used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
the state of being absent
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
abusedadjectiveUS /əˈbjuːzd/
used improperly or excessively especially drugs
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
advisedadjectiveUS /ædˈvaɪzd/
having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
anew
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
in addition
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
bolsterverbUS /ˈboʊlstər/
support and strengthen
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
the two together, not just one
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
complainingadjectiveUS /kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ/
expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
a state at a particular time
From this reading ’tis a crying sin to take a woman in my condition out o’er a door.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
demanding attention
From this reading ’tis a crying sin to take a woman in my condition out o’er a door.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
disordernounUS /dɪˈsɔːrdər/
a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
distressedadjectiveUS /dɪˈstrest/
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading ’tis a crying sin to take a woman in my condition out o’er a door.
drubbingnounUS /ˈdrʌbɪŋ/
a sound defeat
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
dyingadjectiveUS /ˈdaɪɪŋ/
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
to an extreme degree
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
many times at short intervals
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
the act of departing
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
halfpennynoun
an English coin worth half a penny
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
harshadjectiveUS /hɑːrʃ/
unpleasantly stern
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
heartyadjectiveUS /ˈhɑːrti/
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
horridadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːrəd/
exceedingly bad
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
conformity or harmony
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
landladynounUS /ˈlændleɪdi/
a landlord who is a woman
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
go away from a place
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
LepernounUS /ˈlepər/
a person afflicted with leprosy
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
Leper's
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From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
engage in
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ’tis a crying sin to take a woman in my condition out o’er a door.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
o'eradverb
throughout a period of time
From this reading ’tis a crying sin to take a woman in my condition out o’er a door.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
pissesnounUS /ˈpɪsɪz/
plural of “piss” — liquid excretory product
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
pouchedadjective
having a pouch
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
putsnounUS /pʊts/
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
remedynounUS /ˈremədi/
act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
cut with a saw
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
searchesnounUS /ˈsɜːrtʃɪz/
plural of “search” — the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
setsnounUS /sets/
plural of “set” — a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
shakesnounUS /ʃeɪks/
plural of “shake” — building material used as siding or roofing
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
estrangement from god
From this reading ’tis a crying sin to take a woman in my condition out o’er a door.
snuffnounUS /snʌf/
the charred portion of a candlewick
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
hurting
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
sorryadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːri/
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
a detailed critical inspection
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
tailorverbUS /ˈteɪlər/
adjust to a specific need or market
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
carry out
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
thimblenounUS /ˈθɪmbəl/
as much as a thimble will hold
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
a special situation
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading ’tis a crying sin to take a woman in my condition out o’er a door.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
tongsnounUS /tɑːŋz/
any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
precisely as stated
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
wanting in physical strength
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
at the time that
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
whiskynounUS /ˈwɪski/
a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Leper’s landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading During their absence, Leper goes and searches the bed, and below the bolster gets a bottle of rare whisky, of which he takes a hearty pull, and then pisses in it to make it up; gets a halfpenny worth of snuff, and puts it in also, shakes all together, and so sets it in its place again.--Home they came, and she was exceedingly distressed as a woman could be, and cried out, it was a horrid thing to take her out of the house.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But Leper knowing the cause of her ill nature better than his master did, advised him to take her on a fine day, like a mile out of town, and give her a walk, and he would stay at home and study a remedy for her disorder.--Away they both go; but as she was always complaining for want of health, and that she was very weak, she cried frequently out, O!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It so happened on a day that the tailor had got a hearty drubbing both with tongue and tongs, that he pouched his thimble and was going to make a queen of her: when she saw that, she cried out, O! will you leave a poor tender dying woman.
