used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A hantle o'siller, a stockin' o' gowd?
ae
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From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
ainadjective
belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive
From this reading _"When ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, What'll ye bring to me?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
Avonsbridge
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From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
baith
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From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
bawbeenoun
an old Scottish coin of little value
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
bonnieadjectiveUS /ˈbɑːni/
very pleasing to the eye
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
a woman who has recently been married
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading _"When ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, What'll ye bring to me?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
dee
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From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
FebruarynounUS /ˈfebjəweri/
the month following January and preceding March
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
firesidenounUS /ˈfaɪərsaɪd/
an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
ginnounUS /dʒɪn/
strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
goodwife
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From this reading _"When ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, What'll ye bring to me?
gowd
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From this reading A hantle o'siller, a stockin' o' gowd?
gude
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From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
haena
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From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
hamenoun
stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
hantle
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From this reading A hantle o'siller, a stockin' o' gowd?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
I'll
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From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
lassienounUS /ˈlæsi/
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading _"When ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, What'll ye bring to me?
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
loe
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From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
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 Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
take in marriage
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _"When ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, What'll ye bring to me?
come together
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
mornnounUS /mɔːrn/
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _"When ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, What'll ye bring to me?
NanounUS /nɑː/
a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
not any; not one
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
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 A hantle o'siller, a stockin' o' gowd?
o'siller
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From this reading A hantle o'siller, a stockin' o' gowd?
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
severestadjectiveUS /səˈvɪrəst/
superlative of “severe” — intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
be seated
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
not in physical motion
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
stockin
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From this reading A hantle o'siller, a stockin' o' gowd?
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
up to a particular time
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _"When ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, What'll ye bring to me?
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
What'll
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From this reading _"When ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, What'll ye bring to me?
at the time that
From this reading _"When ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, What'll ye bring to me?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
a Caucasian
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading _"When ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, What'll ye bring to me?
ye'll
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From this reading 'Na! ye'll no get a bonnie bride.'_ _"But gin ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, Mine for gude an' ill, Will ye bring me three things lassie, My empty hame to fill?"_ _"A temper sweet, a silent tongue, A heart baith warm and free?
ye're
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From this reading _"When ye're my ain goodwife, lassie, What'll ye bring to me?
a late time of life
From this reading Then I'll marry ye the morn, lassie, And loe ye till I dee."_ Avonsbridge lay still deep in February snow, for it was the severest winter which had been known there for many years.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'I haena ae bawbee.'_ _"When ye are my ain goodwife, lassie, And sit at my fireside, Will the red and white meet in your face?
