Chapter XXVII · The End of the Trail

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

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union

From this reading There are two types of dogs in Alaska; one, more wolf than dog, is the native wolf dog.

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

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

the event of one object coming closer to another

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

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

From this reading There are two types of dogs in Alaska; one, more wolf than dog, is the native wolf dog.

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

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading This type, once he is loosed, leaps at the throat of the first reindeer he sees.

tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants

From this reading Were the dogs of this or the other type—white men’s dogs, who treat the reindeer as they might cattle or sheep, and merely bark at them and drive them forward?

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

on the far side of; further than

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

From this reading Were the dogs of this or the other type—white men’s dogs, who treat the reindeer as they might cattle or sheep, and merely bark at them and drive them forward?

in disagreement

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading There are two types of dogs in Alaska; one, more wolf than dog, is the native wolf dog.

plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

the state of being unsure of something

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

operate or control a vehicle

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

plural of “fear” — an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

in a faint and feeble manner

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading This type, once he is loosed, leaps at the throat of the first reindeer he sees.

for a limitless time

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

at or to or toward the front

From this reading Were the dogs of this or the other type—white men’s dogs, who treat the reindeer as they might cattle or sheep, and merely bark at them and drive them forward?

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

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

From this reading This type, once he is loosed, leaps at the throat of the first reindeer he sees.

lacking in or deprived of strength or power

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

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

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

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

From this reading There are two types of dogs in Alaska; one, more wolf than dog, is the native wolf dog.

plural of “leap” — a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

From this reading This type, once he is loosed, leaps at the throat of the first reindeer he sees.

past form of “loose” — grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading This type, once he is loosed, leaps at the throat of the first reindeer he sees.

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

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From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

a public toilet for men

From this reading Were the dogs of this or the other type—white men’s dogs, who treat the reindeer as they might cattle or sheep, and merely bark at them and drive them forward?

and nothing more

From this reading Were the dogs of this or the other type—white men’s dogs, who treat the reindeer as they might cattle or sheep, and merely bark at them and drive them forward?

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Were the dogs of this or the other type—white men’s dogs, who treat the reindeer as they might cattle or sheep, and merely bark at them and drive them forward?

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading There are two types of dogs in Alaska; one, more wolf than dog, is the native wolf dog.

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading There are two types of dogs in Alaska; one, more wolf than dog, is the native wolf dog.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

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

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

on one occasion

From this reading This type, once he is loosed, leaps at the throat of the first reindeer he sees.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading There are two types of dogs in Alaska; one, more wolf than dog, is the native wolf dog.

and nothing more

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Were the dogs of this or the other type—white men’s dogs, who treat the reindeer as they might cattle or sheep, and merely bark at them and drive them forward?

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Were the dogs of this or the other type—white men’s dogs, who treat the reindeer as they might cattle or sheep, and merely bark at them and drive them forward?

plural of “owner” — (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

arrange in a container

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

successfully completed or brought to an end

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called “reindeer” in Eurasia and “caribou” in North America

From this reading This type, once he is loosed, leaps at the throat of the first reindeer he sees.

something left after other parts have been taken away

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

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

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

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

From this reading This type, once he is loosed, leaps at the throat of the first reindeer he sees.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

From this reading Were the dogs of this or the other type—white men’s dogs, who treat the reindeer as they might cattle or sheep, and merely bark at them and drive them forward?

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading There are two types of dogs in Alaska; one, more wolf than dog, is the native wolf dog.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

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

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There are two types of dogs in Alaska; one, more wolf than dog, is the native wolf dog.

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

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

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

From this reading Were the dogs of this or the other type—white men’s dogs, who treat the reindeer as they might cattle or sheep, and merely bark at them and drive them forward?

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

From this reading This type, once he is loosed, leaps at the throat of the first reindeer he sees.

The passage at the back of the mouth.

From this reading This type, once he is loosed, leaps at the throat of the first reindeer he sees.

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

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

a track or mark left by something that has passed

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

interact in a certain way

From this reading Were the dogs of this or the other type—white men’s dogs, who treat the reindeer as they might cattle or sheep, and merely bark at them and drive them forward?

soldiers collectively

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

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

From this reading There are two types of dogs in Alaska; one, more wolf than dog, is the native wolf dog.

a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

From this reading This type, once he is loosed, leaps at the throat of the first reindeer he sees.

plural of “type” — a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

From this reading There are two types of dogs in Alaska; one, more wolf than dog, is the native wolf dog.

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

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

past form of “wage” — carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

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

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

at the time that

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

a Caucasian

From this reading Were the dogs of this or the other type—white men’s dogs, who treat the reindeer as they might cattle or sheep, and merely bark at them and drive them forward?

which person or people

From this reading Were the dogs of this or the other type—white men’s dogs, who treat the reindeer as they might cattle or sheep, and merely bark at them and drive them forward?

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

From this reading There are two types of dogs in Alaska; one, more wolf than dog, is the native wolf dog.

plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

From this reading Troops of conflicting hopes and fears waged battle in Marian’s brain when she realized that the pack approaching them on the run up the trail in the teeth of the storm were not wolves, but dogs.

used until no longer useful

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

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

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.

used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father

From this reading A pack of these dogs, in such a crisis as the girls were now facing, would not only destroy many of the feebly struggling, worn-out and helpless younger deer, but beyond doubt would drive the remainder of the herd into such a wild panic as would lose them to their owners forever.