Chapter XII

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

something done (usually as opposed to something said)

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading The rays are remarkably brittle.

a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

From this reading From Utne I take boat for a spot called Ose, in a secluded arm of the Fjord.

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

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

possessive form of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

have

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

plural of “bear” — massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

a port city in southwestern Norway

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading From Utne I take boat for a spot called Ose, in a secluded arm of the Fjord.

someone who drives or rides in a boat

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

a biologist specializing in the study of plants

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

plural of “botanist” — a biologist specializing in the study of plants

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped

From this reading The rays are remarkably brittle.

a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic “Reynard the Fox”

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Utne I take boat for a spot called Ose, in a secluded arm of the Fjord.

marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

pleasing or delighting

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

plural of “curd” — a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

the state of being decayed or destroyed

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

extended verbal expression in speech or writing

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

-ing form of “dredge” — cover before cooking

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

a vote to select the winner of a position or political office

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

time without end

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

well known or easily recognized

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

a social unit living together

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

a boy or man

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

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

From this reading From Utne I take boat for a spot called Ose, in a secluded arm of the Fjord.

people in general (often used in the plural)

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

plural of “footprint” — a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Utne I take boat for a spot called Ose, in a secluded arm of the Fjord.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

plural of “inch” — a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

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

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

make (textiles) by knitting

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

indicating the most important performer or role

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

plural of “misfortune” — unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

a form of address for a man

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

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From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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From this reading From Utne I take boat for a spot called Ose, in a secluded arm of the Fjord.

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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operate an airplane

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

having a pair of equal and opposite charges

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

plural of “rachel” — (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

plural of “ray” — a column of light (as from a beacon)

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

to a remarkable degree or extent

From this reading The rays are remarkably brittle.

any of various hand tools for scraping

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

hidden from general view or use

From this reading From Utne I take boat for a spot called Ose, in a secluded arm of the Fjord.

the context and environment in which something is set

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

one of the twelve Apostles (first century)

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

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From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

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

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading From Utne I take boat for a spot called Ose, in a secluded arm of the Fjord.

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From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

dependable

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

plural of “stream” — a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

the property of being physically or mentally strong

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

carry out

From this reading From Utne I take boat for a spot called Ose, in a secluded arm of the Fjord.

plural of “tale” — 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 My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

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

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

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From this reading From Utne I take boat for a spot called Ose, in a secluded arm of the Fjord.

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From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

accept gladly

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading He has discovered one small mussel, and a new kind of star-fish, with twelve rays about twelve inches long, body about the size of a crown-piece, and the whole of a bright red.

(politics) a state of disfavor

From this reading From Fairy lore to Nature lore--Charming idea for stout folk--Action and reaction--Election day at Bergen--A laxstie--A careless pilot--Discourse about opera-glasses--Paulsen Vellavik and the bears--The natural character of bears--Poor Bruin in a dilemma--An intelligent Polar bear--Family plate--What is fame?--A simple Simon--Limestone fantasia--The paradise of botanists--Strength and beauty knit together--Mountain hay-making--A garden in the wilderness--Footprints of a celebrated botanist--Crevasses--Dutiful snow streams--Swerre’s sok--The Rachels of Eternity--A Cockney’s dream of desolation--Curds and whey--The setting in of misfortunes--Author’s powder-flask has a cold bath--The shadows of the mountains--The blind leading the blind--On into the night--The old familiar music--Holloa--Welcome intelligence.

in the company of; together with

From this reading My boatman, an intelligent fellow, tells me that Asbjörnsen, the author of a book of Fairy Tales, is now, like Mr. Kingsley, turned naturalist, and has been dredging with a skrabe (scraper) about here.