tapa f flap, lid. tapar t cover up, stop up, stop.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Jewish activity in the United States until recently has confined itself to the control of land products after they have been produced: that is, so to say, Jewish interests do not engage in trapping, but they control the fur trade.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

And, as Triboulet’s uncle asked from Louis the Twelfth, for a younger brother of his own who lived at Blois, the hornpipes of Buzansay, for the organ pipes, through the mistake of one word for another, even so, whilst you think to marry a wise, humble, calm, discreet, and honest wife, you shall unhappily stumble upon one witless, proud, loud, obstreperous, bawling, clamorous, and more unpleasant than any Buzansay hornpipe.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

They afterwards moved to the Hudson, and since then he has become the authority in the United States upon the raising of fish, and he has been next to the highest on the United States Fish Commission in Washington.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

1915—The second national coffee week is held in the United States under the auspices of the National Coffee Roasters Association.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

For the botany of the Southern United States use: "Flora of the Southern United States."
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

“The morrow is unforeseen,” said Ursula.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The lady, seeing her husband come unawares, started up all woebegone and told him that which had befallen the girl.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

The frame of mind they were in on reaching Manila, as a result of the assurances of Pratt and Wildman, is well illustrated by a letter the latter wrote Aguinaldo a little later (June 25th) which is undoubtedly in keeping with what he had been telling him earlier: Do not forget that the United States undertook this war for the sole purpose of relieving the Cubans from the cruelties under which they were suffering, and not for the love of conquest or the hope of gain.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

ulugnan = unlan . see ulun .
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

He saw someone about to—make himself, let us say, unpleasant—and he moved promptly.
— from Charred Wood by Kelley, Francis Clement, Bp.

Not less than thirteen people traveled the United States using his name, circulating a verbatim copy of his handbill and advertisement—“not only assuming to be the original Blitz, but in many instances claiming to be a son or nephew.”
— from The Old and the New Magic by Henry Ridgely Evans

Obstruct, close, BLOCKADE , shut up, stop up, block up.
— from A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology by Richard Soule

He was half-way along the clear pathway formed along the deck between the flames floating up from the hold and the port bulwark, and his figure stood up strangely unreal against the bluish light, when there was a heavy report below in the hold, and a rush of flame which extended from side to side of the ship.
— from Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea by George Manville Fenn

There was nothing for a poor lonely pup to do but stretch out on his rug and stare in unhappy silence up the driveway, in the impossible hope that someone might happen along through the darkness to play with him.
— from Further Adventures of Lad by Albert Payson Terhune