Chapter V

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

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

-ing form of “adorn” — make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

(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 The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

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

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia

From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

the amount that many barrels might hold

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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

From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence

From this reading There is no young, fair masher, strutting up and down the piazza, trying to look brainy and capable of a thought.

plural of “brick” — rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle

From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

rub with a brush, or as if with a brush

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

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

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

(usually followed by “of”) having capacity or ability

From this reading There is no young, fair masher, strutting up and down the piazza, trying to look brainy and capable of a thought.

an occurrence of something

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

plural of “cent” — a fractional monetary unit of several countries

From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

plural of “citizen” — a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

clothing in general

From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

successfully completed or brought to an end

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

worth having or seeking or achieving

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading There is no young, fair masher, strutting up and down the piazza, trying to look brainy and capable of a thought.

an ache localized in the middle or inner ear

From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading There is no young, fair masher, strutting up and down the piazza, trying to look brainy and capable of a thought.

a boy or man

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

set up or found

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

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

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

the side that is forward or prominent

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

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

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

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

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

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

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

and nothing more

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

plural of “keep” — the financial means whereby one lives

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

plural of “keg” — the quantity contained in a keg

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

plural of “ladder” — steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

go away from a place

From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

a caustic substance produced by heating limestone

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading There is no young, fair masher, strutting up and down the piazza, trying to look brainy and capable of a thought.

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

engage in

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

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

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

From this reading There is no young, fair masher, strutting up and down the piazza, trying to look brainy and capable of a thought.

a form of address for a man

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

attach something somewhere by means of nails

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

not any; not one

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

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

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

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

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

for each

From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

a public square with room for pedestrians

From this reading There is no young, fair masher, strutting up and down the piazza, trying to look brainy and capable of a thought.

plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

(law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

on the contrary

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

(especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

possessing material wealth

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

in an unfortunate way

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

plural of “scaffold” — a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

not in physical motion

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

inflected form of “strut” — to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

From this reading There is no young, fair masher, strutting up and down the piazza, trying to look brainy and capable of a thought.

in a confused mass

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

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

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

in or at that place or location

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading There is no young, fair masher, strutting up and down the piazza, trying to look brainy and capable of a thought.

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

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

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

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

hard to endure

From this reading There is no young, fair masher, strutting up and down the piazza, trying to look brainy and capable of a thought.

being five more than twenty

From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

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

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

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

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

treated with wax

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

at the time that

From this reading Mr. Nathrop was rather an impulsive man, and one day he said something that reflected on another impulsive man, and when people came and looked for Nathrop, they found that his body was tangled up in the sage brush, and his soul was marching on.

in or at the place that

From this reading It is a case where a smart aleck of a man built a hotel, and asked his fellow citizens to come and form a town around him and make him rich.

move somewhere quickly

From this reading There is no Senegambian, with a whisk broom, waiting to brush your clothes off your back, and leave you arrayed in a birth-mark and the earache, at twenty-five cents per brush.

which person or people

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading There is no young, fair masher, strutting up and down the piazza, trying to look brainy and capable of a thought.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading The hotel was just completed, and the ladders, and the handsome lime barrels, and hods, and old nail kegs, and fragments of laths, and pieces of bricks, and scaffolds, and all those things that go to make life desirable, are still there adorning the hotel and the front yard; but there is no handsome man with a waxed mustache inside at the desk, shaking his head sadly when he is asked for a room, and looking at you with that high-born pity and contempt for your pleading, that the hotel clerk--heir apparent to the universe--always keeps for those who go to him with humility.