20th
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From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
21
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From this reading July 21, the weather was very fine all the morning, but in the afternoon it became thick and hazy.
22
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From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
(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 July 21, the weather was very fine all the morning, but in the afternoon it became thick and hazy.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
barnaclesnounUS /ˈbɑːrnəkəlz/
plural of “barnacle” — marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading July 21, the weather was very fine all the morning, but in the afternoon it became thick and hazy.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
boat'snounUS /boʊts/
possessive form of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
inflected form of “drink” — take in liquids
From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
take in solid food
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
fearingverbUS /ˈfɪrɪŋ/
-ing form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading July 21, the weather was very fine all the morning, but in the afternoon it became thick and hazy.
fishyadjectiveUS /ˈfɪʃi/
of or relating to or resembling fish
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
set up or found
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
hazyadjectiveUS /ˈheɪzi/
filled or abounding with fog or mist
From this reading July 21, the weather was very fine all the morning, but in the afternoon it became thick and hazy.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
JulynounUS /ˌdʒuːˈlaɪ/
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading July 21, the weather was very fine all the morning, but in the afternoon it became thick and hazy.
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading July 21, the weather was very fine all the morning, but in the afternoon it became thick and hazy.
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
sporadically and infrequently
From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
oysternounUS /ˈɔɪstər/
marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
Purnell's
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From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
ruddernounUS /ˈrʌdər/
a hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
cut with a saw
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
scrapingnounUS /ˈskreɪpɪŋ/
(usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
transport commercially
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
shoalsnounUS /ʃoʊlz/
plural of “shoal” — a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
marked by correspondence or resemblance
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
spawnverbUS /spɑːn/
call forth
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
not in physical motion
From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
substancenounUS /ˈsʌbstəns/
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading July 21, the weather was very fine all the morning, but in the afternoon it became thick and hazy.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
unshipped
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From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
precisely as stated
From this reading On the 20th, in the afternoon, he thought he saw land, and stood in for it; but night coming on, and it being now very dark, he lay to, fearing he might get on some rocks and shoals.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading July 21, the weather was very fine all the morning, but in the afternoon it became thick and hazy.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Mr. Purnell's spirits still remained good, but his strength was almost exhausted; he still drank his own water occasionally.
wanting in physical strength
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading July 21, the weather was very fine all the morning, but in the afternoon it became thick and hazy.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He unshipped the rudder, and scraping them off with his knife, found they were of a salt fishy substance, and eat them; he was now so weak, the boat having a great motion, that he found it a difficult task to ship the rudder.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the 22d he saw some barnacles on the boat's rudder, very similar to the spawn of an oyster, which filled him with greater hopes of being near land.
