Chapter I · Chapter 1

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

From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

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

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east

From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

a small piece or quantity of something

From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

waves breaking on the shore

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

a strip of land projecting into a body of water

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

a prominent attribute or aspect of something

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river

From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

a small inlet

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

aimless wandering from place to place

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

plural of “dune” — a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

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From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

plural of “excursion” — a journey taken for pleasure

From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

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From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

a trodden path

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

a small growth of trees without underbrush

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

elevated (e.g., mountainous) land

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

where you live at a particular time

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

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

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

a narrow way or road

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

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

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

a state in New England

From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

a span of 1000 years

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

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

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

a small lake

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

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From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

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

From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

-ing form of “tow” — drag behind

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc.

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

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

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

a formal word for “on”

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

an act of traveling by water

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

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From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

a Caucasian

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

a mill that is powered by the wind

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

in the company of; together with

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on