Chapter XXII

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

plural of “acquaintance” — personal knowledge or information about someone or something

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

the state capital of South Australia

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

arousing affect

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading The Tasmanians are as hospitable as their Australian neighbors, and do their utmost to make the stranger feel at home.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading "The forenoon of our second day in Tasmania," said Frank, "was devoted to an excursion on the Launceston and Formby Railway as far as Deloraine.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

plural of “attraction” — the force by which one object attracts another

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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 EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

a native or inhabitant of Australia

From this reading The Tasmanians are as hospitable as their Australian neighbors, and do their utmost to make the stranger feel at home.

(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

plural of “camel” — cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

assets available for use in the production of further assets

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

plural of “cave” — a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

plural of “church” — one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading "The forenoon of our second day in Tasmania," said Frank, "was devoted to an excursion on the Launceston and Formby Railway as far as Deloraine.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

past form of “decline” — grow worse

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

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From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

spoiled or ruined or demolished

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

zealous in devotion or affection

From this reading "The forenoon of our second day in Tasmania," said Frank, "was devoted to an excursion on the Launceston and Formby Railway as far as Deloraine.

disappointingly unsuccessful

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

being one more than seven

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

a journey taken for pleasure

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

plural of “exploration” — to travel for the purpose of discovery

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading "The forenoon of our second day in Tasmania," said Frank, "was devoted to an excursion on the Launceston and Formby Railway as far as Deloraine.

plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

From this reading The Tasmanians are as hospitable as their Australian neighbors, and do their utmost to make the stranger feel at home.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading "The forenoon of our second day in Tasmania," said Frank, "was devoted to an excursion on the Launceston and Formby Railway as far as Deloraine.

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

From this reading "The forenoon of our second day in Tasmania," said Frank, "was devoted to an excursion on the Launceston and Formby Railway as far as Deloraine.

a .45-caliber pistol

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

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

From this reading "The forenoon of our second day in Tasmania," said Frank, "was devoted to an excursion on the Launceston and Formby Railway as far as Deloraine.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

plural of “garden” — a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

a port and state capital of Tasmania

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading The Tasmanians are as hospitable as their Australian neighbors, and do their utmost to make the stranger feel at home.

favorable to life and growth

From this reading The Tasmanians are as hospitable as their Australian neighbors, and do their utmost to make the stranger feel at home.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

a single distinct event

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

immediately past

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

for more time

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

the quality of being good looking and attractive

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

engage in

From this reading The Tasmanians are as hospitable as their Australian neighbors, and do their utmost to make the stranger feel at home.

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

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

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

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

plural of “neighbor” — a person who lives (or is located) near another

From this reading The Tasmanians are as hospitable as their Australian neighbors, and do their utmost to make the stranger feel at home.

the middle of the day

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

according to the clock

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "The forenoon of our second day in Tasmania," said Frank, "was devoted to an excursion on the Launceston and Formby Railway as far as Deloraine.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading "The forenoon of our second day in Tasmania," said Frank, "was devoted to an excursion on the Launceston and Formby Railway as far as Deloraine.

traveling or passing over land

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

the time that has elapsed

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

the people who inhabit a territory or state

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

plural of “product” — commodities offered for sale

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

one of four equal parts

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

plural of “religion” — a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "The forenoon of our second day in Tasmania," said Frank, "was devoted to an excursion on the Launceston and Formby Railway as far as Deloraine.

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

From this reading "The forenoon of our second day in Tasmania," said Frank, "was devoted to an excursion on the Launceston and Formby Railway as far as Deloraine.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

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

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

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

From this reading The Tasmanians are as hospitable as their Australian neighbors, and do their utmost to make the stranger feel at home.

United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

an Australian state on the island of Tasmania

From this reading "The forenoon of our second day in Tasmania," said Frank, "was devoted to an excursion on the Launceston and Formby Railway as far as Deloraine.

of or relating to Tasmania

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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From this reading The Tasmanians are as hospitable as their Australian neighbors, and do their utmost to make the stranger feel at home.

apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The Tasmanians are as hospitable as their Australian neighbors, and do their utmost to make the stranger feel at home.

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

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

three of four equal parts

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading They urged us to stay longer, and see more; and some of the acquaintances we had made seemed much disappointed that we declined to do so.

of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity

From this reading The Tasmanians are as hospitable as their Australian neighbors, and do their utmost to make the stranger feel at home.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We left Launceston at eight o'clock in the morning, reached Deloraine, forty-five miles, at a quarter past ten, had an hour and three-quarters in and around the place, and started at noon on our return.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

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

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading EXCURSION TO DELORAINE.--THE CHUDLEIGH CAVES.--FROM LAUNCESTON TO HOBART.--ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.--THE OLD WAGON-ROAD BUILT BY CONVICTS.--DEATH OF THE LAST TASMANIAN.--HOW THE ABORIGINES WERE DESTROYED.--A WONDERFUL TIN-MINE.--HOBART: ITS CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIONS.--LOVELINESS OF TASMANIAN LADIES.--PORT ARTHUR.--DOGS AT THE NECK.--FROM HOBART TO ADELAIDE.--ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--ADELAIDE: ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES.--A RIVER THAT IS NOT A RIVER.--CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS.--POPULATION OF THE CAPITAL AND COLONY.--EXTENSIVE WHEAT-FARMS.--PRODUCTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--FRUIT-GROWING.--GLENELG.--THE HISTORIC GUM-TREE.--PARKS AND GARDENS.--OVERLAND TO PORT DARWIN.--HOW THE TELEGRAPH WAS BUILT.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT AND STUART.--CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA.--A SIDE-SADDLE CAMEL.--AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.--THE OVERLAND RAILWAY.