Chapter I · Chapter 1

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

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

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

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

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

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

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

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

a formal organization of people or groups of people

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

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From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

a small piece or quantity of something

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

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From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

having or capable of producing colors

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

travel across or pass over

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

(Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

dearly loved

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

third-person singular of “detach” — cause to become detached or separated; take off

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

detect with the senses

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

give displeasure to

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

plural of “draw” — a gully that is shallower than a ravine

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

the use of dye to change the color of something permanently

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

divisible by two

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

at any time

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

having lost freshness or brilliance of color

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

something many people believe that is false

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

set up or found

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

brought together in one place

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

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

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

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From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

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

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

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

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

having a pattern of fretwork or latticework

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

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

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

and nothing more

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

in a laborious manner

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

having many parts or sides

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

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

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

attach to a support

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

not any; not one

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

on one occasion

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

a perceptual structure

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope

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a collection of objects laid on top of each other

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

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From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

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

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

give pleasure to or be pleasing to

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

an introductory textbook

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

plural of “proof” — any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

an inclined surface connecting two levels

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

plural of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

larceny by threat of violence

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

cut with a saw

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

from appearances alone

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

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

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

past form of “serve” — serve a purpose, role, or function

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

travel back and forth between two points

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

an instance of visual perception

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

coils of worsted yarn

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

creating thread

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

inflected form of “spin” — revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

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From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

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 The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

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

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

imagine to be the case or true or probable

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

To perceive flavor through the mouth.

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

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From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

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

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

informal terms for clothing

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

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

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

create by training and teaching

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

lacking a logical or causal relation

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

too much to be measured

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

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

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

plural of “weave” — pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

creating fabric

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

change directions as if revolving on a pivot

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

at the time that

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

in or at the place that

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

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

From this reading To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste.

the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

From this reading The Honorable Peter Stirling The Great K & A Train Robbery The Story of an Untold Love The True George Washington Tattle-Tales of Cupid The Many-Sided Franklin The New England Primer My dear George: Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern.

a fabric made from the hair of sheep

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

the words that are spoken

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work.

made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.

the act of creating written works

From this reading And so, as I have read the proofs of this book I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River, or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me.

plural of “yarn” — the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events

From this reading But to the writer every filament has its own association: How each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him; when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns; the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen.