Chapter VII

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

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

frightening because of an awareness of danger

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

assets available for use in the production of further assets

From this reading Likatlong, the residence of the chief Yantje, is the capital of the most southerly of the Batlapin tribes.

a person who is in charge

From this reading Likatlong, the residence of the chief Yantje, is the capital of the most southerly of the Batlapin tribes.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

past form of “consist” — originate

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

-ing form of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

plural of “crane” — United States writer (1871-1900)

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

closed in or surrounded or included within

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

the buildings and adjacent grounds of a farm

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading FROM LIKATLONG TO WONDERFONTEIN.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

usually; as a rule

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

of or relating to or based on geology

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

plural of “group” — any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

plural of “hedge” — a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

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

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

plural of “hunter” — someone who hunts game

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

plural of “hut” — temporary military shelter

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

plural of “iguana” — large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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

From this reading The name signifies “union,” probably in reference to the junction of the two rivers.

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

From this reading Likatlong, the residence of the chief Yantje, is the capital of the most southerly of the Batlapin tribes.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

the place where two or more things come together

From this reading The name signifies “union,” probably in reference to the junction of the two rivers.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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From this reading FROM LIKATLONG TO WONDERFONTEIN.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

used to form the superlative

From this reading Likatlong, the residence of the chief Yantje, is the capital of the most southerly of the Batlapin tribes.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading The name signifies “union,” probably in reference to the junction of the two rivers.

plural of “nest” — a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

plural of “note” — a brief written record

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

plural of “otter” — the fur of an otter

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

plural of “pasture” — a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

From this reading The name signifies “union,” probably in reference to the junction of the two rivers.

a remark that calls attention to something or someone

From this reading The name signifies “union,” probably in reference to the junction of the two rivers.

any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading The name signifies “union,” probably in reference to the junction of the two rivers.

third-person singular of “signify” — denote or connote

From this reading The name signifies “union,” probably in reference to the junction of the two rivers.

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

plural of “snake” — limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

situated in or oriented toward the south

From this reading Likatlong, the residence of the chief Yantje, is the capital of the most southerly of the Batlapin tribes.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

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

From this reading FROM LIKATLONG TO WONDERFONTEIN.

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

From this reading The town consisted of three groups of farmsteads, each farmstead containing from two to four huts, generally six feet high, enclosed by hedges made of dry branches.

the act of going from one place to another

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

plural of “tribe” — a social division of (usually preliterate) people

From this reading Likatlong, the residence of the chief Yantje, is the capital of the most southerly of the Batlapin tribes.

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

From this reading The name signifies “union,” probably in reference to the junction of the two rivers.

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

From this reading The name signifies “union,” probably in reference to the junction of the two rivers.

not tempting

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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From this reading Batlapin life--Weaver-birds and their nests--A Batlapin farmstead--Ant-hills--Travelling Batlapins--An alarming accident--Springbockfontein--Gassibone and his residence--An untempting dish--On the bank of the Vaal--Iguanas--Christiana--Bloemhof--Stormy night--Pastures by the Vaal--Cranes--Dutch hunters--A sportsman’s Eldorado--Surprised by black gnus--Guinea-fowl--Klerksdorp--Potschefstroom--The Mooi River valley--Geological notes--Wonderfontein and its grottoes--Otters, birds, and snakes.

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From this reading FROM LIKATLONG TO WONDERFONTEIN.

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From this reading Likatlong, the residence of the chief Yantje, is the capital of the most southerly of the Batlapin tribes.