Chapter XIV

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

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

generally approved or compelling recognition

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

having fair knowledge of

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

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From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

Having no one else present.

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

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

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

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

From this reading JONATHAN SLICK AND FANNY ELSSLER.

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From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

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

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

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From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

an alloy of copper and zinc

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

a tight-fitting headdress

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

stopped up; clogged up

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

throw carelessly

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

a compact mass

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

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From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

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

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

a female ballet dancer

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

dearly loved

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

plural of “dimple” — a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

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From this reading JONATHAN SLICK AND FANNY ELSSLER.

a quad with a square body

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

From this reading JONATHAN SLICK AND FANNY ELSSLER.

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From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

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

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

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

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

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

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

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

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

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 DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

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From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

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

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

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

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

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

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

red late-ripening apple; primarily eaten raw

From this reading JONATHAN SLICK AND FANNY ELSSLER.

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From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

comparative of “kind” — having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

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From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

plural of “make” — a recognizable kind

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

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

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

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

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

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

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

used of mouth or eyes

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

plural of “open” — a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

(golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

of or relating to or characteristic of Paris or its inhabitants

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

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From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

cause to move by pulling

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

inflected form of “rap” — strike sharply

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

on the contrary

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

precisely, exactly

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

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

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

deplete

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

made afraid

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

third-person singular of “send” — cause to go somewhere

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

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From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

a slippery smoothness

From this reading JONATHAN SLICK AND FANNY ELSSLER.

inflected form of “slide” — move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

with low volume

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

caught or fixed

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

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From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

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

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

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

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

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

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

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

From this reading I kinder half opened the door, and then I kinder shut it agin; arter ketching a good long breath I give the door a rap, and begun to pull up my dicky sort of careless to let 'em know I wasn't scared nor nothing, and then I rapped agin.

at the time that

From this reading DEAR PAR: I swow, I thought I should a choked, my heart riz so when I see that I'd got to go in alone, and when I took hold of the chunk of brass that opens the door, I felt the blood a biling up into my face like hot sap in a sugar kettle.

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

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading Gracious! before I took my fist away, the door opened softly as if it slid on ile, and there stood a woman sort of harnsome and sort a not, with a leetle cap chuck full of posies stuck on the back of her head, a looking me right in the face as cosey as if she'd been acquainted with me when I was a nussing baby.

an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

From this reading A live Yankee and the Parisian Danseuse--Fanny sends her Card and Jonathan makes a call--Down East Yankee and French-English rather hard to be understood--Jonathan quite killed off by Fanny's Curchies and Dimples--A little sort of a Flirtation--An Invitation to see Fanny in Nathalie, which is accepted.