abreas
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From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
arter
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From this reading Finely, arter they got out sev’ral mile, the wind changed to the suthard.
beachedverbUS /biːtʃt/
past form of “beach” — land on a beach
From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
blowin
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From this reading The wind, what thar wuz on it, wuz blowin’ from the nuthard.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They lowered sail, but out to sea they kep’ on goin’.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading Finely, arter they got out sev’ral mile, the wind changed to the suthard.
devilsnounUS /ˈdevəlz/
plural of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading “The poor devils wuz wild.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
FinelyadverbUS /ˈfaɪnli/
in tiny pieces
From this reading Finely, arter they got out sev’ral mile, the wind changed to the suthard.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The wind, what thar wuz on it, wuz blowin’ from the nuthard.
goin
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From this reading They lowered sail, but out to sea they kep’ on goin’.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Finely, arter they got out sev’ral mile, the wind changed to the suthard.
he'd
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From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
histed
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From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The wind, what thar wuz on it, wuz blowin’ from the nuthard.
jist
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From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
kep
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From this reading They lowered sail, but out to sea they kep’ on goin’.
loweredadjectiveUS /ˈloʊərd/
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading They lowered sail, but out to sea they kep’ on goin’.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Finely, arter they got out sev’ral mile, the wind changed to the suthard.
Muriches
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From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
nuthard
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From this reading The wind, what thar wuz on it, wuz blowin’ from the nuthard.
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 They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
ol
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From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The wind, what thar wuz on it, wuz blowin’ from the nuthard.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading They lowered sail, but out to sea they kep’ on goin’.
pinted
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From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “The poor devils wuz wild.
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading They lowered sail, but out to sea they kep’ on goin’.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading They lowered sail, but out to sea they kep’ on goin’.
sev'ral
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From this reading Finely, arter they got out sev’ral mile, the wind changed to the suthard.
successive (without a break)
From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
surf-shore
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From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
suthard
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From this reading Finely, arter they got out sev’ral mile, the wind changed to the suthard.
thar
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From this reading The wind, what thar wuz on it, wuz blowin’ from the nuthard.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The poor devils wuz wild.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They lowered sail, but out to sea they kep’ on goin’.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They lowered sail, but out to sea they kep’ on goin’.
precisely as stated
From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The wind, what thar wuz on it, wuz blowin’ from the nuthard.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading “The poor devils wuz wild.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The wind, what thar wuz on it, wuz blowin’ from the nuthard.
wrackedverbUS /rækt/
past form of “wrack” — smash or break forcefully
From this reading They histed sail, pinted ’er straight on, an’ beached ’er on the surf-shore off abreas’ o’ Muriches, an’ the ol’ man went down thar an’ wracked the very boat he’d jist built.”
wuz
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From this reading “The poor devils wuz wild.
