Chapter VIII · At 'Oxford College.'

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

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

(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 It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

pale medium-dry sherry from Spain

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

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

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

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

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

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

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

bring into balance or equilibrium

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

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

From this reading Now, to be a smug is, in Oxford undergraduate circles, the unpardonable sin.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

a place of worship that has its own altar

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

plural of “circle” — ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

From this reading Now, to be a smug is, in Oxford undergraduate circles, the unpardonable sin.

feeling or showing worry or solicitude

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

a dish served as the last course of a meal

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

-ing form of “discuss” — to consider or examine in speech or writing

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

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From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

not still wet

From this reading The table groaned with dried fruits and mandarin oranges.

a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

high in price or charging high prices

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

in a fashionable manner

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

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From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

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From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

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

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

plural of “fellow” — a boy or man

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

a period of fourteen consecutive days

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

set up or found

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

plural of “fruit” — the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

From this reading The table groaned with dried fruits and mandarin oranges.

brought together in one place

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

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

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

past form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure

From this reading The table groaned with dried fruits and mandarin oranges.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

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

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

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

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

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

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

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

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

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

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

plural of “lad” — a boy or man

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

immediately past

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia

From this reading The table groaned with dried fruits and mandarin oranges.

the force of workers available

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

used to form the superlative

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Now, to be a smug is, in Oxford undergraduate circles, the unpardonable sin.

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

plural of “orange” — round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees

From this reading The table groaned with dried fruits and mandarin oranges.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

an organization to gain political power

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

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From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

one of four equal parts

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

located or moved above the surround or above the normal position

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

past form of “remark” — make mention of

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

superlative of “severe” — intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

plural of “shilling” — the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

and nothing more

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

estrangement from god

From this reading Now, to be a smug is, in Oxford undergraduate circles, the unpardonable sin.

marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

From this reading The table groaned with dried fruits and mandarin oranges.

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From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

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

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

being six more than thirty

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

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

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

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

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

the quality of a person's voice

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

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

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

a university student who has not yet received a first degree

From this reading Now, to be a smug is, in Oxford undergraduate circles, the unpardonable sin.

not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier

From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

not admitting of pardon

From this reading Now, to be a smug is, in Oxford undergraduate circles, the unpardonable sin.

(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

nonexistent

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

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

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

past form of “weigh” — have a certain weight

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

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

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

a Caucasian

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

which person or people

From this reading It was a fortnight later, in Faussett's rooms in the Chapel Quad at Durham (Chapel Quad is the most fashionably expensive quarter), and a party of raw lads, who took themselves for men, all gathered round their dessert, were engaged in discussing their fellow-undergraduate.

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From this reading Faussett himself raised to his lips a glass of Oxford wine-merchant's sherry--'our famous Amontillado as imported, thirty-six shillings the dozen'--and observed in a tone of the severest criticism: 'Oh, the man's a smug; a most unmitigated smug: that's the long and the short of it.'

in the company of; together with

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading |Well, I don't know what you fellows think, but as far as I'm concerned,' Trevor Gillingham remarked, with an expansive wave of his delicate white hand, 'my verdict on the Last of the Plantagenets is simply this: the Prince of the Blood has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.'