Chapter XXXV · Camel Riding.--Adventures Among the Nubians

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

forsaken by owner or inhabitants

From this reading Why it was abandoned and under what king it was begun are not known.

third-person singular of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

From this reading The stone is of the red character known as syenite and admits of a high polish.

later than; following

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading Why it was abandoned and under what king it was begun are not known.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

disposed or placed in a particular kind of order

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading The stone is of the red character known as syenite and admits of a high polish.

an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

installation from which a military force initiates operations

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading Why it was abandoned and under what king it was begun are not known.

plural of “block” — a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

a cruelly rapacious person

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading The stone is of the red character known as syenite and admits of a high polish.

plural of “coffin” — box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

plural of “crocodile” — large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

showing lack of emotional involvement

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

a native or inhabitant of Egypt

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

being one more than ten

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

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

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

having or showing great excitement and interest

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

vigorously active

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading The stone is of the red character known as syenite and admits of a high polish.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

characteristic of humanity

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

Clever, original, and remarkably inventive in design and execution.

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading The stone is of the red character known as syenite and admits of a high polish.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Why it was abandoned and under what king it was begun are not known.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading Why it was abandoned and under what king it was begun are not known.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading The stone is of the red character known as syenite and admits of a high polish.

plural of “labor” — a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

the act of eating lunch

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

the act that results in something coming to be

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

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 On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

a form of address for a man

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

being five more than ninety

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

a native or inhabitant of Nubia

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

yielding a fair profit

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

the property of being smooth and shiny

From this reading The stone is of the red character known as syenite and admits of a high polish.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

plural of “purpose” — an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

plural of “quarry” — a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

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

From this reading The stone is of the red character known as syenite and admits of a high polish.

sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

put a saddle on

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

the leader of an Arab village or family

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

any activity that is performed alone without assistance

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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From this reading The stone is of the red character known as syenite and admits of a high polish.

a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

in or at that place or location

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

plural of “tomb” — a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

plural of “travel” — the act of going from one place to another

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading Why it was abandoned and under what king it was begun are not known.

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

the activity of making visits

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading Why it was abandoned and under what king it was begun are not known.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

plural of “wedge” — any shape that is triangular in cross section

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Why it was abandoned and under what king it was begun are not known.

in or at the place that

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading Why it was abandoned and under what king it was begun are not known.

in the company of; together with

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood

From this reading _How they made the Royal Coffins--Splitting Blocks of Stones with Wooden Wedges--An Ingenious Device--A Ride on a Camel--A Beast indulging in Familiarities--Lunching on Trowsers--Mounting in the Saddle--Curious Sensation--An Interesting Brute--A Camel Solo--Sitting in a Dish--Camel Riding in a Gymnastic Point of View--Secondary Effects--Nubian Ferry-Boats--P. T. and his Paint-Pot--Labors of an Enthusiastic American--Mr. Tucker on his Travels--“A Human Donkey”--Visiting the Cataract--Paying Toll to a Sheik--The Professor and his Camel--Crocodiles of the Nile--Starting back to Cairo._ WE arranged to go around the cataract and visit the Island of Philæ the day after our arrival at Assouan.

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

From this reading In one of the quarries there is an obelisk not quite detached, which would have been ninety-five feet high and eleven feet broad at the base.

a late time of life

From this reading On our way we took in the granite quarries, where for thousands of years blocks of stone were taken out for various building purposes and for making those enormous sarcophagi used in so many Egyptian tombs.