Chapter XXIII

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

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

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

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

later than; following

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

state capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

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

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

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

From this reading The result of their reading and other study of Australian explorations they briefly summed up as follows:

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

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 AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

a native or inhabitant of Australia

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

for a short time

From this reading The result of their reading and other study of Australian explorations they briefly summed up as follows:

an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

actively or fully engaged or occupied

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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 AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

-ing form of “concern” — be relevant to

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

not invading healthy tissue

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

the act of constructing something

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922)

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

a statement that represents something in words

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

the act of discovering something

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

having a beak resembling that of a duck

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

the act of exhibiting

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

to travel for the purpose of discovery

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

plural of “explorer” — someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading The result of their reading and other study of Australian explorations they briefly summed up as follows:

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

the aggregate of past events

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

Scottish philosopher skeptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

engage in

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

a resort town in east central Florida

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

the force of workers available

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

make reference to

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937)

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

plural of “naturalist” — an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading The result of their reading and other study of Australian explorations they briefly summed up as follows:

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

traveling or passing over land

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

plural of “peril” — a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

past form of “perish” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

plural of “plain” — extensive tract of level open land

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

past form of “precede” — be earlier in time; go back further

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

be a mystery or bewildering to

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading The result of their reading and other study of Australian explorations they briefly summed up as follows:

unusual or striking

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

plural of “resource” — available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading The result of their reading and other study of Australian explorations they briefly summed up as follows:

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

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

cut with a saw

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

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 "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

a sculpture representing a human or animal

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

inflected form of “strap” — tie with a strap

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

take away possessions from someone

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

a detailed critical inspection

From this reading The result of their reading and other study of Australian explorations they briefly summed up as follows:

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

plural of “suffering” — a state of acute pain

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

inflected form of “sum” — be a summary of

From this reading The result of their reading and other study of Australian explorations they briefly summed up as follows:

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 "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

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

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

create by training and teaching

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

past form of “traverse” — travel across or pass over

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

being five more than twenty

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

up to a particular time

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

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

From this reading The result of their reading and other study of Australian explorations they briefly summed up as follows:

a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

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

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

the activity of making visits

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

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

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

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

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

at the time that

From this reading They had already thought of the subject when they saw in Melbourne the bronze statue in memory of the explorers, Burke and Wills, but at that time they were too busy to make any extended investigation concerning it.

belonging to which person

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.

(politics) a state of disfavor

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

plural of “will” — the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention

From this reading AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FIRST TRAVERSED.--DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN, MACQUARIE, MURRUMBIDGEE, AND MURRAY RIVERS.--EXPLORATIONS OF STURT, MITCHELL, CUNNINGHAM, HUME, AND OTHERS.--EYRE'S JOURNEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST.--SUFFERINGS AND PERILS.--BURKE AND WILLS: HOW THEY PERISHED IN THE WILDERNESS.--MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY.--COLONEL WARBURTON AND HIS CAMEL TRAIN.--STRAPPED TO A CAMEL'S BACK.--PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.--ABORIGINALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--THROWING THE BOOMERANG.--A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.--ORIGIN OF THE BOOMERANG.--DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: A PUZZLE FOR THE NATURALISTS.--VISITING A COPPER-MINE.--MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLONY.--WESTERN AUSTRALIA.--ALBANY, ON KING GEORGE SOUND.--DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY.--CURIOUS POISON-PLANTS.--FAREWELL TO AUSTRALIA.--THE END.

a late time of life

From this reading "For the first twenty-five years after the settlement at Sydney, in 1788, exploration was confined to the strip of land between the Blue Mountains and the sea; it was not until 1813 that the mountains were passed and the valley of the Fish River and the Bathurst plains visited.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading The mention of the explorations that preceded the construction of the Australian overland telegraph drew the attention of our young friends to the men whose names are famous in the history of Australian discovery.