Chapter XV · Chapter 15

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From this reading [Footnote: Middleton discovered the Frozen Strait on the 20th August 1742, according to the New Style.]

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From this reading [Footnote: Middleton discovered the Frozen Strait on the 20th August 1742, according to the New Style.]

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From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

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

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

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

From this reading [Footnote: Middleton discovered the Frozen Strait on the 20th August 1742, according to the New Style.]

be able to spare or give up

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

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

From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

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

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

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

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

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

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

the month following July and preceding September

From this reading [Footnote: Middleton discovered the Frozen Strait on the 20th August 1742, according to the New Style.]

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

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

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

form a curve

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

a path over which electrical signals can pass

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

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

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

acting according to certain accepted standards

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

say something to someone that expresses praise

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

third-person singular of “continue” — continue a certain state, condition, or activity

From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

a small inlet

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside

From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

characterized by great determination

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

(often used in combination) having a specified direction

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading [Footnote: Middleton discovered the Frozen Strait on the 20th August 1742, according to the New Style.]

the act of discovering something

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

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From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

moving toward the east

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

something that provides access (to get in or get out)

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

the act of escaping physically

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

past form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

-ing form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

more distant in especially space or time

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

From this reading [Footnote: Middleton discovered the Frozen Strait on the 20th August 1742, according to the New Style.]

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

a feeling of intense anger

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

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From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

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

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

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From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top

From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

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From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

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

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

water frozen in the solid state

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

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

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

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

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

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

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

indicating the most important performer or role

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

has a good chance of being the case or of coming about

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

something that is lost

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

most important element

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

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

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627)

From this reading [Footnote: Middleton discovered the Frozen Strait on the 20th August 1742, according to the New Style.]

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

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

From this reading [Footnote: Middleton discovered the Frozen Strait on the 20th August 1742, according to the New Style.]

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

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

in a northern direction

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

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

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

used when we are both doing the action and receiving it

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

usable for a specific purpose

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

continue talking

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

past form of “regard” — deem to be

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

force or drive back

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

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

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

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

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

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

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

traverse or travel on (a body of water)

From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

Identical; not different.

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

in a satisfactory manner

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

being nine more than seventy

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

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

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading [Footnote: Middleton discovered the Frozen Strait on the 20th August 1742, according to the New Style.]

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

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

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

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

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading All sail was made at daylight on the 23d along the northern shore of the Frozen Strait, which here continues about the same height as that of Repulse Bay, and was at this time quite free from snow.

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

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance

From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

an act of traveling by water

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

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From this reading Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait.--Discovery of Hurd Channel.--Examined in a Boat.--Loss of the Fury's Anchor.--Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.--Anchor in Duckett Cove.--Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking-parties.--Ships proceed through Hurd Channel.--Are drifted by the Ice back to Southampton Island.--Unobstructed Run to the Entrance of a large Inlet leading to the Northwestward.--Ships made fast by Hawsers to the Rocks.--Farther Examination of the Inlet commenced in the Boats.

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

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

toward the west

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

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

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

in the company of; together with

From this reading Having now satisfactorily determined the non-existence of a passage to the westward through Repulse Bay, to which point I was particularly directed in my instructions, it now remained for me, in compliance with my orders, to "keep along the line of this coast to the northward, always examining every bend or inlet which might appear likely to afford a practicable passage to the westward."

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.

a late time of life

From this reading It was here, indeed, that our voyage, as regarded its main object, may be said to have commenced, and we could not but congratulate ourselves on having reached this point so early, and especially at having passed, almost without impediment, the strait to which, on nearly the same day[*] seventy-nine years before, so forbidding a name had been applied.