Chapter II · 15

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

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading And that was the end of her flitting about.

take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

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

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

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

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

towards the shore from the water

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It was the end, too, of Billy Topsail's rosy expectation of an hilarious return to his home at Ruddy Cove.

nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

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

From this reading She was frozen fast before she could be floated.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading She was frozen fast before she could be floated.

plural of “begin” — Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

a short stout club used primarily by policemen

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

quick and energetic

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

plural of “cause” — events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading She was frozen fast before she could be floated.

a small inlet

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Winter fell down next day.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

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

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Winter fell down next day.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

belief about (or mental picture of) the future

From this reading It was the end, too, of Billy Topsail's rosy expectation of an hilarious return to his home at Ruddy Cove.

descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

From this reading She was frozen fast before she could be floated.

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

From this reading Winter fell down next day.

inflected form of “flit” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

From this reading And that was the end of her flitting about.

past form of “float” — be in motion due to some air or water current

From this reading She was frozen fast before she could be floated.

turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold

From this reading She was frozen fast before she could be floated.

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading And that was the end of her flitting about.

marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter

From this reading It was the end, too, of Billy Topsail's rosy expectation of an hilarious return to his home at Ruddy Cove.

past form of “hint” — drop a hint; intimate by a hint

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

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

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading It was the end, too, of Billy Topsail's rosy expectation of an hilarious return to his home at Ruddy Cove.

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

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

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

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

has a good chance of being the case or of coming about

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

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

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

engage in

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

a small quantity of anything

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading Winter fell down next day.

pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

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 _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

possessive form of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading It was the end, too, of Billy Topsail's rosy expectation of an hilarious return to his home at Ruddy Cove.

plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

reflecting optimism

From this reading It was the end, too, of Billy Topsail's rosy expectation of an hilarious return to his home at Ruddy Cove.

inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

Identical; not different.

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She was frozen fast before she could be floated.

inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

be standing; be upright

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

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

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

closely constrained or constricted or constricting

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

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

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading It was the end, too, of Billy Topsail's rosy expectation of an hilarious return to his home at Ruddy Cove.

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 It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

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From this reading It was the end, too, of Billy Topsail's rosy expectation of an hilarious return to his home at Ruddy Cove.

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

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

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

From this reading She was frozen fast before she could be floated.

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

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading Winter fell down next day.

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

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading _In Which It Is Hinted that Teddy Brisk Would Make a Nice Little Morsel o' Dog Meat, and Billy Topsail Begins an Adventure that Eventually Causes His Hair to Stand on End and Is Likely to Make the Reader's Do the Same_ One dark night in the fall of the year, the trading-schooner _Black Bat_, of Ruddy Cove, slipped ashore on the rocks of Tight Cove, of the Labrador.