Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

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From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

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From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

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

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

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

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

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

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

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

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

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

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

of or pertaining to the art and science of architecture

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

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

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

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

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

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

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

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From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

actively or fully engaged or occupied

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

a strip of land projecting into a body of water

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

goods carried by a large vehicle

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

of or belonging to or occurring every day

From this reading Not that our day-to-day time has been dragging, for it has done nothing of the sort.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

carefully thought out in advance

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading Not that our day-to-day time has been dragging, for it has done nothing of the sort.

marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner

From this reading Not that our day-to-day time has been dragging, for it has done nothing of the sort.

conceived of or imagined or hoped for

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

at any time

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

plural of “fellow” — a boy or man

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Not that our day-to-day time has been dragging, for it has done nothing of the sort.

set up or found

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

neat and smart in appearance; well cared for

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

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

From this reading Not that our day-to-day time has been dragging, for it has done nothing of the sort.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

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

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

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From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

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

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

the emotion of great happiness

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

immediately past

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

(baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

enter into a log, as on ships and planes

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

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 All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

plural of “make” — a recognizable kind

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

one of the five boroughs of New York City

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

a state of confusion and disorderliness

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

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

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

a port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

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

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

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

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

not any; not one

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Not that our day-to-day time has been dragging, for it has done nothing of the sort.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Not that our day-to-day time has been dragging, for it has done nothing of the sort.

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

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

having official authority or sanction

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

and nothing more

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

in other respects or ways

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Not that our day-to-day time has been dragging, for it has done nothing of the sort.

the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

plural of “peak” — the most extreme possible amount or value

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

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

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

on the contrary

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

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

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

traverse or travel on (a body of water)

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

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

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

an instance of visual perception

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

in or at or to some place

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading Not that our day-to-day time has been dragging, for it has done nothing of the sort.

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

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

refrain from harming

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

impressive in appearance

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

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

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

great in vertical dimension; high in stature

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

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

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

from that place or that time

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

in or at that place or location

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading Not that our day-to-day time has been dragging, for it has done nothing of the sort.

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

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

inflected form of “tread” — put down or press the foot, place the foot

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

being four more than twenty

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

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

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

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

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

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

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

an act of traveling by water

From this reading All my life long I have dreamed of indulging in the joy of a really long voyage, and now at last I've got it.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

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

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

at the time that

From this reading The Captain, when not busy hunting up a stray planet to check his latitude, puts in his spare time hunting kindly things to do for his two passengers--for there are only two of us, the Doctor and myself.

in the company of; together with

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

but in spite of that

From this reading BUNKERED It seems it must have been somewhere about the year 4000 B. C. that we lost sight of the tall peaks of the architectural topography of Manhattan Island, and yet the log of the _Black Prince_ makes it no more than twenty days.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading New York to Cape Town, South Africa, 6,900 miles, thirty days' straight-away run, and thence another twenty-four days' sail to Mombasa, on a 7,000-ton cargo boat, deliberate and stately rather than fast of pace, but otherwise as trim, well groomed, and well found as a liner, with an official mess that numbers as fine a set of fellows as ever trod a bridge.