Chapter IX

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

From this reading He was, although dwelling in the tents of the Tehuelches, not a Tehuelche.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading I had hired one of the Indians to guide us across the high pampa.

plural of “aire” — a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading He was, although dwelling in the tents of the Tehuelches, not a Tehuelche.

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

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

installation from which a military force initiates operations

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

past form of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of

From this reading He called himself a _Patagonero_, and belonged to one of the tribes of Pampa Indians of the north.

befitting or characteristic of a young boy

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

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

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading He called himself a _Patagonero_, and belonged to one of the tribes of Pampa Indians of the north.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

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

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

a young male horse under the age of four

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

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

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

unvarying in nature

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

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

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

travel across or pass over

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

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

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

compelled forcibly by an outside agency

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

housing that someone is living in

From this reading He was, although dwelling in the tents of the Tehuelches, not a Tehuelche.

plural of “engineer” — a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

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

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading We now set forth upon the last stage of our journey to Lake Buenos Aires.

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

wild llama

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

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

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

someone employed to conduct others

From this reading I had hired one of the Indians to guide us across the high pampa.

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

From this reading I had hired one of the Indians to guide us across the high pampa.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He was, although dwelling in the tents of the Tehuelches, not a Tehuelche.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading I had hired one of the Indians to guide us across the high pampa.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading He called himself a _Patagonero_, and belonged to one of the tribes of Pampa Indians of the north.

having services engaged for a fee

From this reading I had hired one of the Indians to guide us across the high pampa.

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

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

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

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

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

From this reading I had hired one of the Indians to guide us across the high pampa.

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

From this reading He was, although dwelling in the tents of the Tehuelches, not a Tehuelche.

plural of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India

From this reading I had hired one of the Indians to guide us across the high pampa.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading We now set forth upon the last stage of our journey to Lake Buenos Aires.

past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

a domain in which something is dominant

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

immediately past

From this reading We now set forth upon the last stage of our journey to Lake Buenos Aires.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

a state in the western United States

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

not any; not one

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

possessive form of “no” — a negative

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading He called himself a _Patagonero_, and belonged to one of the tribes of Pampa Indians of the north.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading He was, although dwelling in the tents of the Tehuelches, not a Tehuelche.

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

From this reading We now set forth upon the last stage of our journey to Lake Buenos Aires.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading I had hired one of the Indians to guide us across the high pampa.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading We now set forth upon the last stage of our journey to Lake Buenos Aires.

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

From this reading I had hired one of the Indians to guide us across the high pampa.

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

From this reading He called himself a _Patagonero_, and belonged to one of the tribes of Pampa Indians of the north.

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

an unvarying or habitual method or procedure

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

plural of “scorpion” — (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading We now set forth upon the last stage of our journey to Lake Buenos Aires.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

plural of “skeleton” — something reduced to its minimal form

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

any distinct time period in a sequence of events

From this reading We now set forth upon the last stage of our journey to Lake Buenos Aires.

abounding in rocks or stones

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

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

From this reading He was, although dwelling in the tents of the Tehuelches, not a Tehuelche.

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

From this reading He was, although dwelling in the tents of the Tehuelches, not a Tehuelche.

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From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

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

From this reading He was, although dwelling in the tents of the Tehuelches, not a Tehuelche.

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

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

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

From this reading We now set forth upon the last stage of our journey to Lake Buenos Aires.

plural of “tribe” — a social division of (usually preliterate) people

From this reading He called himself a _Patagonero_, and belonged to one of the tribes of Pampa Indians of the north.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading We now set forth upon the last stage of our journey to Lake Buenos Aires.

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

From this reading I had hired one of the Indians to guide us across the high pampa.

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

From this reading He was, although dwelling in the tents of the Tehuelches, not a Tehuelche.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We now set forth upon the last stage of our journey to Lake Buenos Aires.

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.

plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS Como No -- Wind and driven sand -- Laguna La Cancha -- Como No's dogs -- Cold winds -- Lake Buenos Aires and Sierra Nevada -- Cross River Fenix -- Stony ground -- Skeletons of guanaco -- Fine scenery -- Short rest -- Colt killed -- Base camp made -- Boyish dreams -- Sunday -- Routine at Horsham Camp -- Driftwood round lake -- Constant wind -- My tent-home -- Scorpions -- Guanacos -- Engineers' camp -- Cooking-pots -- First huemul.