Chapter XI

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

(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 The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

third-person singular of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

third-person singular of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

a distinct feature or element in a problem

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

plural of “association” — a formal organization of people or groups of people

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Half way up, however, he was dead beat, and compelled to get on pony back.

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

From this reading Half way up, however, he was dead beat, and compelled to get on pony back.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

closed to traffic

From this reading At first the narrow valley is tolerably level, blocked up, however, with monstrous rocks and stones.

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

provide with a causeway

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

relating to or characteristic of Christianity

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

the capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

inflected form of “compel” — force somebody to do something

From this reading Half way up, however, he was dead beat, and compelled to get on pony back.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

affected with madness or insanity

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

plural of “cross” — a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading Half way up, however, he was dead beat, and compelled to get on pony back.

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From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

on a floor below

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

possessive form of “england” — a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

plural of “englishman” — a man who is a native or inhabitant of England

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

a journey taken for pleasure

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

a state of agitation or turbulent change or development

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

plural of “find” — a productive insight

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading At first the narrow valley is tolerably level, blocked up, however, with monstrous rocks and stones.

a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Half way up, however, he was dead beat, and compelled to get on pony back.

possessive form of “giant” — any creature of exceptional size

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

plural of “glory” — a state of high honor

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

plural of “greeting” — (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

someone employed to conduct others

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading Half way up, however, he was dead beat, and compelled to get on pony back.

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

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

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

From this reading Half way up, however, he was dead beat, and compelled to get on pony back.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

of or relating to the study of history

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

respectful deference

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading Half way up, however, he was dead beat, and compelled to get on pony back.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

plural of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

in the recent past

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

gain knowledge or skills

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

From this reading At first the narrow valley is tolerably level, blocked up, however, with monstrous rocks and stones.

English writer of historical romances (1803-1873)

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

the act that results in something coming to be

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

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From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

having or showing great strength or force or intensity

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

abnormally large

From this reading At first the narrow valley is tolerably level, blocked up, however, with monstrous rocks and stones.

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

make or become more narrow or restricted

From this reading At first the narrow valley is tolerably level, blocked up, however, with monstrous rocks and stones.

of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

plural of “newspaper” — a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

not any; not one

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

a sheltered and secluded place

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

a native or inhabitant of Norway

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Half way up, however, he was dead beat, and compelled to get on pony back.

round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

the time at which something is supposed to begin

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

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From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

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From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

possessive form of “paddy” — (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

plural of “peasant” — a country person

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

the human face (“kisser” and “smiler” and “mug” are informal terms for “face” and “phiz” is British)

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

a range horse of the western United States

From this reading Half way up, however, he was dead beat, and compelled to get on pony back.

a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

housing available for people to live in

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

an instance of questioning

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

to give an account or representation of in words

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading At first the narrow valley is tolerably level, blocked up, however, with monstrous rocks and stones.

travelling about without any clear destination

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

term of address for a man

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

plural of “slander” — words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading At first the narrow valley is tolerably level, blocked up, however, with monstrous rocks and stones.

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner

From this reading At first the narrow valley is tolerably level, blocked up, however, with monstrous rocks and stones.

a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

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

From this reading Half way up, however, he was dead beat, and compelled to get on pony back.

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From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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

From this reading At first the narrow valley is tolerably level, blocked up, however, with monstrous rocks and stones.

precisely as stated

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

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

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

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From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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

From this reading Half way up, however, he was dead beat, and compelled to get on pony back.

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 The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

a steep descent of the water of a river

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Half way up, however, he was dead beat, and compelled to get on pony back.

which person or people

From this reading From my guide I learn that this land’s-end nook has been lately in a tremendous ferment, in consequence of the young Prince of Orange, who is making a tour in company with the Crown Prince of Norway, having visited the Vöring Foss.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The Prince, whom report destines for England’s second Princess, appears to have been very plucky (meget flink) at the outset of the excursion, and outwalked all the rest of the party--at all events they suffered him to think so.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.

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

From this reading The young Prince of Orange--A crazy bridge--At the foot of the mighty Vöring Foss--A horse coming downstairs--Mountain greetings--The smoke-barometer--The Vöring waterfall--National characteristics--Paddy’s estimate of the Giant’s Causeway--Meteoric water--New illustrations of old slanders--How the Prince of Orange did homage to the glories of nature--Author crosses the lake Eidsfjord--Falls in with an English yacht and Oxonians--An innkeeper’s story about the Prince of Orange--Salmonia--General aspect of a Norwegian Fjord--Author arrives at Utne--Finds himself in pleasant quarters--No charge for wax-lights--Christian names in Thelemarken--Female attire--A query for Sir Bulwer Lytton--Physiognomy of the Thelemarken peasants--Roving Englishmen--Christiania newspapers--The Crown Prince--Historical associations of Utne--The obsequies of Sea Kings--Norwegian gipsies.