used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Beyond the tickle--that wide passage through which the schooner had driven in the dark--the sea was heaving darkly under the gray mist.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
BurntadjectiveUS /bɜːrnt/
ruined by overcooking
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There were no cottages on the hills; there were no fish-flakes and stages by the waterside.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
CashnounUS /kæʃ/
money in the form of bills or coins
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading They were in some snug harbour, however, of a desolate and uninhabited coast.
cottagesnounUS /ˈkɑːtɪdʒɪz/
plural of “cottage” — a small house with a single story
From this reading There were no cottages on the hills; there were no fish-flakes and stages by the waterside.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
darklyadverbUS /ˈdɑːrkli/
without light
From this reading Beyond the tickle--that wide passage through which the schooner had driven in the dark--the sea was heaving darkly under the gray mist.
desolateadjectiveUS /ˈdesələt/
providing no shelter or sustenance
From this reading They were in some snug harbour, however, of a desolate and uninhabited coast.
a line leading to a place or point
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading Beyond the tickle--that wide passage through which the schooner had driven in the dark--the sea was heaving darkly under the gray mist.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
fish-flakes
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were no cottages on the hills; there were no fish-flakes and stages by the waterside.
FognounUS /fɑːɡ/
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
FouladjectiveUS /faʊl/
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading Beyond the tickle--that wide passage through which the schooner had driven in the dark--the sea was heaving darkly under the gray mist.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Beyond the tickle--that wide passage through which the schooner had driven in the dark--the sea was heaving darkly under the gray mist.
harbourverbUS /ˈhɑːrbər/
secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
From this reading They were in some snug harbour, however, of a desolate and uninhabited coast.
heavingnounUS /ˈhiːvɪŋ/
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
From this reading Beyond the tickle--that wide passage through which the schooner had driven in the dark--the sea was heaving darkly under the gray mist.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading There were no cottages on the hills; there were no fish-flakes and stages by the waterside.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading They were in some snug harbour, however, of a desolate and uninhabited coast.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
landmarknounUS /ˈlændmɑːrk/
the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
listedadjectiveUS /ˈlɪstəd/
on a list
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
become covered with mist
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
not any; not one
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There were no cottages on the hills; there were no fish-flakes and stages by the waterside.
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading Beyond the tickle--that wide passage through which the schooner had driven in the dark--the sea was heaving darkly under the gray mist.
PlotnounUS /plɑːt/
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
schoonernounUS /ˈskuːnər/
a large beer glass
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
slow-heaving
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
snugadjectiveUS /snʌɡ/
offering safety; well protected or concealed
From this reading They were in some snug harbour, however, of a desolate and uninhabited coast.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading They were in some snug harbour, however, of a desolate and uninhabited coast.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
stagesnounUS /ˈsteɪdʒəz/
plural of “stage” — any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading There were no cottages on the hills; there were no fish-flakes and stages by the waterside.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Bill o' Burnt Bay looked about--stared in every direction from the listed little schooner--but could find no familiar landmark.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Beyond the tickle--that wide passage through which the schooner had driven in the dark--the sea was heaving darkly under the gray mist.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There were no cottages on the hills; there were no fish-flakes and stages by the waterside.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were in some snug harbour, however, of a desolate and uninhabited coast.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
ThinsverbUS /θɪnz/
third-person singular of “thin” — lose thickness; become thin or thinner
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Beyond the tickle--that wide passage through which the schooner had driven in the dark--the sea was heaving darkly under the gray mist.
tickleverbUS /ˈtɪkəl/
touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
From this reading Beyond the tickle--that wide passage through which the schooner had driven in the dark--the sea was heaving darkly under the gray mist.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Beyond the tickle--that wide passage through which the schooner had driven in the dark--the sea was heaving darkly under the gray mist.
uninhabitedadjectiveUS /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbətɪd/
not having inhabitants; not lived in
From this reading They were in some snug harbour, however, of a desolate and uninhabited coast.
having passed out of existence
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Beyond the tickle--that wide passage through which the schooner had driven in the dark--the sea was heaving darkly under the gray mist.
watersidenoun
land bordering a body of water
From this reading There were no cottages on the hills; there were no fish-flakes and stages by the waterside.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were in some snug harbour, however, of a desolate and uninhabited coast.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading Beyond the tickle--that wide passage through which the schooner had driven in the dark--the sea was heaving darkly under the gray mist.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _In Which the Fog Thins and the Crew of the "Spot Cash" Fall Foul of a Dark Plot_ Morning came to the _Spot Cash_, too--morning with a thick mist: morning with a slow-heaving sea and a vanished wind.
