Chapter XIX

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

fear resulting from the awareness of danger

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

plural of “arrangement” — the thing arranged or agreed to

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

third-person singular of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading The reader naturally asks what a corroboree is; we will see presently.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

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 A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

a native or inhabitant of Australia

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Before returning to the coast our friends had an opportunity to visit a native encampment and see a corroboree.

on the far side of; further than

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

plural of “black” — the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading Before returning to the coast our friends had an opportunity to visit a native encampment and see a corroboree.

possessive form of “convict” — a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

money collected under a tariff

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

plural of “dance” — an artistic form of nonverbal communication

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

plural of “disadvantage” — the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

plural of “fish” — any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading Before returning to the coast our friends had an opportunity to visit a native encampment and see a corroboree.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

light informal conversation for social occasions

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading Before returning to the coast our friends had an opportunity to visit a native encampment and see a corroboree.

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

temporary military shelter

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading The reader naturally asks what a corroboree is; we will see presently.

take the midday meal

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

a resort town in east central Florida

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

the force of workers available

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

as might be expected

From this reading The reader naturally asks what a corroboree is; we will see presently.

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

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

come into possession of

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

From this reading Before returning to the coast our friends had an opportunity to visit a native encampment and see a corroboree.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Before returning to the coast our friends had an opportunity to visit a native encampment and see a corroboree.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

above and across; more than

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

in the near future

From this reading The reader naturally asks what a corroboree is; we will see presently.

just preceding something else in time or order

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

an introduction to a play

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

the activity of protecting someone or something

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

a stock or supply of foods

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

plural of “railway” — line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

a person who enjoys reading

From this reading The reader naturally asks what a corroboree is; we will see presently.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

tending to return to an earlier state

From this reading Before returning to the coast our friends had an opportunity to visit a native encampment and see a corroboree.

the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

the quality of being salubrious and invigorating

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

the place where some action occurs

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Before returning to the coast our friends had an opportunity to visit a native encampment and see a corroboree.

100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

possessive form of “shepherd” — a clergyman who watches over a group of people

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

An ancient Greek and Roman philosophy holding that virtue is the only true good, and that emotional self-control leads to inner serenity.

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

of or relating to the theater

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

plural of “traveller” — a person who changes location

From this reading A tent and provisions had been sent along the previous evening, so that the travellers had nothing to carry on their horses beyond a lunch, which they ate in a shepherd's hut at one of the out stations.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading Before returning to the coast our friends had an opportunity to visit a native encampment and see a corroboree.

one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading The reader naturally asks what a corroboree is; we will see presently.

suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

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

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading The reader naturally asks what a corroboree is; we will see presently.

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

From this reading Arrangements were made by their host, and early one morning the party was off for the native encampment, which was nearly thirty miles away.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading The reader naturally asks what a corroboree is; we will see presently.

plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

plural of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.

plural of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading A NATIVE ENCAMPMENT AND A CORROBOREE.--RIDING ACROSS-COUNTRY.--AMONG THE BLACKS.--NATIVE DANCES.--A WEIRD SCENE.--ABORIGINAL MUSIC.--STORIES ABOUT CORROBOREES.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--HOW THE BLACK MEN OBTAIN THEIR WIVES.--TESTING THE STOICISM OE YOUTHS.--AN ALARM AT NIGHT.--RETURN TO SYDNEY.--A BRICKFIELDER.--HOT WINDS FROM THE DESERT.--HOW A PICNIC WAS BROKEN UP.--OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.--RAILWAYS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--SALUBRITY OF THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.--GOULBURN.--THEATRICAL GOSSIP.--FIRST THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA.--A CONVICT'S PROLOGUE.--THE DRAMA UNDER DISADVANTAGES.--THE RIVERINA.--ALBURY AND THE VICTORIAN FRONTIER.--PROTECTION AND FREE-TRADE.--FISHING IN THE MURRAY RIVER.--AUSTRALIAN FISHES.--FROM ALBURY TO MELBOURNE.