Chapter XI · Chapter 11

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

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

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

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

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

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

past form of “blaze” — shine brightly and intensively

From this reading A camp-fire blazed in the end of a butt under a wide-branching gum.

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

From this reading A camp-fire blazed in the end of a butt under a wide-branching gum.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The caravan was drawn up for tea in the moonlit bush by Howlet's jinker track.

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From this reading A camp-fire blazed in the end of a butt under a wide-branching gum.

a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file

From this reading The caravan was drawn up for tea in the moonlit bush by Howlet's jinker track.

revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

Following continuously in unbroken sequence.

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

(of something seen or heard) clearly defined

From this reading The Professor lay at a distance--for the night was warm--smoking on the crisp grass.

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From this reading THE DEFEAT OF DAN HEELEY.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

From this reading THE DEFEAT OF DAN HEELEY.

the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading The Professor lay at a distance--for the night was warm--smoking on the crisp grass.

showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

From this reading The caravan was drawn up for tea in the moonlit bush by Howlet's jinker track.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading A camp-fire blazed in the end of a butt under a wide-branching gum.

considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

any joyous diversion

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

shoot down, of birds

From this reading The Professor lay at a distance--for the night was warm--smoking on the crisp grass.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

From this reading A camp-fire blazed in the end of a butt under a wide-branching gum.

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

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

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

From this reading THE DEFEAT OF DAN HEELEY.

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

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

From this reading The caravan was drawn up for tea in the moonlit bush by Howlet's jinker track.

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

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

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

From this reading The caravan was drawn up for tea in the moonlit bush by Howlet's jinker track.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading The Professor lay at a distance--for the night was warm--smoking on the crisp grass.

relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

plural of “marvel” — something that causes feelings of wonder

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

move about in a confused manner

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

lighted by moonlight

From this reading The caravan was drawn up for tea in the moonlit bush by Howlet's jinker track.

a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

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

From this reading The Professor lay at a distance--for the night was warm--smoking on the crisp grass.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE DEFEAT OF DAN HEELEY.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

giving satisfaction

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

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

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

the act of smoking tobacco or other substances

From this reading The Professor lay at a distance--for the night was warm--smoking on the crisp grass.

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

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

From this reading The caravan was drawn up for tea in the moonlit bush by Howlet's jinker track.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

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

From this reading THE DEFEAT OF DAN HEELEY.

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

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

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

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

a line or route along which something travels or moves

From this reading The caravan was drawn up for tea in the moonlit bush by Howlet's jinker track.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading A camp-fire blazed in the end of a butt under a wide-branching gum.

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

From this reading The caravan was drawn up for tea in the moonlit bush by Howlet's jinker track.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

From this reading The Professor lay at a distance--for the night was warm--smoking on the crisp grass.

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

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

in or at the place that

From this reading AT Big Timber Professor Thunder's Museum of Marvels had run for several consecutive hours to satisfactory business, and was now well on its way to The Mills, where a great day was expected in view of some local festivity that meant a general holiday for the mill hands, and a bush carousal.

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

From this reading A camp-fire blazed in the end of a butt under a wide-branching gum.