used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
ay
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From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
betimesadverb
in good time
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
bossesnounUS /ˈbɔːsɪz/
plural of “boss” — a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
the two together, not just one
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
bowlnounUS /boʊl/
a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
bowledverbUS /boʊld/
past form of “bowl” — roll (a ball)
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
bowsingverbUS /ˈbaʊzɪŋ/
-ing form of “bowse” — haul with a tackle
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But king o’ the club, the gayest golden spark, Sailor o’ sailors, what sailor do I mark?
CapsnounUS /kæps/
plural of “cap” — a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
ChinanounUS /ˈtʃaɪnə/
a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading But king o’ the club, the gayest golden spark, Sailor o’ sailors, what sailor do I mark?
feeling or showing worry or solicitude
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
cutwater
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From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But king o’ the club, the gayest golden spark, Sailor o’ sailors, what sailor do I mark?
one or the other of two
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
a boy or man
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
fineradjectiveUS /ˈfaɪnər/
(comparative of “fine”) greater in quality or excellence
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
gayest
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From this reading But king o’ the club, the gayest golden spark, Sailor o’ sailors, what sailor do I mark?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
plural of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading But king o’ the club, the gayest golden spark, Sailor o’ sailors, what sailor do I mark?
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Your Zeres widow, will you hunt her up, Starr?”
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
how
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From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading “Your Zeres widow, will you hunt her up, Starr?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
jollyadjectiveUS /ˈdʒɑːli/
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading But king o’ the club, the gayest golden spark, Sailor o’ sailors, what sailor do I mark?
LacedadjectiveUS /leɪst/
closed with a lace
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
immediately past
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
the sound of laughing
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading But king o’ the club, the gayest golden spark, Sailor o’ sailors, what sailor do I mark?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
messnounUS /mes/
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
not any; not one
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
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 But king o’ the club, the gayest golden spark, Sailor o’ sailors, what sailor do I mark?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
Pecksniff
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From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
peernounUS /pɪr/
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
any member of a ship's crew
From this reading But king o’ the club, the gayest golden spark, Sailor o’ sailors, what sailor do I mark?
sailorsnounUS /ˈseɪlərz/
plural of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew
From this reading But king o’ the club, the gayest golden spark, Sailor o’ sailors, what sailor do I mark?
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
sourverbUS /ˈsaʊər/
go sour or spoil
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
sparknounUS /spɑːrk/
a momentary flash of light
From this reading But king o’ the club, the gayest golden spark, Sailor o’ sailors, what sailor do I mark?
spiritedadjectiveUS /ˈspɪrɪtɪd/
displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
StarrnounUS /stɑːr/
rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940)
From this reading “Your Zeres widow, will you hunt her up, Starr?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
TightadjectiveUS /taɪt/
closely constrained or constricted or constricting
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
male cat
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Your Zeres widow, will you hunt her up, Starr?”
precisely as stated
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
an act of traveling by water
From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
well-brewed
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From this reading Tom Tight, Tom Tight, no fine fellow finer, A cutwater nose, ay, a spirited soul; But, bowsing away at the well-brewed bowl, He never bowled back from that last voyage to China.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But king o’ the club, the gayest golden spark, Sailor o’ sailors, what sailor do I mark?
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading The Laced Caps laugh, and the bright waves too; Very jolly, very wicked, both sea and crew, Nor heaven looks sour on either, I guess, Nor Pecksniff he bosses the gods’ high mess.
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “Your Zeres widow, will you hunt her up, Starr?”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Your Zeres widow, will you hunt her up, Starr?”
WistfuladjectiveUS /ˈwɪstfəl/
showing pensive sadness
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Wistful ye peer, wife, concerned for my head, And how best to get me betimes to my bed.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your Zeres widow, will you hunt her up, Starr?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your Zeres widow, will you hunt her up, Starr?”
Zeres
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From this reading “Your Zeres widow, will you hunt her up, Starr?”
