Chapter VIII

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

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

later than; following

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

anew

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

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

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

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

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

having help; often used as a combining form

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

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

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

have

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

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

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

happiness felt in a secure relationship

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

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

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

a race between candidates for elective office

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

clothing in general

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

-ing form of “consist” — originate

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

-ing form of “construct” — make by combining materials and parts

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

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 In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

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

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading HUNTING WITH DOGS.

-ing form of “dry” — remove the moisture from and make dry

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

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

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

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

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

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

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

an agenda of things to do

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

the act of consuming food

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

a powerful effect or influence

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

recently made, produced, or harvested

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

a feeling of intense anger

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

a contest with rules to determine a winner

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

usually; as a rule

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

prevent from being seen or discovered

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

the activity of keeping something secret

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

From this reading HUNTING WITH DOGS.

not admitting of penetration or passage into or through

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

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

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

immediately past

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

garments that must be repaired

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

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

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

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

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

the light of the Moon

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

-ing form of “neighbour” — live or be located as a neighbor

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

plural of “precaution” — a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

-ing form of “prepare” — make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

the property of being close together

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

inflected form of “refit” — fit out again

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

the act of firing a projectile

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

depleted of energy, force, or strength

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

plural of “spoil” — (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

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

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

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

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

carry out

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

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

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

plural of “thicket” — a dense growth of bushes

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

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

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

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

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

depleted of strength or energy

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

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

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

plural of “trace” — a just detectable amount

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

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From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

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

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

being four more than twenty

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

From this reading In this campaign we were to be assisted by a canine force, consisting of three mangy curs belonging to Stepan, and one utterly useless beast, the property of the neighbouring Cossack station.

plural of “village” — a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

plural of “visitor” — someone who visits

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.

the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

From this reading So we spent it in drying our clothes, mending and washing them, constructing fresh mocassins from the hide of one of our boars, and generally preparing for a campaign of another kind against our enemies the bears and boars.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

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

From this reading After our twenty-four hours of unsuccessful labour recorded in my last chapter, we were too tired and too tattered to take the field again next day.

in the company of; together with

From this reading HUNTING WITH DOGS.

plural of “yarn” — the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events

From this reading Refitting--Our mongrels--Shipping our spoils--Visitors--Stepan’s yarns--The hedgehog--Legend of the bracken--The Euxine in a fury--Trebogging--Traces of Tscherkess villages--Enormous boars--Their feeding grounds--Lose a bear--Impenetrable thickets hiding the proximity of big game--A rare day’s sport--Shooting in the moonlight--An expedition--Fever--Precautions against it--Unsuccessful sport and hard fare.