ENDEAVOR ON THE ROCKS--EXPEDIENT TO STOP THE LEAK--A CONFLAGRATION--PASSAGE THROUGH A REEF--ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA--MORTALITY ON THE VOYAGE HOME--COOK PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.