Chapter XV

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

plural of “ability” — the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

plural of “aborigine” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

united by being of the same opinion

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

a cheerful and agreeable mood

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

disposed or placed in a particular kind of order

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

plural of “attribute” — a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

a native or inhabitant of Australia

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

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

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific; settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in Australia

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

assets available for use in the production of further assets

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

one of the large landmasses of the earth

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

a courteous or respectful or considerate act

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

deprive of freedom; take into confinement

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

plural of “effort” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

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

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

constituting the full quantity or extent; complete

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

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

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

start firing a weapon

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

plural of “fruit” — the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

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

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

with gusto and without reservation

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

plural of “home” — where you live at a particular time

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

favorable to life and growth

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

situated within or suitable for inside a building

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

plural of “laborer” — someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

the sound of laughing

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

the act of departing

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

engage in

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

plural of “myth” — a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

plural of “native” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

not any; not one

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

an insignificant place

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

in an original manner

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

plural of “peculiarity” — an odd or unusual characteristic

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

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

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

a native or inhabitant of Polynesia

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

the people who inhabit a territory or state

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

bring forth or yield

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

a state in northeastern Australia

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

any competition

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

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

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

plural of “region” — the extended spatial location of something

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

restored to a new condition

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

plural of “resident” — someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

(New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

clean with hard rubbing

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

plural of “settler” — a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

plural of “signal” — any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

in the near future

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

feeling a need to see others suffer

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

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

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

plural of “superstition” — an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

plural of “theory” — a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

in or at that place or location

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

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

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

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

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

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

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

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

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

past form of “visit” — go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading They had already recorded this impression, and it was renewed at every place they visited during their journey through the continent.

migratory

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

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

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

plural of “weapon” — any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

accept gladly

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.

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

From this reading The sights of Brisbane were soon exhausted, and our friends arranged to make a journey to the interior, in spite of the efforts of hospitable residents to detain them for several days in the capital.

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

From this reading Frank thought that the name of Australia Felix, which was originally applied to the Port Phillip district, should be given to the entire country, in view of the general amiability of the inhabitants and their courtesy to strangers.

a Caucasian

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

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

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

plural of “wine” — fermented juice (of grapes especially)

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading LEAVING BRISBANE.--THE REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.--QUEENSLAND SCRUB AND FOREST LAND.--FRUITS AND GARDEN PRODUCE.--TROUBLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.--IPSWICH AND ITS COAL-MINES.--WINE-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.--CHARACTER OF AUSTRALIAN WINES.--THE LABOR QUESTION.--POLYNESIAN AND CHINESE LABORERS.--POPULATION OF QUEENSLAND.--NATIVES AND ABORIGINES.--PECULIARITIES OF THE BLACK RACE.--CATTLE-TRACKERS AND THEIR ABILITIES.--HOW THE ABORIGINALS LIVE.--THEIR HOMES, WEAPONS, AND MODE OF LIFE.--AUSTRALIAN MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS.--CURIOUS THEORIES OF RESURRECTION.--SMOKE AND FIRE SIGNALS.--HOW A WANDERING WHITE MAN SAVED HIS LIFE.--RELIGIOUS IDEAS.--HOW THE EEL MADE THE FROG LAUGH.--THE BUN-YIP AND HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading The trio agreed that nowhere else in the world was there a more hospitable population than in Australia, and in no other country was the stranger made more heartily welcome.