1125
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From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
1768
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From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
ADMIRALnounUS /ˈædmərəl/
the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
in addition
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
anchoredverbUS /ˈæŋkərd/
past form of “anchor” — fix firmly and stably
From this reading The _Pera_ reached the Samoan Islands without mishap, and anchored in the harbor of Apia.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
APIAnounUS /ˈɑːpɪɑː/
the capital of Western Samoa
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
Archipel
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From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
areanounUS /ˈeriə/
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
ASTROLABEnoun
an early form of sextant
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
ATTENDINGnounUS /əˈtendɪŋ/
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
BEACH-COMBERS
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From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
bestowedverbUS /bɪˈstoʊd/
past form of “bestow” — present
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
BougainvillenounUS /ˈbuːɡɪnvɪl/
French explorer who circumnavigated the globe accompanied by scientists (1729-1811)
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
BOUSSOLE
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From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
canoesnounUS /kəˈnuːz/
plural of “canoe” — small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
CHARLEY
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From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
chartsnounUS /tʃɑːrts/
plural of “chart” — a visual display of information
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
COMMERCEnounUS /ˈkɑːmərs/
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
CONVENTnounUS /ˈkɑːnvənt/
a religious residence especially for nuns
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
desnounUS /des/
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
a statement that represents something in words
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
detailnounUS /dɪˈteɪl/
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
DIFFERENCESnounUS /ˈdɪfərənsɪz/
plural of “difference” — the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
displayedverbUS /dɪˈspleɪd/
past form of “display” — to show, make visible or apparent
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
fortyadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrti/
being ten more than thirty
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
set up or found
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
GAMESnounUS /ɡeɪmz/
plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
harborverbUS /ˈhɑːrbər/
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
From this reading The _Pera_ reached the Samoan Islands without mishap, and anchored in the harbor of Apia.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
HOW
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From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The _Pera_ reached the Samoan Islands without mishap, and anchored in the harbor of Apia.
inhabitedadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈhæbətəd/
having inhabitants; lived in
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
plural of “island” — a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
something that is lost
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
MALUA
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From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
managingverbUS /ˈmænədʒɪŋ/
-ing form of “manage” — be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
mapsnounUS /mæps/
plural of “map” — a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
MASSACREverbUS /ˈmæsəkər/
kill a large number of people indiscriminately
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
materiallyadverbUS /məˈtɪriəli/
with respect to material aspects
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
mishapnounUS /ˈmɪshæp/
an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
From this reading The _Pera_ reached the Samoan Islands without mishap, and anchored in the harbor of Apia.
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
MISSIONARIESnounUS /ˈmɪʃəneriz/
plural of “missionary” — someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
plural of “native” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
Navigateurs
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From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
Navigator's
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From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
PANGO-PANGO
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From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
PECULIARITIESnounUS /pɪˌkjuːliˈerətiz/
plural of “peculiarity” — an odd or unusual characteristic
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
Pera
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From this reading The _Pera_ reached the Samoan Islands without mishap, and anchored in the harbor of Apia.
PICNICnounUS /ˈpɪknɪk/
a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
POISONverbUS /ˈpɔɪzən/
spoil as if by poison
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
POLITICSnounUS /ˈpɑːlətɪks/
social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
populationnounUS /ˌpɑːpjəˈleɪʃən/
the people who inhabit a territory or state
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
PÉROUSE
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From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading The _Pera_ reached the Samoan Islands without mishap, and anchored in the harbor of Apia.
SAMOAnounUS /səˈmoʊə/
a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
SAMOANnounUS /səˈmoʊən/
a native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
scenerynounUS /ˈsiːnəri/
the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
SCHOOLSnounUS /skuːlz/
plural of “school” — an educational institution
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
an ability that has been acquired by training
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
SPEARSnounUS /spɪrz/
plural of “spear” — a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
make square
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
STUDENTSnounUS /ˈstuːdənts/
plural of “student” — a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
SWORD-HILT
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From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
TahitinounUS /təˈhiːti/
an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading There are nine inhabited islands in the group, with an area of about 1125 square miles and a population of something less than forty thousand.
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
TUCOPIA
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
unlikeadjectiveUS /ənˈlaɪk/
marked by dissimilarity
From this reading In general effect our friends found the scenery of Samoa not unlike that of Tahiti, though the detail was materially different.
VANIKORO
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From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
VISITINGnounUS /ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ/
the activity of making visits
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
WASauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
which person or people
From this reading The Samoan group is also known on charts and maps as the Navigator's Islands; the former name is the native one, while the latter was bestowed by Bougainville in 1768, who called the group _Archipel des Navigateurs_, in consequence of the skill displayed by the natives in managing their canoes.
WILKES'S
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The _Pera_ reached the Samoan Islands without mishap, and anchored in the harbor of Apia.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
YOUTHSnounUS /juːðz/
plural of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--APIA.--ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.--BEACH-COMBERS.--HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF SOME OF THEM.--CHARLEY SAVAGE.--SAMOAN POLITICS.--ATTEMPT TO POISON MISSIONARIES.--FRENCH CONVENT AND SCHOOLS.--COMMERCE WITH SAMOA.--VISITING A NATIVE VILLAGE.--GAMES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.--YOUTHS THROWING SPEARS.--MISSION COLLEGE AT MALUA.--HOW THE STUDENTS LIVE.--PANGO-PANGO.--ADMIRAL WILKES'S DESCRIPTION.--ATTENDING A SAMOAN PICNIC.--DIFFERENCES OF TASTE.--MASSACRE BAY.--LA PÉROUSE.--HOW HIS FATE WAS DISCOVERED.--THE SWORD-HILT AT TUCOPIA.--LOSS OF THE _BOUSSOLE_ AND _ASTROLABE_.--VANIKORO ISLAND.
