Chapter II

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

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

anew

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

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

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

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

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

a container that is usually woven and has handles

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

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

From this reading That would all be true enough of what the passing tourist sees, but north of the watershed hills is the West that you read about.

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

for the reason that

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

a division of some larger or more complex organization

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

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From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading That would all be true enough of what the passing tourist sees, but north of the watershed hills is the West that you read about.

a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

plural of “carry” — the act of carrying something

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

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

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

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From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

inflected form of “dip” — immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

a line leading to a place or point

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

the boundary of a surface

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading That would all be true enough of what the passing tourist sees, but north of the watershed hills is the West that you read about.

third-person singular of “enter” — to come or go into

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

at any time

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

a deliberate act of omission

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

more distant in especially space or time

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

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

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

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

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

past form of “irrigate” — supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

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

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

in utter disorder

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

and nothing more

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

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

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

most important element

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

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

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

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From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

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

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

a form of address for a man

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

a state in the western United States

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

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

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

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

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

plural of “orchard” — garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

From this reading That would all be true enough of what the passing tourist sees, but north of the watershed hills is the West that you read about.

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

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From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

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

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

plural of “range” — an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading That would all be true enough of what the passing tourist sees, but north of the watershed hills is the West that you read about.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

a long narrow natural elevation or striation

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

shaped like a ring

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

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

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

express in words

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

being or characteristic of a single thing or person

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

being all around the edges; enclosing

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

in or at or to some place

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

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

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

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

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

express in words

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

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

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

very lively and profitable

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

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

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

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

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

someone who travels for pleasure

From this reading That would all be true enough of what the passing tourist sees, but north of the watershed hills is the West that you read about.

a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

a line or route along which something travels or moves

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

a person who changes location

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading That would all be true enough of what the passing tourist sees, but north of the watershed hills is the West that you read about.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

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

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

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

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading And slicing a half-moon out of these northern hills, the Tourmaline, a quick-water mountain stream, a goodish-sized little river in the volume of water it carries, enters through a rugged canyon, dipping into the valley basket a little to one side of the northern handle, let us say, and dodging out again a few miles farther on to find its way to the Colorado River.

a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading That would all be true enough of what the passing tourist sees, but north of the watershed hills is the West that you read about.

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 With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

(politics) a state of disfavor

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

in the company of; together with

From this reading IN TOURMALINE CANYON Timanyoni Park, ringed in all the way around by mountain ranges, is a valley shaped something like a big oval clothes-basket, with the long way of the basket running north and south, and a ridge of watershed hills cutting it in two in the other direction.

covered with growing trees and bushes etc

From this reading With the exception of one mining-camp――Red Butte――and a single railroad track――the Red Butte branch of the Short Line――skirting its western edge, that half of the clothes-basket is a jumbled wilderness of wooded hills just about as Nature left it.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading The southern half of the Park is about all that the average traveler ever sees of it, because the main line of the Nevada Short Line runs through that part of it; and if you should ask Mr. A. Traveler what about it, he would probably tell you that it is a fine farming country with big wheat fields and beautiful apple orchards――all irrigated, of course――and a thriving little city called Brewster lying somewhere in the middle of it.