Chapter I · Chapter 1

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From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

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

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

(followed by “to”) in agreement with or accordant with

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

in the past

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

in addition

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

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

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

the month following July and preceding September

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading This, is but a humble Spray of Kentucky Pine, placed at the feet of the Dead Poet!

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

of or relating to Canada or its people

From this reading This Man From Down On The Farm, made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than one-half of this Imperial Republic, including the Cream of the Canadian Provinces.

third-person singular of “celebrate” — behave as expected during of holidays or rites

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

the best people or things in a group

From this reading This Man From Down On The Farm, made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than one-half of this Imperial Republic, including the Cream of the Canadian Provinces.

accepted or habitual practice

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

dearly loved

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

plural of “desire” — the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

displaying numbers rather than scale positions

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

the ordinal number of eighty-five in counting order

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

serving or intended to explain or make clear

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

steadfast in affection or allegiance

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

be a farmer; work as a farmer

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

large in amount or extent or degree

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

feeling or showing gratitude

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

a major road for any form of motor transport

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

low or inferior in station or quality

From this reading This, is but a humble Spray of Kentucky Pine, placed at the feet of the Dead Poet!

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

plural of “image” — an iconic mental representation

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

relating to or associated with an empire

From this reading This Man From Down On The Farm, made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than one-half of this Imperial Republic, including the Cream of the Canadian Provinces.

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

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

-ing form of “include” — have as a part, be made up out of

From this reading This Man From Down On The Farm, made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than one-half of this Imperial Republic, including the Cream of the Canadian Provinces.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

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

From this reading This, is but a humble Spray of Kentucky Pine, placed at the feet of the Dead Poet!

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 Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

in an unhurried way or at one's convenience

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

a room where books are kept

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

with fondness; with love

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading This Man From Down On The Farm, made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than one-half of this Imperial Republic, including the Cream of the Canadian Provinces.

engage in

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading This Man From Down On The Farm, made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than one-half of this Imperial Republic, including the Cream of the Canadian Provinces.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

a brief written record

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

relating to time long past

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

one of two equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading This Man From Down On The Farm, made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than one-half of this Imperial Republic, including the Cream of the Canadian Provinces.

on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

a coniferous tree

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

situated in a particular spot or position

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

the people who inhabit a territory or state

From this reading This Man From Down On The Farm, made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than one-half of this Imperial Republic, including the Cream of the Canadian Provinces.

something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

plural of “province” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading This Man From Down On The Farm, made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than one-half of this Imperial Republic, including the Cream of the Canadian Provinces.

with low volume

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading This Man From Down On The Farm, made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than one-half of this Imperial Republic, including the Cream of the Canadian Provinces.

anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

memorable for being a special occasion

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

a person related by blood or marriage

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

From this reading This Man From Down On The Farm, made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than one-half of this Imperial Republic, including the Cream of the Canadian Provinces.

with reverence; in a reverent manner

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

United States poet (1849-1916)

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

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

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading This Man From Down On The Farm, made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than one-half of this Imperial Republic, including the Cream of the Canadian Provinces.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

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

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make a full and faithful Record.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

From this reading This Man From Down On The Farm, made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than one-half of this Imperial Republic, including the Cream of the Canadian Provinces.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading According to a long established Custom, the Man, in some way, in private print-- --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.

a late time of life

From this reading Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- By The Hand Of the Man From Down On The Farm-- --George Douglass Sherley --On The Banks Of Wolf Run-- --1916-- From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- On Ye Long Highway Called Shorte in Ye Goodly Towne Of Lexington Kentucky To The Dead: Reverently Inscribed --To the Indiana-Born World-Wide Poet-- --James Whitcomb Riley-- --This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- To The Living: Also Lovingly Inscribed By The Man From Down On The Farm To The Dear Lady Here On The Banks Of Wolf Run --His Mother-- On Grateful Commemoration Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday August 20, 1916 The Prelude --A Note Explanatory-- With James Whitcomb Riley, some years ago.