Chapter XXI · Fire and Sword

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

later than; following

From this reading “After the man-eater.

(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 It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

a youthful male person

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

plural of “bullet” — a projectile that is fired from a gun

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

actively or fully engaged or occupied

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading You needn’t get nervous if I do.”

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

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

divisible by two

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

any material that fills a space or container

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

plural of “flint” — a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading You needn’t get nervous if I do.”

destroyed or killed

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading They’ve sent me _khubber_ of him at last.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

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

From this reading They’ve sent me _khubber_ of him at last.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

immediately past

From this reading They’ve sent me _khubber_ of him at last.

the production of eggs (especially in birds)

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

a person who eats human flesh

From this reading “After the man-eater.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading They’ve sent me _khubber_ of him at last.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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

From this reading You needn’t get nervous if I do.”

easily agitated

From this reading You needn’t get nervous if I do.”

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

above and across; more than

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

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From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

precisely, exactly

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

-ing form of “select” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

From this reading They’ve sent me _khubber_ of him at last.

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

someone who engages in sports

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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

From this reading They’ve sent me _khubber_ of him at last.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

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From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

not known

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

From this reading It’s right out at Rajkot, so I shall be gone all day, even if I don’t have to wait over to-night.

in or at the place that

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “Why, Dugald, where are you off to so early?” cried Lady Haigh, coming out of her tent at breakfast-time, and finding her husband and his boy busy selecting guns, filling powder-flasks, and laying in a store of bullets, flints, percussion-caps, and other necessaries unknown to the sportsman of to-day.