Chapter VII

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

the state of being absent

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

having companions or an escort

From this reading Fritz alone accompanied me.

plural of “acorn” — fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

anew

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

Having no one else present.

From this reading Fritz alone accompanied me.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

plural of “ant” — social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

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

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

travel up

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

plural of “basket” — a container that is usually woven and has handles

From this reading The first thing to be done on the following day was to return to the Calabash Wood, to fetch the sledge with the dishes, bowls, and baskets we had made.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The first thing to be done on the following day was to return to the Calabash Wood, to fetch the sledge with the dishes, bowls, and baskets we had made.

on the far side of; further than

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack

From this reading The first thing to be done on the following day was to return to the Calabash Wood, to fetch the sledge with the dishes, bowls, and baskets we had made.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

round gourd of the calabash tree

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

young of domestic cattle

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

plural of “capture” — the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

-ing form of “consider” — deem to be

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading The first thing to be done on the following day was to return to the Calabash Wood, to fetch the sledge with the dishes, bowls, and baskets we had made.

the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

plural of “deliverer” — a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

wanted intensely

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

plural of “dish” — a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

From this reading The first thing to be done on the following day was to return to the Calabash Wood, to fetch the sledge with the dishes, bowls, and baskets we had made.

having made preparations

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

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

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading The first thing to be done on the following day was to return to the Calabash Wood, to fetch the sledge with the dishes, bowls, and baskets we had made.

plural of “duckling” — flesh of a young domestic duck

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

any substance that can be used as food

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

come together

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

a journey taken for pleasure

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

inquire into

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

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

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

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From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

a social unit living together

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

go or come after and bring or take back

From this reading The first thing to be done on the following day was to return to the Calabash Wood, to fetch the sledge with the dishes, bowls, and baskets we had made.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading The first thing to be done on the following day was to return to the Calabash Wood, to fetch the sledge with the dishes, bowls, and baskets we had made.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

characteristic of or befitting a friend

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

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

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

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From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

any creature of exceptional size

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

be in a huff; be silent or sullen

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

plural of “grosbeak” — any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The first thing to be done on the following day was to return to the Calabash Wood, to fetch the sledge with the dishes, bowls, and baskets we had made.

past form of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

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From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

-ing form of “intend” — have in mind as a purpose

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

a small worthless amount

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

plural of “jaw” — the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

the habitation of wild animals

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

immediately past

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

deliver a lecture or talk

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

something that is lost

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading The first thing to be done on the following day was to return to the Calabash Wood, to fetch the sledge with the dishes, bowls, and baskets we had made.

engage in

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

put together out of artificial or natural components or parts

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading Fritz alone accompanied me.

come together

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

plural of “oak” — the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

an event that occurs at a critical time

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

by chance

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

just preceding something else in time or order

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

abounding in rocks or stones

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

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From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

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

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

plural of “shoot” — a new branch

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

transport in a sleigh

From this reading The first thing to be done on the following day was to return to the Calabash Wood, to fetch the sledge with the dishes, bowls, and baskets we had made.

inclined to or conducive to companionship with others

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

brought from wildness into a domesticated state

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

a special situation

From this reading The first thing to be done on the following day was to return to the Calabash Wood, to fetch the sledge with the dishes, bowls, and baskets we had made.

the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

in the direction of

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

not wanted

From this reading I desired the other boys to remain with their mother, intending to explore beyond the chain of rocky hills, and thinking a large party undesirable on the occasion.

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

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

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

From this reading The first thing to be done on the following day was to return to the Calabash Wood, to fetch the sledge with the dishes, bowls, and baskets we had made.

deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

plural of “worm” — any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.

(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability

From this reading Passing through the wood of evergreen oaks, we observed our sow feasting on the acorns, evidently not a whit the worse for the fright we had given her the previous day--in fact, she appeared more friendly disposed toward us than usual, possibly considering us as her deliverers from the jaws of the savage dogs.

something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation

From this reading Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood--Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse--We come across waxberry bushes--Sociable grosbeaks--Fritz captures a parrot--A lecture on ants--Caoutchouc trees--The sago-palm and the edible worms--Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst--Candle-making--How to make butter without a churn--Plant trees and adorn Tentholm--Last visit to the wreck--The first ducklings on the island--Falconhurst again--An excursion--We pitch our tent--Fritz and Jack ascend the cocoanut trees--Ernest brings us a delicacy--Loss of Grizzle--Jack and I go in pursuit--Giant bamboos--Encounter with buffaloes--The buffalo calf--Find a jackal's lair--Reach our camp--What happened in our absence--Fritz's pet--Sago manufacture--Meet with our sow and her family again--How Ernest tamed the eagle.