Chapter IX

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From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

noisy quarrel

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

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

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

the month following March and preceding May

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

plural of “aqueduct” — a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

travel up

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

past form of “attract” — direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

plural of “bedouin” — a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

(formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

a large and stately mansion

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

relating to or characteristic of Christianity

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots)

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading Our course was in the same track by which we had come.

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

relating to or resembling a cone

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

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

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading Our course was in the same track by which we had come.

the best people or things in a group

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

accepted or habitual practice

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

the act of departing

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

past form of “diverge” — move or draw apart

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

plural of “doctor” — a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

the act of enclosing something inside something else

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

an item inserted in a written record

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

very good; of the highest quality

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

having dropped by the force of gravity

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

more quickly

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

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From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

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From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

plural of “fragment” — a piece broken off or cut off of something else

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

plural of “helper” — a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

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From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

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

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

relating to the study or practice of medicine

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

used to form the superlative

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

attach to a support

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

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From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

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

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

something you have to do

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

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

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Our course was in the same track by which we had come.

the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

marked by the reception of pay

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

plural of “patient” — a person who requires medical care

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a journey to a sacred place

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a fundamental principle or practice

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

cause to suffer a blight

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

plural of “precaution” — a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

necessary for relief or supply

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

past form of “reward” — bestow honor or rewards upon

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

precisely, exactly

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

incapable of or resistant to bending

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

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From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

the quality of being salubrious and invigorating

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

Identical; not different.

From this reading Our course was in the same track by which we had come.

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From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

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From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

plural of “sort” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

go sour or spoil

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

the season of growth

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a sculpture representing a human or animal

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

a quantity of money

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

furnishing support and encouragement

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

plural of “suspicion” — an impression that something might be the case

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

third-person singular of “terminate” — bring to an end or halt

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

the upper part of anything

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

a line or route along which something travels or moves

From this reading Our course was in the same track by which we had come.

plural of “trait” — a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a social division of (usually preliterate) people

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a source of difficulty

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading I was attracted by something like fragments of a building on its top, and was rewarded for my trouble by finding a fallen pillar of the Corinthian order, and a portion of a statue in alto relievo which had stood upon it.

a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

From this reading As my horse walked a little faster than the common pace, I diverged somewhat from the road, to the right, in order to ascend a small conical mount, which, at two hours’ distance from Palmyra, terminates the chain of hills enclosing the plain in which is the aqueduct of Abu Fewárez.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading Our course was in the same track by which we had come.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

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

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

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

From this reading Our course was in the same track by which we had come.

which person or people

From this reading We left Palmyra on the 4th of April early in the morning, and the danger of an attack from the Faydân had an excellent effect on the servants, camel-drivers, and helpers of all sorts, who, on most occasions, could not be kept together, but who now were as orderly and obedient as soldiers: for fear made them so.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.

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

From this reading Departure from Palmyra--Suspicions of Nasar--Encampment in a beautiful valley--Tribe of the Sebáh and their Shaykh Mnyf--Assembly of Bedouins at Lady Hester Stanhope’s tent--The women--Traits of Bedouin character--Tribe of the Beni Omar--Affray between the Bedouins--Their war-cry--Aqueducts--Salamýah--Clotted cream and sour milk--Meat of the Desert--Castle of Shumamýs--Medical assistance required by Bedouins--Entry of Lady Hester into Hamah--Sum paid to Nasar for escort--Salubrity of the air of the Desert--State of Lady Hester’s health--Professional aid of the Author in requisition--Yahyah Bey--Rigid abstinence of a Syrian Christian--The bastinado--Pilgrimage to the tomb of a shaykh--Treatment of horses in spring--Precautions against plague--Custom of supporting great personages under the arm--Schoolmasters--Doctors and their patients.