used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
aneadjectiveUS /eɪn/
used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
bogverbUS /bɑːɡ/
cause to slow down or get stuck
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
bonnyadjectiveUS /ˈbɑːni/
very pleasing to the eye
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
camnounUS /kæm/
a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
a female human offspring
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading ‘I saw Francie Gordon the day, father.’
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
ferly
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From this reading ‘Weel, lassie, I reckon that wasna ony ferly (_strange occurrence_)!
frae
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From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
Francie
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From this reading ‘I saw Francie Gordon the day, father.’
destroyed or killed
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
Gordon
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From this reading ‘I saw Francie Gordon the day, father.’
gottenverbUS /ˈɡɑːtən/
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
he's
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From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Whaur saw ye him?’
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
Hornside
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From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I saw Francie Gordon the day, father.’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
Kirsty
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From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
lassienounUS /ˈlæsi/
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading ‘Weel, lassie, I reckon that wasna ony ferly (_strange occurrence_)!
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
mither
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From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
occurrencenounUS /əˈkɜːrəns/
an event that happens
From this reading ‘Weel, lassie, I reckon that wasna ony ferly (_strange occurrence_)!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
ony
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From this reading ‘Weel, lassie, I reckon that wasna ony ferly (_strange occurrence_)!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
ower
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From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
powny
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From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading ‘Weel, lassie, I reckon that wasna ony ferly (_strange occurrence_)!
richt
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From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
cut with a saw
From this reading ‘I saw Francie Gordon the day, father.’
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
stockin
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From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading ‘Weel, lassie, I reckon that wasna ony ferly (_strange occurrence_)!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘Weel, lassie, I reckon that wasna ony ferly (_strange occurrence_)!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
a special situation
From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
wasna
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From this reading ‘Weel, lassie, I reckon that wasna ony ferly (_strange occurrence_)!
Weel
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From this reading ‘Weel, lassie, I reckon that wasna ony ferly (_strange occurrence_)!
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading DAVID AND HIS DAUGHTER The instant he was gone, Kirsty went a step or two nearer to her father, and, looking up in his face, said:
weyvin
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From this reading ‘He cam to me o’ the Hornside, whaur I sat weyvin my stockin, ower the bog on ’s powny--a richt bonny thing, and clever--a new ane he’s gotten frae ’s mither.
Whaur
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From this reading Whaur saw ye him?’
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Whaur saw ye him?’
