Glossary | Essay | 4. Once More to the Lake | by Elwyn Brooks White | NEB Grade XII | Major English

 

Essay

4. Once More to the Lake

by Elwyn Brooks White

 

Glossary

 

accumulated	gather, assemble, pile up	संचित
alight	burning, blaze, get off, come down	ज्वाला
anchor	a heavy object attached to a cable or chain and used to moor/hold a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes at one end	लंगर
awe	wonder	विस्मय
bait box	a box used to keep to trap fish	चारा बक्स
bass	a kind of fish	बास
birch-bark	bark of the birch tree	बर्च-बार्क
breeze	a gentle wind	हावा
briskly	in an active, quick or energetic way	द्रुत रूपमा
buckled	fasten, hook	बोकिएको
canoe	a light narrow boat	डोंगी
cathedral	the main church of a district	चर्च
chucking	throw, hurl, flip	फ्याक्दै
crackling	crispy, a series of sharp sounds	क्र्याकिङ आवाज
creepy	causing an unpleasant feeling of fear	डरलाग्दो
cropping up	happen, occur	फसल सम्हाल्दै
cultist	religious belief and ritual	संस्कृतिवादी
cymbals	a plate type of musical instrument	बाजा
darted	move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly	भाग्नु
debris	pieces of wood or metal left after something has been destroyed	मलबे
desolated	isolated, empty	उजाड
dizzy	feeling as if everything is turning around	चक्कर
dock	harbour, marina, port	बन्दरगाह
drenched	containing or supplied with	भिजेको
flagpole	a tall pole on which a flag is hung	झण्डाको पोल
flaky	breaking or separating easily into small thin pieces	अस्थिर
groin	a part of smoke or cloud	धुवाको भाग
grooves	a narrow cut or geological channel	गल्छि
gunwale	the upper edge or planking of the side of a boat	बन्दुकवाले
haul	pulling or dragging with effort or force	ढुवानी
haunts	a place that we visit often and spend time	घुम्न जानु
helgramite	the aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly	हेल्ग्रामाइट
hooves	singular hoof, tip of the toe of certain animals like horses	खुर
imperceptibly	invisibly, subtly	अबोध रूपमा
incessant	never-ending, continuous	निरन्तर
indelible	making marks that cannot be removed	नमेटिने
indestructible	very strong, not destroyable	अविनाशी
insubstantial	light	अपर्याप्त
jarred	upset, jerk	जर्कनु
jollity	lively and cheerful activity or celebration	प्रफुल्लता
languidly	slowly, unhurriedly	लापरवाही
lily pads	a round floating leaf of a water lily	लिली प्याड
lime	a dry white powder consisting essentially of calcium hydroxide that is made by treating quicklime with water	चूना
lumber	timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.	काठ
mackerel	a species of fish	माछा
mandolins	a kind of musical instrument	बाजा
manure	dung	मल
marred	to spoil, damage or ruin	बिग्रिएको
merest	trifle, meager, scant, basic	साधारण
miniature	tiny, small	लघु
minnows	a small freshwater fish	माछा
mirage	an optical illusion	मिराज
moorings	fasten, connect, tie up	बाध्नु
moss	a very small, green or yellow plant that grows especially in wet earth	काई
mussel	a small aquatic creature that has a black shell with two parts that close tightly together	सिपी
outhouses	hut, shed	झुपडी
pensively	in a thoughtful manner	ध्यानपूर्वक
perpetuating	causing to continue, prolonging	चिरस्थायी
persisted	continue, prolong	कायम रह्यो
petulant	bad-tempered	रिसाहा
placidity	tranquility, calmness	शान्तता
plantains	a low-growing plant	बिरुवाहरू
pop apiece	a piece of flavoured ice or ice cream on a stick	आइस क्रिम
premonitory	giving warning	पूर्वसूचक
primeval	primitive	रुड
purred	make a low continuous vibratory sound expressing pleasure	खुशीको आवाज
ribbed	having a pattern like stairs	भर्‍याङ
ringworm	an infectious skin disease that produce round red areas	दाद
rumble	a continuous low sound	सानो आवाज
rustling	making a soft, muffled crackling sound	आवाज
sagged	to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure	लत्रेको
sarsaparilla	the tropical American climbing plant from which sarsaparilla/a flavor substance is generally obtained	विरुवा
sedative	calming, relaxing	शान्त
sneak	to go somewhere secretly	लुकेर
soggy	damp	भिजेको
souvenir	a thing kept to remind of a place or an occasion	स्मारिका
spinners	a fishing lure that rotates rapidly	घुमाउरो
splotches	marks, scars	दागहरू
sprinkled	to throw small pieces of something	छर्किएको
stern	serious, severe, grim	कडा
stirred	mix, blend, muddle	हलचल
stunning	shocking or surprising someone very much	आश्चर्यजनक
swamp	an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh	दलदल
tame bass	pet bass fish	बास माछा
teeming	full of people or things; crowded	भिड्दै
throbbed	to beat or sound with a strong, regular rhythm	धड्किएको
transposition	substitution	स्थानान्तरण
Ubangi	a woman of the Sara tribe in the Central African Republic whose lips are pierced and stretched around flat wooden disks	उबांगी
undulating	heaving, having a smoothly rising and falling form	पवित्र
unshatterable	that cannot be broken	अखण्ड
vitals	the body's important internal organs	महत्वपूणर्
waded	walk with effort through water	पानीमा हिड्नु
wharf	port, dock, quay	घाट
whined	give or make a long, high-pitched complaining cry or sound	कराएको
wince	to shrink back involuntarily	चिच्याउनु
wisps	a long thin line of smoke or cloud	बादल
wrung	twist, squeeze	निचोर्नु