Chapter X

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

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

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From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

frightening because of an awareness of danger

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

a town in Louisiana on the Red River

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

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

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

third-person singular of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

cases used to carry belongings when traveling

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

push one's way

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a woman who has recently been married

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

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From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

carefully thought out in advance

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

inflected form of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

the act of constructing something

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

money collected under a tariff

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

inflected form of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

the act of departing

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a statement that represents something in words

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

forsaken by owner or inhabitants

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

plural of “dew” — water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a native or inhabitant of Egypt

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

past form of “embark” — go on board

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

having dropped by the force of gravity

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

plural of “flea” — any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

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

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

a community of people smaller than a village

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

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From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

having services engaged for a fee

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

a university degree with honors

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

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

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

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From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

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

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a quantity that is added

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a slight illness

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

cause to arise

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

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

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

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

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

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From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

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From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

plural of “melon” — any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a form of address for a man

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

completely unclothed

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

not one, and not any

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

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From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

marked by the reception of pay

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a person who requires medical care

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

the class of peasants

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

closely confined

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

exceedingly harmful

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

something that remunerates

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

tending to return to an earlier state

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

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From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

traverse or travel on (a body of water)

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

the quality of being alike

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

plural of “seaport” — a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

cause to go somewhere

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

plural of “servant” — a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading She was a bride, and on the day of her marriage had fallen so ill as to induce her husband to send off to Cairo for a physician.

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

carry out

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

plural of “tank” — an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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 The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

an old word meaning “to that place”

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

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

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

plural of “tower” — a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

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 The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

at the time that

From this reading I had not been long at Cairo when the alarming indisposition of an English lady at Alexandria was the cause of my returning thither.

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

From this reading Mr. Wynne was on the point of his departure for Alexandria on his way to England; and the next morning I embarked with him on the Nile in his _kanje_, which is a pleasure barge, covered in with a pent roof like the others, but of a more light and elegant construction, and calculated for expedition.

which person or people

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Of those who were applied to, none chose to go without an exorbitant remuneration: and Lady Hester, feeling for the situation of the patient, asked me to take the journey.

plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.

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

From this reading The Author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara--Proceeds to Rosetta--Coast of the Delta--Deserted hamlet--Brackish water--Misery of the Peasantry--Mouth of Lake Brulos--Dews of Egypt pernicious--Brulos--Melons--Egyptian encampment--Quail-snares--Arrival at Damietta--Honours paid by the Pasha at Cairo to Lady Hester--Description of Damietta--Rice mills--Large oxen--Salt tanks--Papyrus--Literary Society--Abûna Saba--Lady Hester arrives at Damietta--Tents and baggage--Servants--Fleas, &c.--Departure from Damietta--El Usby--Sameness of scenery in Egypt--Naked children--Increase of the Delta denied--Martello towers--Iachimo hired--We sail for Syria--List of the party--French Mamelukes--Wages of servants in the Levant--Arrival at Jaffa--Customs in seaports--Costume of Egyptian women.