Chapter VIII

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From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

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From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

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

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

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From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

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From this reading Linkin has sent on to York for a fresh supply, and wen they cum I'm goin' at it agin.

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

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Linkin has sent on to York for a fresh supply, and wen they cum I'm goin' at it agin.

sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

From this reading Squire Biddle's Bank warn't a primin to this war debt.

English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

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From this reading Squire Biddle's Bank warn't a primin to this war debt.

a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal

From this reading I've used up two duzzen slates and about a cart load of slate pencils.

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From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

plural of “contract” — a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading Linkin has sent on to York for a fresh supply, and wen they cum I'm goin' at it agin.

the state of owing something (especially money)

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

beaten or overcome; not victorious

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

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From this reading I've used up two duzzen slates and about a cart load of slate pencils.

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From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

at any time

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

the feeling of lively and cheerful joy

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

with specific intentions; for the express purpose

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

planned and made or fashioned artistically

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

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From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

plural of “figure” — a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

recently made, produced, or harvested

From this reading Linkin has sent on to York for a fresh supply, and wen they cum I'm goin' at it agin.

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From this reading Linkin has sent on to York for a fresh supply, and wen they cum I'm goin' at it agin.

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

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

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

From this reading Linkin has sent on to York for a fresh supply, and wen they cum I'm goin' at it agin.

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

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

informal terms for the nose

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

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

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

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From this reading Linkin has sent on to York for a fresh supply, and wen they cum I'm goin' at it agin.

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From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

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

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

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From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

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

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

immediately past

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

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From this reading Linkin has sent on to York for a fresh supply, and wen they cum I'm goin' at it agin.

weight to be borne or conveyed

From this reading I've used up two duzzen slates and about a cart load of slate pencils.

of greater importance or stature or rank

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

used to form the superlative

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

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From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

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

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

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

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

plural of “pencil” — a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood

From this reading I've used up two duzzen slates and about a cart load of slate pencils.

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From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

an executive officer of a firm or corporation

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

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From this reading Squire Biddle's Bank warn't a primin to this war debt.

plural of “retreat” — (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

made afraid

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

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From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

From this reading Linkin has sent on to York for a fresh supply, and wen they cum I'm goin' at it agin.

a protective covering or structure

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

(formerly) a writing tablet made of slate

From this reading I've used up two duzzen slates and about a cart load of slate pencils.

plural of “slate” — (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate

From this reading I've used up two duzzen slates and about a cart load of slate pencils.

an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

young nobleman attendant on a knight

From this reading Squire Biddle's Bank warn't a primin to this war debt.

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From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

third-person singular of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

give something useful or necessary to

From this reading Linkin has sent on to York for a fresh supply, and wen they cum I'm goin' at it agin.

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From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

express in words

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

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

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Linkin has sent on to York for a fresh supply, and wen they cum I'm goin' at it agin.

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

From this reading Squire Biddle's Bank warn't a primin to this war debt.

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

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading I've used up two duzzen slates and about a cart load of slate pencils.

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

From this reading I've used up two duzzen slates and about a cart load of slate pencils.

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading I've used up two duzzen slates and about a cart load of slate pencils.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading Squire Biddle's Bank warn't a primin to this war debt.

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From this reading Squire Biddle's Bank warn't a primin to this war debt.

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 Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked

From this reading Linkin has sent on to York for a fresh supply, and wen they cum I'm goin' at it agin.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels

From this reading _The Major Figures on the "Nashinal Debt"--Horse Contracts and "Abolishin Preechers"--Banks Defeated--The Major Suggests a New Fashioned Shield expressly for Retreats--A Wheelbarrow for every Soldier!--Excitement in Washington--The President not Scared "a Hooter"_ WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1862.

(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading Linkin has sent on to York for a fresh supply, and wen they cum I'm goin' at it agin.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _To the Editers of The Cawcashin:_ SURS:--Sence I writ you last, I've been figering on the nashinul debt, and I tell you what it is, it is jest about the most intricit subjec I ever got hold of.