used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
aerynoun
the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
(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 Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Sometimes I meete them like a man; Sometimes, an ox; sometimes, a hound!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
apaceadverbUS /əˈpeɪs/
(poetic, literary) quickly
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
bogsnounUS /bɑːɡz/
plural of “bog” — wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
brakesnounUS /breɪks/
a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
counterfeitingverbUS /ˈkaʊntərfɪtɪŋ/
-ing form of “counterfeit” — make a copy of with the intent to deceive
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
descrye
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From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
else
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From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
feates
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From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
flye
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From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
frolicke
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From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
GoblinsnounUS /ˈɡɑːblɪnz/
plural of “goblin” — (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
greete
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From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
hagnounUS /hæɡ/
an ugly evil-looking old woman
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
honounUS /hoʊ/
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
where you live at a particular time
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round.
houndnounUS /haʊnd/
any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
From this reading Sometimes I meete them like a man; Sometimes, an ox; sometimes, a hound!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
lakesnounUS /leɪks/
plural of “lake” — a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Sometimes I meete them like a man; Sometimes, an ox; sometimes, a hound!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Sometimes I meete them like a man; Sometimes, an ox; sometimes, a hound!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
meete
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From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
minute'snounUS /ˈmɪnəts/
possessive form of “minute” — a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
moone
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From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
nicke
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From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
night-sports
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From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
oxnounUS /ɑːks/
an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
From this reading Sometimes I meete them like a man; Sometimes, an ox; sometimes, a hound!
participate in games or sport
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
roame
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From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Sometimes I meete them like a man; Sometimes, an ox; sometimes, a hound!
soone
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From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
spyverbUS /spaɪ/
catch sight of
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
moving very fast
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
that's
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From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
There's
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From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
a special situation
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
Thro
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From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
tricke
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From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round.
trotverbUS /trɑːt/
run at a moderately swift pace
From this reading And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round.
trudgeverbUS /trʌdʒ/
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round.
unseene
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From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
wagnounUS /wæɡ/
a witty amusing person who makes jokes
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
wanderersnounUS /ˈwɑːndərərz/
plural of “wanderer” — someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
WarenounUS /wer/
articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: “silverware”, “software”
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
welkinnoun
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
From this reading More swift than lightning can I flye About this aery welkin soone, And, in a minute’s apace, descrye Each thing that’s done below the moone.
Whene'er
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From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
in or at the place that
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
in the company of; together with
From this reading There’s not a hag Or ghost shall wag Or cry, “’Ware Goblins!” where I go, But Robin I Their feates will spy, And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading Whene’er such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home, With counterfeiting voice I greete And call them on with me to roame Thro’ woods, thro’ lakes, Thro’ bogs, thro’ brakes; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho! ho! ho!
