Chapter IX

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

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Darling had been made to swim over to the other side, much against his wishes.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

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

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

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

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The wagon had been taken over on a flatboat, at a cost of two dollars.

move up and down repeatedly

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

From this reading The wagon had been taken over on a flatboat, at a cost of two dollars.

placed crosswise

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

a special loved one

From this reading Darling had been made to swim over to the other side, much against his wishes.

plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents

From this reading The wagon had been taken over on a flatboat, at a cost of two dollars.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

From this reading The wagon had been taken over on a flatboat, at a cost of two dollars.

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

a fortified military post where troops are stationed

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

set up or found

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

the act of departing

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

coins made of gold

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

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

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

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

From this reading Darling had been made to swim over to the other side, much against his wishes.

plural of “hunter” — someone who hunts game

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

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

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

a university town in southeast Wyoming

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Darling had been made to swim over to the other side, much against his wishes.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Darling had been made to swim over to the other side, much against his wishes.

hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

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

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Darling had been made to swim over to the other side, much against his wishes.

above and across; more than

From this reading The wagon had been taken over on a flatboat, at a cost of two dollars.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

an established line of travel or access

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading Darling had been made to swim over to the other side, much against his wishes.

the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

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

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

travel through water

From this reading Darling had been made to swim over to the other side, much against his wishes.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading The wagon had been taken over on a flatboat, at a cost of two dollars.

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

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

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

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

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

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

a track or mark left by something that has passed

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

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

From this reading The wagon had been taken over on a flatboat, at a cost of two dollars.

any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor

From this reading The wagon had been taken over on a flatboat, at a cost of two dollars.

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

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

the act of making something wet

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

in or at the place that

From this reading The route was along the northern bank of the Platte River, which they had crossed at a spot where the stream was broad but shallow.

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

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.

which person or people

From this reading In going down into the river the mule had done a tremendous lot of splashing, wetting Bob, who was riding him, from head to foot.

plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire

From this reading Darling had been made to swim over to the other side, much against his wishes.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading A STORM AND A WASHOUT A week passed and the young gold hunters found themselves well on the trail to Fort Laramie, which was to be their next regular stopping place.