used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have been long your despised kinsman.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
carpet-bag
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From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
Dauph
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From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
despisedadjectiveUS /dɪˈspaɪzd/
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading I have been long your despised kinsman.
disposingverbUS /dɪˈspoʊzɪŋ/
-ing form of “dispose” — give, sell, or transfer to another
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
dowrynounUS /ˈdaʊri/
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
elaborateadjectiveUS /ɪˈlæbrət/
marked by complexity and richness of detail
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
eno
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
EPICENEadjective
having an ambiguous sexual identity
From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
to an extreme degree
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
a competitor thought likely to win
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
Ferrers
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have been long your despised kinsman.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
Ibid
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
kinsmannounUS /ˈkɪnzmæn/
a male relative
From this reading I have been long your despised kinsman.
lodge-keeper
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From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading I have been long your despised kinsman.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
modenounUS /moʊd/
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
MoroseadjectiveUS /mərˈoʊs/
showing a brooding ill humor
From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
a son of your brother or sister
From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
pleasure-grounds
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From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
term of address for a man
From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
express in speech
From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
spendsverbUS /spendz/
third-person singular of “spend” — use up a period of time in a specific way
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
strolledverbUS /stroʊld/
past form of “stroll” — walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
thriftyadjectiveUS /ˈθrɪfti/
careful and diligent in the use of resources
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
villanounUS /ˈvɪlə/
Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
the words that are spoken
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have been long your despised kinsman.
