used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
in the past
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
barber'snounUS /ˈbɑːrbərz/
possessive form of “barber” — United States composer (1910-1981)
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
Bedaubedadjective
ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Not a bit.
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
a youthful male person
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
butterflyverbUS /ˈbʌtərflaɪ/
flutter like a butterfly
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
Cally
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
cheapskatenounUS /ˈtʃiːpskeɪt/
a miserly person
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
corknounUS /kɔːrk/
outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
gentnounUS /dʒent/
informal abbreviation of “gentleman”
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
gracilis
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
I'd
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
IIInoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
killin
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
multa
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a bit.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
PeevedadjectiveUS /piːvd/
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading Peeved?
perjuredverbUS /ˈpɜːrdʒərd/
past form of “perjure” — knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
philanderingverbUS /ˌfaɪˈlændərɪŋ/
-ing form of “philander” — have amorous affairs; of men
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
puffverbUS /pʌf/
smoke and exhale strongly
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
PYRRHA
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
Quis
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
ratnounUS /ræt/
any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
ThonounUS /ðoʊ/
a branch of the Tai languages
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
tinnounUS /tɪn/
a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
transformationnounUS /ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃən/
a qualitative change
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
two times
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
villainnounUS /ˈvɪlən/
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
waitsnounUS /weɪts/
plural of “wait” — time during which some action is awaited
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
whistleverbUS /ˈwɪsəl/
make whistling sounds
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
wooverbUS /wuː/
seek someone's favor
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
