Chapter I

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

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

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

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)

From this reading The poems by Anthony Deane and Owen Seaman are used by arrangement with John Lane.

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

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

the thing arranged or agreed to

From this reading The poems by Anthony Deane and Owen Seaman are used by arrangement with John Lane.

back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524)

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

a state of extreme happiness

From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

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From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

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From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)

From this reading Frederich A. Stokes Company give permission for poems by Gelett Burgess and Stephen Crane.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina

From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading Frederich A. Stokes Company give permission for poems by Gelett Burgess and Stephen Crane.

a courteous or respectful or considerate act

From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

stretch (the neck) so as to see better

From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

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From this reading The poems by Anthony Deane and Owen Seaman are used by arrangement with John Lane.

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From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975)

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

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From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

a specific size and style of type within a type family

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Frederich A. Stokes Company give permission for poems by Gelett Burgess and Stephen Crane.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

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From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

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From this reading Frederich A. Stokes Company give permission for poems by Gelett Burgess and Stephen Crane.

a state of nervous depression

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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From this reading Frederich A. Stokes Company give permission for poems by Gelett Burgess and Stephen Crane.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Frederich A. Stokes Company give permission for poems by Gelett Burgess and Stephen Crane.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

grass mowed and cured for use as fodder

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

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From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895)

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

enclosed in the same envelope or package

From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

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

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

a narrow way or road

From this reading The poems by Anthony Deane and Owen Seaman are used by arrangement with John Lane.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

United States poet (1917-1977)

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

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From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905-)

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)

From this reading The poems by Anthony Deane and Owen Seaman are used by arrangement with John Lane.

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From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

approval to do something

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading The poems by Anthony Deane and Owen Seaman are used by arrangement with John Lane.

perfected or made shiny and smooth

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

edge tool used in shaving

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

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From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

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From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

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From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

witty language used to convey insults or scorn

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

only a very short time before

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

a man who serves as a sailor

From this reading The poems by Anthony Deane and Owen Seaman are used by arrangement with John Lane.

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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

From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

English writer (1832-1904)

From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

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From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

third-person singular of “stoke” — stir up or tend; of a fire

From this reading Frederich A. Stokes Company give permission for poems by Gelett Burgess and Stephen Crane.

United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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

From this reading The poems by Anthony Deane and Owen Seaman are used by arrangement with John Lane.

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

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From this reading Through the courtesy of Small, Maynard & Co., are included poems by Bliss Carman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson-Gilman, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Ridgely Torrence.

make physical contact with, come in contact with

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading The poems by Anthony Deane and Owen Seaman are used by arrangement with John Lane.

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From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

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From this reading “The Buntling Ball,” by Edgar Fawcett is published by permission of Funk and Wagnalls Company; “Hoch der Kaiser” by Rodney Blake, by the courtesy of the New Amsterdam Book Co. The poems by James Jeffrey Roche by permission of E. H. Bacon & Co.; and “The Font in the Forest” by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé, by permission of Brentano’s.

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From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

in the company of; together with

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

From this reading “_SATIRE should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen._” --_LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU._ Those by Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, John G. Saxe, Edward Rowland Sill, John Hay, Bayard Taylor and Edith Thomas are published by permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.