used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading [An old-fashioned kail-pot.]
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
have
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
bendverbUS /bend/
form a curve
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
bullnounUS /bʊl/
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
carena
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From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
catsnounUS /kæts/
plural of “cat” — feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
cladadjectiveUS /klæd/
wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading [Death.]
deuks
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From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
plural of “dog” — 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 Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
fecht
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From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
Gaed
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From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
Goodwife
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From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
hensnounUS /henz/
plural of “hen” — adult female chicken
From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
house-end
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From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
It'll
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From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
It's
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From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
kail-pot
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From this reading [An old-fashioned kail-pot.]
Lang
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From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
leathernounUS /ˈleðər/
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
leglessadjectiveUS /ˈleɡləs/
not having legs
From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
luggit
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From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
the force of workers available
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
mill-door
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From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
Mou'd
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From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
not any; not one
From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
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 There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
old-fashionedadjectiveUS /ˌoʊldˈfæʃənd/
out of fashion
From this reading [An old-fashioned kail-pot.]
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
owre
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From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
staffless
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From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
be dressed in
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
winoun
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading There stands a tree at our house-end, It's a' clad owre wi' leather bend: It'll fecht a bull, it'll fecht a bear, It'll fecht a thousand men o' wear.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
ye'll
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From this reading Mou'd like the mill-door, luggit like the cat; Though ye guess a' day, ye'll no guess that.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Lang man legless, Gaed to the door staffless: Goodwife, put up your deuks and hens; For dogs and cats I carena.
