Chapter IV

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From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

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

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

the state of being absent

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

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

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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

From this reading THE RED FOREST AND BLACK SEA COAST.

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

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

plural of “bear” — massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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

From this reading THE RED FOREST AND BLACK SEA COAST.

Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf

From this reading My impedimenta were a portmanteau, my gun and rifle, together with a pointer (Calypso), which I had purchased from an old shooting companion at Kertch.

a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

a Caucasian

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

plural of “cause” — events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

-ing form of “cheapen” — lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading THE RED FOREST AND BLACK SEA COAST.

a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a friend who is frequently in the company of another

From this reading My impedimenta were a portmanteau, my gun and rifle, together with a pointer (Calypso), which I had purchased from an old shooting companion at Kertch.

the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a longing for something better than the present situation

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

a heavy rain

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

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

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

creating or arousing excitement

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

of very poor quality or condition

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading THE RED FOREST AND BLACK SEA COAST.

English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

plural of “forester” — English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading My impedimenta were a portmanteau, my gun and rifle, together with a pointer (Calypso), which I had purchased from an old shooting companion at Kertch.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

From this reading My impedimenta were a portmanteau, my gun and rifle, together with a pointer (Calypso), which I had purchased from an old shooting companion at Kertch.

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

From this reading My impedimenta were a portmanteau, my gun and rifle, together with a pointer (Calypso), which I had purchased from an old shooting companion at Kertch.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

plural of “hotel” — a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

any structure that makes progress difficult

From this reading My impedimenta were a portmanteau, my gun and rifle, together with a pointer (Calypso), which I had purchased from an old shooting companion at Kertch.

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

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

plural of “incident” — a single distinct event

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

marked by casual disrespect

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

-ing form of “intend” — have in mind as a purpose

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

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

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

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From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

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

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

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From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

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From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

the month following September and preceding November

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

the act of departing politely

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

go across or through

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

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From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

existing in great number or quantity

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

a mark to indicate a direction or relation

From this reading My impedimenta were a portmanteau, my gun and rifle, together with a pointer (Calypso), which I had purchased from an old shooting companion at Kertch.

the force of policemen and officers

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings

From this reading My impedimenta were a portmanteau, my gun and rifle, together with a pointer (Calypso), which I had purchased from an old shooting companion at Kertch.

affix in a public place or for public notice

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

past form of “purchase” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

From this reading My impedimenta were a portmanteau, my gun and rifle, together with a pointer (Calypso), which I had purchased from an old shooting companion at Kertch.

housing available for people to live in

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading THE RED FOREST AND BLACK SEA COAST.

steal goods; take as spoils

From this reading My impedimenta were a portmanteau, my gun and rifle, together with a pointer (Calypso), which I had purchased from an old shooting companion at Kertch.

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a native or inhabitant of Russia

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

put a saddle on

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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

From this reading THE RED FOREST AND BLACK SEA COAST.

the act of firing a projectile

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

plural of “spring” — the season of growth

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

plural of “supply” — an amount of something available for use

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

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From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a salt used especially in baking powder

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

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

From this reading THE RED FOREST AND BLACK SEA COAST.

from that place or that time

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

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

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading My impedimenta were a portmanteau, my gun and rifle, together with a pointer (Calypso), which I had purchased from an old shooting companion at Kertch.

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

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From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

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

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

possessive form of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.

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

From this reading My impedimenta were a portmanteau, my gun and rifle, together with a pointer (Calypso), which I had purchased from an old shooting companion at Kertch.

in or at the place that

From this reading My intention was to have some shooting in the Suran district, where bears are said to be plentiful, to stay a few days at Vladikavkas, thence to pass on to Tiflis, and from Tiflis across the little known Mooghan Steppe to the Caspian.

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

From this reading My impedimenta were a portmanteau, my gun and rifle, together with a pointer (Calypso), which I had purchased from an old shooting companion at Kertch.

a Caucasian

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading Journey to Taman--Downpour on the steppe--Tscherkess bourkas--Long-tailed horses--Absence of cultivation--The Moujiks--Causes of political discontent in Russia--Veneration for the Czar--Cheapening supplies--A Russian writer on Englishwomen--Post stations--A terrible tragedy--Hotels--Ekaterinodar--The fair--Russian tea--Russian police--Bivouacking with Cossack foresters--Exciting sport--Shooting a white boar--Sad disappointment--Pheasant-shooting--A Cossack colonel--An execrable journey--Caucasian women--Great consumption of supplies--In a Cossack saddle--Mineral springs--A scorching bath--Lotus-eaters--Incidents of the road--An insolent Tartar--Parting.

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading On Saturday, October 7, I left Kertch for Ekaterinodar, intending to have a week’s sport at my old quarters in the Crasnoi Lais (Red Forest), having written to that effect to Colonel R., the forester, about a week before.