Chapter XXVIII

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

-ing form of “abuse” — treat badly

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

later than; following

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

(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 “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

Having no one else present.

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

the season when the leaves fall from the trees

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

plural of “bell” — a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a state or condition being blighted

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

an electrical force linking atoms

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

eat an early morning meal

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a woman who has recently been married

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

a man who has recently been married

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

plural of “bridesmaid” — an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a formal event performed on a special occasion

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a stopping

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a line of units following one after another

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

dearly loved

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

a statement that represents something in words

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

properly deserved

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

zealous in devotion or affection

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

an important or influential (and often overbearing) person

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

having lost your job

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

someone who makes or mends dresses

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

-ing form of “drown” — cover completely or make imperceptible

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

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From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

standing above others in quality or position

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

all things; all of a situation

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

being or in accordance with current social fashions

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

a person who lacks good judgment

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

a group of persons together in one place

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a man of refinement

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

a young female

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

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From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a yearning for something or to do something

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

a holiday taken by a newly married couple

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

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From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

vague or not clearly defined or stated

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

past form of “introduce” — cause to come to know personally

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958)

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a tight cluster of people or things

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

(used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

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From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

drawn out or made longer spatially

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

possessive form of “lincoln” — 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

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From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

possessing qualities befitting a man

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

inflected form of “meet” — come together

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

unnecessary and unwarranted

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

not any; not one

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

that is going out or leaving

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

above and across; more than

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

the state of being without a flaw or defect

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

affix in a public place or for public notice

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

just preceding something else in time or order

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

in the right manner; correctly; suitably

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

possessive form of “queen” — 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 must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

plural of “relative” — a person related by blood or marriage

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

to give an account or representation of in words

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

precisely, exactly

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

the sound of a bell ringing

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

concerned with religion or religious purposes

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

except for; apart from

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

plural of “save” — (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

the place where some action occurs

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

make a shift in or exchange of

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

past form of “sparkle” — reflect brightly

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

use up a period of time in a specific way

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

the season of growth

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

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From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

restricted to something

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

past form of “surrender” — give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

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From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

plural of “tenant” — someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

in or at that place or location

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

bound or secured closely

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

coming next after the twenty-sixth in position

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

being six more than twenty

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

precisely as stated

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

desired or wished for or sought

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

at the time that

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

in or at the place that

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

which person or people

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading When at the end of a twenty-seventh chapter the gentleman saves from drowning the lady after whom he has been hankering through the previous twenty-six, it is needless to specify how “bride-cake must be the issue.”

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading We must now shift the scene to where we first introduced the characters of our somewhat lengthened narrative; nor will we, after the fashion of sundry eminent divines, prolong our “in conclusion” to an indefinite abusing of the listener’s patience and the Queen’s English.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading “THE SAD SEA WAVE” THE HONEYMOON--OUTWARD-BOUND--A FULL REPORT--THE HOPES OF SPRING--THE BLIGHT OF AUTUMN--ALL ALONE And of all places in the world, where did they choose to spend their honeymoon?

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading “Hot water” after cold is a fair conclusion; so the dressmaker in Old Bond Street was written to--and the man-of-business came down from Lincoln’s Inn--and there was a gathering of friends and relatives--a breakfast to the grandees--a dinner to the tenants--a ball to the labourers--and the bells of Newton ringing almost without cessation for eight-and-forty hours--the bridesmaids smiled and sparkled--the bride wept and trembled--the bridegroom looked like a fool--everything was strictly orthodox, save the interference of the General, who wanted to set the clergyman right during the sacred ceremony, and very properly received a rap over the knuckles from that dignitary, which was no less than he deserved--the county paper devoted a column and a half to its description of the ceremony--the _Morning Post_ dismissed it in three lines under the head of “Fashionable Intelligence”; and so the knot was tied, and Frank Hardingstone, M., took Blanche Kettering, N., and they became man and wife.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading Why, at St. Swithin’s; there they had first met--there the girl had first seen her young ideal of manly perfection--there Frank had first surrendered the self-control he held so dear.