Chapter X

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

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

plural of “abolitionist” — a reformer who favors abolishing slavery

From this reading “That’s a damned nest of Yankee abolitionists!” cried one.

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

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

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

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

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

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

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

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

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

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

past form of “camp” — live in or as if in a tent

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading “That’s a damned nest of Yankee abolitionists!” cried one.

expletives used informally as intensifiers

From this reading “That’s a damned nest of Yankee abolitionists!” cried one.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

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

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

provoking horror

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

the act of departing

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

plural of “good” — benefit

From this reading “To Lawrence, with a load of household goods,” they replied.

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

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

where you live at a particular time

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

a social unit living together

From this reading “To Lawrence, with a load of household goods,” they replied.

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

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

a state in midwestern United States

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)

From this reading “To Lawrence, with a load of household goods,” they replied.

weight to be borne or conveyed

From this reading “To Lawrence, with a load of household goods,” they replied.

the act that results in something coming to be

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young

From this reading “That’s a damned nest of Yankee abolitionists!” cried one.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “To Lawrence, with a load of household goods,” they replied.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “That’s a damned nest of Yankee abolitionists!” cried one.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

inflected form of “reply” — react verbally

From this reading “To Lawrence, with a load of household goods,” they replied.

precisely, exactly

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

move hurridly

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

hit with a missile from a weapon

From this reading We’ll vote, and shoot the Yankees, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.”

in the near future

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

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

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

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

From this reading “That’s a damned nest of Yankee abolitionists!” cried one.

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

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

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

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

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

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

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

From this reading “To Lawrence, with a load of household goods,” they replied.

-ing form of “tote” — carry with difficulty

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

in the direction of

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative

From this reading We’ll vote, and shoot the Yankees, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.”

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

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

From this reading We’ll vote, and shoot the Yankees, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.”

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

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

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

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

-ing form of “wend” — direct one's course or way

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

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

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

used to ask for information about something

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

(politics) a state of disfavor

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

in the company of; together with

From this reading “To Lawrence, with a load of household goods,” they replied.

an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

From this reading “That’s a damned nest of Yankee abolitionists!” cried one.

plural of “yankee” — an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

From this reading We’ll vote, and shoot the Yankees, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.”

a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”

distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)

From this reading “We’ve camped in the wilderness, For a few days, for a few days; And then we’re going home, We’ve a right up yonder.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading As soon as this drunken crew espied the baggage-wagon, wending its way toward Kansas, they set up a frightful yell, and, making a rush at the horses, called out, “Hallo, stranger! whar are you going? and what are you toting?”