Prefix with "leaks" or "pedia"

Usage examples of wiki.

So when Isaac cleared his throat, Wiki merely lifted his eyebrows and nodded politely before returning his contemplative stare to the quiet water.

Then he was silent a moment, his mouth pursing in and out as he stroked his stubbled chin and studied Wiki with sideways looks.

Having heard the skipper cursing Fayal so fluently, it now surprised Wiki greatly that he was entertaining the notion of revisiting the place.

In order to fill it up, Wiki asked him to list the items in his chest, which turned out to be just a few assorted shabby garments, a bar of soap, a spare pair of shoes, a couple of double-eagle dollars, and some tobacco.

Wiki made a copy in a little notebook, just to keep the record straight, then he and Isaac signed the actual will, Isaac with a cross, and Wiki with a flourish.

Wiki handed it over, Isaac went off a satisfied man, and Wiki thought that was the end of it.

In view of the public demise of the second mate, Wiki supposed that it was reasonable that everyone should be feeling more mortal than usual, but as men kept on accosting him with a request to draw up their final documents, he thought it was very strange that he seemed to be the only man on board, apart from the officers, who knew how to read and write.

Altogether, Wiki enjoyed the job, as it gave him a chance to practice his Portuguese.

It was a very pretty scene, but Wiki meditated that it looked a hard place to make a living, and that it was not surprising that so many of the sons of the Azores could be found on the decks of American whalers.

Then he told Wiki to come with him, leaving Isaac and the other three oarsmen to look after the boat.

High above, Wiki could glimpse the low whitewashed wall of a plaza, and the silhouette of a belfry beyond it.

With wonderful dignity, they greeted Captain Smith in both English and Portuguese, then ushered him and Wiki inside the dark coolness of one of the houses that bounded the square and offered hospitality.

They sat at the table and Wiki translated while the village dignitaries complimented him gravely on his facility with their tongue.

Looking extremely gratified, Captain Smith sent them off, giving Wiki orders to tell Isaac to get the two new men to the ship, and then bring back three boats with their crews, because he needed twelve hands to lug his shopping down to the beach.

Not only was Pedro white lipped and furious when he found that the man with Wiki had been given the position already, but he refused to accept defeat.