Chapter XV

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

later than; following

From this reading We left Tiflis in a snow-shroud, which had, after three days’ continual fall, frozen hard.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

a flexible container with a single opening

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

From this reading We found Poti in her spring dress, bright with violets and cyclamen.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

a low-lying region in central France

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series

From this reading We left Tiflis in a snow-shroud, which had, after three days’ continual fall, frozen hard.

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 Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

plural of “cossack” — 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 Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals

From this reading We found Poti in her spring dress, bright with violets and cyclamen.

the first light of day

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

past form of “detain” — deprive of freedom; take into confinement

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

put on clothes

From this reading We found Poti in her spring dress, bright with violets and cyclamen.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

morally objectionable behavior

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

the organ of sight

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

From this reading We left Tiflis in a snow-shroud, which had, after three days’ continual fall, frozen hard.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

marked by or showing hopelessness

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

set up or found

From this reading We found Poti in her spring dress, bright with violets and cyclamen.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold

From this reading We left Tiflis in a snow-shroud, which had, after three days’ continual fall, frozen hard.

a contest with rules to determine a winner

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

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

From this reading We left Tiflis in a snow-shroud, which had, after three days’ continual fall, frozen hard.

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

From this reading We left Tiflis in a snow-shroud, which had, after three days’ continual fall, frozen hard.

give help or assistance; be of service

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading We found Poti in her spring dress, bright with violets and cyclamen.

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

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

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

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

covered with water

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

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

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

set down according to a plan

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

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

From this reading We left Tiflis in a snow-shroud, which had, after three days’ continual fall, frozen hard.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

plural of “loafer” — person who does no work

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

plural of “lynx” — a text browser

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

roused to anger

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

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From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

inflected form of “overtake” — catch up with and possibly overtake

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

plural of “plantation” — an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

-ing form of “plunge” — thrust or throw into

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

plural of “pool” — an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

a pig fattened to provide meat

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

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From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

plural of “rain” — water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

From this reading THE RAINS.

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From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

a safe place

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

a native or inhabitant of Russia

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

express in words

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

the place where some action occurs

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

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From this reading We left Tiflis in a snow-shroud, which had, after three days’ continual fall, frozen hard.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

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

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

the season of growth

From this reading We found Poti in her spring dress, bright with violets and cyclamen.

a clam that is usually steamed in the shell

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

with success; in a successful manner

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

confined on all sides

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

a salt used especially in baking powder

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

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

From this reading THE RAINS.

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

From this reading We left Tiflis in a snow-shroud, which had, after three days’ continual fall, frozen hard.

the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river

From this reading We left Tiflis in a snow-shroud, which had, after three days’ continual fall, frozen hard.

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

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

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From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

a heavy rain

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

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

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

a successful ending of a struggle or contest

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

plural of “turk” — a native or inhabitant of Turkey

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

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

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

not expected or anticipated

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

plural of “violet” — any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers

From this reading We found Poti in her spring dress, bright with violets and cyclamen.

up to the waist

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

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

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We left Tiflis in a snow-shroud, which had, after three days’ continual fall, frozen hard.

accept gladly

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

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

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

at the time that

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

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

From this reading We left Tiflis in a snow-shroud, which had, after three days’ continual fall, frozen hard.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading Here we were detained two days waiting for the steamer, and it may give some idea of the place, when I say that the second day was passed in hunting wild boar within a verst of our hotel, which is the centre of the town; and so successfully, that after plunging about in pools waist-deep from dawn to mid-day, we carried back a fine porker in triumph for our dinner.

plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

people who are wounded

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.

the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

From this reading Poti--Chasing wild boar--Red-deer--Turks and Cossacks--Sotcha--Lynxes--Game in the Caucasus--A hunting party--A wounded sow--Beautiful scene--An unexpected bag--Our _cuisine_--The ‘evil eye’--Overtaken by the rains--Our tent inundated--Surrounded by wolves--Cheerless days--A terrible catastrophe--Welcome help--Golovinsky--A wild scene--Eluding the storm--Fording a torrent--A refuge--Scant supplies--Cossack cradle-song--The Cossacks of to-day--Russian plantations--A terrible ride--Struggling for life--Cossack loafers--Ride to Duapsè--Forlorn days--Mad wolves--Wrestling a Tartar--Laid up with fever--Return to England.