Chapter XXXVII · Sunset in the Orient.--Voyaging Down the Nile

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

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

higher than, or over, something

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

(followed by “to”) in agreement with or accordant with

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

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

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

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

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

towards the shore from the water

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

plural of “astronomer” — a physicist who studies astronomy

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

relating to or located in the atmosphere

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

the two together, not just one

From this reading Both gladly and reluctantly we hailed the end.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading There was nothing remarkable in the fact that sunset occurred at the close of the day, but there _was_ something remarkable in the coloring of the sky, and in the lights and shadows of the hour.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

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

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading There was nothing remarkable in the fact that sunset occurred at the close of the day, but there _was_ something remarkable in the coloring of the sky, and in the lights and shadows of the hour.

a digestible substance used to give color to food

From this reading There was nothing remarkable in the fact that sunset occurred at the close of the day, but there _was_ something remarkable in the coloring of the sky, and in the lights and shadows of the hour.

possessive form of “cook” — someone who cooks food

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

accepted or habitual practice

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading THE tenth of February was the last day of our journey on the Nile.

a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

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

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

plural of “donkey” — the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

a native or inhabitant of Egypt

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

jostling with the elbows

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading Both gladly and reluctantly we hailed the end.

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading There was nothing remarkable in the fact that sunset occurred at the close of the day, but there _was_ something remarkable in the coloring of the sky, and in the lights and shadows of the hour.

the month following January and preceding March

From this reading THE tenth of February was the last day of our journey on the Nile.

associated with women and not with men

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

in a willing manner

From this reading Both gladly and reluctantly we hailed the end.

dazzlingly beautiful

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

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

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

past form of “hail” — praise vociferously

From this reading Both gladly and reluctantly we hailed the end.

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

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

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

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

the aggregate of past events

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading There was nothing remarkable in the fact that sunset occurred at the close of the day, but there _was_ something remarkable in the coloring of the sky, and in the lights and shadows of the hour.

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

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading THE tenth of February was the last day of our journey on the Nile.

the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

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

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

immediately past

From this reading THE tenth of February was the last day of our journey on the Nile.

plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation

From this reading There was nothing remarkable in the fact that sunset occurred at the close of the day, but there _was_ something remarkable in the coloring of the sky, and in the lights and shadows of the hour.

characterized by grandeur

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

mean or intend to express or convey

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

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From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

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 _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

not one thing; not anything

From this reading There was nothing remarkable in the fact that sunset occurred at the close of the day, but there _was_ something remarkable in the coloring of the sky, and in the lights and shadows of the hour.

inflected form of “occur” — come to pass

From this reading There was nothing remarkable in the fact that sunset occurred at the close of the day, but there _was_ something remarkable in the coloring of the sky, and in the lights and shadows of the hour.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

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From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

plural of “phenomenon” — any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

concerned with actual use or practice

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

plural of “pyramid” — a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

of or relating to the craft of making fireworks

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

with reluctance

From this reading Both gladly and reluctantly we hailed the end.

unusual or striking

From this reading There was nothing remarkable in the fact that sunset occurred at the close of the day, but there _was_ something remarkable in the coloring of the sky, and in the lights and shadows of the hour.

plural of “rocket” — any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

an instance of visual perception

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

unusual or striking

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

a thing, without saying which

From this reading There was nothing remarkable in the fact that sunset occurred at the close of the day, but there _was_ something remarkable in the coloring of the sky, and in the lights and shadows of the hour.

a male human offspring

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts

From this reading THE tenth of February was the last day of our journey on the Nile.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

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

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

in or at that place or location

From this reading There was nothing remarkable in the fact that sunset occurred at the close of the day, but there _was_ something remarkable in the coloring of the sky, and in the lights and shadows of the hour.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

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

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

plural of “tourist” — someone who travels for pleasure

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

an act of traveling by water

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

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

From this reading THE tenth of February was the last day of our journey on the Nile.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Both gladly and reluctantly we hailed the end.

the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading The sun went down according to his usual custom and at the time set by astronomers for him to do so.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading _An Egyptian Sunset--A Gorgeous Spectacle--The Sky that bends above the Nile--Singular Atmospheric Phenomena--A Picture for an Artist--Shadows from History--Napoleon and the Pyramids--Our Voyage back to Cairo--Scenes by the Way--“Cook’s Tourists”--An Amusing Sight--Night-Fall on the Nile--A Flame of Rockets--“What does it Mean?”--The Marriage of the Khedive’s Son--Feminine Disappointment--Jumping Ashore--Aboard of Donkeys--Gustave’s Somersault--Practical Sympathy--In the Pasha’s Garden--A Magnificent Sight--The Wedding Pageant--Elbowing an Arab Crowd--A Pyrotechnic Shower._