used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
angularadjectiveUS /ˈæŋɡjələr/
measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
Axel
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From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
Barney
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From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He’ll be in in a minute.”
BelowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
box-stove
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From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
broad-faced
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From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
Cameron
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From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
Cameron's
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From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
capsnounUS /kæps/
plural of “cap” — a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
familiaritynounUS /fəˌmɪˈljerəti/
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
Fisty
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From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
foremennounUS /ˈfɔːrmən/
plural of “foreman” — a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
Harrigan
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From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
He'll
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From this reading He’ll be in in a minute.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He’ll be in in a minute.”
Jim's
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From this reading “Jim’s out to the stable.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
KnollnounUS /noʊl/
a small natural hill
From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
mackinaws
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From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
masculineadjectiveUS /ˈmæskjələn/
of grammatical gender
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading He’ll be in in a minute.”
moccasinsnounUS /ˈmɑːkəsɪnz/
plural of “moccasin” — soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans
From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Jim’s out to the stable.
rubbingnounUS /ˈrʌbɪŋ/
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
stableadjectiveUS /ˈsteɪbəl/
resistant to change of position or condition
From this reading “Jim’s out to the stable.
stampedverbUS /stæmpt/
past form of “stamp” — walk heavily
From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Below, at the Knoll, Fisty Harrigan and Barney Axel, one of his foremen, had entered Cameron’s camp.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Jim’s out to the stable.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading They drew off their caps and mackinaws, rubbing their hands above the wide box-stove as they stamped the snow from their moccasins.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Mrs. Cameron, a tall, broad-faced, angular woman, greeted them from a busy kitchen with loud masculine familiarity.
