Chapter V · Chapter 5

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

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

third-person singular of “acquire” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

tending to become more severe or wider in scope

From this reading There was Billy Topsail, for one, a tow-headed, blue-eyed, active lad of Jimmie's age; and there was Donald North, for another.

how long something has existed

From this reading There was Billy Topsail, for one, a tow-headed, blue-eyed, active lad of Jimmie's age; and there was Donald North, for another.

(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 In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

in addition

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

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

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading There was Billy Topsail, for one, a tow-headed, blue-eyed, active lad of Jimmie's age; and there was Donald North, for another.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

completely unclothed

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

a short stout club used primarily by policemen

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

favorite

From this reading There was Billy Topsail, for one, a tow-headed, blue-eyed, active lad of Jimmie's age; and there was Donald North, for another.

the two together, not just one

From this reading Jimmie Grimm liked them both.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading There were other boys at Ruddy Cove--far more boys, and jollier boys, and boys with more time to spare, than at Buccaneer.

a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

From this reading There were other boys at Ruddy Cove--far more boys, and jollier boys, and boys with more time to spare, than at Buccaneer.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

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

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

a small house with a single story

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

a small inlet

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

a person who shows fear or timidity

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

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

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

decreasing in amount or degree

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading There were other boys at Ruddy Cove--far more boys, and jollier boys, and boys with more time to spare, than at Buccaneer.

plural of “find” — a productive insight

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading There was Billy Topsail, for one, a tow-headed, blue-eyed, active lad of Jimmie's age; and there was Donald North, for another.

the younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859)

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

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

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

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

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

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

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

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

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

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

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

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

From this reading There was Billy Topsail, for one, a tow-headed, blue-eyed, active lad of Jimmie's age; and there was Donald North, for another.

comparative of “jolly” — full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading There were other boys at Ruddy Cove--far more boys, and jollier boys, and boys with more time to spare, than at Buccaneer.

a boy or man

From this reading There was Billy Topsail, for one, a tow-headed, blue-eyed, active lad of Jimmie's age; and there was Donald North, for another.

referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

plural of “leap” — a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

third-person singular of “learn” — gain knowledge or skills

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form

From this reading Jimmie Grimm liked them both.

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

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

for more time

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

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

From this reading There were other boys at Ruddy Cove--far more boys, and jollier boys, and boys with more time to spare, than at Buccaneer.

being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

not any; not one

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

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

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading There was Billy Topsail, for one, a tow-headed, blue-eyed, active lad of Jimmie's age; and there was Donald North, for another.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading There were other boys at Ruddy Cove--far more boys, and jollier boys, and boys with more time to spare, than at Buccaneer.

a rational motive for a belief or action

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

except for; apart from

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

plural of “scoff” — showing your contempt by derision

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

established or decided beyond dispute or doubt

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

plural of “settle” — a long wooden bench with a back

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

an elevated geological formation

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

a male human offspring

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

refrain from harming

From this reading There were other boys at Ruddy Cove--far more boys, and jollier boys, and boys with more time to spare, than at Buccaneer.

a proud stiff pompous gait

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading There were other boys at Ruddy Cove--far more boys, and jollier boys, and boys with more time to spare, than at Buccaneer.

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

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Jimmie Grimm liked them both.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There were other boys at Ruddy Cove--far more boys, and jollier boys, and boys with more time to spare, than at Buccaneer.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading There were other boys at Ruddy Cove--far more boys, and jollier boys, and boys with more time to spare, than at Buccaneer.

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

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

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

From this reading There was Billy Topsail, for one, a tow-headed, blue-eyed, active lad of Jimmie's age; and there was Donald North, for another.

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

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

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

From this reading There were other boys at Ruddy Cove--far more boys, and jollier boys, and boys with more time to spare, than at Buccaneer.

at the time that

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

in or at the place that

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

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

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.

a Caucasian

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading In Which, Also, Donald North Leaps a Breaker to Save a Salmon Net, and Acquires a Strut_ When old Jim Grimm moved to Ruddy Cove and settled his wife and son in a little white cottage on the slope of a bare hill called Broken Nose, Jimmie Grimm was not at all sorry.

in the company of; together with

From this reading _In Which Jimmie Grimm Moves to Ruddy Cove and Settles on the Slope of the Broken Nose, Where, Falling in With Billy Topsail and Donald North, He Finds the Latter a Coward, But Learns the Reason, and Scoffs no Longer.