used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
adjoiningverbUS /əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ/
-ing form of “adjoin” — lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
(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 All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
ambernounUS /ˈæmbər/
a deep yellow color
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
Bondsmannoun
a male slave
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come in.”
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
DELAVAL
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From this reading LORD DELAVAL.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
dusknounUS /dʌsk/
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
edgedadjectiveUS /edʒd/
having a specified kind of border or edge
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
fadedadjectiveUS /ˈfeɪdəd/
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
ferventadjectiveUS /ˈfɜːrvənt/
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
flakesnounUS /fleɪks/
plural of “flake” — a crystal of snow
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
fragrantadjectiveUS /ˈfreɪɡrənt/
pleasant-smelling
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
Gabrielle
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From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
an alert and refreshed state
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
coins made of gold
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Come in.”
inquisitiveadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪv/
showing curiosity
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
knocksnounUS /nɑːks/
plural of “knock” — the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
lingersverbUS /ˈlɪŋɡərz/
third-person singular of “linger” — remain present although waning or gradually dying
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading LORD DELAVAL.
lustrenounUS /ˈlʌstər/
a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
mantlenounUS /ˈmæntəl/
the cloak as a symbol of authority
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
the force of workers available
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
plural of “note” — a brief written record
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
and nothing more
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
passesnounUS /ˈpæsəz/
plural of “pass” — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
peepverbUS /piːp/
look furtively
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
a purple color or pigment
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
with speed
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
shoalnoun
a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
on a floor above
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
From this reading All the amber and purple and gold of the western sky has faded away, and only a faint rose glow lingers.
at the time that
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “We played at Bondsman and at Queen, But as the days change--men change too; I find the grey seas’ notes of green, The green seas’ fervent flakes of blue, More fair than you.”
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The wind is dead, and soft and fragrant dusk lies like a mantle on the fair world, but the mantle of twilight is edged with the silver lustre of a tender young moon, and a shoal of inquisitive stars begin to peep at each other, when Gabrielle passes quickly upstairs and knocks at a door adjoining her own.
