Chapter V · Mems. and Moralizings

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

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

to or in a foreign country

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

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From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

to an ample degree or in an ample manner

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

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

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

reports of the work of a society or learned body etc

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

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

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

plural of “association” — a formal organization of people or groups of people

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

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

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

having or covered with or accompanied by blood

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

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

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

plural of “boor” — a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

plural of “break” — some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

plural of “bug” — general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

cover from sight

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

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From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

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

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

a railcar where passengers ride

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

make an itemized list or catalog of; classify

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

any large and important church

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

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

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

clothing in general

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

having or capable of producing colors

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

being joined in close association

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

one of the large landmasses of the earth

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

plural of “decimal” — a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

greatly pleasing or entertaining

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

torn down and broken up

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

plural of “difficulty” — an effort that is inconvenient

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

disappointingly unsuccessful

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

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

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

color with dye

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

a history of a word

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

plural of “evil” — morally objectionable behavior

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

Strictly particular and correct.

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

third-person singular of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

a bow used in playing the violin

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

-ing form of “flaunt” — display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

plural of “fragment” — a piece broken off or cut off of something else

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

an article of clothing

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

100 groschen equal 1 schilling in Austria

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

someone employed to conduct others

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

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

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

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From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

plural of “hole” — an opening into or through something

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

of textiles; having a rough surface

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

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From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

the quality of being humane

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

ten 10s

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

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

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

past form of “infest” — invade in great numbers

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

the power of creative imagination

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

plural of “inn” — a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

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From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

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

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

having or showing profound knowledge

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

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From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

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From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

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 If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

engage in

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

a small handbook

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

plural of “memoir” — an account of the author's personal experiences

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

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

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

used to form the superlative

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

kill intentionally and with premeditation

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

not any; not one

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

and nothing more

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

coated with paint

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

plural of “patch” — a small contrasting part of something

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

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

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

a separate part of a whole

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

just preceding something else in time or order

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

the act of putting something in working order again

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

pay back

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

possessing material wealth

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

relating to or characteristic of people of Rome

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

a reddish brown homespun fabric

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

express in words

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

work done by one person or group that benefits another

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

do one's shopping

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

marked by ostentation but often tasteless

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

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

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

to a great degree

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

come to a halt, stop moving

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

a state of acute pain

From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

be agreeable or acceptable to

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

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

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

carry out

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

impart skills or knowledge to

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

express in words

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

the feel of a surface or a fabric

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

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

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

in or at that place or location

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

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From this reading If the inn you sleep in, be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable--all that long catalogue of evils, from boors to bugs--never mind, there’s sure to be some delightful story of a bloody murder connected with its annals, which will amply repay you for all your suffering.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

a special situation

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

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

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

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

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

a heavy rain

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

plural of “town” — an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

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

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

possessive form of “voyager” — a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

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

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

at the time that

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

the necessary means (especially financial means)

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

used to introduce two or more possibilities

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

which person or people

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading He who expects to find these “Loiterings” of mine of any service as a “Guide Book” to the Continent, or a “Voyager’s Manual,” will be sorely disappointed; as well might he endeavour to devise a suit of clothes from the patches of cloth scattered about a tailor’s shop, there might be, indeed, wherewithal to repair an old garment, or make a pen-wiper, but no more.

in the company of; together with

From this reading My fragments, too, of every shape and colour--sometimes showy and flaunting, sometimes a piece of hodden-grey or linsey-wolsey--are all I have to present to my friends; whatever they be in shade or texture, whether fine or homespun, rich in Tyrian dye, or stained with russet brown, I can only say for them, they are all my own--I have never “cabbaged from any man’s cloth.”

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

a late time of life

From this reading Well, it’s a fine thing, to be sure, when your carriage breaks down in a _chaussée_, with holes large enough to bury a dog--it’s a great satisfaction to know, that some ten thousand years previous, this place, that seems for all the world like a mountain torrent, was a Roman way.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading And now to abjure decimals, and talk like a unit of humanity: if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad--the best mode of reaching your destination--the most comfortable hotel to stop at, when you have got there--who built the cathedral--who painted the altar-piece--who demolished the town in the year fifteen hundred and--fiddlestick--then take into your confidence the immortal John Murray, he can tell you all these, and much more; how many kreutzers make a groschen, how many groschen make a gulden, reconciling you to all the difficulties of travel by historic associations, memoirs of people who lived before the flood, and learned dissertations on the etymology of the name of the town, which all your ingenuity can’t teach you how to pronounce.