Chapter XIV

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

a public promotion of some product or service

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

a native or inhabitant of Armenia

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

causing inconvenience

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

the people of Great Britain

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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 SHORES OF THE CASPIAN.--RETURN TO TIFLIS.

-ing form of “chase” — go after with the intent to catch

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

travel across or pass over

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

every day; without missing a day

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

(plural) the deepest and most remote part

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

past form of “embark” — go on board

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

plural of “experience” — the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

the organ of sight

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

offering fun and gaiety

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in combination

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

a contest with rules to determine a winner

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

a person of German nationality

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

plural of “hundred” — ten 10s

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

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

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

apprehended with certainty

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

large or big relative to something else

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

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From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

be a lodger; stay temporarily

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

having long legs

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

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From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

plural of “marsh” — low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

very unhappy; full of misery

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

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From this reading On this lake were simply myriads of water-hens.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading SHORES OF THE CASPIAN.--RETURN TO TIFLIS.

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

above and across; more than

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

plural of “pig” — domestic swine

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

a very steep cliff

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

plural of “protestant” — an adherent of Protestantism

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

(of weather) wet by periods of rain

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

inflected form of “refit” — fit out again

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

restored to a new condition

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading SHORES OF THE CASPIAN.--RETURN TO TIFLIS.

inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

a native or inhabitant of Russia

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

work done by one person or group that benefits another

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

showing signs of wear and tear

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

small crude shelter used as a dwelling

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

the act of firing a projectile

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading SHORES OF THE CASPIAN.--RETURN TO TIFLIS.

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

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

and nothing more

From this reading On this lake were simply myriads of water-hens.

hunt or shoot snipe

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

in or at or to some place

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

plural of “specimen” — an example regarded as typical of its class

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

depleted of energy, force, or strength

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

plural of “sportsman” — someone who engages in sports

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

plural of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

plural of “street” — a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

confined on all sides

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

-ing form of “swarm” — be teeming, be abuzz

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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

From this reading SHORES OF THE CASPIAN.--RETURN TO TIFLIS.

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

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

From this reading On this lake were simply myriads of water-hens.

the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river

From this reading SHORES OF THE CASPIAN.--RETURN TO TIFLIS.

a fierce or audacious person

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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

From this reading SHORES OF THE CASPIAN.--RETURN TO TIFLIS.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

a social division of (usually preliterate) people

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

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

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

a period of sleeplessness

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

the act of observing; taking a patient look

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

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

From this reading On this lake were simply myriads of water-hens.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

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

From this reading On this lake were simply myriads of water-hens.

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

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

in the company of; together with

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

From this reading Lenkoran is almost surrounded by marshes, in which snipe and woodcock, with all manner of long-legged, long-necked strangers to a British eye, together with hundreds of the falcon tribe, disport themselves daily.

plural of “woodpecker” — bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading Here my man and myself spent a day or two shooting specimens of the birds least known to us; but on the third day we took horse and rode to a larger lake, on which we embarked with our friend the German, intending to cross over to the woods which fringed the further side, somewhere in the depths of which the ‘Shabby Shanty’ lay.

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From this reading Lenkoran--Abundance of game--Eryvool forest--Native fowlers--A hunting lodge--Swarming coverts--Wild boar--A paradise for sportsmen--Pigs at bay--‘Old Shirka’ and his quarry--A dying eagle--Caspian woodpeckers--Festive nights--Watching for a tiger--Forest life by night--The eagle-owl and his prey--End of a long vigil--The rainy season--The streets of Lenkoran--The return journey to Tiflis--Adventure at Adji Kabool--Experiences of post-travel--Bullying a station-master--Armenian Protestants--Russian telegraph service--In miserable plight--A spill over a precipice--Refitting our tarantasse--_Argumentum ad hominem_--An awkward predicament--Chasing a yemstchik--Renewed life at Tiflis--Great snowfall--Running down antelope--The ‘black death.’